Muslims in the Quebec city will finally have their own cemetery, the municipality announced on Friday after months of procrastination, La Croix reports. This cemetery was promised after the massive shooting at a mosque in Quebec late January, when six worshipers were killed by a student. The Muslim cemetery is supposed to take part of a land adjoining the present cemetery of the city. According to the same source, the city of Quebec «accepted (...) an offer of purchase filed by the
In Saint-Apollinaire, the local referendum of July the 16th has failed the hopes of the Muslim community in Quebec, Canada. Among 49 citizens entitled to vote, 19 opposed the project of the funeral complex Harmonia and the Center culturel Islamique de Québec (CCIQ), while 16 supported it, says Le Journal de Québec. The participation rate was 75%. «They have given the chance to speak to a minority and that is what is unfortunate ... We have just said to several thousand
The tragic events that struck the Cultural Center of Quebec in January left the Muslim residents of the region brokenhearted. They also triggered the importance of having a cemetery reserved for the Muslim community in the city.
A cemetery for Muslims in the region of Quebec has been inaugurated on Sunday 9th of July, six months after the deadly shooting that targeted a mosque in the city. A funeral business in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, city located in central Quebec Canada, offered a portion of the existing cemetery for Muslims, Global news reports. Yvan Rodrigue announced on Wednesday 26th April that it will open a section for Muslims in Les Jardins Quebec cemetery. The town is going to provide 500 plots for the
For more than three months, students and staff of Montcon University, a French-language university located in New Brunswick, Canada were receiving hateful and offensive emails from an individual who lives in Morocco. In an article published today by CBCNews, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) confirmed that since February, a female student studying at Montcon University has been the subject of «cyber terrorism». The same source indicates that : «a series of ten emails
The court of Quebec ordered on Wednesday 31st of May, the former member of the National Assembly of Quebec to pay $ 24 000 to Paul Leduc the mayor of Brossard, a municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, La Presse Comedienne reports. Most precisely, Judge Chantale Sirois pronounced his ruling, indicating that Fatima Houda-Pepin is guilty that she should pay a fine of $20 000 in moral damages and $4 000 in punitive damages.«Attacking honesty is the most
Rebel Moon is a nickname for Badr the free soul in love with Moroccan music. Known for his cover «Lmarikan» that paid tribute to Houssein Slaoui, the Marrakchi native living in Canada has several plans for music and youths in Morocco. (Interview)
The Moroccan-French Comedian, whose fame spread to North America lately appearing on late-night shows in the US, has started his career from a Chabad camp in Morocco 30 years ago. Speaking to a crowd during a stand-up show in Montreal, Gad recalled his memories in Camp Tzivot Hashem in Settat Morocco where he used to attend frequently to study Torah play and socialize with the Moroccan Jewish community. According to Chabad.org, Gad Elmaleh cracked his first jokes in 1982 at the
The Jewish Moroccan Community of Toronto (CJMT) declared in a statement published today on Marketwired, a press release distribution service headquartered in Toronto, that they celebrating the Canada’s 150 anniversary by organizing a festival. This week-long cultural event will take place in different locations throughout the city from 4th to 12th of June 2017. «The CJMT has been instrumental in supporting and strengthening the Moroccan Jewish community in Toronto. The CJMT
In 2009, Tariq Daouda, a young Moroccan student in Canada had the great idea of creating a keyboard, a dictionary and a standard for Moroccan Arabic. His project aims at fighting illiteracy, help children learn the rules of the language they speak at home and allow Moroccans living abroad write and read Darija using Latin letters.