Islamic students make donation to families of fallen soldiers

Students at the Edmonton Islamic Academy made a big donation to some special Canadian military families on Wednesday.

The children presented a cheque for $10 thousand to the Edmonton Garrison’s Second in Command Lt. Col. Mike Connelly on Wednesday morning. The money will be passed along to the families of the fallen soldiers in the attacks in Ottawa and Quebec in October.

Warrant officer Patrice Vincent died in Quebec on October 20^th after he and another soldier were hit by a car driven by an attacker with known jihadist sympathies. Two days later, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was fatally shot while he was standing guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. The shooter, Michael Zehaf Bibeau, was shot and killed that same morning in a dramatic incident inside the Parliament Buildings.

 “The act was just horrific and I wanted to send a clear message that Canadian Muslims condemn this act,” says Sally Farhat, who spearheaded the initiative, “I wanted to do more than just say it, I wanted to something for the families of the victims.”

The students began raising money on November 3rd for the cause.