When Roshan Jamal came to Canada in the 1970s, she longed for an inclusive Muslim community like the ones she grew up with in India and Africa. While Toronto did have a small Muslim population at the time, it wasn't a good fit culturally for Jamal and her family.
"I didn't have a place where I felt I belonged," says the 60-year-old CA, who searched for a mosque where men and women were treated equally. "I didn't know where we could go."
So when a local philanthropist approached Jamal in 2002 with an offer to head up a new Islamic centre that would stress gender equality and provide a forum for open dialogue, the then-partner at RSM Richter in Toronto knew it was an …
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