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Artscene Hughes goes back to school Principal meeting the challenges Sports www.insidehalton.com MECHANICAL SERVICES dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 AUTO AUTO AU TOPR PRO PR O OA OAKV OAKV KVIL ILLE E 2 2 Wyecroft Road, Oakv 221 kvill ille e autoprooakville.mechanicnet.com 905-469-2442 2 Stay Connected! Friday, November 29, 2013 | 32 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Weather for Oakville, ON Fri Sat Sun Mon Seniors injured in hit and run on RAK Day by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff -2° -7° 2° -5° 4° -2° 1° -4° World Islamic Mission (WIM) Canada President Noorhassen Kausim, left, and Secretary General Abdul Ahad Ruhomaun, in front of an artist's rendering of the Masjid Noor-UL-Haram Mosque to be built at Ninth Line and Dundas Street. It's hoped construction will begin on the 5,700-sq.-metre facility next year. Mosque to be a state-of-the-art landmark By Bob Mitchell Special to the Beaver | photo by Nikki Wesley­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) Of cials with World Islamic Mission (WIM) Canada say their planned Islamic Centre will be big -- and will dramatically change the landscape of one of the eastern gateways to Oakville. They believe what they're about to build on Ninth Line south of Dundas Street West will also be an "architect landmark" and a "state-of-the art" BLOSSOM project for the town. "We are building a landmark project, a majestic project that all of us in Oakville will be proud of," said Mohamed Farouk, who heads the construction team for the new Masjid Noor-UL-Haram. "Not only Muslims, but all people, will look at this architecturally-beautiful building and say, `Wow.' It will add to and enhance the landscape of Oakville." Con dent the Town of Oakville will issue their long-awaited building permits within the next several months, of cials are hopeful construction will begin in 2014, once the initial funding of $2 million is raised from their worshippers for the project that could top $15 million by the time all phases are complete. Eventually, the three-storey centre, which includes a 21-metre high mosque dome, four minaret towers rising 30 metres (100 feet), two full-size see New on p.3 It was anything but kind. An Oakville man is calling on anyone with information about the person responsible for his wife's injuries in a hit-and-run accident at Oakville Place Nov. 1 -- Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) Day -- to come forward. Paul Chapman said his wife Debbie and a friend were in the mall's parking lot, east of Sears, headed towards an Invicta Drive tness facility, when they were struck by a northbound car. The driver ed the scene. The accident occurred at 9:50 a.m. and was all the more tragic as the women were also on their way to carry out a random act of kindness for a see Suspect on p.5 Opening this December in Downtown Oakville FREE PARKING RA N DA TR AF AL GA R PA FR RK EE IN G INSPIRE ST . H LOVE GARDEN 126 Trafalgar Road, Downtown Oakville Lower Level 905.842.2525 LA KE S C The Secret Garden ... not your ordinary flower shop. H U RC ST HO RE RD Floral Design Home Decor Unique Gifts LL ST . DU NN .E RD . .