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University of Alberta. Lawrence "Larry" Ralph Shaben (March 20, 1935 – September 6, 2008) was a Canadian politician of Lebanese descent and the first Muslim Cabinet Minister in Canada. He was also one of the first Muslims to be elected to higher office in North America. He held a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1989 ...
This is a list of senior high schools in Alberta accredited by Alberta Education. [1]The listed schools include public, separate, private and charter high schools, as well as all other organizations accredited to teach high school courses, including outreach schools, adult education schools, distant learning and homeschooling coordination centres, and coordination centres for in place ...
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 ...
Edmonton, Alberta's main MAC resource is the MAC Islamic Center or Rahma Mosque, located in westside Edmonton. The center features a mosque, Creative Minds preschool, a weekend Islamic school, and two youth rooms. In May 2012, led by the MAC Islamic Center, MAC held a three-day convention that also included a concert given by Dawud Wharnsby.
Aaron W. Hughes is an Arab-Canadian academic in the field of religious studies and history. He holds the Dean's Professor of the Humanities and the Philip S. Bernstein Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester. He was the Gordon and Gretchen Gross Professor at the University at ...
Religion in Edmonton consists of the diverse religious traditions of the people who live in Edmonton, the capital of Alberta . As of the 2011 National Household Survey, 55.8% of Edmonton residents identified themselves as Christian with 25.9% of the total being Catholic. 31.1% have no religious affiliation, 12.5% belong to other Christian ...
Hilwie Hamdon - (1905-1988), was a Muslim woman in Edmonton, Alberta, who organized support and funding to build the first mosque in Canada, the Al-Rashid Mosque; Ali Hassan - comedian; Mohammed Omar Subedar - Canadian Islamic scholar, Hafiz of Quran, Teacher at Bukhari Academy and Mathabah Institute, & Imam in Toronto.
Navaid Aziz - imam and Islamic scholar in Calgary; Ibrahim Hindy - Religious Director of Yaqeen Canada, imam, khateeb, & Islamic scholar in Toronto; Hilwie Hamdon - (1905-1988), was a Muslim woman in Edmonton, Alberta, who organized support and funding to build the first mosque in Canada, the Al-Rashid Mosque