Mobile Muslims Hope to Clear Up Misconceptions on Islam
The roving band of faithful are in Montreal July 24 and 25 with their campaign called #MobileMuslims.
"What we're trying to teach people is that Islam is completely removed from violence and terror," spokesperson James Sinclair said.
"People who do acts of violence or any type of terrorism or extremism are completely removed from the faith."
Some of the misconceptions they say they want to address involve the veil, jihad and Prophet Muhammad [PBUH].
"The best thing for a person who wants to learn about hijab is to ask the women who are actually wearing the hijab,"said imam Ferhad Ghaffar, who is part of the caravan.
Ghaffar added that violent events in the Middle East don't represent Islam.
"We want to education people about the true jihad. The jihad is not aphysical war,"Ghaffar said.
The tour started inSt.John's, N.L. on July 13 and will end in Vancouver, B.C.
Sunday the exhibition stopped in Montreal for two days.
Source: CBC News
