During Friday prayers attended by an overflow crowd of worshippers, the imam urged followers to “show the world we’re a peaceful people”
The security guard at the Masjid ur-Rahmah in Surrey had to direct latecomers to the basement overflow prayer room as worshippers jammed the mosque’s main room for afternoon prayers on Friday.
They gathered at the small Surrey mosque for Friday prayers. Friday is the most important prayer day of the week for Muslims. “How can a person’s heart become so black and desensitized?” he said. “It’s Islamophobia, it’s hatred, it’s fear. It’s out of fear.” “Right now, before the service, we have one person who is outside as a symbol of security” and to help park cars, said Khan. “While we are praying, someone is always outside.”
But she had called her liaison at the RCMP’s hate crime unit to see if there would be extra patrols during the night market. If not, she was going to consider hiring private security guards.Neither she nor the police wanted a large, uniformed, armed police presence.
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