30 MORE | Day 14 – “Spoke with President of Windsor Islamic Association about the Call to Prayer in South Windsor.” – Dan MacDonald Show – AM800 CKLW

05 07 20'

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Dan MacDonald spoke with Mirza Baig, President of Windsor Islamic Association, about the Call to Prayer in South Windsor on his AM800 CKLW Radio show.

 

 

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30 MORE | Night 14 – “This is the last I’ll be commenting on the matter. Proud we did the right thing.” – Mayor Bonnie Crombie – City of Mississauga

05 06 20'

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Mississauga is right to stand against intolerance

 
By Star Editorial Board

Wed., May 6, 2020

 

City councillors in Mississauga did a good and generous thing last week when they gave permission for local mosques to broadcast the evening call to prayer during the month of Ramadan.

It was a simple yet meaningful gesture at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic makes it impossible for Muslims to gather together physically at their places of worship. “People need comfort and familiarity during this difficult time,” Mayor Bonnie Crombie said by way of explanation.

Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie seen at a Nov. 18 budget committee meeting.

That should have been the end of it. But, as the saying goes, no good deed goes unpunished. For their trouble, councillors were subjected to a barrage of abuse on social media, so much so that they felt they had to revisit the issue on Wednesday.

To their credit, they reaffirmed their decision to allow an exemption to noise bylaws during Ramadan this year. Muslims who aren’t able to go to their mosque can hear the evening call to prayer, or Azan, broadcast through loudspeakers.

It would, of course, have been quite wrong to back down in the face of the complaints, even under the guise of “consulting” further with various parts of the community.

Allowing a temporary exemption from a noise bylaw for a few weeks, for a call to prayer that lasts less than five minutes, is just the decent thing to do at a time when everyone is trying to make the best of a tough time.

Many other cities have done the same thing — Toronto, Hamilton, Brampton, Ottawa and Windsor among them. Halifax and Edmonton, too.

In Europe, Germany and the Netherlands have also allowed amplified prayers during Ramadan to ease the pain of Muslims denied permission to get together in person at a time when family and community gatherings are most important.

The good news is that this has been, for the most part and in most places, quite uncontroversial. In Toronto, city staff simply decided on their own to make an exemption from noise bylaws until the end of Ramadan on May 24.

Nor should it be controversial. Church bells can be heard every Sunday, and anyone complaining about those would rightly be considered an intolerant crank. And everyone, of every religious persuasion or none at all, must put up with weeks of Christmas music everywhere they turn from Halloween to the end of year.

Yet somehow, for some people, the prospect of hearing the sunset call to prayer from a mosque is apparently intolerable. An open letter circulating online called hearing the Muslim call to prayer a “violation of human rights” and even suggested it might trigger PTSD in veterans who fought in Afghanistan or Iraq. It garnered thousands of signatures in support.

In Brampton, the chair of a school council, Ravi Hooda by name, used the occasion to tweet insulting comments about Muslims (for that Peel Region School Board booted him from his position). And a column in the Toronto Sun sounded an alarm about “Sharia-Bolsheviks” who want to “change our society permanently.”

It’s worth noting, though, that this loud and intolerant minority is far from the complete picture. The Interfaith Council of Peel, a group of religious leaders ranging from Buddhists to Unitarians, supported Mississauga’s decision with these words: “Rather than thinking of this simple action as divisive or favouring one group over another, may it be a reminder that members of our community are deeply missing each other.”

That’s about the size of it. Allowing a temporary exemption to a noise bylaw, at what all agree is a time of unprecedented challenges, threatens no one and takes away nothing from any community.

If we are truly, as the current slogan goes, “all in this together,” we can start by abandoning needless suspicion and doing what we can to make life a little better for our fellow citizens — of whatever background.

 

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Day 13 – VIDEO – First Ever Public Adhan Al Maghrib at The Oldest Masjid in Toronto – Call to The Prayer After Sunset – Jami Mosque – Islamic Centre of Toronto – 56 Boustead Avenue

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First Public Athan at the First Second Mosque in Toronto

Witness the first public Azaan in the first Second Masjid of Toronto.

Municipalities across Canada have recently allowed for the public broadcast of Athan at Maghrib time during the month of Ramadan.

Many of us are accustomed to going to the mosque during Ramadan, however this year, with the pandemic, it is not possible.

