QUEBEC — A commemoration planned for Sunday to mark the sixth anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting will be held for the first time inside the prayer…
Mamadou Tanou Barry, Ibrahima Barry, Khaled Belkacemi, Abdelkrim Hassane, Azzeddine Soufiane and Aboubaker Thabti were gunned down shortly after evening prayers had ended at the Islamic Cultural Centre on Jan. 29, 2017.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Ahmed Cheddadi, a survivor of the mosque shooting, said showing openness must not fall solely on the Muslim community, but on Quebec society as a whole. Mohamed Labidi, president of the mosque, said there was the “duty of memory towards the victims who fell in this mosque by the bullets of hatred” and the annual event is necessary to promote good relations.Article contentLabidi said that while steps are being taken to foster inclusiveness and eliminate Islamophobia, legislation like Quebec’s Bill 21 has the opposite effect.
“I told her, sadly my girl, you will lose it here in Quebec, but you have a solution. You can go to Ontario or another province,” Cheddadi said.
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