One of the shooters- this terrorist- who according to a circulating manifesto, described his will to slaughter children whenever possible to further his self proclaimed Islamophobia and racism- those actions have shook all of us today. (2/5)
As he attacked, apparently with the name of Quebec City shooter Alexandre Bissonnette on his rifle, we know that the problem of Islamophobia is a pernicious cancer in liberal democracies, and one that we must root out. (3/5)
Just today, we were trying to figure out how to best respond to the fact that two MPs in Canada were hosting a dinner inviting an individual who claimed that “Islam was trying to destroy democracy from within” and that Muslims represented the threat of a Trojan Horse in UK (4/5)
Now, all we have is horror in our hearts. We are a public policy group that tonight has no more ink left to spill, only incredible sadness. We hold our children a little tighter tonight.
Our condolences to all of the families of the injured and deceased (5/5)