Six years after the deadly mosque shooting in Quebec City, organizers are inviting the community inside their place of worship to commemorate the lives lost and emphasize the work still to be done on Islamophobia.
The shooting at the mosque left a community traumatized and the province more aware of the dangers of radicalization. The victims are honoured in this memorial sculpture in Quebec City.
The attack that left 17 children fatherless and a community forever scarred will be commemorated as organizers also point to the importance of continuing to reflect on Islamophobia — particularly as hate and far-right extremism continues across Canada.Commémoration citoyenne de l'attentat,Six men died in the attack on the Quebec Mosque. They are, clockwise from left, Mamadou Tanou Barry, Azzeddine Soufiane, Abdelkrim Hassane, Ibrahima Barry, Aboubaker Thabti and Khaled Belkacemi.
The mosque's doors were open most of the week to the public. In addition to private events held for the Muslim community, the public can visit the mosque between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday for the first time since the completion of the renovations in 2021. The public is also invited to the ceremony of remembrance in-person orFrom left to right, Mohamed Labidi, Ahmed Cheddadi, Sébastien Bouchard, Maryam Bessiri and Nora Loreto spoke at a news conference on Thursday at the mosque.
The attack on the mosque left physical marks, like this bullet hole, but also psychological scars on those who worship there. The building has undergone extensive refurbishment since the attack.She noted that last year, they were planning the fifth commemoration right as the trucker convoy was starting in Ottawa — an event marked by demonstrations that pushed forward multiple far-right views.
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