Muslim-Canadians decry attacks amid backlash – Features – Al Jazeera English.
Montreal, Canada – As more details emerge about separate attacks on soldiers and government institutions last week in Ottawa and Quebec, Muslim leaders are urging Canadians not to typecast the entire community amid fears of a backlash.
Corporal Nathan Cirillo was shot dead at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Wednesday, while a hit-and-run vehicle attack in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec days earlier killed Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent and wounded another soldier.
Many local media reports described the perpetrators – Michael Zehaf-Bibeau in Ottawa, and Martin Couture-Rouleau in Quebec – as Muslim converts with some inferring the men supported the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper described Couture-Rouleau as “an ISIL-inspired terrorist“, while much media attention focused on Zehaf-Bibeau’s Libyan father, and attempts he made to renew his Libyan passport.
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