On October 26, 2023, the Palestinian Youth Movement posted on Instagram:
🚨 MONTREAL: STOP THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA! CEASEFIRE NOW! 🚨
📍 Monument à Sir George-Étienne Cartier
🗓️ Saturday, October 28
⏱️ 2PM
Join us for a mass unified demonstration against Canada’s complicity in the zionist regime’s genocidal campaign against our people in Gaza!
Since October 7th, Israel has massacred over 7,028 Palestinian civilians in Gaza with many more under the rubble. We must put a stop to this brutal genocidal campaign against our people. We must demand an immediate and unconditional ceasefire!
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🚨 MONTRÉAL : METTONS FIN AU GÉNOCIDE DE GAZA ! CESSEZ-LE-FEU ! 🚨
📍 Monument à Sir George-Étienne Cartier
🗓️ Samedi 28 octobre
⏱️ 14H
Joignez-vous à nous pour une manifestation de masse unifiée contre la complicité du Canada dans la campagne génocidaire du régime israélien contre notre peuple à Gaza !
Depuis le 7 octobre, Israël a massacré plus de 7028 civils palestiniens à Gaza et beaucoup d’autres sous les décombres. Nous devons mettre fin à cette campagne génocidaire brutale contre notre peuple. Nous devons exiger un cessez-le-feu immédiat et inconditionnel !
The protest organizers are:
- Palestinian Youth Movement
- Montreal4Palestine
- Al Raya
- SPHR McGill
- SPHR Concordia
- Solidarité pour les droits humains des Palestiniennes et Palestiniens
- A4P
- ORG [Quebec]
- Academics for Palestine – A4P
- QPIRG-McGill
- eras South Asian Diaspora SADAC Action Collective
During the protest, the imam Adil Charkaoui recited a prayer supporting Gaza. Here is an excerpt from the prayer (originally in Arabic):
Imam: O Allah, help (give victory to) them [people of Gaza]
Crowd: Ameen
Imam: O Allah, give them victory over their enemies
Crowd: Ameen
Imam: O Allah,
Imam: O Allah, bring them together
Crowd: Ameen
Imam: Unite their ranks
Crowd: Ameen
Imam: Set firm their feet
Crowd: Ameen
Imam: Make them hit their targets
Crowd: Ameen
Imam: O Allah, destroy the Zionist aggressors
Crowd: Ameen
Imam: O Allah, destroy the enemies of the people of Gaza
Crowd: Ameen
Imam: O Allah, count their number
Crowd: Ameen
Imam: And slay them one by one
Crowd: Ameen
Imam: And spare not one of them
Crowd: Ameen
Imam: O Allah, they will not cause failure [to Allāh]
Crowd: Ameen
Imam: O Allah, show us the black day that You inflict upon them
Crowd: Ameen
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