Radical Islamic group cancels Ontario conference under pressure of being named a terrorist group
A planned conference by a radical Islamic group that caused outrage and security concern has been cancelled a day after the federal government said it was considering declaring the organization a terrorist group.
Late on Monday, federal minister of Public Safety David McGuinty issued a statement saying Hizb ut-Tahrir’s history of “glorifying violence and promoting antisemitism and extremist ideology” and supporting terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah “are entirely contrary to Canadian values,” and asked them to scrap their conference, scheduled for this coming weekend, while security and intelligence agencies assessed whether the group should be listed as an official terrorist entity.
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