News Source: Hindustan times
| about 1 year ago
IST(6/7/2008) North America's largest mosque was formally opened on Saturday amid much fanfare in the city of Calgary in Alberta province. Raised by the Ahmadiyya Muslim community of Canada at a cost of $15 million, the Baitun Nur mosque is spread...
News Source: Canada.com
| about 1 year ago
Prime Minister Stephen Harper told the crowd that the Ahmadiyya Muslim community knows the importance of tolerance and peace because it has been the target of persecution itself since its founding in the late 19th century. "In this mosque, we see the...
News Source: Macleans
| about 1 year ago
Canada's newest and largest mosque opened Saturday in Calgary, praised by Prime Minister Stephen Harper as an "architectural treasure."...Harper and Opposition Leader Stephane Dion were among the hundreds who attended the opening. The group's global...
News Source: Macleans
| about 1 year ago
Calgary's Ahmadiyya community, an offshoot movement of Islam persecuted in some countries, was to officially open what is believed to be Canada's newest and largest mosque Saturday. The country's top political leaders, including Prime Minister...