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Justin drove him crazy. He could plead temporary insanity. Many people would support him.
LOL
National Post – Quebec mosque shooting suspect Alexandre Bissonnette charged with six counts of murder
Alexandre Bissonnette was charged late Monday with six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder using a restricted firearm for a shooting spree in a Quebec City Mosque that has shaken the community, Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
Though police and politicians have spoken of terrorism since the 27-year-old university student allegedly opened fire just after the last prayers on Sunday, he was not charged with any terrorism-related offences.
Bissonnette was studying anthropology before switching to sociology at Université Laval.
He appeared at the Quebec City courthouse, dressed in white with his head bowed. Bissonnette showed no emotion in his brief appearance. His lawyer did not enter a plea, and he will appear on Feb. 21.
Earlier in the day, police searched his parents’ home in the Cap-Rouge district of Quebec City.
The young man did not have a previous criminal record and was known as an introvert, and a victim of bullying in school.
Posts on his Facebook page show he “liked” Donald Trump, French Front National leader Marine Le Pen and Mathieu Bock-Cóté, a Quebec City columnist known for his pro-nationalist and anti-multicultural views.
He dressed up as the Grim Reaper for Halloween. His musical tastes appear to range from Katy Perry to Megadeth.
Bissonnette’s father is listed in the sales deed of the house as an investigator. And according to Bissonnette’s Facebook page, which has since been taken offline, his grandfather was a decorated war hero.
But his page does not reveal a great deal about his possible motivations.
A fellow university student however, who also knew Bissonnette from high school in Cap Rouge, said he had developed radical views.
“He was not necessarily overtly racist or Islamophobic, but he had borderline misogynist, Islamophobic viewpoints,” said Vincent Boissonneault, who studies International Studies at Université Laval.
“Unfortunately that’s become more or less acceptable these days.”
Bissonnette did not show signs of mental illness or paranoia, Boissonneault said, adding he didn’t think he was part of an organized extremist group, either.
An organization devoted to helping refugees in the capital city said Bissonnette’s name and photograph, as they appeared in the media, were already familiar to them.
On a Facebook post they said they learned “with sadness and anger about the identity of the terrorist Alexandre Bissonnette, unfortunately known by several activists in Quebec City for his viewpoints that were pro-LePen and anti-feminist, as expressed in social media and at Université Laval.”
Reached by phone Deschamps did not want to go into detail about Bissonnette while the police investigation is ongoing. But like others he spoke of the polarization of Quebec City between those who warmly welcomed the Syrian refugees and others whose anti-immigrant discourse has become increasingly harsh.
BBC – Quebec mosque attack: Student Alexandre Bissonnette charged
Alexandre Bissonnette faces six counts of first-degree murder and five of attempted murder.
The 27-year-old briefly appeared in a Quebec City court over Sunday evening’s attack, during evening prayers at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre.
Vigils have been held across Canada to commemorate those killed and injured.
[…]On the social network, he also reportedly “liked” US President Donald Trump and French National Front leader Marine Le Pen.
[…]At the scene – Jessica Murphy, BBC News
The streets around the mosque are mostly deserted except for the police investigators milling around the cordoned-off site.
Noemie Roussel Paradis is standing alone across from the empty mosque holding a Koran. She is a proud convert to Islam and came to pay her respects after “this murder, this attack, this act of terrorism”, even though this was not the mosque where she prays.
“This is Allah’s home, and there was blood spilled on the floor,” she said.
She said it’s likely that she shared a Ramadan meal with one of the people who was in the mosque during the attack. “The only thing we can do now is cry and hope that Allah will make those responsible face their actions,” she said.
Nearby, Martin St-Louis is holding a large wooden board, its painted message carrying a call for peace.
“Where terror stands or walks, peace must stand,” he said. “I’m no philosopher or priest, but for those people who fall, we have to stand.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard both described the shooting as a terrorist attack.
Mr Trudeau said in Parliament the victims were targeted simply because of their religion.
Addressing the more than one million Muslims who live in Canada, he said: “We are with you.
“Thirty-six million hearts are breaking with yours. Know that we value you.”
