Multi-faith prayer service held in Saskatoon for mosque shooting victims
People from multiple faiths prayed together Monday night in Saskatoon in the wake of Sunday’s deadly shooting at a Quebec City mosque.
Shabir Mia was among about 200 people who attended the prayer service, hosted by the Islamic Association of Saskatchewan.
“I’ve always, ever since coming to this country, I’ve always felt Canadian. And this kind of entrenches that feeling in me, that this is what it is really like to be Canadian,” he said.
Mia said news of the shooting, which saw six people killed and 19 wounded, left him shaken — but since then, he said his spirit’s been restored by a flood of emails, messages and flowers that have poured in since the attack.