A group of Muslim men travelled this weekend from Toronto and Saskatoon to raise awareness on Islam and to counter Islamophobia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe wanted to come to the North \u2026 to learn from them about how they live and what sort of activities we can be a part of,\u201d said Naveed ul Islam. \u201cHelping humanity is part of our duty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Sunday afternoon the group hosted an open house at the Midnight Sun Complex so that people could ask questions about the religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inuvik Elder Ruth Wright dropped in on Sunday, after seeing a poster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere are Muslims all over the place in the world and I just wanted a better understanding of them and their religion,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A group of Muslim men travelled this weekend from Toronto and Saskatoon to raise awareness on Islam and to counter Islamophobia. \u201cWe wanted to come to the North \u2026 to learn from them about how they live and what sort of activities we can be a part of,\u201d said Naveed ul Islam. \u201cHelping humanity is …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":86145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[2932],"tags":[128,209,531],"class_list":["post-86144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","tag-canada","tag-islamophobia","tag-muslims"],"yoast_head":"\n