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==Orlando Magic==
{{islam by country}}
According to [[Canada 2001 Census|Canada's 2001 census]], there were 579,640 [[Muslim]]s in [[Canada]], just under 2% of the population.<ref>[http://www40.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/getcans/sorth.cgi?lan=eng&dtype=fina&filename=demo30a.htm&sortact=2&sortf=6 Population by religion, by province and territory (2001 Census)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In [[2006]], Muslim population is estimated to be 783,700 or about 2.5%.<ref>[http://www.acs-aec.ca/Polls/30-03-2005.pdf]</ref>


===2008-2009 Roster===
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{{player2 | num = 98 | first = Albert | last = Chu | pos = PG | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = 170 | school = [[Granada Hills High School|Granada Hills Charter HS (CA)]] | nat = USA | note = C }}
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{{player2 | num = 13 | first = Marcin |last = Gortat | pos = C | ft = 7 | in = 0 | lbs = 240 | from = Poland | nat = POL }}
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{{player2 | num = 14 | first = Jameer | last = Nelson | pos = PG | ft = 6 | in = 0 | lbs = 190 | college = St. Joseph's | nat = USA }}
{{player2 | num = 2 | first = Mickaël | last = Piétrus | pos = SG/SF | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 215 | from = France | nat = France }}
{{player2 | num = 7 | first = J. J. | last = Redick | pos = SG | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 190 | college = Duke | nat = USA }}
{{player2 | num = 15 | first = Hedo | last = Türkoğlu | pos = SF | ft = 6 | in = 10 | lbs = 220 | from = Turkey | nat = TUR }}
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===Depth Chart===
==Demographics, concentration, and life==
{| style="text-align: center; background:#007CC5; color:white"
Most Canadian Muslims are people who were raised Muslim. There are also small numbers of converts to Islam from other religions. As with immigrants in general, Muslim immigrants have come to Canada for a variety of reasons. These include higher education, security, employment, and family reunification. Others have come for religious and political freedom, and safety and security, leaving behind civil wars, persecution, and other forms of civil and ethnic strife. In the 1980s, Canada became an important place of refuge for those fleeing the [[Lebanese Civil War]]. The 1990s saw Somali Muslims arrive in the wake of the [[Somali Civil War]] as well as Bosnian Muslims fleeing the breakup of the former [[Yugoslavia]]. However Canada has yet to receive any significant numbers of Iraqis fleeing the [[Civil war in Iraq|Iraqi Civil War]]. But in general almost every Muslim country in the world has sent immigrants to Canada &mdash; from [[Albania]] to [[Yemen]] to [[Bangladesh]].<ref>2001 Census of Canada: http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/home/index.cfm</ref>
!width="125"|Position
!width="220"|Primary
!width="220"|Substitute
!width="220"|Fill-in
|-style="height:50px; background:white; color:#000000"
! [[Point guard]] || '''Albert Chu'''
| '''[[Jameer Nelson]]''' <br />
| '''Courtney Lee''' <br />
|-style="height:50px; background:white; color:#000000"
! [[Shooting guard]] || '''[[Mickaël Piétrus]]'''
| '''[[J.J. Redick]]''' <br /> '''[[Courtney Lee]]'''
| '''Keith Bogans''' <br />
|-style="height:50px; background:white; color:#000000"
! [[Small forward]] || '''[[Hedo Türkoğlu]]'''
| '''[[Keith Bogans]]''' <br /> '''Mickaël Piétrus'''
| '''Rashard Lewis''' <br />
|-style="height:50px; background:white; color:#000000"
! [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]] || '''[[Rashard Lewis]]'''
| '''[[Tony Battie]]''' <br /> '''[[Brian Cook]]'''
| '''Hedo Türkoğlu''' <br />
|-style="height:50px; background:white; color:#000000"
! [[Center (basketball)|Center]] || '''[[Dwight Howard]]'''
| '''[[Marcin Gortat]]''' <br /> '''Tony Battie'''
| '''[[Adonal Foyle]]''' <br />
|}


