Thread: Today was a sight hardly imagined & never before witnessed.
Hundreds of bikers decorated in tattoos, bandanas, leather chaps & roaring @HarleyDavidson engines, surrounded our mosque.
The #BaitulIslam mosque, which is typically a place of quiet reflection & silent prayers.
Hundreds of bikers decorated in tattoos, bandanas, leather chaps & roaring @HarleyDavidson engines, surrounded our mosque.
The #BaitulIslam mosque, which is typically a place of quiet reflection & silent prayers.
Being as the #BaitulIslam mosque is the national headquarter of @AhmadiyyaCanada, hundreds of gathered worshippers who visit this mosque several times a day, looked on with both curiosity and astonishment...
Hundreds of bikers from across the country stood on one side and about an equal number on the opposing side....separated by 10 steps and about an equal number of police officers...
As the two sides sized each other up, one thing was clear...never before had the mosque congregation seen such a contingent of bikers occupy the surroundings of the #BaitulIslam mosque.
While the bikers were aware of Muslims and Mosques mainly through the news media, the vast majority had never been anywhere near a mosque.
However, this purposeful ride was a planned and organized campaign by bikers from across Canada....
However, this purposeful ride was a planned and organized campaign by bikers from across Canada....
... roaring engines rolled into the #BaitulIslam mosque complex to honour the victims of Toronto #DanforthShooting.
When the city was gripped by this tragedy, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at had organized and led vigils to unite the country under the banner of #LoveForAllHatredForNone
When the city was gripped by this tragedy, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at had organized and led vigils to unite the country under the banner of #LoveForAllHatredForNone
Marking the one year anniversary of #DanforthShooting the motorcade of over 250 #911Ride bikers became one with the congregation of #BaitulIslam mosque.
With the aim of removing misconceptions, fundraise for victims of violence & unite mankind, the two unlikely sides became one.
With the aim of removing misconceptions, fundraise for victims of violence & unite mankind, the two unlikely sides became one.
While you will not learn about this story in the primetime news tonight or the front page of the newspaper tomorrow, let the joy and love on the faces of these bikers be a powerful symbol for good and an example for the world.
#LoveForAllHatredForNone
#LoveForAllHatredForNone
