Canada's Islamist Takeover

'It's Open Season On Jews And Jewish Institutes' – An Active Front In The Clash Of Civilizations

Media reports and videos on social media, immediately after the October 7, 2023 attack and to this day, document a significant segment of Canada's Muslim community's targeting, bullying, and trying to intimidate the Jewish community in the country, with disturbing protests often thousands strong. As one recent X post stated, "it's open season on Jews in Canada."

While the U.S. has had its share of extremist pro-Palestinian supporters, marching with signs, flags, and banners of Hamas, Hizbullah, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), and other terror groups, and targeting of the U.S. Jewish community, the size and scope of this phenomenon in Canada is even more pervasive and severe – and at times terrifying.

Since October 7, 2023, antisemitic incidents in Canada have increased by 670%, and members of the Jewish community have said they feel abandoned by the government. At the same time, Canada's Muslim community constitutes 4.9% of the population, and in some cities, including Toronto, it is rapidly approaching 10% - and in the Greater Toronto Area it is 12%-14%; the Canadian Jewish community is less than 1% of the total population.

The growing problem of support within Canada for jihadi groups, which is well documented on social media, has been growing in size and scope for a decade, and the virulent antisemitism and hatred for Israel on full view at these protests is only part of the protestors' ideology. In addition to the frequent calls for the destruction of Israel, the U.S., and Canada itself, there are calls for jihad and martyrdom. As this phenomenon continues to play out daily, there is a need for some pointed questions about who these protestors actually are. They should be named and exposed, and any who have so far broken laws with impunity should face consequences.

The growing problem of support within Canada for jihadi groups, which is well documented on social media, has been growing in size and scope for a decade, and the virulent antisemitism and hatred for Israel on full view at these protests is only part of the protestors' ideology. In addition to the frequent calls for the destruction of Israel, the U.S., and Canada itself, there are calls for jihad and martyrdom. As this phenomenon continues to play out daily, there is a need for some pointed questions about who these protestors actually are. They should be named and exposed, and any who have so far broken laws with impunity should face consequences.

A typical protest in Canada features calls for '"jihad," chants of "Jews go back to Europe," and even "death to Canada," as participants wave signs and banners with swastikas and the Hamas red triangle, used by Hamas in its videos to mark its targets. These keffiyeh-covered activists and Islamists harass Jews, including children and the elderly.

https://www.memri.org/reports/canadas-islamist-takeover-its-open-season-jews-and-jewish-institutes-%E2%80%93-active-front-clash