Qalipu chief Brendan Mitchell says this is similar to the seven sacred teaching of the Mi’kmaq people: humility, honesty, respect, truth, courage, wisdom and love.
Source/Credit: The Gander Beacon
By Samantha Gardiner | November 6, 2017
GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR, NL – Two communities living in Grand Falls-Windsor came together on Saturday, Nov. 4 to build a friendship bridge.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and Qalipu First Nation Band came together to celebrate both cultures with prayers and passages from the Quran, as well as the Qalipu’s honouring song, drumming circle and travelling song.
The event was hosted by Dr. Mohamed Boodhun at the request of Lal Khan Malik, national president of the Ahmadiyya Community, who was travelling across Canada to meet with Indigenous people.
“We are a persecuted community and whenever we come to know of another community that is facing similar treatment at the hand of people, we feel a natural affinity for them,” said Malik. “In addition to the other reasons that we have to interconnect with every other community to build bridges, we feel special feelings for the Indigenous people of Canada.”
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