===Unsigned draftees and development league signees===
The majority of Canadian Muslims &mdash; and not coincidentally a large proportion of the country's immigrants &mdash; live in the province of [[Ontario]], with the largest groups settled in and around the [[Greater Toronto Area]]. According to the 2001 Census, there were 254,110 Muslims living in Greater Toronto.<ref>[http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/Religion/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo=CMA&View=2a&Code=535&Table=1&StartRec=1&Sort=2&B1=535&B2=1 Canada Census 2001]</ref>
{| style="text-align: center; background:#007CC5; color:white"

!width="225"|Player Name
[[British Columbia]] also has a significant Muslim population. Assuming that most immigrants from [[Middle East]] and [[Iran]] are Muslims, the two largest Muslim communities in the Vancouver were Middle Eastern (>50,000) and Iranian (>30,000).<ref name=autogenerated2>2001 Census of Canada </ref> Canada's national capital [[Ottawa]] hosts many [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]] and [[Somali people|Somali]] Muslims, where the Muslim community numbered approximately 40,000 in 2001.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> Greater Montreal's Muslim community neared 100,000 in 2001.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> It is home to large numbers of Canadians of Moroccan, Algerian and Lebanese descent, as well as smaller Syrian, Iranian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Turkish communities.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> These communities are not exclusively, but predominantly, Muslim. In addition to [[Vancouver]], Ottawa, and [[Montreal]], nearly every major Canadian metropolitan area has a Muslim community, including [[Metropolitan Halifax|Halifax]] (3,070), [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]] (10,745), [[Winnipeg]] (4,805),[[Calgary]] (28,920), [[Edmonton]] (19,580), [[Vancouver]] (52,590), where more than a third are of Iranian descent, and [[Toronto]] (30,230).<ref name=autogenerated2 />
!width="75"|Nationality

!width="75"|Current Team
Table 1: Current and Projected Muslim Population of Canada<ref name=autogenerated1>Canada's Demo-Religious Revolution</ref>
!width="75"|League(s)
{| class="wikitable"
!width="75"|NBA Draft/Pick
|-
!width="75"|NBA Position(s)
! Muslim Population
!width="75"|Height
! 2001
!width="75"|Weight
! 2017
!width="75"|Born
|-
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#007CC5"
| [[Canada]]
! [[Remon Van de Hare]] || [[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|40px]] || [[Azovmash Mariupol]]
| 579,700
| [[Ukrainian Basketball Super League|Ukrainian League]] / [[ULEB Cup]] || [[2003 NBA Draft|2003]]/52nd pick ||[[Center|C]]|| 7'2" || 253 lbs. || {{birth date and age|1982|5|23}}
| 1,421,400
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#007CC5"
|-
! [[Milovan Raković]] || [[Image:Flag of Serbia.svg|40px]] || [[Spartak Saint Petersburg]]
| [[Atlantic Canada|Atlantic Provinces]]
| [[Russian Basketball Super League]] || [[2007 NBA Draft|2007]]/60th pick || [[Forward-center|PF/C]] || 6'10" || 269 lbs. || {{birth date and age|1985|2|19}}
| 5,300
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#007CC5"
| 14,500
! [[Marko Tomas]] || [[Image:Flag of Croatia.svg|40px]] || [[Baloncesto Fuenlabrada]]
|-
| [[Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto|ACB Spanish League]] || [[2007 NBA Draft|2007]]/Undrafted || [[Shooting guard|SG]] || 6'7" || 198 lbs. || {{birth date and age|1985|1|03}}
| [[Alberta]]
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#007CC5"
| 49,300
! [[Fran Vázquez]] || [[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|40px]] || [[FC Barcelona Bàsquet]]
| 100,300
| [[Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto|ACB Spanish League]] || [[2005 NBA Draft|2005]]/11th pick || [[Forward-center|PF/C]] || 6'10" || 230 lbs. || {{birth date and age|1983|5|01}}
|-
|}
| [[Quebec]]
| 103,900
| 247,600
|-
| [[Manitoba]]
| 4,900
| 12,100
|-
| [[Saskatchewan]]
| 2,000
| 4,700
|-
| [[British Columbia]]
| 57,200
| 131,100
|-
| [[Ontario]]
| 356,700
| 910,600
|}
As the [[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]] guarantees freedom of religious expression, Canadian Muslims face no official [[religious discrimination]]. Under [[Section Two of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms|Section 2(a)]] of the Charter, the wearing of the ''[[hijab]]'' is permitted in schools and places of work. Religious holidays and dietary restrictions are also respected, but outside major urban areas it may be difficult to find [[halal]] food. It is also often difficult to observe [[Islamic banking|Islamic rules against usury]].

