Thousands gathered near the Oxford Mosque, in central London, Ontario, Canada, to mourn the lives of the family who died in a racially motivated terrorist attack, while the Turkish president pointed out that Muslims are the first target for the seeds of hatred and hatred across the world.
The gathering was attended by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a number of officials, including Canadian Transport Minister Omar Al-Ghabra.
During his speech, Trudeau said that Canada rejects any kind of racism and hatred, stressing the country's values that are characterized by pluralism, peaceful coexistence and freedom.
Trudeau described the killing of the Muslim family as a brutal and cowardly act and a terrorist attack motivated by hatred, stressing that his government continues to fight hatred and has taken more measures to dismantle extremist Yemeni groups.
For its part, the Canadian-Arab Committee to Combat Discrimination said that Arabs and Muslims are in a state of shock and intimidation after the criminal attack on Muslims in London, Ontario.
The committee made it clear that this is not an isolated act, but rather reflects an epidemic sweeping Canada in the recent period, which is anti-Muslims, Arabs, people of African descent, Semites and indigenous peoples.
She added that the attack was the result of incitement fueled by Islamophobia and the enemies of tolerance, pluralism and coexistence, calling on political leaders to unequivocally condemn these crimes and set programs to eliminate hatred.
Trudeau stressed the country's values of pluralism, peaceful coexistence and freedom (Anatolia)
wave of hate
In this context, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the terrorist attack, stressing that it shows how dangerous the wave of hatred against Muslims is.
In a speech he delivered today at the Parliament headquarters in the capital, Ankara, the Turkish president pointed out that the first target for the seeds of hatred and hatred is Muslims around the world and Turks in Europe.
"While the pain of the many massacres committed from Bosnia to Rakhine, from Turkestan to Iraq and Syria, and from New Zealand to Palestine is still fresh, our wounds are bleeding again with news of new attacks," he added.
"History will never forgive those who left refugees to die in the Mediterranean and the Aegean," he continued.
Erdogan said that just as Turkey fulfilled its humanitarian duty by opening its arms to millions of asylum seekers, it will not stop raising its voice in all forums against the anti-Islam and anti-Turkish attacks all over the world.
He stressed that Turkey will continue to affirm the saying that the world is greater than five (in reference to the five permanent members of the Security Council) and to defend the rights, freedoms and justice of all the oppressed.
The victims of the attack are of Pakistani origin, a couple, their teenage daughter and her grandmother (communication sites)
of Pakistani origin
It is noteworthy that the victims of the attack of Pakistani origin are a couple, their teenage daughter and her grandmother, who were killed Sunday when a truck driven by the terrorist climbed onto a sidewalk and ran over them, in London, Ontario, central Canada.
The couple's nine-year-old son, whose parents died in the arson attack, is being treated in hospital for serious injuries.
The suspect, Nathaniel Feltman, 20, was arrested at a shopping center seven kilometers from the site of Sunday's attack, city police investigator Paul White confirmed.
Feltman was charged with four counts of premeditated murder and a fifth count of attempted murder.
number of crimes
In the past few years, Canada has witnessed a number of crimes motivated by hatred and on an ethnic basis, starting with the armed attack that targeted worshipers in a mosque in Quebec in early 2017, which killed six people.
And the feeling of Canadian Muslims, who represent 3% of the population, that they are at risk.
Many Muslim organizations have called for action against far-right groups.
The latest attack comes at a sensitive time for authorities, following the discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children at a Catholic school in the province of British Columbia, who were forced to attend it as part of a national integration program that is now defunct.