The shooting came amid heightened global tensions over Mr Trump’s travel ban on seven Muslim countries.
But the White House pointed to the attack as an example of why the US president’s policies were needed.
“We condemn this attack in the strongest possible terms,” said White House spokesman Sean Spicer.
“It’s a terrible reminder of why we must remain vigilant and why the president is taking steps to be pro-active, rather than reactive when it comes to our nation’s safety and security.”
The mosque has been a target of hate crimes in the past, including last summer when a pig’s head was left on its doorstep during Ramadan.
Mohamed Labidi, vice-president of the Islamic centre, said the victims had been shot in the back.
“It’s a very, very big tragedy for us,” Mr Labidi said tearfully. “We have a sadness we cannot express.
“Security at our mosque was our major, major concern. But we were caught off-guard.”
Quebec City Mayor Regis Labeaume said: “No person should have to pay with their life, for their race, their color, their sexual orientation or their religious beliefs.”
Quebec’s immigrant community
The province has welcomed thousands of immigrants from Arab countries and other nations, but it has also struggled with what it means to accommodate those newcomers.
The predominantly French-speaking province fiercely protects its linguistic identity and its secularism, and there has been a longstanding debate over the “reasonable accommodation” of immigrants and religious minorities.
Arab Canadians have settled in Quebec, especially from countries with some French cultural background such as Lebanon, Algeria, and Tunisia.
Many found jobs and built communities, but have also said they felt targeted by some of the political rhetoric.
For example, proposals to ban the niqab have found more fertile ground in the province than in other parts of the country.
Quebec also has strong political links to France, where similar debates have raged.
In recent months, there have been reports across the province of Islamophobic incidents, including one targeting the Ste-Foy mosque.
Despite the message of unity from across the political spectrum and the population in the wake of the attack, Haroun Bouazzi, president of a human rights group in Montreal, says that “Quebec Muslims are frightened right now”.
Alexandre Bissonnette charged with 6 murder counts
DAILY MAIL – Loner student ‘who liked Trump, Le Pen and mocked Syrian refugees online’ is charged with six counts of murder for gunning down Muslim men as they prayed in a Quebec City mosque
Alexandre Bissonnette was seen arriving at Quebec City courthouse in a white prison jumpsuit on Monday
He faces six counts of murder and five charges of attempted murder for the ‘barbaric’ killings on Sunday
The 27-year-old political sciences student is accused of killing six men as they attended evening prayers
Azzedine Soufiane, Boubaker Thabti, and Khaled Belkacemi are among the men killed in the terrorist attack
Ahmed Youness, a 21-year-old student and Abdelkrim Hassen, a married father-of-three, also died
The final victim in the horrific shooting, the concierge at the mosque, is identified as Ibrahima Barry, 39
Five more were gravely injured in the Sunday night attack at the Quebec City Islamic Cultural Center
Bissonnette was arrested after calling 911 himself from his car 15 miles from the bloody scene at the mosque
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there was ‘no mistake’ it was a terrorist attack against Muslims
He held a minute’s silence in the House of Commons on Monday and told Canadian Muslims: ‘We will love you’
In Montreal., people held up signs which read ‘Unite against hate!’ and ‘Stop the criminalization of Islam!’
Soros occupies the nexus between the Left and Islam. Let it be known and let him be done. Irony. The most common element in the universe. Serves his evil genius to us like a delinquent butler. And serves, too, the antidote to him in Orban. Wonders do not cease.
It plays like a dystopian soundtrack.
Article hit piece trying to sound “balanced”.
Garbage.
Sorry, I meant the article below [Irish Times] is garbage.
Yes indeed. Garbage.
If he was anti-Moslem why did he yell Allahu Akbar?
It always begins with the boldest of lies. Note the quote in the photo:
Justin drove him crazy. He could plead temporary insanity. Many people would support him.
LOL
National Post – Quebec mosque shooting suspect Alexandre Bissonnette charged with six counts of murder
Alexandre Bissonnette was charged late Monday with six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder using a restricted firearm for a shooting spree in a Quebec City Mosque that has shaken the community, Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
Though police and politicians have spoken of terrorism since the 27-year-old university student allegedly opened fire just after the last prayers on Sunday, he was not charged with any terrorism-related offences.
