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ANNOUCEMENTS – TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2022

March 29, 2022

ANNOUCEMENTS – TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2022 السلام عليكم – Peace be upon you! We are pleased to see restrictions easing up and are ready to welcome Ramadan. In preparation for the feasting, iftar and taraweeh during Ramadan we’d...

END OF DAYLIGHT TIME SAVING – PRAYER SCHEDULE CHANGE

November 12, 2021

END OF DAYLIGHT TIME SAVING – PRAYER SCHEDULE CHANGE السلام عليكم – Peace be upon you! With the end of daylight-saving time the clocks have moved back one-hour effective Sunday, November 7, 2021. With this time change, all the prayer times...

EID AL-ADHA ANNOUNCEMENT

July 11, 2021

السلام عليكم – Peace be upon you! In view of the announcements by the Islamic Association of North America (ISNA), the Hajj announcement by Government of Saudi Arabia and having discussions with various Imams in Alberta, we are pleased...

COVID Restrictions lifted

July 2, 2021

السلام عليكم – Peace be upon you! As all of you are aware, as of July 1, 2021 Alberta is now in Stage 3 of the Open for Summer Plan, as vaccination targets were reached and hospitalizations declined. All public health measures have...

ADDITIONAL CAPACITY ALLOWED

June 10, 2021

السلام عليكم – Peace be upon you! In line with Stage 2 of Alberta Reopening Plan the allowed capacity for ‘places of worship’ has increased to 30% of fire code capacity, effective Thursday, June 10, 2021. Based on this we are...

EID ANNOUNCEMENT AND EID PRAYERS

May 12, 2021

السلام عليكم – Peace be upon you! In view of the announcement by the Islamic Association of North America (ISNA) and having discussions with various Imams in Alberta, we are pleased to inform you that the Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated...

ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS

May 4, 2021

السلام عليك – Peace be upon you! In view of announcement by Alberta Government today, May 4, 2021, we are reducing the allowed capacity inside the masjid to 15 persons at a time, on first come first serve basis. This is to be followed strictly...

WELCOME RAMADAN – TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2021

April 12, 2021

السلام عليكم – Peace be upon you! In view of the announcement by the Islamic Association of North America (ISNA) and other Masjids and Islamic Centres across Alberta we are pleased to inform you that the first day of Ramadan will be...

Financial Assistance For Community Members in Need and in Hardship

February 28, 2021

Peace be upon you! In view of financial hardships faced by many Islamic community members from COVID-19 and general economic hardship faced by many, the Islamic Association of Grande Prairie has launched financial assistance program from its Zakat fund....

ADDITIONAL MEASURES AND RESTRICTIONS

December 17, 2020

السلام عليكم – Peace be upon you! In view of recent changes announced by Alberta Government, taking effect from December 14, 2020, please note that all congregations and prayers are now restricted to 45 persons at a time, which is...