So hearing the athan being broadcast acts as a source of comfort for Muslims.

 

Sister Sara Mill commented on youtube . . .

“This video is amazing MashaAllah,

I have been comming to this mosque ever since I was born and today I’m 17 years old!

The amazing community, the memories, get togethers, diversity is everything.

It’s really unfortunate that we cannot congregate at the mosque like we normally do,

but InshaAllah we shall reunite again soon.

Never thought I would see the day when the mosque would close their doors but this video brings back amazing memories,

Thank you Isna for making this!

Shoutout to Jami mosque OG, y’all know who you are!!!!!

❤️❤️❤️❤️

Don’t recognize one person in this video except Sheikh Hamdi,

I think next time a video is done it should be with people who actually regularly attend the mosque!

Thanks for also including the neighbors,

May Allah bless all of you!

 

Dundas Street Mosque at 3047 Dundas Street West was Toronto’s “First” Masjid.

 

Day 1 – Mosque One – The Forgotten Dundas Street Mosque

 

That building was sold with proceeds from the sale put towards purchase of 56 Boustead Avenue, a former Presbyterian Church, by Muslim Society of Toronto.

 

Day 1 – Jami Mosque

 

Jami Mosque is Toronto’s Second Masjid.

Jami Mosque is Toronto’s Oldest Masjid still in continuous uninterrupted operation.

 

 

 

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30 MORE | Day 13 – VIDEO – “Letter read out at Council from ICP Interfaith Council of Peel to Mississauga City Council in Support of the Call to Prayer issue”

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The letter of support sent by ICP to the Mayor’s Office May 2020 over the Council’s decision to allow the broadcast of calls to prayers during Ramadan.

“Dear Mayor Bonnie Crombie,

The Interfaith Council of Peel supports the City of Mississauga’s resolution to approve the broadcast of calls for prayers to all faiths in the city.

In this pandemic time,

so much has been taken from us, and especially from communities of faith who yearn to gather not only for worship and celebration,

but also to do good work in our neighbourhoods and our city,

and to support one another in both good and challenging times.

Rather than thinking of this simple action as divisive, or favouring one group over another,

may it be a reminder that members of our community are deeply missing each other,

that our lives personally and collectively have changed.

May this call be a reminder to take just a few moments to think of those who cannot gather:

celebrating families and grieving families, friends and social groups, even sports teams – and faith communities;

to be thankful for healthcare workers, police, fire and EMT’s, and people on the front lines,

for workers who are performing essential roles to keep us safe and to keep our communities going;

to pray for courage for our leaders who are making hard decisions;

to pray for people who face hate and discrimination brought on by fear and anger.

Each faith has ways that outwardly inspire and encourage their congregations and we are in support of the City and Mayor’s efforts

especially in this very challenging time to enable faith communities and faith leaders to reach out and support our diverse community and bring us together in a spirit of hope and comfort. ”

Signed by Interfaith Council of Peel.

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Day 12 – Drive-By Ziyarat – TARIC Islamic Centre – Toronto And Region Islamic Congregation – 99 Beverly Hills Drive

05 05 20'

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Day 12 – Drive-By Ziyarat – Islamic Foundation of Toronto – ( Nugget Mosque ) – 441 Nugget Avenue – Scarborough

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En route to Jame Abu Bakr Masjid, Scarborough Muslim Association, to experience their Drive-Thru Iftar Pick Up,

We decided to drive down Markham Road and at least Drive-By one of our Favourite Masjids,

The Islamic Foundation of Toronto . . .

 

 

Before we broke our First Fast on Day 1 of Ramadan 2020,

We had livestreamed Shaikh Yūsuf Badāt’s pre-Iftar 30 minute Ramadān Special Program from The Islamic Foundation of Toronto.

Today, Alhumdulillah, we’re driving by, seeing IFT Live & in person.

We have Drive-Thru Iftars because of Pandemic Lockdown of Masjids,

Why not have Drive-By . . . Ziyarats . . . ?

I just made that up.

Ziyarat comes from Arabic: زار‎ “to visit”.

Okay, so I didn’t just make that up. Muslims have always been visiting Masjids.

