Saturday, September 18, 2010

One hell of a Canadian story - Winnipeg Free Press


One hell of a Canadian story - Winnipeg Free Press: "Technically speaking, a mosque in Norilsk, Russia, is the world's northernmost mosque by one degree, but Inuvik is closer to the ice, Guisti said. With only one degree blocking our claim to the title, however, perhaps it's time for geographers to re-examine their calculations.

Guisti has many explanations for all the attention -- the difficult and long journey, the remote location, the near disasters and the endless references to the TV show, Little Mosque on the Prairie.

These are, no doubt, important reasons for the public's fascination, but for Guisti it's really the story of Canada.

'In all of this, there has not been one single example of negative feedback. People have really cared about the mosque and were upset when it seemed it might not make it.'

He said the universally positive response 'shows that Canada is truly welcoming and multicultural... we are a good people.'

'Compare this,' he added, 'to what's going on in the United States.'"

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