‘Threatened to burn mosque down’: Canadian Muslims reel after botched attack in Markham
The attack on the Islamic Society of Markham is the latest in a number of Islamophobic incidents in Canada. Muslims in Canada are calling for more protection and a serious engagement with Islamophobia after a man entered a mosque brandishing a weapon, threatened congregants, damaged mosque property, and tried to run over worshippers in the parking lot. At a press conference at the Islamic Society of Markham on Monday, Qasir Nasir Khan, the mosque's […]