I did however just invent the term “Drive-By Ziyarat” . . . for the purpose of this and future 30 Masjids blog entries about Driving By Masjids and Islamic Centres that are closed due to COVID 19 Pandemic Lockdown especially during Ramadan 2020.

And because you are Islamic Foundation of Toronto,

Why not also have Drive-Thru Masjid Office Hours  ?

By using your now Pandemic Lockdown Empty Masjid Parking Lot . . .

IFT Drive-Through Office Now Open

 

“Islamic Foundation of Toronto is pleased to announce that we have now opened a drive-through office in the Masjid parking lot.

This was done due to significant demand from our community, and will be open during Ramadan for any community inquiries and services.

Please note our hours:

– – Daily from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM – –

Please note that although our drive-through office will be open,

The rest of the Islamic Foundation facilities and services will remain closed until the restrictions are lifted by the authorities.

Alhamdulilah,

Islamic Foundation of Toronto has been working diligently with our volunteers and community leaders to provide virtually conducted programs for our communities.

Although the physical facilities are closed,

Islamic Foundation is still here to support our community and want to encourage you to join us virtually.”

 

 

Heading south on Markham Road towards Islamic Foundation of Toronto

Through the intersection with Nugget Avenue, felix culpa Nugget Mosque

Final look at Islamic Foundation of Toronto completing 30 Masjids first-ever Drive-By Ziyarat . . .

 

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Night 12 – ZOOM – Jerrahi Sufi Canada – Canadian Sufi Cultural Centre – 270 Birmingham Street – Etobicoke

05 04 20'

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Since mid-March 2020,

Jumah Prayer has been cancelled at Canadian Sufi Cultural Centre, 270 Birmingham Street in Etobicoke, Ontario.

The following note now tops Jerrahi Order of Canada‘s website . . .

“We have cancelled our gatherings till further notice to reduce the risk of spreading the COVID-19 virus.

This is a precaution we are taking to protect the health and well being of individuals and society which has the greatest importance in our religion.

We will provide updates as they become available.

At these difficult times, we accept donations that will go towards food bank for people in need.

RAMADAN Program (Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays)

Connect using Zoom Pro.

Please check our what’s app group for instructions on how to connect!

8pm Greetings
8:15: Magrib (Prayer)
8:20: Iftar (Supper)
8:40: Usul (Prayer)
9:00: Discussion (Sohbet)
9:45: Isha (Prayer) & Teravih (Prayer)

Later we might continue casual discussions!

Ramadan 2020 may not have Whirling Dervishes in South Etobicoke, like Ramadans past . . .

. . . It may have Shared Iftar and Sohbet Watch Parties via Zoom . . .

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Day 11 – Reflections on Islam – Special Ramadan Radio Program – Adhan Al Maghrib – Call to Prayer after Sunset – Toronto Local Time

05 04 20'

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This morning,

In-between bites of Sahoor, my pre-dawn meal, I went livestream hunting and IPTV channel surfing for a Good Sahoor broadcast.

As I type this, I can’t even recall what I was watching or listening to this morning.

Sahoor / Fajr today May 4th 2020 was not memorable.

Alhumdulillah,

Fajr on Day 4 of Ramadan 2013, is still memorable.

While blogging 30 Masjids in 30 Day of Ramadan 2013 around my home province of Ontario,

I spent an hour with Western University MSA brothers broadcasting

The MuslimsLive RAMADAN Radio Show .

Fast Forward to today,

Monday May 4th 2020 aka Day 11 of Ramadan 1441.

I am spending the half hour before Maghrib Sunset Time, listening to the Livestream,

Reflections on Islam Special Ramadan Radio Program.

30 Masjids AT HOME in 30 Days of Ramadan 2020

Began on

“Wednesday April 22 2020 – Night 0” of Ramadan 2020,

Listening to the ROI Radio Livestream.

And Today,

I continue Ramadan 2020 by listening to,

and this time breaking my fast listening to, Reflections of Islamic Special Ramadan Radio Program.

Reflections on Islam began as a TV Show.

The Special Ramadan Radio Program came later.

I don’t remember which year was the first,

But my Teenage Ramadan Fasts during the 1980s in Toronto were broken listening to Adhan Al Maghrib being broadcast on the Radio.

I grew up listening to Reflections on Islam during Ramadan.

I don’t recall which years nor correct chronological order, but the Radio Station the program was broadcasting from bounced around every few years before landing on its current webpage sometime before Ramadan 2013.

