Far North Muslims Eye Mosque for Worship

Igloo Church, in summer, at midnight, Inuvik. photo. By Muneeb Nasir:
TORONTO – Seeking to fulfil religious duties in the Northern Hemisphere, Muslims in the far-flung Canadian city of Iqaluit, close to the Arctic Circle, are looking to build their first mosque.
"We are a small community of about 80 to 100 Muslims,” Syed Asif Ali, President of the Islamic Society of Nunavut, told OnIslam.net.
“Iqaluit is the territorial capital of Nunavut and has a population of about 8,000 people.”
Nunavut is a vast territory in northern Canada that stretches across most of the Canadian Arctic and has a population of 33,000.
Eighty-five percent of the inhabitants of Nunavut are Inuit, an indigenous people of Canada...Continue reading...