Benlolo called on government officials to determine whether Sabri and Hanna represent a security threat to Canada.Former Grand Mufti Ekrima Sabri is on record saying some pretty unambiguously hateful and bigoted things about Jews and actively promoting violence. Putting him in the same category as Atallah Hanna, the Archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem however seems inappropriate as the only factor Benlolo mentions in his call for Hanna being barred from speaking in Canada is that he once described Jerusalem as an 'Arab city'.
He accused Palestine House and groups behind Israeli Apartheid Week of "bringing radicals to town to speak about divisiveness."Instead, he said, they should "bring people who are peaceful and talk about coexistence and how we can work out our differences."
Does this mean Benlolo will be actively demanding that any Israeli figure who has ever described Jerusalem as a 'Jewish city' be barred from speaking in Canada?
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