The Salaam symbol
A small piece of artwork that an organization places in their space. It says, without saying it out loud: Muslims are welcomed here.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
A Canadian movement
Salaam is a greeting of peace — and an invitation to know one another.
A Canadian movement for Muslim-welcoming spaces. Our tools are simple: a physical symbol organizations can host, honest conversations with the community, and art that treats welcome as an everyday practice.
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Our mission
This is a movement of Canadians building bridges. It started in a social work classroom, took root in the Islamic value of Salaam, and today it lives as an offering of welcome to anyone who’ll accept one.
What the movement does
Three ways we build welcome.
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Community consultation
We ask, we listen, we report back what we heard. Surveys are anonymous by default, and no one gets contacted unless they check the box asking us to.
Bridges across difference
Events, campaigns, and public conversations for anyone, Muslim or not, who wants a Canada where welcome shows up as a practice, not a slogan.
A few ways to help
Support the work. Host the symbol. Read the story first.
No pressure either way. If any of the three sound right for you, we’d love to hear from you.