The so-called Islamic State and right-leaning politicians agree on at least one thing: Muslim refugees aren’t welcome in Europe and North America.
A new propaganda video targets refugees fleeing violence – and ISIS itself – in Syria, saying these refugees won’t be welcome by “infidels” in the west.
It comes as leaders in Canada and the U.S. are calling for refugee resettlement programs to be halted.
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“You are leaving your land for refuge to infidel countries who want you to leave your religion, the religion of Mohammad the Prophet.”
The recording was posted on YouTube Nov. 17, just four days after terrorist attacks in Paris left 129 people dead and more than 350 injured.
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On Monday Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to “suspend” the federal government’s plan to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of the year.
Wall cited security concerns in the wake of the Paris attacks.
Governors of 16 states said they don’t want any Syrian refugees resettled in their jurisdictions.
But this stance actually helps ISIS, says University of Ottawa law professor Errol Mendes.
“They want to stop the refugee process because one of their main sources of income in the ISIS-controlled territory is taxation of the people there, extortion of the people there,” Mendes told Global News.
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“We will not compromise on the security investigations,” Goodale said. “Ours is planned process that will be more ordered and controlled.”
Shahina Siddiqui, president of the Islamic Social Services Association, told the Canadian Press that Wall’s suggestion to suspend the refugee plan is a knee-jerk reaction to the attack in Paris.
“I want to know what evidence he is basing it on and why suddenly we are questioning our refugee and immigration process and personnel when we never did before,” Siddiqui said.
*With files from Nick Logan and The Canadian Press
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