According to Ahlul Bayt (AS) News Agency – ABNA.IR – The first Iranian mosque purchased in Vancouver – the largest city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia (BC), Canada – on the birthday of the last Shia Imam Mahdi (AS), after years of unremitting attempt. The importance of the matter is attentive when you know that some educational-cultural centers in Persian exist in Vancouver and the need of providing the Islamic safe atmosphere for them is more obvious. The first steps of buying the mosque took on the 10th night of Moharram 1429 (Ashura); when there was no place for rituals the Moharram ritual held in a church instead of mosque. At that night with the ambitious of Iranian Muslim and with the favor of Imam Hessian (AS) during 30 minutes about 600.000 $ gathered and with the help of Allah after 7 month, in the honored month of Shaban and in the Birthday of the last Imam Mahdi (AS) the building purchased and became their mosque. The purchased building, al-Ghadir mosque, in the North area of Vancouver is a two stairs building. The first floor is for the collective prayer, the Friday prayer and for especial programs and rituals. The second floor has some rooms which use for "Al-Ghadir Islamic school" classes. Al-Ghadir Islamic school has founded two years ago and has about 60 students in primary and secondary school in the Persian, religious and the Holy Qoran fields. The center website is accessible here: www.ghadir.ca The Muslims population of the BC province is about 76 thousand that the Iranian population of Vancouver is about 15 thousand. /106
source : Exclusive ABNA.IR
Monday
15 June 2009
7:30:00 PM
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The first Iranian mosque purchased in Vancouver – the largest city in third province of Canada – on mid-Shaban, after years of unremitting attempt.