The Al-Rashid Mosque - The Story of Canada’s First Mosque: Multiculturalism in Canada Series

Catalogue Number: HCAN94EN
Producer: Historica Canada
Producing Agencies: Historica Canada
Subject: Canadian History, Canadian Social Issues, Canadian Social Studies, History, Religious Studies, Social Issues, Social Sciences, Social Studies, Women's Studies
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2021
Running Time: 7:05
In the 1930s, a group of determined Muslim women raised funds to create Canada’s first mosque for Edmonton’s growing Muslim community.
By the 1980s, the descendants of those Muslim women would come together to save their mosque. But they would have to fight against prejudice and discrimination to have the mosque recognized as an important part of Edmonton’s history.
Also available in French: Mosquée Al-Rashid - l'histoire de la première mosquée du Canada
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