Montreal, Canada – Four years have gone by since a gunman stormed a mosque in Quebec City, Canada, killing six people and injuring several others. But Boufeldja Benabdallah says the passage of time has not made the pain go away.
“It still feels like it was yesterday,” said Benabdallah, co-founder and spokesman of the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre, where the deadly attack took place on January 29, 2017.
Six men were killed in the rampage, which sent shockwaves across Canada and prompted mass vigils and promises from the highest levels of government to tackle Islamophobia and racism.
The attacker, Alexandre Bissonnette, pleaded guilty in 2018 to six counts of first-degree murder and six counts of attempted murder and was sentenced in 2019 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 40 years.
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NDP Leader Marks Fourth Anniversary of Quebec Mosque Shooting
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh holds a virtual news conference to mark the fourth anniversary of the Quebec City mosque attack. He is joined by Mustafa Farooq, chief executive officer of the National Council of Canadian Muslims. On January 29, 2017, six men were killed and nineteen others were seriously injured when a gunman attacked the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City. Singh and Farooq are urging the federal government to take more action to dismantle white supremacy groups in Canada. The federal government intends to declare January 29 as the “National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action against Islamophobia.” The House of Commons recently adopted a motion proposed by the NDP leader calling on the government to address the proliferation of white supremacist and hate groups and to immediately designate the Proud Boys group as a terrorist entity. (January 29, 2021) (no interpretation)
MPs are sending a clear message that Canada must address hate groups, now government needs to act
The unanimous motion in the House of Commons to address white supremacists and hate groups, coming days before the anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting, demonstrates that there s a broad consensus among Canadians that we need to act, writes Mustafa Farooq.
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Posted: Jan 29, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 29
Members of the Proud Boys are seen here at an October 2017 demonstration in Toronto. The House of Commons passed a unanimous motion on Jan. 25 that included calling for the federal government to list the Proud Boys as a terrorist entity. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press)
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