• Hilwie Jomha Hamdon (1905 - 1988) was a Muslim woman from Edmonton, Alberta, who organized support and funding to build the first mosque in Canada, the...
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    community leader Navaid Aziz - imam and Islamic scholar in Calgary Hilwie Hamdon - (1905-1988), was a Muslim woman in Edmonton, Alberta, who organized...
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    North Dakota. 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...
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    mosque, Al-Rashid Mosque, built in 1938 led by a Lebanese woman named Hilwie Hamdon. ^1 Statistics Canada. 2022. Alberta (table). National Household Survey...
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  • Director of Yaqeen Canada, imam, khateeb, & Islamic scholar in Toronto Hilwie Hamdon – (1905–1988), was a Muslim woman in Edmonton, Alberta, who organized...
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    community began organizing to build a mosque. A local Muslim woman, Hilwie Hamdon, met with the mayor to acquire the land, and campaigned to raise $5...
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    School Grandview Heights School (1–9) Hardisty School Highlands School Hilwie Hamdon School Ivor Dent School Jan Reimer School Joey Moss School Johnny Bright...
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