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Note:This story has been updated to include comment from the Muslim Association of Canada.

B.C. Premier John Horgan has rescinded a certificate of recognition for a firebrand Vancouver imam after his antisemitic and homophobic slurs were uncovered online.

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Imam Tarek Ramadan, who preaches at a mosque on Kingsway, made the offensive social media posts last week. In one, he described Jewish soldiers as “f*gs.” He also shared a crude caricature of a Jewish woman about to stick a knife into the back of a World War II-era German soldier, a meme that can be interpreted as justifying the Holocaust. That post has since been removed from social media.

The move made by the Horgan government on Thursday follows pressure from B’nai Brith, a Canadian Jewish organization. B’nai Brith had publicly called on the premier to rescind the certificate on May 16, after they felt Ramadan was exploiting the recognition to publicly vindicate his views on what he calls “malevolent Jews.”