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A Europe-based anti-Islam, anti-immigration group called PEGIDA is making its Quebec debut this weekend — and local politicians and community members want to tell the group its views aren't welcome in Montreal.
PEGIDA Québec members are planning an anti-Islam gathering on the outskirts of Montreal's Little Maghreb neighbourhood, a largely North African Muslim community in the Montreal borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension.
Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre said Thursday he condemns any instance of Islamophobia in the city.