ROI Radio had aired on one of Toronto’s Campus Radio stations, perhaps Ryerson Polytechnic ?

Akin to the MuslimsLive program I would later blog about and twitpic’d above.

There were a couple of other stations, maybe CFRB 1010 and another FM station for a few years ?

Each program would begin one half hour before Maghrib Sunset Time.

Since Sunset moves a number of minutes each night, ROI Radio would begin at a different minute of the hour every night of Ramadan.

This likely made it a challenge in scheduling for any Radio Station Manager.

The program itself was performing a Hijrah, migrating through the clock hour.

Consequently, for a number of years, ROI Radio was off the air completely.

Those Ramadan Fasts when there was no ROI Radio in the middle of the 1980s, kind of always felt incomplete when Sunset came around and my family broke our daily fasts.

To compensate,

On his weekly TV Show in weeks leading up to those Ramadans, Ezz E. Gad made available audio cassettes which we could pre-order.

Each set included recordings for 30 Days of Ramadan.

We were supposed to Press PLAY “One half hour before Maghrib Sunset Time” to line up sunset and hearing our tape players sound Adhan Al Maghrib.

I think our family ordered the tapes, but it wasn’t the same feeling as listening to the scratchy AM Signal.

When I first began blogging this 30 Masjids project in August of 2011,

I chose Day 15 of Ramadan 2011 to first blog about ROI Radio :

“Day 15 – Reflections on Islam Radio Program“

…A scratchy AM Signal from CJRN AM 7910 in Niagara Falls, on the other side of Lake Ontario.

The signal would weave in and out, yet that distant Adhan on the radio was how I broke my fast for years !

Last year,

I broke my First Fast of Ramadan 2019 listening to Ezz E. Gad via livestream.

 

To listen to the Livestream,

You must be connecting from an IP Address from inside Ontario, Canada.

If you were in British Columbia during Ramadan 2015, your BC IP Address did allow you to listen to ROI.

 

 

Many Rogers Internet customers complain that they indeed are in Ontario,

Yet their IP Address is showing out of province, and are geo-blocked from hearing ROI’s Livestream.

Don’t blame Ezz E. Gad,

Tell Rogers !

 

Remaining ROI Radio Livestream Start Times in Ramadan 2020 . . .

http://reflectionsonislam.tv/radio/

 

Ramadan 11 – May 4 : Start Time – 8:01 p.m.

Ramadan 12 – May 5 : Start Time – 8:02 p.m.

Ramadan 13 – May 6 : Start Time – 8:03 p.m.

Ramadan 14 – May 7 : Start Time – 8:04 p.m.

Ramadan 15 – May 8 : Start Time – 8:05 p.m.

Ramadan 16 – May 9 : Start Time – 8:06 p.m.

Ramadan 17 – May 10 : Start Time – 8:07 p.m.

Ramadan 18 – May 11 : Start Time  -8:08 p.m.

Ramadan 19 – May 12 : Start Time – 8:10 p.m.

Ramadan 20 – May 13 : Start Time – 8:11 p.m.

Ramadan 21 – May 14 : Start Time – 8:12 p.m.

Ramadan 22 – May 15 : Start Time – 8:13 p.m.

Ramadan 23 – May 16 : Start Time – 8:14 p.m.

Ramadan 24 – May 17 : Start Time – 8:15 p.m.

Ramadan 25 – May 18 : Start Time – 8:16 p.m.

Ramadan 26 – May 19 : Start Time – 8:17 p.m.

Ramadan 27 – May 20 : Start Time – 8:18 p.m.

Ramadan 28 – May 21 : Start Time – 8:19 p.m.

Ramadan 29 – May 22 : Start Time – 8:20 p.m.

Ramadan 30 – May 23 : Start Time – 8:21 p.m.

Shawwal 1 – May 24 : Start Time – 8:23 p.m.

Shawwal 2 – May 25 : Start Time – 8:24 p.m.

 

Why the extra two days of Livestreaming after the end Ramadan ?

(Likewise one or two days of radio shows before Ramadan began in April.)

One word.

Moonsighting, Not Moonfighting.

Okay, that’s three words.

First Rule of Moonsighting Club,

You Do NOT Talk About Moonfighting Club.

