Tribute to the victims of the attack: “we must recognize our own weaknesses”

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The canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, mayor Régis Labeaume and Quebec premier Philippe Couillard, as well as the grand chief of the Huron-Wendat Nation Konrad Sioui participated in the ceremony Monday.

Taïeb Moalla

Monday, 29 January, 2018 22:33

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A year to the day after the slaughter of the great mosque of Quebec, Justin Trudeau has called quebec and all of canada to admit his own fears “irrational” in the face of the other.

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“It is easy to condemn the racism, the intolerance, the discrimination against the muslim community. We know it is that. It is the racist. It is the other. This is the nonos who walk around with legs of dog on the T-shirt “, launched by the prime minister of Canada, Monday evening, in a reference to the group The Pack.

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Many have paid tribute to the missing.

“It was fear of the unknown “

That said, the reflection should not stop there. “Why the word islamophobia, we are uncomfortable with ? We all have fear at times. It was fear of the unknown. It was fear of the foreigner. It is necessary to recognize our own weaknesses as Quebecers and as Canadians, ” said Mr. Trudeau, loudly applauded by hundreds of citizens who participated in the commemoration of the first anniversary of the tragedy.

The prime minister of Quebec, Philippe Couillard, has said that we need to fight against racism in all its forms including islamophobia, anti-semitism, racism against people of color or of homophobia. “All these manifestations of rejection must be condemned with force, but with non-violence “, he recalled.

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Aymen Derbali, confined to a wheelchair after being wounded in the attack, was present Monday. It is seen in the company of politicians and dignitaries.

Stirring testimonies

Earlier in the evening, those gathered were able to hear stirring testimonies of the survivors and relatives of the six victims killed on January 29, 2017.

With a loud voice and asked, Aymen Derbali has moved the crowd speaking to her from his wheelchair.

“Beyond the tragedy that was experienced, we really have seen the generous nature of the people of Quebec and Canada (…) We are human beings. The values that unite us are much more important than the small differences that are normal “, has launched the one who lives now paralyzed after receiving seven bullets in the body. The marks of solidarity and compassion expressed by the population of Quebec over the past year, ” soothe my sorrow “, he added. Other relatives of the victims have abounded in the same direction.

For his part, Mohamed Labidi, president of the islamic cultural Centre of Québec (CCIQ), stated that ” we have a great need to avoid dialogues of the deaf, the debate semantics and demagoguery (…) Do not let our hearts fill with hatred and detestation. Stop sowing the seeds of intolerance. “

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The canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, mayor Régis Labeaume and Quebec premier Philippe Couillard.

What they said

– ” We need to be better than we are (…) It takes the courage of the citizens every day to reflect on our actions, our thoughts, our fears. To face them, to confront and move beyond .

– The prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau

– ” We are all from elsewhere join the First Nations. There is only the date that changes, and this date does not determine our level of citizenship “

– The pemier premier of Québec, Philippe Couillard

– ” I refuse to give my city to be associated with violence and hatred. Condemn tonight and tomorrow for all those who insidiously blow on the embers of xenophobia and racism “

– The mayor of Québec, Régis Labeaume

– ” Karim, my dear husband, was a pious person, loving, caring, honesty and integrity. He had chosen Quebec to live, because he loved this country for a long time “

– Louiza Mohamed-Said, widow of Abdelkrim Hassane

– ” These men who have fallen, my father among others, were good men, magnets. Pillars in their community. Of the men who had joined together to pray and celebrate the peace “

– Amir Belkacemi, the son of Khaled Belkacemi, who passed away on the evening of the tragedy

– ” As for you, the events that have occurred in a place where I felt safe. I never imagined that I would attack the school as we have never imagined an attack in a place of prayer in Quebec “

– Nathalie Provost, a survivor of the slaughter at the Polytechnique in 1989

– ” After the massacre which took place on the 29th of January 2017, there has been an increase in the actions of the extreme right. It is very troubling. But this evening, it is necessary to name, are the six men and the families of the victims. It is necessary to show the community’s response “

– The activist anti-globalization Jaggi Singh