Second Mosque Inaugurated at the North Pole

Later that year, Asif started the Islamic Society of Nunavut and began fundraising. He also did all of the negotiating with the territorial government over land acquisition and zoning.

“By establishing this mosque, we are saying one thing: we are now a part of the Iqaluit community,” said Hussain Giusti, general manager of the Zubaidah Tallab Foundation, which together with the Islamic Association of Nunavut built the mosque at a cost of $800,000.

Giusti said that constructing a mosque at the North Pole sends a message that a mosque can be built anywhere.

“If you can build a mosque in Iqaluit, you can build it anywhere else on the planet,” he said.

Guisti also said the new mosque will encourage more Muslim families to move to the area.

“This mosque is not only for prayer, but for educating our kids, our families,” said Muhammad Wani, vice-president of the Islamic Association of Nunavut, who called the new mosque “a dream which came true.”

The first North Pole mosque was built by a Saudi journalist named Hussein Qasti, who called the worship center The Mosque at the End of the World.

The mosque was constructed in the Canadian town of Inuvik, about 125 miles from the North Pole, for the 75-80 Muslims who make their home there.

This is part of Guisti’s plan to encourage more Muslims to move to the area. If you build it, they will come . . . or so they say. If Muslim practicing migrants in Western Europe are having a difficult time with the cold weather there, I don’t imagine they’d be in any hurry to move to the North Pole, where it’s always cold.

Source: breitbart.com

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