Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City

This article is about the Islamic organization. For the mosque, see Great Mosque of Quebec City.
Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City
Centre culturel Islamique de Québec
Named afterQuebec City
Formation1985
Founded atUniversité Laval
PurposeMeeting the spiritual, social and economic needs of the Muslim community residing in Quebec City
HeadquartersGreat Mosque of Quebec City
Location
Websitewww.cciq.org

The Islamic 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 the Muslim community residing in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Its main place of worship is the Great Mosque of Quebec City (French: La Grande Mosquée de Québec).

History

The Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City was founded in 1985 at Université 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]

Activities

Open door visit
Fight the Famine

The centre offers various services and activities:

Many fundraisings and donations 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]

Great Mosque of Quebec City

Main article: Great Mosque of Quebec City

Completed in 2009, the mosque is located in the Sainte-Foy neighbourhood of Quebec City.

2017 attack

Main article: Quebec City mosque shooting

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]

Political positions

The centre has regularly adopted a stand in the political debate in Quebec. Representatives testified before both the Bélanger-Campeau Commission and the Bouchard-Taylor Commission. In 2011, it also testified in a parliamentary committee in the National Assembly of Quebec against certain aspects of Bill 94 brought forward by the Charest government which governed the requirements to offer public services with uncovered faces.[18]

In 2013, the Centre strongly denounced the draft Quebec Charter of Values introduced by the then governing Parti Québécois in 2013, under Premier Pauline 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mission CCIQ" (in French). CCIQ. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  2. ^ "Conférences – CCIQ". 16 May 2018.
  3. ^ https://www.facebook.com/CentreCulturelIslamiqueDeQuebec/videos/1260712654045980/ [user-generated source]
  4. ^ Mosque, Quebec City, Kanienkehaka Traditional Council. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.
  5. ^ "Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27.[user-generated source]
  6. ^ "Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27.[user-generated source]
  7. ^ "Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27.[user-generated source]
  8. ^ collecte de sang au centre culturel islamique de Québec. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.
  9. ^ "Les religions s'unissent contre la famine". 7 June 2017.
  10. ^ http://ici.radio-canada.ca/breve/91121/religieux-unis-contrer-famine-pays-afrique
  11. ^ https://www.facebook.com/events/1041063826026895/?ref=3&action_history=null [user-generated source]
  12. ^ "Week-end portes ouvertes au Centre culturel islamique de Québec".
  13. ^ "Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27.[user-generated source]
  14. ^ https://www.facebook.com/CentreCulturelIslamiqueDeQuebec/videos/1260707067379872/ [user-generated source]
  15. ^ "Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27.[user-generated source]
  16. ^ "Only 1 suspect in deadly Quebec mosque shooting, police say". CBC News. CBC. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  17. ^ rachel, watts (January 29, 2023). "6 years later, ceremony held inside Quebec City mosque to honour victims of 2017 attack".
  18. ^ (in French) "Transcription of the presentation of the CCIQ before the National Assembly" (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
  19. ^ (in French) "Charte des " valeurs québécoises " – Communiqué" (in French). CCIQ. Retrieved 2017-01-29.[permanent dead link‍]
  20. ^ Austen, Ian (29 January 2017). "Several People Killed in Shooting at Quebec City Mosque". New York Times.
  21. ^ "10:30pm EST". CTV National Overnight. 29 January 2017. CTV News Network.

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