Tag: Afzaal Family
‘She left a legacy’: Memorial art exhibit joins Yumnah Afzaal’s mosque mural
A promising young artist, 15-year-old Yumnah Afzaal would spend hours working on her hand-painted mural in the basement of the London Muslim Mosque. But the piece was “never celebrated,” Hanni Shahatto, Yumnah’s Grade 7 home room teacher, said Monday as a temporary art exhibit honouring the teenager and her family, killed in a collision a […]
Seeds of hope: Garden beds dedicated to Afzaal family in emotional ceremony
Thousands of flowers, notes of love and pain, candles and other small tokens covered the corner of Hyde Park and South Carriage roads after the deadly hit-and-run that claimed the lives of three generations of the Afzaal family on June 6, 2021. When the sprawling impromptu memorial was finally removed weeks later, the bouquets were […]
Afzaal memorial events: Anti-Islamophobia workshops planned Tuesday, Wednesday
Six days of community events in London to honour the Afzaal family continue Tuesday and Wednesday with special workshops: TUESDAY: Anti-Islamophobia workshop (open to the public, registration required) What: Open conversation and in-person workshop about Islam and Muslims, titled Islamophobia: Recognize, Resist, Respond. Organized by the Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration, Islamic […]
In schools across the region, students finish walk started by Afzaal family
Schools across the London region marked the one-year anniversary of the killing of the Afzaal family by holding marches symbolizing the neighbourhood walk the local Muslim family didn’t get to finish. The walks happened at different times during the day at schools in London and beyond, including at Oakridge secondary school, the Oxford Street […]
Remembering the Afzaals: London marks a community tragedy
Londoners are coming together Monday to remember the Afzaal family on the first anniversary of a hit-and-run crash that killed four members of the London Muslim family in a collision police allege was deliberate, the family targeted because of their faith.
London marks one year since horrific attack on Muslim family
After a vigil and march on Sunday, it will be a somber day in London on Monday as the city pauses to mark the first anniversary of the murder of a Muslim family, allegedly targeted because of their religion.
London marks one year since horrific attack on Muslim family
After a vigil and march on Sunday, it will be a somber day in London on Monday as the city pauses to mark the first anniversary of the murder of a Muslim family, allegedly targeted because of their religion.
Prime minister visits London, honours Afzaals on painful anniversary
‘We shouldn’t have to be fighting for this’
TVDSB announces plans to commemorate Afzaal family
Southwestern Ontario’s largest public school board said schools will take part in a number of commemorative actions as the one year anniversary of the attack on the Afzaal family approaches.
Teens play central role in planning events to honour Afzaal family
Teenagers shouldn’t have to plan vigils. But that’s what Muslim youth in London have done to pay tribute to a friend and her family who were killed nearly a year ago in a hit-and-run that police allege was a deliberate attack on their faith. Four members of the London’s Afzaal family — Talat Afzaal, 74, […]