 

 

 

 
For my entire adult life, including years I consider my youth,

I have watched the weekly Reflections on Islam TV Show.

 

The show began on Local Toronto TV Channel, CFMT Channel 47, decades ago.

Channel 47 is still on the air, today it’s known as OMNI TV.

OMNI TV stuck to its multi-cultural multi-lingual programming roots.

IN 1980,

CFMT Channel 47 became Canada’s first television station to air 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

CNN (Cable News Network), the world’s first 24-hour television news network would go live on June 1 1980.

Other channels went off the air one or two hours after midnight.

They might broadcast static or a test pattern.

Here’s CFTO (Canadian Frequency Toronto Ontario) Channel 9 at 3:30 a.m. on a Friday . . .

With all those overnight broadcast hours to fill, that may be why Fridays at 3:30 a.m.,

You could turn on Channel 47 in Toronto, watch Ezz. E. Gad and learn about Islam.

Nowadays,

TV Shows bounce around from being on Network TV, to syndication, get picked up by a Cable Channel, then wind up on an ON Demand Streaming Platform.

While those in the know, watch IPTV.

I can’t recall which year exactly,

But Reflections on Islam TV Program eventually performed a Hijrah or migration,

From Over-The-Air Television (OTA) UHF Channel 47 to Cable Channel VisionTV.

Back then, this was big deal, like, wow, which TV Show does that ????

Following in the footsteps of the First Muslims who migrated from Makkah to Madinah (née Yathrib) to keep their faith intact,

Reflections on Islam kept its thrice weekly Timeslots even after its OTA to Cable TV Hijrah…

  • Sundays : 11 a.m. Eastern Time
  • Mondays : 4 a.m. Eastern Time
  • Fridays : 3:30 a.m. Eastern Time

I still tune in.

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30 MORE | Digital Book Launch – PINK MOSQUES – Stories By Lila, Nana, Lisa, Emie – (Chapter 52 by HiMY SYeD) – Storial.CO – Jakarta, Indonesia

05 04 20'

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In 2011,

Three, and later on four, Indonesian Muslimahs began tumblr blogging 30 Mosques in 30 Days of Ramadan from the point of view of women.

Joining the worldwide 30 Mosques in 30 Days of Ramadan movement started in New York City in 2009 by Bassam Tariq and Aman Ali.

Ollie, Nana, Lisa, and Emie, named their project…

Pink Mosques.

Pictures and stories about mosques from Muslimahs perspective.

Throughout 2011 . . .

. . . Many of the world’s Masjid and Ramadan Bloggers quickly found each other online or connected with one another via Tumblr or on Twitter . . .

30 Masjids and Pink Mosques both begin in Ramadan 2011.

After Ramadan 2012,

Pink Mosques also began blogging visits to masjids year round, not just in Ramadan, and not just in Indonesia.

 

January 2013 ,

Pink Mosques and 30 Masjids met up in Detroit and together visited The Islamic Centre of America, the Largest Masjid in America, in Dearborn, Michigan.

HiMY SYeD and Aulia Halimatussadiah, Islamic Center of America, Dearborn Michigan, Tuesday January 15 2013
HiMY SYeD and Aulia Halimatussadiah, Islamic Center of America, Dearborn Michigan, Tuesday January 15 2013

Ollie is a prolific writer, editor, and publisher.

With her and her three friends’ numerous Masjid visits, they eventually had enough stories for proper book.

Out of the blue, Ollie surprised me by asking me to write a chapter for her Pink Mosques book.

What does a Muslim Brother, me, know about Muslim Women and their experiences in Toronto Masjids ?

You can read Chapter 52, Masjids in Toronto Canada, on the Storial.CO platform for the answer !

My chapter was written in English.

Others chapters are in Indonesian.

If you don’t know the spoken language of the country currently with the World’s largest Muslim population, you now have a good reason to learn !

Pink Mosques in a bilingual book.

 

Tuesday May 5 2020 is the official Digital Book Launch.

This Digital Book Launch is an online chat with three of the four authors of Pink Mosques.

Chat will be on the Storial.CO platform.

It’s scheduled for 16:00 (WIB) Western Indonesian Time

You can find your local time and Jakarta WIB time on this webpage :

https://time.is/id/Jakarta

Did Pink Mosques from Indonesia ever visit Blue Mosque in Turkey…?

