Calgary University Security Removes Posters Depicting a Burning Quran
The university said security removed 40 of the profanity-laced posters which included an insulting hashtag and showed what appears to be a burning Quran. The posters also make crude references to beheadings and Sharia law.
"You can keep your barbaric ways ... right where they belong ... in your 7th Century homelands!” the posters said.Last month, similarly profane posters surfaced at the University of Alberta in Edmonton targeting Sikh people. The university removed 12 posters featuring a picture of a Sikh man, profanity about turbans and a statement calling on people from third-world cultures to leave Canada.
The posters were condemned by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, who is Sikh.
Notley says both incidents are unacceptable and she encourages people to speak out against that kind of hatred.
"We embrace inclusion and acceptance and mutual understanding. That’s the kind of province that we’re building and you know what — it makes our province stronger when we commit to building that,” she told reporters.
University of Calgary president Elizabeth Cannon said the university is working with police to figure out who put up the posters.
"These are disturbing, extremely offensive posters that in no way reflect the inclusive, diverse and caring culture of this university,” she said in a statement.
There was a rally on campus Tuesday to show solidarity with the Muslim community.
