List of Canadian Muslims

This is a list of notable people who are Muslims and reside in, or are citizens of, Canada.

Politicians

Federal

• Omar Alghabra - Liberal MP for Mississauga—Erindale (2006–2008) and Mississauga Centre (2015-present).
• Salma Ataullahjan - Conservative Senator for Ontario (2010–present).
• Sadia Groguhé - NDP MP for Saint-Lambert (2011-2015).
• Sana Hassainia - NDP MP for Verchères—Les Patriotes (2011-2015).
• Mobina Jaffer - Liberal Senator for British Columbia (2001–present).
• Rahim Jaffer - Conservative MP for Edmonton–Strathcona (1997–2008); first Muslim MP elected in Canada.
• Wajid Khan - Conservative MP for Mississauga—Streetsville (2004–2008).
• Maryam Monsef - Liberal MP for Peterborough—Kawartha (2015–present); first Muslim Cabinet Minister.
• Yasmin Ratansi - Liberal MP for Don Valley East (2004–2011, 2015–present).
• Djaouida Sellah - NDP MP for Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert (2011-2015).

Provincial

• Moe Amery - Alberta Conservative MLA for Calgary-East (1993-2015).
• Peter Baker - Northwest Territories Independent MLA for Mackenzie North (1964-1967).
• Muhammad Fiaz - Saskatchewan SP MLA for Regina Pasqua (2015–present).
• Fatima Houda-Pepin - Quebec Liberal MNA for La Pinière (1994-2014).
• Amir Khadir - Quebec QS MLA for Mercier (2008–present).
• Stephen Khan - Alberta Conservative MLA for St. Albert (2008-2015).
• Yasir Naqvi - Ontario Liberal MPP for Ottawa Centre (2007–present).
• Shafiq Qaadri - Ontario Liberal MPP for Etobicoke North (2003–present).
• Sohail Quadri - Alberta Conservative MLA for Edmonton-Mill Woods (2012-2015).
• Khalil Ramal - Ontario Liberal MPP for London-Fanashawe (2003-2011).
• Irfan Sabir - Alberta NDP MLA for Calgary-McCall (2015–present).
• Larry Shaben - Alberta Conservative MLA for Lesser Slave Lake (1975–1989).
• Shiraz Shariff - Alberta Conservative MLA for Calgary McCall (1995-2008).

Municipal

• Ausma Malik - Toronto District School Board trustee for Trinity—Spadina (2014–present)
• Naheed Nenshi - Mayor of Calgary (2010–present)

Journalism

• Mohamed Fahmy - journalist, arrested in Egypt
• Tarek Fatah - Canadian Muslim reformer, writer, broadcaster
• Faisal Kutty - Columnist
• Irshad Manji - feminist, author, journalist, activist
• Omar Sachedina - Shia Ismaili Muslim, anchorman and journalist, CTV
• Haroon Siddiqui - newspaper journalist, columnist, and a former editor of the Toronto Star

Religious leaders

• Shaikh Yunus Ashrafi - religious scholar
• Jamal Badawi
• Zijad Delic - imam and community leader
• Amir Hussain - editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion
• Ahmad Kutty - religious scholar
• Faisal Kutty—professor, lawyer and scholar
• Ingrid Mattson
• Reza Hosseini Nassab
• Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri - professor of international constitutional law at the University of the Punjab and the founding chairman of Minhaj-ul-Quran International

Leaders

• Sayyid Ahmed Amiruddin - imam, pioneered North America's first de-radicalization program
• Ahmed Hussen - lawyer and National President of the Canadian Somali Congress
• Faisal Kutty - community leader, activist and law professor
• Hamid Slimi - imam and community leader
• Wahida C. Valiante - social worker and activist

Entertainment

• Sulekha Ali - singer-songwriter
• K'naan - singer-songwriter
• Ron Mustafaa - actor known for playing Abbud Siddiqui in Skins (US)
• Zarqa Nawaz - created Little Mosque on the Prairie
• Dawud Wharnsby - singer-songwriter, poet^[1]
• Narcy- Yaseen Al Salman, Hiphop singer and journalist with ancestors from Iraq.

Sports

• Nazem Kadri - ice hockey player, 2009 draft pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs

Sami Zayn - WWE Wrestler

See also

• Islam in Canada
• List of Canadian Shia Muslims
• List of converts to Islam
• List of Islamic and Muslim related topics
• Lists of Muslims
• Lists of people by belief

References