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23 Aug 2012 15:19 #98618
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[size=small]In the hopes of beginning a new life of peace and prosperity the first Muslims arrived in Canada
in 1871.......[/size] :shocked:
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23 Aug 2012 15:20 #98619
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[size=small]They arrived by boat on Canada’s east coast :
and by 1931 the Census of Canada registered 645 Muslim residents....[/size]
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23 Aug 2012 15:22 #98620
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[size=small]Mayor John Fry was approached by a group of Muslim ladies
for a plot of land on which a mosque could be built for the growing Muslim community.
An amount of 5000 dollars was needed to buy the land that was located next to the
Royal Alexandra Hospital.[/size]
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23 Aug 2012 15:23 #98621
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[size=small]This historic undertaking that would be the first mosque built in North America. [/size] :cool:
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23 Aug 2012 15:25 #98623
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[size=small]The official opening of the Al Rashid Mosque was on December 12, 1938..........
never knew this [/size] :shocked:
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23 Aug 2012 15:48 #98630
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you that ship did not get lost and ended up in canada
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