A great tradition in my town is the “Stampede Breakfast”.

All sorts of organizations put on free grub as an annual open house for the city during the major rodeo — the Calgary Stampede.

This year, for the first time, we visited the local Mosque (Calgary Islamic Center). An excellent event! Seemed to me the highest priority was presenting a positive face to the local community.

The highlight was an Imam, a most intelligent and charismatic figure, who explained Islam to a fairly unknowledgable crowd. I learned that the Koran in Arabic is identical world wide and has never been revised.

In 2006 the more we can learn about the Muslims who do not make the news, the better.