Source: simcoe.com |by Simone Joseph

Participants included refugees from Syria and Pakistan

Thousands of Muslim youth from across Canada gathered in Bradford for the largest and longest-running Islamic Camp in Canada — the National Ijtima.

They met at this annual event to meet up with old friends, make new ones, learn, pray and play.

The event was July 26-28, at Hadiqa Ahmad (3999 — 10th Side Road).

Participants aged 16 to 40 included refugees from Syria and Pakistan, who would not have been able to attend an event of this kind in their home countries. This was an event for the men’s auxiliary, organized by Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association, a nationwide youth group that works with young Muslim men and boys around the country. At the event, the food marquee fed more than 2,000 people three times a day… read more at source.