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SELECTED TIME-LINES IN COMPARATIVE CHART FORM

YEAR MST EVENTS CANADIAN EVENTS WORLD EVENTS

1952 Albanian Muslim - Louis Saint Laurent is - Korean War
Society founded by Prime Minister continuing; Canadian
Mssrs. Regep (Rajjab) - Leslie Frost is Premier Troops deployed
Assim, Neim Sali, and of Ontario - In Egypt,
Sami Kerim as an - Alan Lamport is Mayor revolutionaries
unincorporated of Toronto overthrow King Farouk
association - February 6 - Elizabeth and establish a republic
II becomes Queen of (King Farouk of Egypt
Canada upon the death abdicated in the wake
of her father George VI. of a coup led by Gamal
- September 6 - The first Abdel Nasser)
CBC Television station, - Prince Hussein,
CBFT, goes on the air in grandson of King
Montreal, Quebec Abdullah, proclaimed
- September 8 - CBLT King of Jordan
(CBC Toronto) goes on - Dwight D. Eisenhower
air is elected President of
- October 14 - Lester B. USA; Richard Nixon
Pearson is elected serves as his vice-
President of the United president.
Nations General - Congress Party wins
Assembly. first general elections in
India under leadership
of Jawaharlal Nehru
- Turkey became a
NATO country
strategically important
in countering Soviet
influence.
- Olympics in Helsinki
1957 On November 15th, the - Leslie Frost is Premier - March 1957 Israel
Muslim Society of of Ontario withdraws its forces
Toronto Inc. is - June 21 - John from the Sinai
incorporated by Letters Diefenbaker becomes Peninsula, ending the
Patent in the Province prime minister, Suez Crisis
of Ontario by Mssrs replacing Louis Saint - July 11: Spiritual
Regep Assim (as Laurent leader of Ismailis and
Clergyman), Zakria - Nathan Philips one of the founders of
Malik (a Statistician continues as mayor of Muslim League, Aga
originally from Toronto; Frederick Khan, passes away.
Pakistan), and Sami Gardiner continues as - December 16: Malik
Kerim (as a chairman of Feroz Khan Noon is
 businessman) Metropolitan Toronto sworn in as seventh
- July 31 - The DEW Line Prime Minister of
begins operation Pakistan.
September 12 - Canada - Pres. Truman sends
and the United States paratroopers in
sign the NORAD desegregation crisis in
agreement Little Rock, Arkansas
- October 4 - The first
prototype Avro Arrow is
presented to the media
October 12 - Foreign
Minister Lester B.
Pearson wins the Nobel
Peace Prize for his work
on the Suez Crisis
- October 13 - Queen
Elizabeth II visits
Canada and opens the
Canadian parliament,
the first monarch to do
so
- November 22 - The St.
Lawrence Seaway
opens
- Thanksgiving is moved
from November to
October
1959 - Death of Mr. Sami Prime Minister: John - USSR’s Khrushchev
Kerim in November Diefenbaker visits Albania and the
- Mr. Zakria Malik - Premier of Ontario: U.S.
returns to Pakistan Leslie Frost - World Refugee Year
- Mayor of Toronto: proclaimed by UN
Nathan Philips;
Frederick Gardiner
Chairman of
Metropolitan Toronto
- Maurice Duplessis,
Premier of Quebec dies
in Office
- George Vanier first
French Canadian
Governor General
- Avro Arrow Project
Terminated
1961 - Purchase of Dundas - Prime Minister: John - Ex-King Zog of Albania
Street Mosque closes in Diefenbaker dies
January with $10,000 - Premier of Ontario: - Ayub Khan continuing
down payment and Leslie Frost then John as first elected
 vendor-take back Robarts President of Pakistan
mortgage - Mayor of Toronto: - American attempt to
- Mr. Regep Assim Nathan Philips; overthrow Fidel Castro's
(Albanian), Mr. S.B. Frederick Gardiner rule in Cuba Castro's
Hasan (Pakistani), Mr. Chairman of government in The Bay
Ameen King Ganam Metropolitan Toronto of Pigs Invasion ends in
(Arab), Mr. Hasan - The 1961 Canadian disaster
Karachi (Yugoslavian), census finds Canada has -The Berlin Wall is built
primary office holders a population of after Warsaw Pact
18,238,247. members request that
- October 1 - CTV, East Germany stop the
