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The shooting took place at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City in the Ste-Foy suburb of Quebec City between 7:54 and 7:56 p.m EST on Sunday 29 January 2017 after nightly evening prayers. The shooter, 27-year-old Alexandre Bissonnette, killed six people and injured five while firing five 10-round magazines from a 9 mm Glock semi-automatic ...
The Muslim World League ( MWL; Arabic: رابطة العالم الاسلامي, romanized : Rabitat al-Alam al-Islami [ra:bitˤat al ʕa:lami al isla:mij]) is an international Islamic [ 1] NGO based in Mecca, Saudi Arabia that promotes what it calls the true message of Islam by advancing moderate values that promote peace, tolerance and love ...
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. / 40.44361°N 79.92139°W / 40.44361; -79.92139. The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting was an antisemitic terrorist attack that took place at the Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation [ b] synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The congregation, along with ...
A man shot and killed outside the Philadelphia mosque where he was headed for a prayer service was identified by police on Wednesday as a 43-year-old resident of the city. Police and the district ...
At the time of the shooting there were three congregants in the mosque before the gunman opened fire on the Al Noor Islamic center of Bærum. Before the incident he killed his adopted stepsister at their home and posted on 4chan ten minutes prior to the failed attack, praising the Christchurch shooter , the Poway synagogue shooter and the El ...
The Toronto International Film Festival cancelled an event to promote its planned film slate out of respect for those affected by the shooting. [15] It should also be noted that another shooting occurred exactly 5 years later, on July 22nd, 2023, where one male was killed. The later shooting took place 1 block away from the 2018 event.
Islam is the second-largest religion in Canada practised by approximately 5% of the population. Canadian Muslims are one of the most ethnically diverse religious groups across the country. Muslims have lived in Canada since 1871 and the first mosque was established in 1938. [ 2] Most Canadian Muslims are Sunni, while a significant minority are ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Discrimination and attacks against Muslims and Palestinians rose by about 70% in the U.S. in the first half of 2024 amid heightened Islamophobia due to Israel's war in Gaza ...