Great article. It had to be said. The insidious underhanded islamophobia pushed by the Conservative Party of Canada and the Parti Quebecois together with some right-wing media outlets and journalists have given encouragement to people who would do violence. It made hatred of Muslims somehow normal and accepted and the end result is that someone picks up a weapon and kills. These politicians have been playing with fire and they bear some responsibility for these terrible outcomes.  Justin Trudeau warned about what the Harper Government's politics of fear of Islam was promoting when he said "Fear is a dangerous thing....once stoked there is no way to predict where it will end."

http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/trudeau-accuses-harper-government-of-stoking-prejudice-against-muslims/