Imam Hassan Guillet referred to unconfirmed reports that the New Zealand shooter was influenced by Alexandre Bissonnette
Mourners carrying signs bearing the images of six men who died in a Quebec City mosque shooting gathered outside a Montreal subway station on Sunday as they grieved the 50 people killed in another attack, half a world away.Dozens of people of different faiths gathered on a chilly afternoon to offer condolences and prayers for the 50 people killed and dozens injured in Friday’s shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Guillet’s speech also targeted Premier Francois Legault, who has previously denied that Quebec has a problem with Islamophobia. Several who made speeches drew parallels between the New Zealand massacre and the murder of nine African Americans in a church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015, and of 11 Jewish worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue last year. One by one, the speakers called on those in attendance to stand up against the propagation of hate speech and the rise of the far right.
But many of those in attendance also challenged the media, politicians, popular culture and fellow citizens to stop portraying Muslims in particular as outsiders. Several denounced the Quebec premier’s plan to ban religious symbols for state workers in positions of authority; another noted the lack of non-white characters on Quebec television shows.
On Saturday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with his counterpart in New Zealand, offering his condolences for the 50 people killed and dozens injured following Friday’s shootings.
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