Bissonnette was studying anthropology before switching to sociology at Université Laval.
He appeared at the Quebec City courthouse, dressed in white with his head bowed. Bissonnette showed no emotion in his brief appearance. His lawyer did not enter a plea, and he will appear on Feb. 21.
Earlier in the day, police searched his parents’ home in the Cap-Rouge district of Quebec City.
The young man did not have a previous criminal record and was known as an introvert, and a victim of bullying in school.
Posts on his Facebook page show he “liked” Donald Trump, French Front National leader Marine Le Pen and Mathieu Bock-Cóté, a Quebec City columnist known for his pro-nationalist and anti-multicultural views.
He dressed up as the Grim Reaper for Halloween. His musical tastes appear to range from Katy Perry to Megadeth.
Bissonnette’s father is listed in the sales deed of the house as an investigator. And according to Bissonnette’s Facebook page, which has since been taken offline, his grandfather was a decorated war hero.
But his page does not reveal a great deal about his possible motivations.
A fellow university student however, who also knew Bissonnette from high school in Cap Rouge, said he had developed radical views.
“He was not necessarily overtly racist or Islamophobic, but he had borderline misogynist, Islamophobic viewpoints,” said Vincent Boissonneault, who studies International Studies at Université Laval.
“Unfortunately that’s become more or less acceptable these days.”
Bissonnette did not show signs of mental illness or paranoia, Boissonneault said, adding he didn’t think he was part of an organized extremist group, either.
An organization devoted to helping refugees in the capital city said Bissonnette’s name and photograph, as they appeared in the media, were already familiar to them.
On a Facebook post they said they learned “with sadness and anger about the identity of the terrorist Alexandre Bissonnette, unfortunately known by several activists in Quebec City for his viewpoints that were pro-LePen and anti-feminist, as expressed in social media and at Université Laval.”
Reached by phone Deschamps did not want to go into detail about Bissonnette while the police investigation is ongoing. But like others he spoke of the polarization of Quebec City between those who warmly welcomed the Syrian refugees and others whose anti-immigrant discourse has become increasingly harsh.
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/quebec-mosque-shooting-suspect-alexandre-bissonnette
BBC – Quebec mosque attack: Student Alexandre Bissonnette charged
Alexandre Bissonnette faces six counts of first-degree murder and five of attempted murder.
The 27-year-old briefly appeared in a Quebec City court over Sunday evening’s attack, during evening prayers at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre.
Vigils have been held across Canada to commemorate those killed and injured.
[…]On the social network, he also reportedly “liked” US President Donald Trump and French National Front leader Marine Le Pen.
[…]At the scene – Jessica Murphy, BBC News
The streets around the mosque are mostly deserted except for the police investigators milling around the cordoned-off site.
Noemie Roussel Paradis is standing alone across from the empty mosque holding a Koran. She is a proud convert to Islam and came to pay her respects after “this murder, this attack, this act of terrorism”, even though this was not the mosque where she prays.
“This is Allah’s home, and there was blood spilled on the floor,” she said.
She said it’s likely that she shared a Ramadan meal with one of the people who was in the mosque during the attack. “The only thing we can do now is cry and hope that Allah will make those responsible face their actions,” she said.
Nearby, Martin St-Louis is holding a large wooden board, its painted message carrying a call for peace.
“Where terror stands or walks, peace must stand,” he said. “I’m no philosopher or priest, but for those people who fall, we have to stand.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard both described the shooting as a terrorist attack.
Mr Trudeau said in Parliament the victims were targeted simply because of their religion.
Addressing the more than one million Muslims who live in Canada, he said: “We are with you.
“Thirty-six million hearts are breaking with yours. Know that we value you.”
The shooting came amid heightened global tensions over Mr Trump’s travel ban on seven Muslim countries.
But the White House pointed to the attack as an example of why the US president’s policies were needed.
