Mosque offers sympathies to human trafficking victims

By Letter to the Editor on August 21, 2021.

Editor:
We at the Lethbridge mosque would like to express our deepest sympathies to the victims and the families of the victims of the recent trafficking ring arrested by the Lethbridge police.
Like most who heard the news, we felt a mixture of shock and revulsion. Yet we are also concerned about the anti-immigrant and even outright racist sentiments that are being openly expressed, especially online, in response to the news story.
We would like to remind our fellow citizens that the Canadian Islamic mosaic, like any other religious or cultural community, is extremely diverse.
The vast majority of our congregation comprises upright, law-abiding citizens who respect the values of a country we all cherish as our home.
We are more than eager to work with the authorities, in whatever capacity they consider necessary, to play our own role in safeguarding this beautiful city, whose goodwill we have never felt deprived of.
Imam Zubair Sidyot
Lethbridge Muslim Association