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Terry Newman: Integration or Islamicization?

Speakers at a Montreal Islamic convention seemingly urge youth to insulate themselves from Canadian society

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On July 26, an Islamic convention called “LIT” was held at the Embassy Plaza in the Montreal suburb of Laval. What was said there raises serious concerns about how some Muslim communities integrate into Canadian society.

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The conference’s website states that the target audience of “Montreal’s largest Islamic convention” was youth aged 15 to 30, and its purpose was to “unify the Muslims.” Yet based on recordings of the talks reviewed by National Post, the purpose of unifying Muslim youth appears to include encouraging them to detach themselves from Canadian society and its “immoral” western law-based paradigm, in favour of a community-based Islamic one.

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Attendees were urged by one speaker to build a “circular economy” by supporting Muslim-owned businesses, where Canadian currency might be replaced with gold and where their wealth may be used to exert political influence.

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LIT’s title sponsor was the Qibla Foundation, which recently received a grant of over $20,000 from the federal government. According to attendees and photos of the conference circulated on social media, the main event hall was segregated, with women on one side and men on the other, separated by a curtain.

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