“We condemn this attack in the strongest possible terms,” said White House spokesman Sean Spicer.
“It’s a terrible reminder of why we must remain vigilant and why the president is taking steps to be pro-active, rather than reactive when it comes to our nation’s safety and security.”
The mosque has been a target of hate crimes in the past, including last summer when a pig’s head was left on its doorstep during Ramadan.
Mohamed Labidi, vice-president of the Islamic centre, said the victims had been shot in the back.
“It’s a very, very big tragedy for us,” Mr Labidi said tearfully. “We have a sadness we cannot express.
“Security at our mosque was our major, major concern. But we were caught off-guard.”
Quebec City Mayor Regis Labeaume said: “No person should have to pay with their life, for their race, their color, their sexual orientation or their religious beliefs.”
Quebec’s immigrant community
The province has welcomed thousands of immigrants from Arab countries and other nations, but it has also struggled with what it means to accommodate those newcomers.
The predominantly French-speaking province fiercely protects its linguistic identity and its secularism, and there has been a longstanding debate over the “reasonable accommodation” of immigrants and religious minorities.
Arab Canadians have settled in Quebec, especially from countries with some French cultural background such as Lebanon, Algeria, and Tunisia.
Many found jobs and built communities, but have also said they felt targeted by some of the political rhetoric.
For example, proposals to ban the niqab have found more fertile ground in the province than in other parts of the country.
Quebec also has strong political links to France, where similar debates have raged.
In recent months, there have been reports across the province of Islamophobic incidents, including one targeting the Ste-Foy mosque.
Despite the message of unity from across the political spectrum and the population in the wake of the attack, Haroun Bouazzi, president of a human rights group in Montreal, says that “Quebec Muslims are frightened right now”.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38805163
Alexandre Bissonnette charged with 6 murder counts
DAILY MAIL – Loner student ‘who liked Trump, Le Pen and mocked Syrian refugees online’ is charged with six counts of murder for gunning down Muslim men as they prayed in a Quebec City mosque
Alexandre Bissonnette was seen arriving at Quebec City courthouse in a white prison jumpsuit on Monday
He faces six counts of murder and five charges of attempted murder for the ‘barbaric’ killings on Sunday
The 27-year-old political sciences student is accused of killing six men as they attended evening prayers
Azzedine Soufiane, Boubaker Thabti, and Khaled Belkacemi are among the men killed in the terrorist attack
Ahmed Youness, a 21-year-old student and Abdelkrim Hassen, a married father-of-three, also died
The final victim in the horrific shooting, the concierge at the mosque, is identified as Ibrahima Barry, 39
Five more were gravely injured in the Sunday night attack at the Quebec City Islamic Cultural Center
Bissonnette was arrested after calling 911 himself from his car 15 miles from the bloody scene at the mosque
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there was ‘no mistake’ it was a terrorist attack against Muslims
He held a minute’s silence in the House of Commons on Monday and told Canadian Muslims: ‘We will love you’
In Montreal., people held up signs which read ‘Unite against hate!’ and ‘Stop the criminalization of Islam!’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4173602/Quebec-mosque-gunman-arrives-court.html
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.rt.com/document/588f4415c46188757f8b45cb/amp?client=ms-android-bell-ca
Soros occupies the nexus between the Left and Islam. Let it be known and let him be done. Irony. The most common element in the universe. Serves his evil genius to us like a delinquent butler. And serves, too, the antidote to him in Orban. Wonders do not cease.
It plays like a dystopian soundtrack.
Article hit piece trying to sound “balanced”.
Garbage.
Sorry, I meant the article below [Irish Times] is garbage.
Yes indeed. Garbage.
If he was anti-Moslem why did he yell Allahu Akbar?
It always begins with the boldest of lies. Note the quote in the photo:
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/hungary-s-orban-eyes-knockout-blow-in-war-with-tycoon-george-soros-1.2955890%3Fmode%3Damp?client=ms-android-bell-ca
http://heavy.com/news/2017/01/alexandre-bissonnette-quebec-city-canada-mosque-shooting-attack-suspect-gunman-shooter-photos-pictures-video-motive/