Muslim Students and Administration

    For the most part, the Ridgemont staff members are helpful, kind and treat all their students equally. But, if you put that set of staff aside, you will still find that some administration (office staff, librarians, etc) treat the Muslim students differently – they put us in a lower position and treat us unfairly.
 

Ottawa Allah Made Me Funny Event a Resounding Success!  

Allah Made Me Funny- The Official Comedy Tour came was in town on Friday the 21st, and created a truly enjoyable, sold-out event that left Ottawa talking for days! 

The event, presented by the Muslim Youth of Ottawa and the Keepin’ it Halal group on Facebook, in partnership with Radio Islam, combined many members of the community into the Travelodge hotel for a night of roll-off-the-floor laughing. 

The tour, featuring three of America’s top Muslim comics: Mohammed Amer, Azhar Usman and Preacher Moss, provoked un-stoppable laughter from the whole audience- consisting of youth and adults of all ages, and special RCMP guests. 

The event started off with an enthusiastic MC, Iman Faris, who had the audience screaming Eid Mubarak the minute the event started. He was followed by spoken word poetry from Sophia Baig, a nationally acknowledged spoken word poet.

Jummuahs at Ridgemont

    Ridgemont’s Jumuahs are held at the prayer room in the school basement.  Most of the time, the room is full with around 40 brothers and 15 sisters. It’s nice seeing the room packed, but wouldn’t it be more pleasurable to be praying in a bigger room with more brothers and sisters when over half the school is Muslim?