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HALFWAY through Ramadan, Winnipeg’s Muslim community will change course to mark the remainder of its holy month by conference calls, group chats and praying at home.
HALFWAY through Ramadan, Winnipeg’s Muslim community will change course to mark the remainder of its holy month by conference calls, group chats and praying at home. God hears us pray wherever we are, said Idris Knapp, executive director of Winnipeg Central Mosque, which will hold community prayers today for the last time during Ramadan. Jonah prayed in the dark of night, at the bottom of the sea and in the belly of a fish. (God) can hear from my home in Winnipeg.
For the second year in a row, Ramadan will be celebrated during a global pandemic. The Elbakri family in Winnipeg will be celebrating at home, and have created a miniature mosque in a spare room.
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Four years ago, when Siddiqui first heard news of the mosque shooting in Quebec City, she was shocked but not overly surprised, she said.
Since the Twin Towers fell in New York on Sep. 11, 2001, Siddiqui experienced many instances of Islamophobia, she said. Before the shooting in Quebec City, she felt something was going to happen, but didn t expect the incident would be in Canada.
The fact the shooting happened at a mosque was also a deliberate message to all Muslims, she said.
Six men died in the attack on the Quebec Mosque. They are, clockwise from left, Mamadou Tanou Barry, Azzedine Soufiane, Abdelkrim Hassane, Ibrahima Barry, Aboubaker Thabti and Khaled Belkacemi.(CBC)
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Police attend the scene of a shooting at a Quebec City mosque in 2017 that left six people dead and five others injured. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES/Paul Chiasson
In 2017, a gunman walked into a mosque in Quebec City and opened fire, killing six people and wounding five.
In 2017, a gunman walked into a mosque in Quebec City and opened fire, killing six people and wounding five.
Manitobans are invited to gather Friday for an online commemoration on the fourth anniversary of the attack to remember the victims and show opposition to hate.
The event, sponsored by the Islamic Social Services Association, the Social Planning Council, and Independent Jewish Voices, will feature prayers from the Muslim, Christian, Jewish and Indigenous traditions.