(CBC) Volunteers with the Canadian Muslim Vote non-profit are spending election day handing out free shawarmas at the Windsor Mosque.
It’s as a way of rewarding voters, as well as a way of encouraging constituents who have yet to cast a ballot, according to Mariam Rajabali, Windsor regional coordinator with Canadian Muslim Vote.
“Every day, Muslims are praying five times a day and a lot of those times are going to the mosque during the afternoon,” she said. “So when they do that, we’re trying to remind them … voting only takes a few minutes of their time.”
She says both the mosque and the shawarmas are “open to anyone and everyone, even if you don’t subscribe to being a Muslim.”
