The Canadian Association of Muslims with Disabilities launched their fourth annual khutbah (Firday sermon)awareness campaign at the beginning of December.
Disabled Muslims in Ottawa say they get no help from the Muslim community.
They were speaking at a meet-and-greet event to launch the Ottawa chapter of the Canadian Association of Muslims with Disabilities (CAM-D).
Only thirty-five people showed up at the Sept. 25 event held at Carleton University.
The Muslim community still lacks a model of support and care, which every other denomination in Ontario has established, Rabia Khedr, CAM-D's Executive Director said at the meeting.
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