Timeline of important events in the history of Muslims in Manitoba

Compiled by: Manitoba Muslim staff.

Date	Development
1900s-1950s	First Muslim immigrants arrive in Manitoba from Eastern Europe, the Caribbean Islands and Lebanon.
1950s-60s	Groups of Indo-Pakistani & Arab Immigrants begin studying and settling in Manitoba
1966	Sunday Noon (Dhur) Prayer held regularly in the basement of one of the houses of the Muslims in Manitoba. There was approximately 25 Muslim families in total.
1967	Muslims in Winnipeg form a group later to become the Manitoba Islamic Association (MIA)
1967-1971	Sunday noon prayers moved to the Unitarian church, due to increase in number of Muslims.
1969	Manitoba Islamic Association (MIA) legally incorporated
1969	Fundraising for 1^st mosque begins
1971-1974	The Sunday noon prayer is moved from the Unitarian church to the International Centre.
1972	Obligatory Friday prayers (Juma’a) begins at the university of Manitoba
1974-1975	Building of 1^st mosque in Winnipeg on Hazelwood begins.
1975	Completion of MIA Mosque in August of this year.
1976	Opening of the weekend Islamic school in the mosque.
1980	Annual summer camps begin as an institution
1987	MIA invites its first Imam of mosque from Nigeria, Imam Tahir Aderonmu (served ~3 years)
1990-91	Muslim youth council (MYC) formed.
1991	A feasibility study for a new Muslim community center conducted
1991	Statistics Canada report on Muslims in Manitoba to be ~3,525
1991	Muhammad Safi, the 2^nd Imam of MIA arrives in Winnipeg from Guyana (served for ~ 3years, left in 1994).
1994	Establishment of Takaful fund to help needy people in the community
1996	Al-Hijrah Full time Islamic school begins.
1997	A North America wide Educational retreat held in Winnipeg at the University of Manitoba. Various international and North American scholars attended the retreat.
1999	Establishment of Manitoba Muslim Newsletter
1999	MIA reports that the number of Muslims in Manitoba is +5000
2000	Arrival of Hosni Azzabi from Tunisia as the 3rd Imam of the MIA mosque.
1999-2003	Expansion of community and Islamic activities with regular prayers and Friday prayers at various venues, including both universities, Health Sciences centre, Islamic Education foundation, Pakistan Association centre and MIA masjid
2003	Beginning of construction of the new center on Waverely. Establishment of Ecole Sofiya full time Islamic School. The formal opening of the Islamic institute of Manitoba (IIIM) in downtown.
2004	Winnipeg Central Mosque officially opens on October the 15^th.
2006	The Canadian Muslim Women’s Institute (CMWI) officially launched in Winnipeg on November 12.
2007	The Islamic Social Services Association, Inc. (ISSA) launches the first of its kind public awareness campaign highlighting the contributions of Muslims in Manitoba on December the 14^th.
2007	The Grand mosque on Waverely officially opens on January 20^th.
2008	Establishment of Manitoba Muslim Seniors Association