A mosque leader worried that such comments might quash some of the progress made for the Muslim community in Quebec in recent years.
that he and other members of the mosque picked up the phone on Tuesday, shortly after the National Assembly of Quebec asked her to resign, to plead with her to clearly apologize for past writings that he said lacked perspective.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.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh also said he was satisfied with her apology and said she has some important work ahead of her to fight Islamophobia. I don’t believe that Quebecers are islamophobic my past comments were in reference to a poll on Bill 21. I will work with partners from all provinces and regions to make sure we address racism head on.
He added that now that she has apologized and recognized her faults, she should be given a chance to accomplish the work she has been asked to do.Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre co-founder Boufeldja Benabdallah in January 2022.On Thursday, she met with Pablo Rodriguez, federal minister of Canadian Heritage and Trudeau’s Quebec lieutenant, who had expressed that he had felt deeply offended by her past comments on Quebecers.
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