"On March 10, the Jewish Defense League (JDL) — identified as a “violent extremist organization” by the FBI — is hosting British politician Paul Weston in Toronto for an event claiming to reveal “the threat of radical Islamic immigration and the erosion of our freedoms.”
"In a secret briefing last September, CSIS flagged Canada’s burgeoning anti-Islam and anti-immigrant movement as a security threat."
The disturbing movement against Syrian refugees in Canada
We miss seeing some disquieting trends, blinded by the glare of our own sunny ways
Canadians’ warm reception of Syrian refugees has become a feel-good story for the nation. When Donald Trump declared that he would ban all Muslim immigration to the United States, many juxtaposed his vitriol against the large numbers of Syrian refugees being taken in by Canada. Images of Canadians welcoming Syrians into their homes and communities have been contrasted positively with the protests and violence of groups like Pegida, the anti-Islam and anti-immigrant movement spreading across Europe. (Pegida is the German acronym for Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West.)
But we miss seeing some important things, blinded by the glare of our own sunny ways.
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