{"id":88046,"date":"2017-02-05T11:27:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-05T16:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=88046"},"modified":"2017-02-05T11:27:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-05T16:27:04","slug":"quebec-city-mosque-reopens-for-prayers-six-days-after-deadly-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/05\/quebec-city-mosque-reopens-for-prayers-six-days-after-deadly-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec City mosque reopens for prayers six days after deadly shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A candlelight vigil was held at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton on Monday evening, January 30, 2017 for the people who were killed and wounded in a shooting at a Qu\u00e9bec City mosque during evening prayers on Sunday, January 29. (Photography by Chris Schwarz\/Government of Alberta<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MONTREAL\u2014The Quebec City mosque where six people were killed reopened for prayers on Saturday, six days after the tragedy.<\/p>\n

Mosque president Mohamed Yangui said the first prayer was held at 6 a.m.<\/p>\n

He described the moment as both painful and positive.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s good to return because mosques belong to Allah, to God,\u201d he said in an interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have to be opened, despite our pain, to receive the faithful to pray five times a day, as is our duty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Due to ongoing renovations, men prayed on the first floor and women moved to the basement.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the public was allowed inside to view the bullet-riddled walls and bloodstained floors where six men died.<\/p>\n

Yangui said the mosque’s decor will be changed as part of the repairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don’t want to forget (what happened), but we want people to be able to walk in without setting off bad memories,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The victims, aged between 39 and 60, were killed when a gunman stormed the mosque on Sunday night and opened fire on men who were attending prayer.<\/p>\n

Funeral services were held for the men on Thursday and Friday in Montreal and Quebec City.<\/p>\n

Gatherings are planned in those cities this weekend to mark the tragedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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