Guest Blog Post By Brother M Rashid Taylor (@MRashidTaylor)

I am fortunate to attend #Jami50 celebrating the 50 years anniversary celebration at The Toronto Jami Mosque, the oldest mosque in the GTA.

So many memories and much reacquainting with “old” friends.

Halifax Imam Jamal Badawi speaking on the centrality of the mosque in the lives of Muslims.

When a Muslim’s connection to the mosque lessens, connection to a rounded human life diminishes.

Dr. Thabit Mehdi taught Islamic weekend school starting 1974 and for 30 years at the Toronto Jami Mosque and only missed one weekend, when Mayor Lastman called in the army to remove snow in Toronto.

Dr. Katherine Bullock speaking on a history of the mosque and her own personal journey and connection with the Toronto Jami Mosque.

“A Canadian mosque, in an iconic neighbourhood, in an iconic church now an iconic mosque.

A reflection of a Canada with a changing demographic.”

— Haroon Siddiqui (@hsiddiquicanada)

Panel discussion with notable Toronto Imams Ibrahim Malabari, Ahmad Kutty, Abdul Hai Patel, Dr. El-Tantawy Attia and Dr. Iqbal Massod Al-Nadvi.

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Guest Blog Post By Brother H. A. Falou (@HAFalou)

أشارك اليوم مع عائلتي بحضور احتفالية مرور ٥٠ عاما على أقدم مسجد في تورنتو وهو أيضا من أقدم المساجد الكندية اسمه “المسجد الجامع” Jami Mosque وهو أصلا كنيسة تم شراؤها كنت عضوا في اللجنة التنفيذية المشرفة عليه في أواخر الثمانينات نافذة على كندا 🍁

هنا المسجد الجامع نافذة على كندا 🍁 نافذة_على_كندا 🍁

احتفابة مرور ٥٠ عاما على المسجد الجامع نافذة على كندا 🍁 نافذة_على_كندا 🍁

فقرة نشيد في احتفالية مرور ٥٠ عاما على المسجد الجامع نافذة على كندا 🍁 نافذة_على_كندا 🍁

بداية برنامج احتفالية مرور ٥٠ عاما على المسجد الجامع بتلاوة عطرة من القرآن الكريم بعد صلاة الظهر نافذة على

الاحتفاء بزوجين تزوجا في سنة ١٩٧٠م وكان أول زواج يتم في المسجد الجامع نافذة على كندا 🍁

الدكتور مهدي، دكتور في الهندسة النووية، أقام حلقة باللغة الإنجليزية لأكثر من ٣٥ سنة في المسجد الجامع نافذة على كندا 🍁


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Toronto’s first mosque opens in 1969

The Story

“Where once worshippers sat on pews, they now kneel on a new carpet oriented to Mecca.

In 1969, Toronto’s estimated 5,000 Muslims have a place to worship in the city’s [second] mosque, built in a renovated Presbyterian church.

CBC-TV’s The Day It Is visits the Jami Mosque on opening day to observe the prayer service and speak to imam Mirza Qadeer Baig about how it came together.”

The Day It Is joins the worshipers of Toronto’s [second] mosque, simultaneously celebrating opening day in the converted Presbyterian Church near Roncesvalles, and the holy feast day of Eid-al-Adha.

Though it’s not Canada’s first Muslim place of worship (Al-Rashid Mosque, Edmonton, 1938), this clip is likely the first time non-Muslim viewers in Canada, particularly the GTA, had a glimpse inside one.

The clip also features broadcasting legend Barbara Frum 2 years before she joined the show that introduced her to all of Canada, CBC Radio’s As It Happens.”

Medium:
Television
Program:
The Day It Is
Broadcast Date:
Feb. 27, 1969
Hosts:
Barbara Frum, Warren Davis
Guests:
Mirza Qadeer Baig, Seitali (Babe) Kerim, Rajjab Assim
Duration:
6:35


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The year before my Father died,

My brothers and I and our Father watched a VHS TV broadcast recording of the film Field of Dreams at least two hundred times, almost every day.

The four of us never got tired of watching this film.

Ray Kinsella built a baseball diamond in his corn field and met his father there.

HiMY SYeD blogs 30 Masjids in 30 Days of Ramadan and . . . .

 

 

وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَنْ يُقْتَلُ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَمْوَاتٌ ۚ بَلْ أَحْيَاءٌ وَلَٰكِنْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ

“And say not of those who are slain in God’s cause,

“They are dead”:

nay, they are alive, but you perceive it not.”

Al-Qur’an Surah 2. Al-Baqara, Ayah 154

 

Guest Blog Post By Sister Nidaa (@Nidz__)

Today, I celebrated Eid with one of my closest/dearest/oldest friend who is a new convert.

Even if most of my family are doing Eid tomorrow I’m glad I did it today so she wasn’t alone in her Eid celebrations.

(Note: the mosque I most frequently attend/follow declared Eid today)

I took her to Islamic Institute of Toronto (@IIT1630) for Eid salaah.


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CBC TV Vancouver coverage of Eid Al Fitr including MAC Eid Al Fitr 2019 at BC Place.

A nice video log of Eid Al Fitr Celebrations in Dentonia Park organized by Danforth Islamic Centre in Toronto.

Eid Mubarak for all 🙂
Eid prayer organized by Muslim Neighbour Nexus
Photography Hsstudio

multimediabox.ca

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May this Eid brings us joy and happiness.

Shoeb Mirza