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Media Accounts: Sharia Law

media accounts: In fact, a search for the terms Justin Trudeau and Sharia law on Twitter returns thousands of results, a large number of which accuse the Liberal leader of being a closeted Muslim and placing Sharia law above Canadian law, according to CTV. It's just fear mongering, David Rayside, professor at the University of Toronto's department of political science, told CTVNews.ca by phone this week. Over the last week, several memes suggesting that one of Trudeau's unwritten promises upon re-election would be to introduce Sharia law have been shared on right-wing social media accounts, garnering hundreds of shares. It has no basis of anything factual. The claims Anti-Muslim sentiment targeting Trudeau began circulating on social media long before the election campaign began. It's pure hate. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.