Samer Majzoub’s statement came hours before the House of Commons was set to vote on a Conservative-backed motion to “condemn all forms of systemic racism, religious intolerance and discrimination."

TORONTO - A national Islamic group is expressing alarm about a small anti-Muslim protest held Friday in front of a Toronto mosque.

A small group of protesters demonstrated outside of a mosque in downtown Toronto Friday with signs, banners and megaphones calling for the banning of Islam while people prayed inside.