==History==
The Muslim community in Canada is almost as old as the nation itself. Four years after Canada's founding in 1867, the 1871 Canadian Census found 13 Muslims among the population.<ref>1871 Census of Canada</ref> The first Canadian [[mosque]] was constructed in [[Edmonton]] in 1938, when there were approximately 700 Muslims in the country.<ref>Saudi Aramco World: Canada's Pioneer Mosque: http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199804/canada.s.pioneer.mosque.htm</ref> This building is now part of the museum at [[Fort Edmonton Park]]. The years after [[World War II]] saw a small increase in the Muslim population. However Muslims were still a distinct minority. It was only with the removal of European immigration preferences in the late 1960s that Muslims began to arrive in significant numbers.

According to the Canadian Census of 1971 there were 33,000 Muslims in Canada.<ref>1971 Census of Canada</ref> In the 1970s large-scale non-European immigration to Canada began. This was reflected in the growth of the Muslim community in Canada. In 1981, the Census listed 98,000 Muslims.<ref>1981 Census of Canada</ref> The 1991 Census indicated 253,265 Muslims.<ref>1991 Census of Canada</ref> By 2001, the Islamic community in Canada had grown to more than 579,000.<ref>2001 Census of Canada</ref> Preliminary estimates for Census 2006 point to a figure of almost 800,000.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> The community is expected to grow to 1.1 million by 2011 and 1.4 million by 2017.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

Compared to Muslims in Europe, Canadian Muslims have not faced the same set of problems.<ref>Canada's Muslims: An International Comparison: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/islam/muslim-survey.html </ref> The Muslim community in Canada is just one among many ethnic, religious, racial and cultural communities that together make up Canada. At the same time, it must be noted that although Canadian Muslims may be classified as Muslims for official governmental statistical and policy-making purposes, that does not necessarily mean that all who are identified as such are practicing Muslims. In other words, they may be culturally Muslim, while at the same leading secular lives. Among the more prominent Canadian Muslims are [[Rahim Jaffer]], who has sat as a [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Edmonton—Strathcona]] since 1997, [[Irshad Manji]] and a feminist Muslim activist who wrote the international bestseller "[[The Trouble with Islam Today]]" &mdash; an excoriation of [[Islamism]].

==Organizations==
The Muslim community in Canada is represented by several organizations: the [[Canadian Islamic Congress]], which purports to represent the moderate conservative mainstream in the community and has the support of most mosques, the [[Muslim Association of Canada]] (MAC) which has its foundation rooted in traditional Islamic ideology with a focus on dynamic application within the current Canadian context, the [[Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations]] (CAIR-CAN) which has now become one of the leading advocacy and civil liberties organizations on behalf of the Muslim community, the [[Muslim Canadian Congress]], a progressive, liberal group that was founded in 2002, the [[Canadian Muslim Union]] another liberal group which split from the MCC, as well as other large organisations such as [[Islamic Society of North America]] (ISNA) and the [[Islamic Circle of North America]] (ICNA). These are only some of the key organisations within the Muslim Canadian community, as the community is a large, diverse community with well over 60 ethno-cultural groups. Thus, organisations are continually emerging as they seek to meet the needs of community members.

Student-led initiatives are generally well supported and successful, including annual events such as [[MuslimFest]] and the [[Reviving the Islamic Spirit]] conference, the largest Islamic event in Canada.

