MP Ahmed Hussen with young Muslim community leaders at Eid on the Hill on June 19th. Ahmed Hussen MP Twitter

12
Jul

2018

Eid Celebration on Parliament Hill

Written by Chelby Daigle

Published in News

The Federal Liberal Caucus invited Muslims in their ridings across Canada to a national Eid Al-Fitr celebration at Parliament Hill on June 19th.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke at the event.

The event including spoken word poetry by Ottawa's Poet Laureate Jamaal Rogers and Islamic songs by Nasheed artist Ibrahim Caba.

Here is a video of his speech by Ottawa-based photographer Wahed Mohammed.

It was an honour to be surrounded by so many friends and colleagues as we celebrated #EidOnTheHill tonight. Thank you to everyone who joined us and Eid Mubarak to all! pic.twitter.com/CuQgGQ4kYi— Maryam Monsef (@MaryamMonsef) June 20, 2018

Celebrating Eid on the Hill last night with Ismaili leader Bashir Surani, #ParkHP constituents, colleagues, and guests! #Eid #EidontheHill #OttCity pic.twitter.com/68VUmbPgcF— Arif Virani (@viraniarif) June 20, 2018

#EidMubarak A fantastic evening celebrating the 1st annual EID event on parliament hill. Pleasure to welcome so many Muslim-Canadian friends from York Region. #eid #EidulFitr #diversity #community #Ramadan #LPC pic.twitter.com/pTrQDpZ832— Francesco Sorbara (@fsorbara) June 20, 2018

Great to host the Muslim community from the Waterloo region at the Eid Reception on the Hill today! Thank you for joining us, Mirsad. @kitchenermasjid pic.twitter.com/nCBIojOlwd— Marwan Tabbara MP 2015-2021 (@marwantabbaramp) June 19, 2018

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Chelby Daigle

Chelby Marie Daigle is Muslim Link’s Editor in Chief and Coordinator. Under her direction, Muslim Link adopted its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policy so that the website strives to reflect the complexity of Muslim communities in Canada. She knows that she fails to do justice to this complexity every day but she will continue to try to improve as she recognizes the frustration of being both marginalized in the mainstream and also marginalized in Muslim communities. As Coordinator, she works to build relationships with Muslim and mainstream organizations and manages the website's social media, event listings, and directories. She organizes regular Muslim Link gatherings. She also works closely with the Publisher to find ways to keep Muslim Link sustainable. Find her on Twitter @ChelbyDaigle