By Mahmoud El-Yousseph
Terror struck in Quebec again! Last Sunday, Quebec City residents woke up after a night of terror. Local police had arrested a disguised 24-year-old man from Montreal who went on a stabbing rampage the night before that left at least two people dead and five others wounded.
Hold your horses, there was no Islamic connection!
The man lunged at his victims with a Japanese-style sword while they were out celebrating Halloween. Police stated that the shooter is mentally unstable and is not associated with any terrorist organization. As expected, the mayor, as well as the press did not care about his faith, as long as he was not a Muslim.
The Quebec City’s mayor said, “The assault brought back bad memories of 2017 when a gunman opened fire shortly after the end of the evening prayer, killing six worshippers and injuring 19 more at one of the city mosques.”
Meanwhile, after a two-hour-long hunt with dozens of armed officers, the Halloween attacker was arrested. No name or photo released by the police. I wonder why?
Canadian Prime Minister, Trudeau, and the premier of Quebec offered their condolences to the families of the victims. The mayor of the city stated on Twitter hours later that mental illness was the cause of the attack.
Last September, a 58-year-old Muslim man was stabbed to death outside a Toronto mosque. Even though CBC News knew the name of the hate group but it chose not to publish it to avoid giving “additional exposure.” Once again. there was no was empathy, outrage, or talk of terrorism expressed by Canadian officials after Toronto’s attack, as they usually do when the attacker is a Muslim.
When I read about the latest tragic news in Quebec, I hoped and prayed that the culprits were not Muslims or have connections to the Middle East. There is no doubt in my mind that islamophobes were crossing their fingers that the terrorist/s who committed this crime were Muslim.
It is ironic how quickly public officials and news organizations blame Islam when a Muslim commits a crime; however, when non-muslims commit a crime, their religion is never mentioned. How do you spell hypocrisy?
