Hilwie Hamdon was the first woman to talk to Edmonton Mayor John Fry about purchasing land to construct the mosque.

She, along with friends, collected funds from Jews, Christians and Muslims to construct the mosque.

[3] The mosque was built by Ukrainian-Canadian contractor Mike Drewoth in a style resembling the Eastern Christian (Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox) immigrant churches and opened on December 12, 1938.

In the 1940s, the building was relocated from its original site to a location a few blocks away to make room for a school expansion.

The city, which owned the land on which it was located, was contemplating demolition of the site to expand a hospital.