To put it mildly, Hamid Slimi is a busy man. The 38-year-old mosque leader at the International Muslims Organization in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke has multitasking down to a science. He pauses from putting up blood-drive posters to lead the evening prayer. He finishes chairing the green mosque meeting (the centre is going environmentally friendly), then races around the building trying to get anyone he sees to sell tickets to an upcoming charity dinner. He haggles with one of the volunteers: 30 tickets? 20? 10? "It's okay," he finally tells the volunteer, "I'm not a pushy person." But he...