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“Anybody should be allowed to criticize another religion,” says Haroon Khan, trustee of Vancouver’s Jamia Masjid, which bills itself as “the little mosque in the city.”

After the murder of six Muslims in Quebec City, many Canadians have gone into high alert, with the federal Liberals pushing through Motion 103 to condemn “Islamophobia.”

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While politicians, pundits and religious leaders are going out of their way to pronounce they despise hatred, however, some moderate Muslims are feeling boxed in.

Vancouver-born Khan believes a fringe of extremists exist on all sides. Most are “mentally ill.” Some, like Quebec suspect Alexandre Bissonnette appear to be obsessed about Muslims. But militant Muslims also exist and should be confronted.

How can Canadians respond to the atmosphere of hyper-vigilance following Quebec’s mass murder and the rise of U.S. President Donald Trump, who is restricting immigration from several Muslim countries?