A News Release from Mosque Aisha of Thorold
Posted December 9th, 2025 on Niagara At Large
THOROLD, ON – There will be a vigil at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 outside Thorold City Hall to demand Muslim burial rights at the public Lakeview Cemetery, including having a section for Muslims.
Thorold City Councillors intervened in preventing the burial of Alina Masud of Thorold at Lakeview Cemetery, which was supposed to take place on Saturday, December 6.
“Everyone should have the right to buried at a public cemetery There is already a Muslim child buried facing Makkah in section A which is an open section, why couldn’t Alina Masud be buried there?” asked Asad Mahmood, imam of Thorold’s Mosque Aisha.
Mosque Aisha of Thorold was established in 2018 and is the only mosque in Thorold.
For a recent news report on this issue, aired on CHCH TV, click on the following link – Thorold Muslim family denied local burial for daughter
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