Vigil in Red Deer Friday for London terror attack victims
Reaction continues to pour in from across Canada to the deaths of four Muslim family members Sunday in London, Ontario in what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called a terrorist attack.
Imam Muhammad Patel with the Red Deer Islamic Centre says their community is appalled and shocked at the attack that also left a young child critically injured and without a family.
“This is a grave matter that concerns the security and stability of Canadian Muslims; when a barbaric act of terror against innocent people is perpetrated, solely on the basis of their religious identity. This has no place anywhere in Canada,” Patel said in a Facebook post.
“We call on authorities to treat this crime as it should be; an act of terrorism, and commit resources to fighting the rising tide of Islamophobia, and we ask all Muslims to work on educating and raising awareness of the Islamic faith and our religious beliefs that are afforded the same freedom to practice, under the Charter of Rights.”