₦airaland Forum

The Imam's office

The Masjid

Exterior

Interior

Interior, showing the mezzanine floor where the sisters pray

Interior

Parking lot

Parking area

The masjid

I present to you Akram Jumah; The largest Masjid in the whole of Calgary. It has a School, a food bank, we care center, indoor and outdoor sports, large parking spaces that easy get filled and so on.

Kindly drop by once in a while to see which Masjid/Musalla I am featuring at any time.

We won't rush the thread as Canada is a huge country. Bi'ithnillah, I would travel to everywhere and bring you sights and sounds from Baitulllah here.


I say Marhaba...

I greet you all with the best form of greetings by saying Asalam Alaykum Waramatullahi Wabarakatuhu.

I testify that indeed there is NO god, deity, creature, desires and emotions worthy of being worshipped except Allah; azawajal. Allah, The One, Allah; The Eternal. Allah; The First without a beginning and The Last without an End. The One who begets NONE and never beggotten. He; azawajal created us all and we (human race) spread accross the entire university.

I also bear witness that Mohammad (PBUH) is His messenger, His servant and Rahmah to the entire universe.

As to what follows. Islam is everywhere and Muslims are proudly contributing professionally to building every nation in which we leave.

By the Mercies of Allah, I would be presenting to you a photo-documentary of Masjids and Mussallas in Calgary, Alberta and if Allah bless me and I am able to travel round Canada, I would also be presenting to you, whispers from Masjids across other provinces in Canada too.

TO START, A SMALL LESSON ABOUT CANADA AND ALBERTA (Source, Wikipedia)

Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Canada's southern border with the United States, stretching some 8,891 kilometres (5,525 mi), is the world's longest bi-national land border. Its capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. As a whole, Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land area being dominated by forest and tundra. Consequently, its population is highly urbanized, with over 80 percent of its inhabitants concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, with 70% of citizens residing within 100 kilometres (62 mi) of the southern border. Canada's climate varies widely across its vast area, ranging from arctic weather in the north, to hot summers in the southern regions, with four distinct seasons.

Calgary is a city in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, about 80 km (50 mi) east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. The city anchors the south end of the Statistics Canada-defined urban area, the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor.[13]
The city had a population of 1,267,344 in 2018,[14] making it Alberta's largest city and Canada's third-largest municipality.[7] Also in 2016, Calgary had a metropolitan population of 1,392,609, making it the fourth-largest census metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada.[9]
The economy of Calgary includes activity in the energy, financial services, film and television, transportation and logistics, technology, manufacturing, aerospace, health and wellness, retail, and tourism sectors.[15] The Calgary CMA is home to the second-highest number of corporate head offices in Canada among the country's 800 largest corporations.[16] In 2015, Calgary had the highest number of millionaires per capita of any major city in Canada.[17] In 1988, Calgary became the first Canadian city to host the Winter Olympic Games.
Calgary has consistently been recognized for its high quality of life. In 2018, The Economist magazine ranked Calgary the fourth-most liveable city in the world in their Global Liveability Ranking.[18] Calgary is classed as a Beta global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.

Sage Hill Library

Sage Hill

New traffic light coming up where we had a 4-way.

Welcome to SAGE HILL!

GozyNA:
Bro we miss your pictures in the other room

God wiling, would post as often as I can.

Rence22:
My fellow nairalanders. Without his help how will I survive with 3 beautiful kids alone in Canada. He is not even batting an eye concerning the benefits. He's a speedy driver, says cars are meant for speed how will such a person cope with Canadian traffic rules. These and some little others have just weakened me especially my children and the highest I can even leave them is a week. We are that close that they have never gone to bed without my hug and kisses. I dont have any family over there to help with. Good night.

Sorry to hear about this. In my opinion, the highlighted sentence above is the reason why he needs to move to Canada. He needs to live in an environment where he would not easily hurt himself. Speed driving isn't safe and a ticket or two in Canada would tame him.
imagine driving at 30Km/Hr in school zone! yes, you must slow down to 30km/hr max when around schools and play grounds. if you don't, the cops would be more than happy to ticket you and you also get demerit points! Been in Canada for 4 months and i have a traffic ticket in the bag already! (Not proud to say this though. It was a sad moment for me) No one would asked you to fall in line before you do. I hope he sees things afresh and realized the greater good. This is not to say Canada is a perfect place but Nigeria isn't too.
As for waiting for God to talk to him, good luck on that. God makes everything beautiful in His appointed time. If he wants it, let him start the process and pray for God's guidance and protection. If he doesn't want it, that would be a difficult one!

I present to you, Architecture at its finest!!!

Read, borrow books etc

The Library

For the lovers of books, research and knowledge, i present to you The City of Calgary Public Library!

SA

Still selling

Our Market is still opened.

Ikem11:
Do u read news at all?? The question was did anyone claim responsibility and I said Isis did so what then are u saying Mr?

Don't get me wrong. You wrote that the news said ISIS claimed the actions. Since we didn't see ISIS publications, it's only fair to assume that anyone else could just sit at home and claim responsibility.

iamgenius:
Show me the Hadith O hypocrite. And show me where he slept with her.
May your Creator show you the right way and help you follow it.

Kindly leave him with his verbal diarrhea. Did anyone blamed christiandom for the barbaric slaughter of innocent Muslims by a faithful christian? So pleaseeee, stop promoting unease and blame the guilty for their actions....
Your name calling and stereotyping would only make peace farther away.

Ikem11:
Isis did

Anyone else could have. Any group seeking attention could have, even Boko haram.

Demmzy15:
And you think you'll survive it? What you're wishing for would consume you, there's no claim by any group and even the Sri Lankan Government hasn't even named the suspect but a slowpoke like is wishing for war between Muslims and Christians. If you don't know, read about Sri Lankan and the divide in the country all thanks to the Christian colonialists.

Preach it to them make dem hear! The ones with a black heart and face would be longing for war while they can lead it.
We pray for peace in the world

blindjustice13:
and the ones blowing up people are doing allah a favor which is why muslims are sponsoring terrorism all the way from the holy city .

Una go just open mouth gbagada like say una mouth na tap. You keep inferring that Muslims sponsor terror which is a plain lie and your efforts in crying wolf. I am sure you've got Muslims around you and they don't terrorise you. Come off it man, look at humanity as one and we would together defeat the wicked. The Christians too kill Muslims when opportunity arise, but that does not make all Christains terrorist. I respect you guyz, I've got loads of friends that i christian.

blindjustice13:
What you are implying is that it is OK for Muslims to kill Christians because they will inherit 72 virgins while it will be senseless for Christians to retaliate? : .

Mister mind reader! Implying? Ku ise. If you like go retaliate. I pledge to be at peace with all creatures of the Almighty God. If you like go retaliate wetin concern me.
All I said was that the guy that volunteered to blew himself up where Muslims are gathered including the Kaaba isn't gonna do the world any good.

Khaleell001:
We roundly condemn the attack and also roundly and totally condemn any stupid quote from insensitive and idiotic people.
You can simply make your point by condemning those who perpetrated this heinous crime without attaching any religion to it.
I am a Muslim, and it is clearly states that "there is no compulsion in religion " In Qur'aan 2:252.
But for you to talk trash about Muslims and their religion ashows how myopic,unexposed and uncultured you are.
Even FFK whom I thought would be fiery was much sombre.

Why can't you learn from you fellow matured Christians.

Thank you for those words.