In this panel discussion from Quebec television, an ex-Muslim and former Canadian legislator named Fatima Houda-Pépin discusses the many-faceted nature of Islamic radicalism in Quebec.
Many thanks to Sassy for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:
Transcript:
| 0:01 | The government quickly intervened in the case | |
| 0:05 | of Hamza Chaoui by stating it was unacceptable. | |
| 0:09 | Well, I can tell you there are dozens of them. | |
| 0:13 | Dozens and dozens of Hamza Chaouis in Québec. | |
| 0:17 | In schools, in mosques, and in | |
| 0:22 | university associations, in halkas, | |
| 0:26 | in private groups, there are many of them. | |
| 0:32 | There are no regulations. A mosque can be | |
| 0:36 | registered as a mosque, a community center, a makassar Islam, | |
| 0:40 | so many designations, and we have no framework | |
| 0:44 | in place. The Minister stated that | |
| 0:48 | hateful discourse can’t be countered. | |
| 0:52 | It’s false. The government and | |
| 0:56 | parliamentarians have the power to legislate. | |
| 0:60 | If we want to live together in harmony, | |
| 1:04 | we must not allow, in the name of religion, | |
| 1:08 | dissemination of hate towards unbelievers or | |
| 1:12 | towards other religions. | |
| 1:25 | If the government wants to act, | |
| 1:29 | it can set guidelines, legislative ones of course, | |
| 1:33 | and also through regulations. | |
| 1:37 | First and foremost, we must define the issue, | |
| 1:41 | and act accordingly. | |
| 1:45 | Finally, I would say we cannot always | |
| 1:49 | offload the problem to the boroughs. | |
| 1:53 | The individual can move to another borough and | |
| 1:56 | the problem remains. We must resolve | |
| 2:00 | this issue in a clear and precise manner | |
| 2:04 | in respect of all citizens. |