The Quebec City Mosque Massacre & Islamophobia in Canada

Published: July 12, 2021, 7 a.m.

b'Episode 178: On the evening of January 29, 2017, a young man, armed with a pistol and a rifle concealed inside a guitar case, entered the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, a mosque in the Sainte-Foy neighbourhood of the historic city. Just over 40 people were inside the mosque at the time. Just before 8:00 pm, the man entered the prayer hall and began firing and, within two minutes, had killed 6 and seriously injured 5 other worshippers. After the shootings, the killer walked out of the building, hopped into his car and drove off. Less than 20 minutes later, the perpetrator, a 27-year-old, Canadian-born student of anthropology and political science at Laval University, surrendered to police, admitting he was the shooter. The motive? Islamophobia.Sources:[CCIQ \\u2013 Centre Culturel Islamique de Qu\\xe9bec]R. c. Bissonnette, 2019 QCCS 354 (CanLII), < [https://canlii.ca/t/j1672] >Bissonnette c. R., 2020 QCCA 1585 (CanLII), < [https://canlii.ca/t/jbth0] >[YouTube - Alexandre Bissonnette\\u2019s interrogation (en Fran\\xe7ais)][YouTube - Alexandre Bissonnette\\u2019s FULL interrogation (en Fran\\xe7ais) 3 hour 8 minute][YouTube - La d\\xe9claration des parents d\\u2019Alexandre Bissonnette][Les parents d\\u2019Alexandre Bissonnette jugent sa peine tr\\xe8s s\\xe9v\\xe8re | Radio-Canada.ca][Alexandre Bissonnette\\u2019s parents speak out about their son | Global News][Open Letter From Raymond Bissonnette | Murder | Criminal Justice][\\u2018I had to do something\\u2019: Mosque shooter said he acted to prevent terrorism | Montreal Gazette][Remembering the Qu\\xe9bec City mosque attack: Islamophobia and Canada\\u2019s national amnesia][Court reduces sentence for Quebec City mosque attacker | Courts News | Al Jazeera][Alexandre Bissonnette: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com]https://twitter.com/justintrudeau/status/825438460265762816?lang=en[Alexandre Bissonnette\\u2019s parents ask Prime Minister to stop calling their son a terrorist | CTV News][Islamophobia.org][Islamophobia: Understanding Anti-Muslim Sentiment in the West][Islamophobia in Canada - Wikipedia][Read Fear of a Muslim Planet Online by Arsalan Iftikhar | Books][Cyber Racism and Community Resilience: Strategies For Combating Online Race Hate | Scribd][Naming The Gunman Glorifies His Crimes, Not Naming Him Could Undermine The Truth : NPR Public Editor : NPR][NO NOTORIETY]()[What is the government doing about Islamophobia in Canada? Here\\u2019s what we know - National | Globalnews.ca][Pourquoi les peines cons\\xe9cutives font-elles d\\xe9bat? | Radio-Canada.ca][Quebec City mosque shooting - Wikipedia][London, Ontario truck attack - Wikipedia]\\nSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'