==In the Media==
The [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]and the [[National Film Board of Canada|National Film Board]] has developed programing that shares the perspective of live as an Muslim in Canada.
*[http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/homegrownmuslims.html Homegrown Muslims] a Documentary by Iranian-born filmmaker [[Saide Kardar]] documents [[Toronto]]'s Muslim community in Home Grown Muslims and provides a look at the conflict of identity among young Muslims living in Canada.
*[[Little Mosque on the Prairie]] is a Canadian sitcom on CBC Television, created by [[Zarqa Nawaz]]. The series focuses on the Muslim community in the fictional prairie town of Mercy, Saskatchewan (population 14,000).
*[[Zarqa Nawaz]] with the National Film Board has also produced ''Me and the Mosque'' (2005) &mdash; documentary about the role of women in Islam, both throughout history and in contemporary Canada, told from a personal perspective.<ref>[http://nfb.ca/trouverunfilm/fichefilm.php?id=51517&v=h&lg=en&exp=${me}%20AND%20${and}%20AND%20${the}%20AND%20${mosque} NFB - Collection - Me and the Mosque<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== See also ==
* [[Religion in Canada]]
* [[Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations]]
* [[:Category:Canadian Muslims|Category containing Canadian Muslims]]
* [[Canadian Islamic Congress]]
* [[Council on American-Islamic Relations]]
* [[Islamic Society of North America]]

== External links ==
* [http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/Products/Analytic/companion/rel/canada.cfm Canada religious census 2001]
* [http://www.acs-aec.ca/Polls/30-03-2005.pdf Canada’s Demo-Religious Revolution: 2017]
* [http://www.themuslimpages.com Canadian Muslim Business and service Directory]
* [http://www.aicp.ca Islamic Association in Canada]
* [http://www.ccmw.com Canadian Council Of Muslim Women]
* [http://www.muslimfest.com/ MuslimFest - Artistic, Innovative, Captivating]
* [http://www.caircan.ca/ CAIR-CAN]

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Orlando Magic

2008-2009 Roster

Orlando Magic roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
F/C 4 United States Battie, Tony 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Texas Tech
G/F 10 United States Bogans, Keith 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Kentucky
PG 98 United States Chu, Albert (C) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Granada Hills Charter HS (CA)
PF 34 United States Cook, Brian 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Illinois
C 31 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Foyle, Adonal 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Colgate
C 13 Poland Gortat, Marcin 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Poland
C 12 United States Howard, Dwight 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 265 lb (120 kg) SW Atlanta Christian Academy (GA)
G 32 United States Lee, Courtney 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Western Kentucky
F 9 United States Lewis, Rashard 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Alief Elsik HS (TX)
PG 14 United States Nelson, Jameer 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Saint Joseph's
G/F 2 France Piétrus, Mickaël 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) France
SG 7 United States Redick, J. J. 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Duke
SF 15 Turkey Türkoğlu, Hedo 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Turkey
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Depth Chart

Position Primary Substitute Fill-in
Point guard Albert Chu Jameer Nelson
Courtney Lee
Shooting guard Mickaël Piétrus J.J. Redick
Courtney Lee 		Keith Bogans
Small forward Hedo Türkoğlu Keith Bogans
Mickaël Piétrus 		Rashard Lewis
Power forward Rashard Lewis Tony Battie
Brian Cook 		Hedo Türkoğlu
Center Dwight Howard Marcin Gortat
Tony Battie 		Adonal Foyle

Unsigned draftees and development league signees

Player Name Nationality Current Team League(s) NBA Draft/Pick NBA Position(s) Height Weight Born
Remon Van de Hare Azovmash Mariupol Ukrainian League / ULEB Cup 2003/52nd pick C 7'2" 253 lbs. (1982-05-23) May 23, 1982 (age 42)
Milovan Raković Spartak Saint Petersburg Russian Basketball Super League 2007/60th pick PF/C 6'10" 269 lbs. (1985-02-19) February 19, 1985 (age 39)
Marko Tomas Baloncesto Fuenlabrada ACB Spanish League 2007/Undrafted SG 6'7" 198 lbs. (1985-01-03) January 3, 1985 (age 39)
Fran Vázquez FC Barcelona Bàsquet ACB Spanish League 2005/11th pick PF/C 6'10" 230 lbs. (1983-05-01) May 1, 1983 (age 41)
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