Alhamdulillah, it is a superb occasion in the Miracle Media Group Inc.’s history as it has completed its 22 years -a long journey that began on Feb 23rd, 2001.
I want to thank the supporters and great well-wishers of ‘The Miracle’ for providing continuous support through advertisements of their businesses, sharing their thoughts in writing with our readers, especially Mr. Shams Jilani, Mr. Aslam Hayat, Mrs. Shamim Karim, Mrs. Alam Ara, Mrs. Asma Shums, Mrs. Nafisa Siddiqi, Mrs. Safia Imtiaz, Mrs. Moquita Waseem(from Saudi Arabia) Ms. Khadija Nadeem, Mr. Asad Syed, and many others. Miracle Media is proud that have the biggest Writers Team of ten(10) Urdu and English languages writers despite any local Community Paper in BC.
The Miracle newspaper aims to provide a broad overview of the world through articles and images. Over the years, we have covered thousands of events from all communities to keep up with our slogan, “Bringing Harmony to all Communities”. We are also proud that for those who are not Muslims, our Newspaper serves as a gateway to learning more about Islam and the local and international Muslim community. The Miracle cares for and respects all community members irrespective of ethnicity and faith.
Our journey over the past 22 years has been quite an experience.
On Feb 23, 2001, Mr. Nusrat Hussain launched the first Muslim Newspaper on a biweekly basis and his family’s and his day and night struggle gave a voice to the community. While I joined as Managing Editor in 2002, I was handed over the responsibility to run this show alone from Jan 2007. How successful my entire team and I have been in achieving these tasks? Well, Miracle’s readers are the best judges.
The Miracle became synonymous with events for much of its publication life. Allhudulilla last year at the 21st Anniversary Miracle Media distributed Awards to its Writers, Advertisers, and Community Members who served in the community for many years.
In the future, our mission is to continue the award distribution tradition.
‘The Miracle’ Newspaper is the first BC Muslim biweekly & bilingual (English & Urdu) newspaper, which is a Member of the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada (NEPMCC). It has been serving the BC Community for almost 22 years. The Miracle is a household newspaper of the local Muslim community and is popular in other local & ethnic communities as well. Its availability on the Website: www. miraclenews.com, Facebook (the Miracle Newspaper), Twitter, (https://twitter.com/Miraclenews1), and at two other digital printing service providers, “Press Reader” at https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-miracle/latest and “Magzter “ at https://www.magzter.com/CA/Miracle-Media-Group-Inc in all over the world. We are proud that Alhamdulillah’s the Miracle is the only one in the BC Muslim Print Media market which is non-stop a bi-weekly publication during the Pandemic 2019-2022 and after the Covid crisis till this day.
Like other businesses, last year has hurt Miracle deeply as our advertisers are struggling but we aim to carry on with our limited resources and stay with our readers, writers, and advertisers during this difficult time.
Feel free to comment on this issue about Miracle’s Historical 22 years journey, as your concerns and suggestions are highly appreciated for improving our quality in the future.
In the end, I will not be honest if I do not appreciate the efforts of my
Miracle’s family are Ms. Khadija, Ms. Misbah, Arslan, Shahrukh, Sabeeh, and others. Keep up the good work not only for the Miracle but for the Community.
I thank everyone who took the time and sent their messages at Miracle’s 22nd Anniversary, including BC Premier David Eby, BC Caucus, MP Sukh Dhaliwal, MLA, and Minister Hon. Harry Bains, MLA, Garry Begg.
May Allah (SWT) accept your prayers for our success and may He help us in serving the community… Ameen
Jazaakumu Allahu Khairan. (Ameen)
Mohammad Naseer Pirzada
(Editor-in-Chief) Miracle
22 Years of ‘The Miracle.’
From the pen of the Founding Chief- Editor of ‘The Miracle’.
Sqn. Ldr. Nusrat Hussain (R)
A friend of mine in late 2000 suggested starting a Muslim newspaper. With a diploma and a degree in Journalism under my belt and my writing passion, I was compelled to take up the project. With limited finances as well as business experience in any field, I took the challenge of launching the first Muslim newspaper in B.C., and the first copy of ‘The Miracle’ was published on 23 rd February 2001. ‘The Miracle’ soon became a household item benefitting Muslim businesses and political activity. ‘The Miracle’ served to promote
different businesses, community events, and concerns. There were many successful
Muslims in different fields of business as well as some important government and public offices. There were also different religious, welfare, and social work organizations serving all Muslims as a community. It was a regular feature to hold grand community events celebrating Eid- parties, national holidays, and many activities of getting together under one roof. In an extremely friendly diverse Canadian society, there were many mediums of mass communication like newspapers, radio, and television owned by other communities living in the Vancouver mainland area. It resulted in a perception of a nonexistent Muslim community to the mainstream public of British Columbia.
In absence of Muslim media, any concern about Muslim issues was not conveyed in a
desired manner to the mainstream public of
Canada. The Miracle became an independent strong voice to publish issues of Muslim concern within the community as well as outside. There was a strong reaction by the right-wing Muslim community when religious dogmas and taboos were challenged in The Miracle. It became a common practice by the members belonging to the extreme right wing of stealing and throwing in garbage many bundles of the newspaper placed inside the mosques. People having a balanced approach respecting Canadian laws of freedom of speech confronted the extreme ideas. This brought some commotion as well as a platform to discuss different ideas was provided by the Miracle. We published every letter and article without any prejudice.
The importance of newspapers in the present era is reduced many times. Reading a paperback newspaper is the last source of information or interest for a majority of people. Thanks to my friend and a dedicated Naseer Pirzada that the newspaper is in business today and celebrating its 22nd anniversary today. I wish you all the best Pir Saheb. May Allah Paak accepts your great effort of continuing to serve the Muslim community of B.C. Long Live ‘The Miracle’.
Congratulations on Miracle‘s 22nd Anniversary
The Miracle is 22 years old now, Congratulation it is a Miracle and all credit goes to Mr. Naseer Pirzada his hard work dedication, and determination to keep Miracle above the crowd, the Team of Miracle also deserves credit and appreciation, our best wishes and prayers are always with Miracle and Team.
Kind Regards,
Asad Syed
Realtor/Strata Manager
Stratatech Consulting Ltd.
Miracle provides a platform to reflect on themselves in print media
Working with the Miracle has been such a privilege and is an opportunity I appreciate so much. Starting off as a regular reader and evolving into the primary columnist for the youth section as well as a member of the board, I’m incredibly grateful to have been writing with this team for 4 years.
Writing has always been a passion of mine and this position has aided me in improving so many of my skills. Not to mention the safe space that The Miracle has provided to Muslims and Pakistanis across British Columbia, giving them the chance to see a reflection of themselves in print media and hear and read
about the news that they want to see. I hope that I can continue writing with The Miracle as well as work with the team to help develop the newspaper further. InshAllah, I hope for many more years of success to come.
By: Khadija Nadeem,
Youth Columnist and Editorial Board Member, 16 Yrs.
The Miracle is not only alive but flourishing
By: Nafisa Siddiqui
Congratulations team Miracle especially Mohammad Pirzada Sahib whose unbelievable effort kept the miracle not only alive but flourishing at an amazing speed.
Congratulations
