For the past two years, the Centre Communautaire Musulman (Muslim) de Montreal (CCMM) has rented an auditorium in an east-end high school, where it has held an annual event that celebrates the decision of young girls aged nine to 12 to wear the hijab.

The column was circulated on openly xenophobic Facebook sites, including one which translates as, “No to Quebecphobia and racism toward Quebecers.”

They referred to the event as a “pedophile ceremony” and encouraged followers to contact Chateau Royal.