Prairie Muslims build first Arctic mosque

The Inuvik Muslims purchased two lots of land and approached Muslims in other provinces for help to build a mosque.

The Zubaidah Tallab Foundation is raising money to build a mosque in Winnipeg then ship it 4,000 kilometres by truck and barge to the northern community.

"It is very important to this community - really important," Abdalla Mohamed, an Inuvik resident was quoted as saying.

Abdalla Mohamed lives in Inuvik but sent his children to live in Edmonton.

The pre-fab construction of the mosque for Inuvik will cost close to $185,000, and the shipping another $80,000, the Winnipeg Free Press said.

The Inuvik Muslims purchased two lots of land for a mosque and approached other mosques and foundations for help to build one.

The Muslim community in Inuvik has tried raising money for a mosque, but Mr. Abdalla says that with just 100 members, the community is too small to carry out the project on its own.