Canada's second major tide of refugees
television network, escaping from East to
begins broadcasting West Berlin
- The Co-operative - Soviet cosmonaut Yuri
Commonwealth Gagarin is the first man
Federation becomes the to travel in space when
New Democratic Party he orbits the earth on
April 12th.
- UN condemns
apartheid
1965 - Malcolm X is in - Canada’s current red - Second war between
Toronto for CBC’s Front and white maple-leaf India and Pakistan over
Page Challenge flag proclaimed and Kashmir.
program (broadcast raised on Feb. 15 -U.S. begins bombing of
January 5) and visits the - Prime Minister: Lester North Vietnam and
Dundas Street Mosque; B. Pearson lands marines
he is assassinated soon - Premier of Ontario: - Martin Luther King Jr.,
thereafter in February John Robarts leads civil rights
in New York ; - Mayor of Toronto: demonstrations;
- Plans discussed to sell Philip Gerald Givens; violence in Selma,
Dundas Street Mosque William R. Allen Alabama; race riots in
for another property; Chairman of Metro Watts, Los Angeles
decision to renovate Toronto - Indonesia under
existing property - Trans-Canada Airlines General Suharto
- Renovated Mosque renamed Air Canada withdraws from the
opens officially in November 9 United Nations
December with visit of - A failure of a relay - DeGaulle wins French
Imam A.M. Khattab of switch at Ontario power Presidential elections
Edmonton station causes massive
Blackout in part of
Canada and U.S.
1966 - Mr. Regep Assim - Prime Minister: Lester - The Black Panthers, a
retires, becomes B. Pearson militant civil rights
lifetime Honorary - Premier of Ontario: group is formed in the
President; continues as John Robarts United States.
officiant at marriages - Mayor of Toronto: - France withdraws its
and funerals Philip Gerald Givens; troops from NATO
 - Dr. Mirza Baig, Dept. William R. Allen - Mao Zedong begins
of Islamic Studies at U. Chairman of Metro the Cultural Revolution
of T. becomes President Toronto in China
- Seek aid from Arab - The Canada Pension - South Africa passes
World for additional Plan and the Quebec the Group Areas Act of
funds for Mosque Pension Plan both begin 1966 consolidating
(ultimately operation earlier acts aimed at
unsuccessful) - February 25: Toronto enforcing apartheid
Transit Commission divided towns and cities
inaugurates the Bloor- (apart from the
Danforth Subway line. townships) into group
- The CBC, then CTV areas for whites,
begin broadcasting in coloureds and Indians
colour TV - Indira Ghandi, the
daughter of Jawaharlal
Nehru, is elected as
prime minister of India
- Albania’s Hoxha
initiates Cultural and
Ideological Revolution.
- Guyana becomes
independent state
1967 - MST celebrates 10 - Prime Minister: Lester - June: Six-Day Arab-
years, publishes “Islam B. Pearson Israel War
in Toronto” a brief - Premier of Ontario: - Albania’s Hoxha
history of the society John Robarts regime conducts violent
and of the Muslim - Mayor of Toronto: campaign to extinguish
community written by William Dennison; religious life in Albania
Murray Hogben William R. Allen - Shah of Iran crowns
- tensions arise within Chairman of Metro himself as King of the
and outside the Toronto Kings (Emperor of Iran)
Executive of the MST - Several municipalities and his wife as
during and after such as Forest Hill and Shahbanoo (Empress),
elections Swansea are merged causing discontentment
into City of Toronto - Muhammad Ali
- The House of indicted for refusing
Commons votes to U.S. military draft
make "O Canada" - African-Americans riot
Canada's official in Cleveland, Newark
national anthem and Detroit
- The Order of Canada - Ernesto (“Che”)
is created Guevara dies
- Expo 67 opens to the
public in Montreal
- The GO Transit service
begins in Toronto
- Canada celebrates its
centennial
 - The Caribbean
community in Toronto
stages the first Caribana
- Toronto Maple Leafs
win Stanley Cup

