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Islamic Sect: Alburaki and Ahmadiyya Muslim

islamic sect: And while Calgary is where his family intends to stay, Alburaki was west of Toronto over the weekend, attending Canada Jalsa Salana -- an annual meeting of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at, according to CTV. He was one of hundreds of Syrian refugees attending the conference, according to Safwan Choudhry, a spokesperson for the Canadian chapter of the group. Wissam Alburaki, 41, brought his wife and three children to Canada as refugees last month, landing in Calgary by way of Kuwait and Dubai. Members of the Islamic sect are estimated to be in the tens of millions, Choudhry said. Before, we were seeing this on TV," Alburaki said. "But now we are in -- we are part of this. And this year marks the 40th anniversary of the convention in Canada, which was attended by the community spiritual leader, Caliph Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, who is from Pakistan. "It very difficult to express my feelings. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.