L'ASSOCIATION DES MUSULMANS PROGRESSITES DU CANADA
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L'ASSOCIATION DES MUSULMANS PROGRESSITES DU CANADA |
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| ASSOCIATION OF PROGRESSIVE MUSLIMS OF CANADA |
| WELCOME ABOUT US NEWS EVENTS PROJECTS SPONSORS AWARDEES SPEECHES CONTACT US |
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EID CELEBRATIONS AT PARLIAMENT HILL, OTTAWA EID CELEBRATIONS AT PARLIAMENT HILL WERE INITIATED BY MOBEEN KHAJA IN 1996 AND ARE NOW A LANDMARK TRADITION FOR THE CANADIAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY. THEY ARE HELD IN ROOM 200, WEST BLOCK, THE BIGGEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL BANQUET HALL IN PARLIAMENT HILL WITH ITS BEAUTIFUL CHANDELIERS, WALLS COVERED IN GOLD AND RED TAPESTRY, GOLD WOODWORK AND PAINTED CEILING. FORMER PRIME MINISTER, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JEAN CHRETIEN ATTENDED IN MARCH 2000. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE PAUL MARTIN ATTENDED TWICE AS PRIME MINISTER IN 2004 AND 2005.. HE HAS ATTENDED ALL THE CELEBRATIONS SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THESE EVENTS AS THE CHIEF GUEST AND MINISTER OF FINANCE. DAN MCTEAGUE, M.P., HAS BEEN THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES FROM THE START AND WAS JOINED BY M.P., RAHIM JAFFER AND SENATOR MARCEL PRUD'HOMME FROM TIME TO TIME. THE ROOM IS ALWAYS FULL TO CAPACITY WITH 300 PEOPLE. FEDERAL MINISTERS, SENATORS, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, AMBASSADORS FROM MORE THAN 25 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, COMMUNITY LEADERS, HEADS OF ORGANIZATIONS ATTEND. MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE COME FROM TORONTO, KINGSTON AND MONTREAL. KEVIN HANSEN, MANAGER SALES AND MARKETING, SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES, HAS BEEN GENEROUSLY DONATING TWO BUSINESS CLASS AIRLINE TICKETS AS THE DOOR PRIZE SINCE 2000. Links to past celebrations:
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