Carnegie Library - Main & Hastings Vancouver

Who: Jamia Masjid Vancouver, Pakistan Canada Association
What: Annual Muslim Ramadan help for the homeless
When: Monday, September 29, 2008 3-4:30 pm
Where: Alley behind Carnegie Library - Main and Hastings

500 free meals including juice and 200 pounds of BC grown Red Delicious Apples will be distributed to Vancouver’s homeless and hungry at Main and Hastings on Monday, September 29, 2008 in honour of the Month of Ramadan, the Muslim Month of Fasting marking the first revelation of the Holy Quran to the Prophet Muhammed .

Pakistan Consulate Consul General Moin-ul Haque, local politicians and candidates will be on hand to assist members of the mosque congregation  to distribute the meals.

Jamia Masjid Vancouver

The Pakistan Canada Association hosts the Jamia Masjid located at 655 W. 8th Avenue, the first Mosque in British Columbia founded in 1963 by the pioneering community leader and activist, the late Riasat Ali Khan and is a time honoured base to Vancouver’s diverse Muslim Community.

During the course of the Month of Ramadan, the organization and individual volunteers have quietly provided hundreds of free meals to the homeless after daily Iftar held at the Jamia Masjid.  There will be an Iftari meal marking what could be the last fast of the month at the Mosque at Sunset that evening hosted by the organization and the Khan Family in memory of Riasat Ali Khan.

A spokesman from the organization states: “By helping our most vulnerable citizens by sharing a meal we hope to demonstrate the spirit of Ramadan and show the care and compassion that the Muslim community has for all peoples”.

For Further Information please contact

Haroon A. Khan: (604) 720-8054