A downtown Toronto mosque remained closed on Monday night after it received several violent and offensive threats by email early Saturday. Mosque administrators, based on advice from various experts, have closed the mosque for now, he said. Mustafa Farooq, CEO of the National Council of Canadian Muslims, says: 'This is unacceptable. Research facility says action plan neededBarbara Perry, director of the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism, a research facility at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, said a national action plan is needed. Perry estimates there are "easily" about 300 hate groups in Canada.

Source: CBC News October 13, 2020 01:36 UTC