Always happy to meet another word person, h.wadsworth, in both French and English.

I'm aware that 'militant' has a particular meaning in French, perhaps even more so in Quebec.  I continue to think that 'fighting' is an appropriate translation for 'militer', in this context, especially considering the name of the organization , their ex-military origin, the images they use, even what they title the 'about' page of their website: "Notre Combat".

But we don't have to go that far - it's also the word used by this Globe headline yesterday: "Quebec City Muslim community vows to continue fighting for rejected cemetery "