P.E.I. Muslims refuse to be intimidated

News Agencies – October 8, 2012   Zain Esseghaier has been a Charlottetown, Prince Edward Islam resident for the last 33 years, married an islander and raised a family here. Though his modest two-story mosque has been the target of three serious threats over the past year — last week a bottle of gasoline was…

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P.E.I.’s first permanent mosque opens in Canada

News Agencies – July 14, 2012   Muslims on Prince Edward Island are celebrating the opening of the province’s first permanent mosque. They’re hoping the new $700,000 place of worship on MacAleer Drive will attract new immigrants to the Island. Currently, about 100 Muslim families live on the Island. “We have been dreaming for this…

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