Muslim leader lashes out at Toronto mosque

Mississagua News
November 17, 2008

http://www.islamist-watch.org/1075/muslim-leader-lashes-out-at-toronto-mosque

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The Clarkson woman who heads the Muslim Canadian Congress says a controversial Toronto mosque's website has posted comments on its website that are "in contravention of what a moderate Muslim should stand for."

President Farzana Hassan said the Muslim Canadian Congress is calling on Ottawa to strip the charitable status of the Somali Islamic Society of Canada, which owns the Khalid Bin Al-Walid mosque in Etobicoke that was founded in 1990 and serves more than 10,000 worshippers.

It's the same mosque that stirred controversy six years ago when it warned its members to avoid wishing others "Merry Christmas," equating the traditional Christian greeting with murder.

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