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The Al-Rashid Mosque was the first mosque built in Canada. It was constructed in Edmonton, Alberta.
Al-Rashid Mosque was expected to be the first mosque in North America but was built in 1938 just after the
History
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
The Mother Mosque of America, once known as The Rose of Fraternity Lodge, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States, is the oldest standing purpose-built mosque in the United States, having been completed in 1934. The Al-Sadiq Mosque in Chicago and ...
in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and several years after the 1929 mosque built in Ross, North Dakota
Ross is a city in Mountrail County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 95 at the 2020 census.
History
Ross was founded in 1902. It was the site of the first structure built in the United States specifically intended to serve as a m ...
. At the time, there were about 700 Muslims in Canada. Hilwie Hamdon was the first woman to talk to Edmonton Mayor John Fry about purchasing land to construct the mosque. She, along with friends, collected fund from Jews, Christians and Muslims to construct the mosque.
The mosque was built by Ukrainian-Canadian contractor Mike Drewoth in a style resembling the 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.
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 to move the mosque to Fort Edmonton Park
Fort Edmonton Park (sometimes referred to as "Fort Edmonton") is an attraction in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Named for the first enduring European post in the area of modern-day Edmonton, the park is the largest living history museum in Canada by ...
at a cost of $75,000. About a year later on May 28, 1992, it was reopened in the park.
Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi
Muhammad Abdul Aleem Siddiqi (3 April 1892 – 22 August 1954) was an Islamic scholar, spiritual master, author and preacher from Pakistan. He was a student of Imam of Ahlus Sunnah Imam Ahmad Raza Khan Muhaddith barelwi Rahimahullah. He was le ...
was instrumental in the development of the mosque.
See also
*List of mosques in Canada
This is an alphabetical listing of notable mosques in Canada (Arabic: ''Masjid'', French: ''Mosquée''), including Islamic places of worship that do not qualify as traditional mosques.
Notable individual mosques
}. 1,120-square-meter mosque ...
*List of first mosques by country
The designation of the oldest mosques in the world requires careful use of definitions, and must be divided into two parts, the oldest in the sense of oldest surviving building, and the oldest in the sense of oldest mosque congregation. Even her ...
* List of mosques in the Americas
This is a list of notable mosques and Islamic centres in the Americas, meaning individual buildings and congregations and administration, including notable current and former examples. This list is sorted alphabetically by country and building na ...
* Lists of mosques
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rashid 1938 establishments in Alberta Mosques in Alberta Religious buildings and structures in Edmonton Mosques completed in 1938 Islamic organizations established in 1938 Tourist attractions in Edmonton 20th-century religious buildings and structures in Canada