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Members of Concordia University’s professional library staff will review books and documents in the student-run Islamic library on campus to ensure that the contents “reflect the law and reflect the values of the institution and our society,” a university spokesperson said Thursday.

The Dean of Students and other members of the university administration met with members of the Muslim Students’ Association executive on Thursday afternoon to discuss allegations in a televised report that aired last Friday. The report on TVA claimed that the Reflections Islamic Library, a small, student-run library in the headquarters of the MSA on Mackay St., contains books by certain authors who have condoned wife beating, made statements in favour of female genital mutilation, or who have advocated for the death penalty for certain homosexual acts or for renouncing Islam.

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“As soon as concerns were expressed, the MSA removed the controversial works in question from their shelves,” university spokesperson Christine Mota said after the meeting. “They also decided to conduct an audit of their book collection to determine whether there were other items that should be removed.”