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Centre culturel Islamique de Québec | |
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 Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre | |
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| Named after | Quebec City |
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| Formation | 1985 |
| Founded at | Université Laval |
| Purpose | Meeting the spiritual, social and economic needs of the Muslim community residing in Quebec City |
| Headquarters | Great Mosque of Quebec City |
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| Website | www |
TheIslamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City (French:Centre culturel Islamique de Québec,CCIQ;Arabic:المركز الثقافي الإسلامي بكبیك) is an organization dedicated to meeting the spiritual, social and economic needs of theMuslim community residing inQuebec City,Quebec,Canada. Its main place of worship is theGreat Mosque of Quebec City (French:La Grande Mosquée de Québec).
The Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City was founded in 1985 atUniversité Laval. Its stated mission is "to work proactively to help the Muslim community grow and flourish spiritually, socially, and economically as well as to provide services that properly consider the specific Muslim identity of its members and promote their integration into Quebec society."[1]
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The centre offers various services and activities:
Manyfundraisings anddonations are organized to help anyone in need and especially the Canadian society:
The centre is also actively engaged in many humanitarian causes.[9][10][11]
Each year, the centre opens its doors to everyone, people from different cultures and religions meet and talk to better know each other and to help promote integration.[12][13][14][15]
Completed in 2009, the mosque is located in theSainte-Foy neighbourhood ofQuebec City.
On January 29, 2017, the mosque was the target of a terrorist attack. The perpetrator Alexandre Bissonnette opened fire on the crowd, killing six people in the mosque and injuring nineteen others. The attack was denounced by the politicians throughout Quebec and Canada and attracted a wave of sympathy all over the world.[16]
In 2023, six years following the attack, a ceremony took place to honour of those who were lost in the shooting. This was the first time the event was held in the same room where many of the victims were killed.[17]
The centre has regularly adopted a stand in the political debate in Quebec. Representatives testified before both theBélanger-Campeau Commission and theBouchard-Taylor Commission. In 2011, it also testified in a parliamentary committee in theNational Assembly of Quebec against certain aspects of Bill 94 brought forward by theCharest government which governed the requirements to offer public services with uncovered faces.[18]
In 2013, the Centre strongly denounced the draftQuebec Charter of Values introduced by the then governingParti Québécois in 2013, under PremierPauline Marois.[19]
Due to some Islamophobic events,[20][21] the centre increased its security, such as installing many security cameras, increasing cooperation with the local police, etc.
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