Police Officers and Somali-Canadian

Somali-Canadian: The men are strangers not only to the mosque, but to Toronto. They're police officers from Minneapolis, Minnesota. , according to CBC. Their neighbourhood in Minneapolis was crime ridden in the late 2000s. Dozens of young men had also left the city to join foreign extremist groups. At Friday prayers, two men arrive at Khalid Bin Al-Walid Mosque to worship. The Somali-Canadian mosque is not where they regularly pray, but they are welcomed as family. Mohamed Abdullahi and Abdiwahab Ali are the first Somali refugees in the U.S. to become police officers. Minneapoli Somali experience may hold lessons for Toronto police Toronto police recruiters eye Somali-Canadian officers Somali-Canadian community fears further loss of life (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.