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For much of the last week, MPs have have largely been pre-occupied with this question: Should the House of Commons condemn Islamophobia and all systemic religious intolerance and hate or should the House simply condemn all systemic religious intolerance and hate?

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That debate culminated with a vote yesterday, a vote in which

but which did not mention Islamophobia by name. The Liberals said they wanted to wait until April when they will get a chance to condemn Islamophobia

and

all systemic religious intolerance and hate.

While that debate occurred, at least two mosques were vandalized. But reports also surfaced while this debate was on the minds of MPs in which two imams, preaching from the floor of mosques in Toronto and in Montreal, called for the death of all Jews.

The Toronto incident, first reported by Jonathan Halevi of CIJNews, took place at the Masjid Toronto mosque, the same mosque where worshippers last Friday had to go through a handful of protestorsbearing signs such as “Muslims are Terrorists” and “Say No To Islam.”