The event was meant to educate folks about the local Muslim community.
Source/Credit: Lloydminster Source
By Geoff Lee | January 21, 2016
Photo: Mubarika Ahmad, holding her cellphone, talks about the Je Suis Hijabi booth with Helen Patmore at a meet the Ahmadiyya Muslims event at the Servus Sports Centre Sunday afternoon.
The event was meant to educate folks about the local Muslim community.
The campaign works to try to remove misconceptions that they say people associate with their religious head covering.
Previously, on Thursday, December 17, the group had set up a table in the foyer of Lakeland College’s Lloydminster Campus, where many women tried on hijabs and learned more about Muslim culture.
“For the past events that we have had here locally we have got a lot of support,” said Mubarika Ahmed, a spokesperson for the Amadiyya Muslim Women’s Auxiliary of Lloydminster.
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