Al-Rashid Mosque
| Al-Rashid Mosque | |
|---|---|
French: Mosquée Al-Rashid | |
| File:Al-Raschid Mosque on 1920 Street, Fort Edmonton Park, Alberta, Canada.jpg | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Mosque |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Fort Edmonton Park, Edmonton, Alberta |
| Country | Canada |
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| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque |
| Style | Eastern Orthodox |
| Completed |
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| Minaret | 2 |
| Website | |
| alrashidmosque | |
The Al-Rashid Mosque (French: Mosquée Al-Rashid) was the first mosque built in Canada. It was constructed in 1938 in Edmonton, Alberta, and relocated to its current site in Fort Edmonton Park, in 1992. The mosque serves the Sunni Islam community.
History
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Al-Rashid Mosque was expected to be the first mosque in North America but was built in 1938 just after the Mother Mosque of America in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and several years after the 1929 mosque built in Ross, North Dakota.[1][2] At the time, there were about 700 Muslims in Canada. Hilwie Hamdon was the first woman to talk to Edmonton Mayor John Fry about purchasing land to construct the mosque. She, along with friends, collected funds from Jews, Christians and Muslims to construct the mosque.[3]
The mosque was built by Ukrainian-Canadian contractor Mike Drewoth in a style resembling the Eastern Christian (Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox) immigrant churches and opened on December 12, 1938. In the 1940s, the building was relocated from its original site to a location a few blocks away to make room for a school expansion.[4]
By the 1980s, the mosque had been outgrown by the booming Muslim community, and had fallen into disrepair. The city, which owned the land on which it was located, was contemplating demolition of the site to expand a hospital. But in 1991, it was decided that the mosque was to be moved to Fort Edmonton Park at a cost of $75,000. About a year later on May 28, 1992, it was reopened in the park.[3]
Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi was instrumental in the development of the mosque.[5]
See also
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[edit | edit source]- ^ Day 22: Ross, North Dakota – A Leap in Time
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External links
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- 1938 establishments in Alberta
- 20th-century mosques in Canada
- Islamic organizations established in 1938
- Mosque buildings with minarets in Canada
- Mosques completed in 1938
- Mosques in Alberta
- Religious buildings and structures in Edmonton
- Sunni mosques in Canada
- Tourist attractions in Edmonton
- North American mosque stubs
- Canadian religious building and structure stubs