Two days ago, passes the fourth anniversary of the Great Mosque massacre in the Canadian province of Quebec, in which an extremist from the province killed six Muslims during evening prayers, and injured 19 people in various cases, including those who were completely paralyzed after trying to repel the attacker, in an event that was considered alien to a society that represents a model Advanced in coexistence and acceptance of the other.
This year, the Canadian government intends - according to a statement by the Minister of National Heritage - to make January 29 "a day to commemorate the attack on the Quebec mosque and to work against Islamophobia in honor of the victims and solidarity with the survivors."
And if this initiative is a step in the right way, as some see it, to ensure more coexistence and recognition of the different other, then at the same time it should not be at the expense of freedom of expression and intellectual jostling based on argument and counter argument.
To admit that there is a problem is one thing, and to seek to solve it is another.
We - Muslims - firmly believe that any killing and any encroachment on places of worship, safe places and innocent souls is condemned and rejected by all standards and standards, and that every speech that recommends violence and counter-violence must be rejected and fiercely fought.
At the same time we believe that God created different people, even if He wanted to make them follow one approach, but for wisdom, God did not make His servants on multiple approaches and different laws.
What Muslims must strive for, and this is at the core of Islam’s message to the worlds, is to ensure more spaces for freedom of expression and serious dialogue, because whoever claims to possess the truth will not be afraid of the expansion of freedom of expression, unlike those who want to reduce or reduce it and turn it into an excuse to insult and offend others to the point of Calling to deprive them of their freedom and their lives and to deport them from their homes. Whoever fears disagreement and resorts to exclusion, violence, or abuse, then he proves the weakness of his argument and the fragility of his project.
May God have mercy on the martyrs of the Great Mosque in Quebec and make their resting place in paradise, and the survivors have inspired health and wellness, and the people and the country provide safety and peace.
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