You can find out by reading Chapter 23

or

Chapter 51 !

 

Ollie in Paris ?

Pink Mosques : Chapter 34 .

UPDATED : Ramadan 12 1441 / May 5 2020

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30 MORE | Twitter Thread : “It seems three weeks, once an evening for less than five minutes – for the first time ever – is too much to ask.” — By Ahmed Minhas

05 04 20'

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Day 10 – Drive-Thru Iftar – Sayeda Khadija Centre – Faith of Life Network – Mississauga, Ontario

05 03 20'

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Yes,

I already blogged about This Drive-Thru Iftar at Sayeda Khadija Centre in Mississauga last Sunday, Day 3 of Ramadan 2020.

With the Pandemic Lockdown, all masjids are closed to the public.

Only masjid staff are allowed inside the building.

Last Sunday was my only physical visit to any masjid in person this Ramadan 2020.

Visiting and blogging, youtubing, documenting Masjids in Ramadan is the whole point of this 30 Masjids in 30 Days of Ramadan project.

And yesterday,

Saturday Day 9 of Ramadan 2020 was only my second in-person visit to a masjid, and that too was a Drive-Thru Iftar Pick up at Islamic Centre of Canada, ISNA Mississauga.

I miss going to the Masjids in Ramadan.

Any Masjid !

Any opportunity to visit a masjid, while still keeping physical distancing, is an opportunity not to skip.

This was the first time I have seen Imam Dr. Hamid Slimi in person since March 13 2020.

March 13 was the Final Congregation Friday Prayer inside Sayeda Khadija Centre Before the Pandemic Lockdown.

Alhumdulillah,

Through our car window, it was nice to exchange greetings and a few words in person with the Imam, during the Drive-Thru Iftar Pick up.

Everything else was pretty much the same as last Sunday’s Drive-Thru Iftar Pick Up,

See Day 3 if you want to learn more.

Once home,

To complete our Sayeda Khadija Centre experience for Day 10, we tuned into Imam Dr. Hamid Slimi’s near nightly Pre-Iftar Lecture Livestream.

Dr. Slimi mentioned tonight’s Drive-Thru Iftar near the end of tonight’s Pre-Iftar Lecture.

The Call to Prayer.

Adhan Al Maghrib.

We broke the Fast,

Ate our Drive-Thru Iftars at home.

Praying Salat Al Maghrib,

The Prayer after Sunset,

In-between both.

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Day 9 – City of Edmonton Approves Request for Broadcasting of Adhan Al Maghrib / Call to The Sunset Prayer from Local Masjids

05 02 20'

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Alberta Muslim Public Affairs Council – AMPAC

We are delighted to announce that efforts made by AMPAC and other community members has resulted in the City of Edmonton approving our request for masjids across Edmonton to broadcast the Adhaan—the Muslim call to prayer—for the remaining days of Ramadan starting today, May 2, 2020.

This approval is for the sunset or Maghrib prayer only.

The call to prayer does not invite people to physically gather; rather it is a beautiful gesture to bring our hearts together during this time of distancing.

Edmonton now joins many mosques in Canada who have recently adopted the practice for the month of Ramadan for the sunset prayer only.

AMPAC will be in touch with masjids for further details.

AMPAC extends our deepest appreciation to the @City Of Edmonton, City Council members, and most importantly, Mayor @doniveson, for approving our request and understanding its importance to our community.

This is a huge milestone and showcases the true beauty of our city, province, and country.

Alberta Muslim Public Affairs Council – AMPAC

Please see this previous message from Mayor Iveson about this being the season when some of the diverse faiths of the community celebrate significant events of their traditions and how COVID-19 does not put an end to observances.

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Day 9 – VIDEO – Labyrinths In Islam – World Labyrinth Day – First Saturday in May 2020

05 02 20'

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Labyrinths in Islam from HiMY SYeD on Vimeo.

The First Saturday in May is World Labyrinth Day.

That’s today.

This is the first time solar calendar World Labyrinth Day has appeared during Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic Lunar Calendar.

I have a another blog where I write about my Toronto and Vancouver City of Labyrinths Project .

What do Labyrinths and Islam have to do with one another ?

I use to think “Nothing.”

No Venn Diagram Overlap in these two areas of my life.

