Quebec mosque shooter’s parents: don’t call him a terrorist
The family of the man who killed six people at a Quebec City mosque in 2017 has written to Prime Minister Trudeau, asking he stop referring to Alexandre Bissonnette as a terrorist. Andrew Brennan reports.
Muslim groups denounce Quebec Premier Legault’s statements on Islamophobia
MONTREAL — Premier Francois Legault’s statement that Islamophobia does not exist in Quebec was denounced by Muslim groups as “offensive and inexcusable,” prompting Legault to clarify his statements on Friday. The National Council of Canadian Muslims called on Legault to retract the remarks made Thursday, two days after the second anniversary of a mosque shooting […]
Trudeau decries Islamaphobia a year after Quebec mosque attack
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called Monday for Canadians to stand up against Islamophobia and discrimination as he paid tribute tribute to six Muslims killed a year ago at a Quebec mosque. Trudeau lamented that acts of hate and discrimination have become “commonplace” or “even tolerated,” saying in parliament that “it should never have come to […]
‘We need to run’: Survivor recalls Quebec mosque attack
Ahmed Ech-Chahedy first thought he was hearing fireworks. The father of six had just finished evening prayers at the Islamic Cultural Centre in Quebec, Canada, and was chatting with his eight-year-old son and two of his son’s friends. It was January 29, 2017, and Ech-Chahedy’s back was to the main door of the mosque. He […]
A national day of remembrance: Lessons from the Québec massacre
By Jasmin Zine, Professor of Sociology, Wilfrid Laurier University. People attend a vigil for victims of the mosque shooting in Quebec City Jan. 30, 2017 in Montréal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz Jan. 29, 2017 must be remembered as the date of the worst mass murder to take place in a house of worship in Canadian […]
A year later: The mosque massacre & rising Islamophobia
By Tarek Younis, Newton International Postdoctoral Fellow, UCL Division of Psychiatry, UCL. Political dignitaries attend the funeral for three of the six victims of the Quebec City mosque shooting in Montreal in February 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson On Jan. 29, 2017, a man entered a Québec mosque during evening prayer and opened fire on […]
Quebec court suspends part of contentious face veil ban
A Canadian court has suspended part of a controversial law that bans face coverings in the province of Quebec. The Superior Court of Quebec issued a stay on Friday against Bill 62, a law passed in the Quebec legislature in October that bars individuals from covering their faces when they receive or give public services. […]
Groups launch legal challenge of Quebec’s face veil ban
Canadian human rights and civil liberty groups have launched a constitutional challenge of a recent law that bans face coverings in the province of Quebec, a measure they argue violates the rights of Muslim women who wear a full face covering. The National Council of Canadian Muslims and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association filed a […]
Anti-Muslim group confronted by protesters in Quebec
Anti-immigration and anti-Muslim groups clashed with counter-protesters in Ottawa, Saturday, along the Quebec border where thousands of asylum seekers have crossed into the country since January. On Ottawa’s Parliament Hill, the seat of the federal government, a few dozen members of a far-right alliance called the Canadian Coalition of Concerned Citizens (CCCC) protested opposition to […]
Quebec: Uniting to fulfill mosque attack victim’s dream
Mamadou Tanou Barry once dreamt of bringing a permanent supply of fresh water to his native town in Guinea. But his dream was brutally cut short when a gunman opened fire on a mosque in Quebec City, killing Barry and five other Muslim men as they prayed. The attack at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre […]