Outcry in Canadian Jewish community after hate preacher calls for Allah to “bring annihilation upon the plundering Jews”
Members of the Jewish community in Victoria, British Columbia have expressed their concerns after a Muslim preacher has been found delivering inflammatory sermons. The leader of the Muslim Youth of Victoria, Younus Kathrada, was found to have called upon Allah to “bring annihilation upon the plundering Jews” and for victory over “those criminal, plundering Jews”. […]
British Columbia adopts International Definition of Antisemitism
The Canadian province of British Columbia has adopted the International Definition of Antisemitism. British Columbia’s Premier, John Horgan, announced the decision in a letter to the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), Vancouver. There has been a Jewish community in British Columbia, mostly located in Vancouver, since the mid-19th century. The most recent data […]
Homes of suspected members of neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division raided near Quebec City
Police in Canada have raided the homes of individuals suspected of being members of the paramilitary neo-Nazi group, Atomwaffen Division. It was reported that more than 60 officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police took part in the operation on rural homes south-west of Quebec City. Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Corporal Charles Poirier said that […]
Group shouts “stop killing Palestinians” at visibly Jewish parents during high school graduation ceremony
A Member of Parliament in Canada has expressed her concern after groups of people shouted “stop killing Palestinians” at visibly Jewish parents during her daughter’s high school graduation ceremony at Canada’s Wonderland, an amusement park in Toronto. Ya’ara Saks, MP for York Centre in Toronto, took to Twitter to write that “This is so wrong. […]