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Youth members of a mosque lit on fire in Edson recently are getting free tickets to watch an Edmonton Eskimos game.

The Eskimos, who play the B.C. Lions at Commonwealth Stadium on Canadian Armed Forces Appreciation Night Friday, are bringing 25 youths and their chaperones from the Edson mosque, which was lit on fire in an arson attack two weekends ago.

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Rose Mary Phillip, Edmonton Eskimos vice-president of communications and marketing, said the team made the move because it’s a chance to show “who we are as Albertans … Kind and loving.”

“We were gifted with the opportunity to treat the community with kindness and inclusion,” Phillip said.

The Edson mosque was lit on fire around 11 p.m. on June 16 as a few worshippers were leaving from their evening prayers. Security footage from the mosque showed a figure in a dark-hooded sweater leaving the property holding something that looked like a bag. A jerry can was found nearby.