Lightning Rod: Quebec City and Cemetery I

lightning rod: If I were a white person who lived in a tiny town, who suddenly had a group of scary brown people wanting to be buried in the woods nearby, I would be frightened too, according to Globe and Mail. After all, when it comes to haunting people, Muslims already have the sartorial edge, robes and all. Read more Quebec City Muslim community vows to continue fighting for rejected cemetery I get it. Some say this is a racist decision. And as usual, these days for Muslims, what is normally a non-issue became a lightning rod for controversy. Ironically, this started when six Muslim men were shot in Quebec City's Islamic Cultural Centre in January, which forced the community to look for a cemetery close to home. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.