Marking Ramadan at Canada's 'Little Mosque on the Tundra'

A crescent moon is seen over the Midnight Sun Mosque in Inuvik.

Sun, 09 Mar 2025

By Daphné Lemelin, with photography by Cole Burston for AFP Muslims who gathered at the Midnight Sun Mosque in Inuvik in the Canadian Artic to break the Ramadan fast this week enjoyed home-cooked Sudanese food in a tranquil setting with breathtaking surroundings.But it wasn't for everyone."I'm stuck. Every year I go, 'This is my last year in Inuvik'," said Abadallah El-Bekai, a Lebanese-born Palestinian, who chuckled as he reflected on his efforts to leave the community in Canada's Northwest Territorie...

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