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A London federal election candidate said he’s considering taking action against the London Muslim Mosque after he wasn’t invited to a candidates’ debate on the weekend.

“I was denied an invitation which I can only infer was deliberate,” Salim Mansur, running for the People’s Party of Canada (PPC) in London North Centre, said Tuesday.

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“Personally, I am not all that surprised, but this is an all-candidates’ debate. I am a candidate. Whatever is the issue the mosque may have with me . . . has nothing to do with Canadian politics in an election year.”

But the mosque released a statement Tuesday saying it was politics, not personal reasons, that kept Mansur out.

“There is a federal party that was not invited to our meet and greet because it is a party that does not respect our religion and our people,” the statement said.

“This same party refuses to acknowledge the hate that Muslims face in Canada. Their leader refused to acknowledge the slaughter of innocent Muslims inside a Mosque in New Zealand,” the statement said, and continued: