Nazem Kadri

London, Ont.'s own Nazem Kadri brought the Stanley Cup home to celebrate with his hometown. Festivities began at the London mosque on Oxford Street, ...

He said he’s excited to watch him play against the Avalanche and where the rest of his career takes him. “Not even a Stanley Cup champion is immune to the dirty grasp of racism and Islamophobia.” As Muslims, seeing Kadri lift the cup was very special for them. When Kadri took the stage, the crowd erupted in cheers as he hoisted and kissed the cup. “If you really try hard and you really work hard on your game, then you can accomplish anything. Festivities began at the [London](https://globalnews.ca/tag/london) mosque on Oxford Street, where Kadri attended prayers growing up.

The Cup celebration will begin at 12 p.m. ET from London Muslim Mosque and head to Victoria Park.

“I felt it myself immigrating from Lebanon back in the ‘60s and going through the school system here and dealing with that type of stuff. “I feel that it’s definitely unbelievable to be able to experience that, especially when you’re going through the trials and tribulation of race. I know my son has dealt with it, but I feel that there is more of a link, you know, where people will realize, ‘Hey, you know, maybe they’re really not any different.’ This kind of helps in that case. That not just a white person can achieve this — anybody of colour, anybody of any religion, ethnicity, race, whatever it is — you can accomplish what you want in any sport, in anything in life, as long as you put your mind to it.” ”If he can win the Stanley Cup as a Muslim, he inspires more Muslim people to achieve their dreams.“ I wanted to come out here and share with you guys,” Kadri told the crowd. To see everybody come here and support me just inspires and motivates me even more, so we’re going to try to run this thing back (when) I’m going to Calgary.” To start at (London Muslim Mosque) and finish here on such a beautiful a day, it’s just the cherry on top.” This young generation is looking for role models so I do the best I can and I’m just happy I get to share it with everybody,” he said. “I think it’s huge for the London community as a whole to show everybody what you can do if you want to accomplish your dreams,” added London native Mohammed Jomaa. “You’ve been supporters of mine from Day 1 and I can’t tell you enough how much that means to me. After Kadri paused to autograph T-shirts, jerseys and pictures, the celebration moved to Victoria Park, on the Kiwanis Memorial Bandshell stage.

By News Staff and The Canadian Press. Posted Aug 27, 2022, 12:38PM EDT. Calgary Flames forward Nazem Kadri brought the Stanley Cup to his hometown of London ...

Almost 55 years after he emigrated here from Lebanon, his namesake grandson brought the Stanley Cup to the prayer room of the family's London Muslim Mosque, the ...

and the results are a Stanley Cup.” “If my son is ever no longer playing in the NHL, I’d love for the Leafs to win it.” He becomes another prominent former Leaf in the past few years to win the Cup elsewhere, joining Phil Kessel and Tyler Bozak. But blue and white supporters must be content that Kadri brought it back to Toronto for just a few hours on Saturday night for a party that was to include a few ex-teammates. “We just wanted to connect and say ‘listen, we’re no different than anybody. “I have kids myself and I know the young generation is looking for role models.” His dad, his uncles and I joked: ‘Wouldn’t it be amazing if Nazem won a Cup and he could bring it to the mosque?’ On June 6, 2021, Salman Afzaal, wife Madiha, 15-year-old daughter Yumnah, her 9-year-old brother and 74-year-old grandmother, Talat Afzaal, were on an evening stroll when they were run over by a truck. “It was only a year ago we suffered a tremendous tragedy, loss and suffering,” Dr. Kadri’s minor hockey coach also spoke, followed by his two junior mentors with the Knights, Dale and Mark Hunter. “I think the community deserves it and they’ve been cheering me on a long time.” Article content

Kadri began the celebration by bringing the Stanley Cup to the London Muslim Mosque first to honour his 'roots'

“I felt it myself immigrating from Lebanon back in the ‘60s and going through the school system here and dealing with that type of stuff. “I feel that it’s definitely unbelievable to be able to experience that, especially when you’re going through the trials and tribulation of race. I know my son has dealt with it, but I feel that there is more of a link, you know, where people will realize, ‘Hey, you know, maybe they’re really not any different.’ This kind of helps in that case. That not just a white person can achieve this — anybody of colour, anybody of any religion, ethnicity, race, whatever it is — you can accomplish what you want in any sport, in anything in life, as long as you put your mind to it.” “If he can win the Stanley Cup as a Muslim, he inspires more Muslim people to achieve their dreams.” I wanted to come out here and share with you guys,” Kadri told the crowd. To see everybody come here and support me just inspires and motivates me even more, so we’re going to try to run this thing back (when) I’m going to Calgary.” To start at (London Muslim Mosque) and finish here on such a beautiful a day, it’s just the cherry on top.” This young generation is looking for role models so I do the best I can and I’m just happy I get to share it with everybody,” he said. “I think it’s huge for the London community as a whole to show everybody what you can do if you want to accomplish your dreams,” added London native Mohammed Jomaa. “You’ve been supporters of mine from Day 1 and I can’t tell you enough how much that means to me. After Kadri paused to autograph T-shirts, jerseys and pictures, the celebration moved to Victoria Park, on the Kiwanis Memorial Bandshell stage.

It was a dream come true for the 31-year-old who won the title with the Colorado Avalanche this past season, and a day he hopes lifts up his community.

"I feel that it's definitely unbelievable to be able to experience that, especially when you're going through the trials and tribulation of race. That not just a white person can achieve this — anybody of colour, anybody of any religion, ethnicity, race, whatever it is — you can accomplish what you want in any sport, in anything in life, as long as you put your mind to it." "I think it's huge for the London community as a whole to show everybody what you can do if you want to accomplish your dreams," added London native Mohammed Jomaa. I know my son has dealt with it, but I feel that there is more of a link, you know, where people will realize, 'Hey, you know, maybe they're really not any different.' This kind of helps in that case. "If he can win the Stanley Cup as a Muslim, he inspires more Muslim people to achieve their dreams." To see everybody come here and support me just inspires and motivates me even more, so we're going to try to run this thing back (when) I'm going to Calgary." Our community needs something like this, and we're so excited and so proud." This young generation is looking for role models so I do the best I can and I'm just happy I get to share it with everybody," he said. "You've been supporters of mine from Day 1 and I can't tell you enough how much that means to me. "I'm hoping that this inspires and motivates kids to pursue your dreams because I never thought this was possible. After Kadri paused to autograph T-shirts, jerseys and pictures, the celebration moved to Victoria Park, on the Kiwanis Memorial Bandshell stage. "I didn't expect this kind of turnout.