Tuesday 11 April 2023 – 11:00 WIB
LIVE the world – A leader of the Muslim community in Canada has expressed concern about the spread of Islamophobic hatred in the country, after a man made threats and tried to run over worshipers outside a mosque in the province of Ontario.
Qasir Nasir Khan, president of the Markham Islamic Society, told reporters on Monday April 10, 2023 that a man had committed a number of Islamophobic acts outside the mosque, about 30 km (18 miles) north. north of downtown Toronto.
Police said on Sunday, April 9, 2023, a 28-year-old Toronto man was charged with an alleged hate-motivated incident at a mosque prior to 7:00 a.m. local time on Thursday, April 6, 2023.
A number of Muslims take part in Islamic studies at the Nabawi Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, May 8, 2019.
“He threatened to burn down our mosque. He uttered insults about the Prophet (Muhammad),” Khan told a press conference, quoted by AlJazeeraTuesday, April 11, 2023.
“The most disturbing thing is that he tried to run over our congregation with his vehicle.”
He added that in light of recent incidents of Islamophobia in Canada, Muslim worshipers and devotees across the country are beginning to worry.
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