Encyclopedia of Islam

Further reading: Irene Beeson and David Hirst, Sadat

(London: Faber and Faber, 1981); William L. Cleve-

land,  A History of the Modern Middle East (Boulder, 

Colo.: Westview Press, 2004); William Quandt, Camp 

David: Peacemaking and Politics (Washington, D.C.: 

Brookings Institution, 1986).

Canada

There has been a Muslim presence in Canada 

since very early times, with the first national 

census for 1871 showing 13 Muslims. It was not 

until the 20th century that Islamic institutions 

became established in North America. The first 

mosqUe

 in Canada was the al-Rashid Mosque in 

Edmonton, Alberta, built in 1938. June 28, 1952, 

saw the first national Muslim conference in Cedar 

Rapids, Iowa, with 400 Muslims from Canada and 

the United States in attendance. In July, 1954,