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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Mosque in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada}}<br />
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|building_name = Al-Rashid Mosque<br />
| native_name = {{langx|fr|Mosquée Al-Rashid}}<br />
|location = [[Fort Edmonton Park]], [[Edmonton, Alberta]]<br />
| country = [[Canada]]<br />
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|map_caption = Location in [[Alberta]]<br />
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|religious_affiliation = [[Sunni Islam]]<br />
| status = [[Mosque]]<br />
| functional_status = Active<br />
|website = {{URL|alrashidmosque.ca}}<br />
|architect = <br />
|architecture_type = Mosque<br />
|architecture_style = [[Eastern Orthodox church architecture|Eastern Orthodox]]<br />
|year_completed = {{ubl|1938 {{small|(first site)}}|1940s {{small|(second site)}}|1992 {{small|(current site)}}}}<br />
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The '''Al-Rashid Mosque''' ({{langx|fr|Mosquée Al-Rashid}}) was the first [[mosque]] built in [[Canada]]. It was constructed in 1938 in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], and relocated to its current site in [[Fort Edmonton Park]], in 1992. The mosque serves the [[Sunni Islam]] community.<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Al-Rashid Mosque.JPG|thumb|left|Al-Rashid Mosque at its opening in 1938]]<br />
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]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100907082308/http://30mosques.com/2010/09/day-22-ross-north-dakota-a-leap-in-time/ Day 22: Ross, North Dakota – A Leap in Time]}}</ref><ref name="The Al Rashid Mosque, Edmonton, Canada">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1081225 |title=The Al Rashid Mosque, Edmonton, Canada |publisher=BBC |website=h2g2 |accessdate=2009-06-09 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110408062256/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1081225 |archivedate=April 8, 2011}}</ref> At the time, there were about 700 Muslims in Canada. [[Hilwie Hamdon]] was the first woman to talk to Edmonton Mayor [[John Wesley Fry|John Fry]] about purchasing land to construct the mosque. She, along with friends, collected funds from Jews, Christians and Muslims to construct the mosque.<ref name="Canada's Pioneer Mosque">{{cite web |url=http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199804/canada.s.pioneer.mosque.htm |title=Canada's Pioneer Mosque |last=Lorenz |first=Andrea |publisher=Saudi Aramco World |accessdate=2009-06-09 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511014641/http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199804/canada.s.pioneer.mosque.htm |archivedate=2009-05-11 |url-status=dead |df= }}</ref><br />
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The mosque was built by Ukrainian-Canadian contractor Mike Drewoth in a style resembling the [[Eastern Orthodox church architecture|Eastern Christian]] (Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox) immigrant churches and opened on December 12, 1938. In the 1940s, the building was relocated from its original site to a location a few blocks away to make room for a school expansion.<ref name="Herzog">{{cite news |last=Herzog |first=Lawrence |title=The Al Rashid Mosque |url=http://www.rewedmonton.ca/content_view2?CONTENT_ID=2244 |work=It's Our Heritage |publisher=Real Estate Weekly |accessdate=May 25, 2013 |date=June 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628053635/http://www.rewedmonton.ca/content_view2?CONTENT_ID=2244 |archive-date=June 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><br />
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By the 1980s, the mosque had been outgrown by the booming Muslim community, and had fallen into disrepair. The city, which owned the land on which it was located, was contemplating demolition of the site to expand a hospital. But in 1991, it was decided that the mosque was to be moved to [[Fort Edmonton Park]] at a cost of $75,000. About a year later on May 28, 1992, it was reopened in the park.<ref name="Canada's Pioneer Mosque"/><br />
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[[Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi]] was instrumental in the development of the mosque.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://muslimcanada.org/alrashidmosque.html |title=Al-Rashid Mosque |publisher=Canadian Islamic Congress}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[Islam in Canada]]<br />
* [[List of mosques in Canada]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* {{official website|http://www.alrashidmosque.ca}}<br />
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[[Category:1938 establishments in Alberta]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century mosques in Canada]]<br />
[[Category:Islamic organizations established in 1938]]<br />
[[Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in Canada]]<br />
[[Category:Mosques completed in 1938]]<br />
[[Category:Mosques in Alberta]]<br />
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures in Edmonton]]<br />
[[Category:Sunni mosques in Canada]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Edmonton]]<br />
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