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Wednesday 10 Jun 2015 - 11:35 Makkah mean time-23-8-1436
(Image from CBC)
Nova Scotia, Canada (IINA) - A group of Muslims in Halifax city in the eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia have volunteered to show their love to their community by removing piling garbage from one of the city’s most scenic parks, according to media reports.
About 20 people from Ummah Mosque and the Maritime Muslim Academy spent Monday night picking up garbage at one of Halifax's most scenic parks.
With garbage bags and gloves in hand, Abdelkader Tayeb, imam of Ummah Mosque, said he chose the Herring Cove Provincial Park reserve for the trash pick up, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported.
"We clean up to keep the place pure; it's a pristine place," said Tayeb. "We are helping animals avoid eating garbage. It is really very harmful to them because they don't know what they're eating."
Tayeb also noted that respecting the environment and animals is important in Islam.
"We believe animals praise God in their own way and it's just a matter of reconnecting with that other aspect of the environment that we live in."
One of the volunteers, Hassan Ali, expressed his enjoyment working by the ocean at the park.
"I think it's a perfect opportunity for us to show, as a community, that we come outside our own narrow surrounding and help the outside community."
Welcoming volunteers, Tayeb said that similar events as planned by Ummah Mosque to clean-up other parks throughout the summer.
Muslims make up around 1.9 percent of Canada's 32.8 million population.
Their number has increased dramatically over the last decade and Islam has become the number one non-Christian faith in Canada, according to OnIslam website.
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