The Quebec City Mosque Massacre & Islamophobia in Canada

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 – Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec]R. c. Bissonnette, 2019 QCCS 354 (CanLII), Bissonnette c. R., 2020 QCCA 1585 (CanLII), [YouTube - Alexandre Bissonnette’s interrogation (en Français)][YouTube - Alexandre Bissonnette’s FULL interrogation (en Français) 3 hour 8 minute][YouTube - La déclaration des parents d’Alexandre Bissonnette][Les parents d’Alexandre Bissonnette jugent sa peine très sévère | Radio-Canada.ca][Alexandre Bissonnette’s parents speak out about their son | Global News][Open Letter From Raymond Bissonnette | Murder | Criminal Justice][‘I had to do something’: Mosque shooter said he acted to prevent terrorism | Montreal Gazette][Remembering the Québec City mosque attack: Islamophobia and Canada’s 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’s 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’s what we know - National | Globalnews.ca][Pourquoi les peines consécutives font-elles débat? | Radio-Canada.ca][Quebec City mosque shooting - Wikipedia][London, Ontario truck attack - Wikipedia] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices