Shia Islam in Canada

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The Shia Eid Prayer by Grand Ayatollah Reza Hosseini Nassab in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Eidprayer2006.jpg
The Shia Eid Prayer by Grand Ayatollah Reza Hosseini Nassab in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Shia Islam in Canada is a part of the global Shia. Shia Muslims have been a featuring segment of the Canadian Muslim society whose population has grown from the 1970s and onwards due to factors such as immigration and conversion. [1]

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Community

The Shia Muslim jamaat (community) manifests itself in two main forms in Canada. One is through the Twelver rite and the other is through the Ismaili rite. However, due to the lack of census questions that go into specific details in Canada, it remains unknown which community is larger between the two. [2] However, both have established community centres encompassing spiritual congregational halls and attached leisure centres. The Twelver Shia have Masjids (Mosques) and the Shia Ismailis have Jama'at Khanas in the country. The two most prominent Ismaili centre is the Ismaili Centre, Toronto (ICT) at the Charbagh Gardens and Ismaili Centre, Burnaby (ICV), while the most prominent Ithna Ashari centre is the Jaffari Community Centre (JCC) in Vaughan, Ontario. [3]

Population

The Shiite population in Canada is estimated to be approximately 300,000 people. Migration occurs from countries such as Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Lebanon, and other countries. Most Canadian Shiites live in cities such as Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. [4]

Adherents

Reza Hosseini Nassab is a Canadian Grand Ayatollah of the Twelver rite. Anisa Mehdi is a film director and journalist, who although a Shia, reports on her faith from a Pan-Islamic viewpoint. [5] Muhammad Rizvi is a Canadian Twelver scholar and orator who serves as both the Representative of Ali al-Sistani to Canada and the imam of the Jaffari Community Centre. [6] [7]

Notable Canadian Shia Muslims

See also

References

  1. ↑ Religion and Ethnicity in Canada, p. 136, David Seljak, 2009 [ ISBN missing ]
  2. ↑ Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples p. 785, Paul R. Magocsi, 1999 [ ISBN missing ]
  3. ↑ Historical Dictionary of the Ismailis, p. 22, Farhad Daftary, 2012 [ ISBN missing ]
  4. ↑ Atlas Institute of Shiite Society, Introduction to Canada; Retrieved 13 September 2022 [ page needed ][ ISBN missing ]
  5. ↑ The Oxford Handbook of American Islam, p. 469, Jane I. Smith, 2014 [ ISBN missing ]
  6. ↑ "Iraq's sectarian violence troubles community – The Arab American News". ProQuest   362779114 . Retrieved 2025-04-12.
  7. ↑ Page D3. (1992, Jul 10). Toronto Star (1971–2009) ProQuest   1355527191
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