One morning in Ramadan 2009, after praying Fajr inside Toronto’s Dawah Centre Masjid,

I was allowed to realize Labyrinths In Islam have been hiding in plain sight all these years.

Ramadan 2009 was two years before I would start blogging 30 Masjids in 30 Days of Ramadan on this website.

Labyrinths have appeared on 30 Masjids before . . .

Two months before I began blogging 30 Masjids in 30 Days of Ramadan 2011,

I was on Umrah and spent time in The Holy City of Madinah.

On foot towards Masjid Qiblatain,

I found a Hedge Labyrinth and later made a sand Labyrinth with my foot . . .

Alhumdulillah.

Labyrinth related re-tweets originally made from Madinah in June 2011

Labyrinths are Unicursal.

They have one path, with no dead ends.

As long as you do not jump a line, you will always arrive at the centre.

Some Labyrinths are Pass-Through.

You enter from one side, follow the path, and exit.

You walked through the Labyrinth without encountering any dead ends.

By design, you cannot be lead astray. You do not experience anger.

When you inevitably arrive at the Centre, or when you exit a pass-through Labyrinth,

You feel a sense of accomplishment.

You are at peace.

No matter which path you took while walking a Labyrinth, you were rightly guided.

You may even want to walk the Labyrinth again and again or again after that.


Mazes are Multicursal

They have at least one dead end.

Sometimes many dead ends.

Maze are meant to puzzle you, to trick you, to frustrate you, to amaze you.

That is where the word Amazing comes from.

Mazes win when you get lost.

Mazes by design have many Innovations. You begin to doubt yourself.

Mazes lead you astray.

Many people give up in the middle of a maze, never finding their way out.

They become angry or frustrated or lose their patience.

Once abandoned, they may avoid mazes altogether, forever.

Labyrinths are The Straight Path.

aṣ-Ṣirāṭ al-mustaqīm

الصراط المستقيم

Masking Tape Labyrinths

GTA EID, Toronto Ontario Canada, Tuesday August 30 2011 :

Eid Al Fitr Masking Tape Labyrinth

Vancouver Convention Centre, Sunday June 25 2017 :


Eid Al Adha Masking Tape Labyrinth

Eid Al-Adha Party, MAC Centre, 122 Kingsway, Vancouver, Saturday September 2 2017 :

Chalk Labyrinths

Pre-Ramadan Community BBQ, King George Park, Richmond B.C. Sunday May 21 2017 :

Chalk Labyrinth

EidFest at Playland, Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territory, British Columbia, Canada, Sunday July 2 2017 :

Eid Al-Adha🕋Masking Tape Labyrinth🍥

Vancouver Convention Centre, Tuesday August 21 2018

Masking Tape Labyrinth

Islamic History Month

Promenade, Vancouver Public Library, Saturday October 27 2018 :

Chalk Labyrinth

Windsor Labyrinth, City of Labyrinths Project / Day 13 of Ramadan 2013

Windsor Ontario Canada, Sunday July 21 2013 :

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Day 8 – “A Thank You to the City of Mississauga for Supporting Religious Communities!”

05 01 20'

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There is now a petition you can sign to say thank you to Mississauga City Council & Mayor Bonnie Crombie for allowing Public Adhans from Masjid loudspeakers in Mississauga during Ramadan 2020.

I just signed : Signature 6358 .

Your Turn .

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Day 8 – JUMAH – Second Friday – Shaikh Abdool Hamid – Live Friday Online Talk – IIT – Islamic Institute of Toronto

05 01 20'

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Today is the Second Jumah of Five Fridays in Ramadan 2020.

Chose again to livestream the Friday Virtual Talk from IIT, Islamic Institute of Toronto.

This Virtual Friday Talk is not a Replacement for Jumah Prayers but it does help keeping a weekly routine in the same timeslot.

A smart businessperson would recognize this as, “Keeping Your Customer.”

Talk began an update from Fareed Amin, Chairman of IIT.

Today’s Khateeb, or speaker, was Shaikh Abdool Hamid.

Masjids are closed due to the Lockdown.

After the Livestream concluded, we prayed four rakats (units) to complete Salat Al Dhuhr, the regular Mid-Day Prayer.

Ramadan 2020 At Home also includes Friday Dhuhr Prayer At Home too . . .

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