1968 - The official first - Pierre Trudeau - Aswan Dam

meeting of the Muslim becomes prime completed in Egypt
Foundation, an minister, replacing - Baath Party seizes
unincorporated Lester Pearson, wins power in Iraq with
association, was held in majority government Saddam Hussein in
May - Premier of Ontario: charge of internal
- MST sells Dundas John Robarts security
Street Mosque in June - Mayor of Toronto: - Warsaw Pact troops
William Dennison; invade Czechoslavakia
William R. Allen - Martin Luther King Jr.
Chairman of Metro and Robert F. Kennedy
Toronto assassinated
- The laws creating - Olympic Games in
Canada's Medicare Mexico City
system come into effect - Richard Nixon elected
- Separatists riot in President of U.S.
Montreal
- CUPW workers at
Canada Post strike
1969 - MST purchase of - Prime Minister: Pierre - In Pakistan, Ayub Khan
church property on Trudea resigns; Yahya Khan
Boustead Avenue closes - Premier of Ontario: declares martial law
in February, to become John Robarts and assumes Presidency
the Jami Mosque - Mayor of Toronto: - Yassir Arafat becomes
- Muslim Foundation William Dennison; leader of the Palestine
changes its name and Albert Campbell Liberation Organization
Islamic Foundation of Chairman of Metro - Muhammar Qaddafi
Toronto is incorporated Toronto becomes dictator of
by Letters Patent in - The Sir George Libya after coup
September and Williams Computer Riot - Neil Armstrong walks
purchase of building on occurs as students on Moon
Rhodes Avenue for occupy the computer - Violence in Northern
East-end Toronto centre of Sir George Ireland between
Mosque closes in Williams University to Protestants and
November protest alleged racism Catholics
on campus (this
University later merged
with Loyola College to
form Concordia
University in 1974)
- FLQ terrorists bomb
the Montreal Stock
 Exchange
- The Official Languages
Act makes French and
English equal
throughout the
Canadian government
1972 Conflicts arise at Jami - Prime Minister: Pierre - Bangladesh (formerly
Mosque and litigation Trudeau (minority East Pakistan)
commences against government) established as sovereign
MST by Claim and MST - Premier of Ontario: state; Pakistan cuts ties
Counterclaims; involves Bill Davis with Commonwealth
“a religious dispute - Mayor of Toronto: over recognition
between two groups of William Dennison then - Ceylon becomes
Muslims which, for David Crombie; Albert republic and changes
convenience, will be Campbell Chairman of name to Sri Lanka
called the Pakistani Metro Toronto - Nixon re-elected as
group and the Albanian - Frank Calder becomes President; goes to
group”. Court issues the first Native Cabinet China; Watergate
interim order minister in Canadian scandal begins
preventing one side history when appointed - Winter Olympics in
from interfering with in British Columbia Sapporo
the locks, doors and - Heritage Canada is - Summer Olympics in
fixtures and prevents established Munich; 11 Israeli
the other side from - Global Television athletes killed
selling or mortgaging begins broadcasting in - Britain imposes direct
the property Ontario rule over Northern
- CityTV founded in Ireland
Toronto - Philippine President
- Team Canada wins Marcos declares martial
over USSR in game 7 of law
Summit Series - Bobby Fischer wins
world chess title

1973 MST Case is decided in - Prime Minister: Pierre - October Arab-Israel

Ontario Supreme Court Trudeau (minority War
(High Court of Justice) government) - OPEC oil price hikes
By Judge Holland on - Premier of Ontario: and embargo
January 18, 1973; the Bill Davis - In Pakistan, Zulfiqar Ali
action and counterclaim - Mayor of Toronto: Bhutto becomes prime
are dismissed with David Crombie; Albert minister
costs.* Campbell then Paul - Watergate hearings
- Jami Mosque property Godfrey, Chairman of continue; U.S. vice-
changes ownership Metro Toronto President Spiro Agnew
several times, until - Work begins on the resigns, replaced by
ultimately transferred construction of the CN Gerald Ford
in September to Muslim Tower
Students Association, - Montreal announces
Islamic Services of Canada's first lottery to
 Canada (now ISNA, help pay for the 1976
Islamic Services of Summer Olympics
Canada) - The Royal Canadian Air
Farce is formed
1974 MST purchases building
on Annette Street in
June
1982 Islamic Foundation of
Toronto transfers title
of Rhodes Ave. building
to MSA, Islamic Services
of Canada as trustee.
2006 MST changes its legal
corporate name to
Albanian Muslim
Society of Toronto Inc.

* Judge Holland says “Cases involving religious disputes of this type are always unfortunate and create
great bitterness. From a practical point of view the Pakistani group is in complete physical control of the
Boustead property and the Albanian group has been ousted and is carrying on worship in rented
premises elsewhere. The Boustead property was purchased with moneys provided mainly from the sale
of the Dundas St. property and from moneys donated to the Society which was composed primarily of
the Albanian group. It would have seemed to me to be a simple solution for the Pakistani group to repay
to the Albanian group the moneys provided by the Albanian group for the purchase of the property in
return for title to the property and thus enable the Albanian group to purchase a new place of worship
separate and apart from the Pakistani group. This, of course, is quite apart from the merits of the
action.”