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Bashir Mustafa and Zoulfira Miniakhmetova with their daughter at the 2014 Reviving the Islamic Spirit Conference. Bashir Mustafa and Zoulfira Miniakhmetova with their daughter at the 2014 Reviving the Islamic Spirit Conference. Adilah Makrup
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"Diversity" - Bashir & Zoulfira from Ottawa

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"You can be both and one doesn't conflict the other. You can be a good citizen being both." - Bashir Mustafa

"Diversity. Different cultures from different backgrounds coming together and living peacefully. Taking care of each other and being kind to each other." - Zoulfira Miniakhmetova

Muslims of RIS 2014 is a photo series inspired by Humans of New York and following up on Muslim Link's ongoing series Muslims of Ottawa. We asked participants in the annual Reviving the Islamic Spirit Conference which takes place in downtown Toronto "What Does Being Muslim Canadian Mean To You?"

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Maryam Mirza is a multimedia journalist based in Ottawa, Canada who has a passion for photojournalism. She is a graduate of Algonquin College's Journalism program. To learn more about her work visit her website. Follow her on Twitter.