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Canadian Football League great Michael (Pinball) Clemons is appealing to the best nature of the city’s male leaders to help end domestic violence. Clemons told 50 of them at a special forum Monday night that they must speak out against male violence against women, even if they fear what people will say or think of…

Islamic school hosts first Ontario RCMP junior police academy Police Academy. RCMP were at Islamic School of Hamilton on Stone Church Road Wednesday for the school’s first Junior Police Academy. Zubeer Libam laughs at friends as he tries out the front seat of a Hamilton Police cruiser. John Rennison/The Hamilton SpectatorSource: The Hamilton Spectator Nicole…

Off to the side and away from the sea of people that flooded the Hamilton Convention Centre for Eid al-Fitr, 16-year-old Daoui Abouchere was all smiles following the morning’s prayer. “It’s revitalizing knowing that there are other people with you,” said Abouchere, celebrating the end of Ramadan with what organizers estimated to be between 15,000…

The Muslim Association of Hamilton hopes the death of Osama bin Laden will introduce a new era of peace and co-operation after a transformative decade of war and terror consumed the global community. “This is an opportunity for countries to come together,” said Kamran Bhatti, a spokesperson for MAH, the largest Muslim organization in Hamilton….