12:00 pm, for the Jummah (Friday) prayer, which is the most significant one for the Muslims

from all the days of the week. It is located in Ottawa at 251 Northwestern Avenue.

The building of Ottawa Mosque is fairly big. It is visible quite easily from two blocks

away, due to its large minaret and a huge spherical dome. From the exterior the building has

brown brick facade and is in a square shape. Above the building is the spherical dome, which is

painted green , symbolising the holy colour of Islam. There is a crescent moon on top of the

dome made of copper and painted in gold. There is also a hexagonal cylindrical shaped minaret

beside the dome. On top of the minaret is a small balcony extending outwards. On the sides of

the balcony are six lamps facing down, to provide light at night. There is a hexagonal cone

shaped dome covering the balcony. The dome is also green, itself, and has a golden crescent

moon as well pointing towards the sky. The crescent is also one of the religious symbols for

Islam, since it is associated with the beginning of a new Islamic year. All around the dome there

colour white. He was wearing white pyjamas underneath. He told me that he has done his PHD

imam, a well educated and a proper imam who could discuss about any topic you throw at him.

Mecca for their forgiveness and asked if anyone would like to include their deceased relative or

of crisis. He also talked about the progress of some of the projects that the Ottawa Muslim

together, we demonstrate brotherhood. The imam spoke loudly into the mike some phrases in

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