Iqaluit Muslims gather to observe Ramadan: ‘The community is being established’
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Iqaluit's Muslim community come together for the first time in a year when public health restrictions meant they couldn't gather.
A high-pitched sound like a muffled trumpet rings out over Iqaluit’s mosque as a snowmobile zips across a frozen lake outside.
Abdoul Karim Diakite takes off his winter boots and climbs the wooden stairs to the sun-filled men’s prayer room. It has sat empty for much of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It’s the week before Ramadan and Iqaluit’s Muslim community is getting ready to come together for the first time in a year when public health restrictions meant they couldn’t gather.
“The mosque is not only a place to pray. It’s a place to socialize, to talk to other Muslims,” Diakite said.
“When that doesn’t exist, it takes a toll on people.”
The men’s prayer room, across the hall from the women’s prayer room, is carpeted in a bold red pattern. The space has rectangular windows on three of its four white walls. The mosque opened in 2016 and Diakite said Iqaluit’s Muslim community has grown ever since.
“It used to just be men. Now we see wives and families coming too. The community is being established.”
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