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The presence of a flag associated with Hamas at an Ottawa protest Tuesday caused a stir on social media and upset the local Jewish federation.
Canada designated Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that has been negotiating the failed ceasefire with Israel, a terrorist organization in 2002.
The flag was propped on the shoulder of Adam John, a 27-year-old Ottawa mechanic.
Asked why he was holding the flag, John replied: “This is a Muslim flag. What people don’t understand is, the colour green is a traditional colour for Islam and the inscription is just the first pillar of Islam, which is, ‘There is no God but Allah, and the prophet is the messenger’.”
He acknowledged Hamas supporters use it, but he insisted it wasn’t only a Hamas symbol, comparing it to the Christian cross.
“You could say there’s a connection, but it’s not meant to be.”
He said he doesn’t have familial connections to Palestinian territory, but follows the conflict and started to get particularly upset in the past couple of weeks with the rising death toll in Gaza.
But many still saw the flag as representative of what Canada calls a terrorist organization.
Andrea Freedman, president and chief executive of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa, said she found it distressing to see the picture circulated online.
“I find it very disturbing that the flag of a terrorist organization that has been identified as such by our government was on our streets of the nation’s capital today.”
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Canada designated Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that has been negotiating the failed ceasefire with Israel, a terrorist organization in 2002.
The flag was propped on the shoulder of Adam John, a 27-year-old Ottawa mechanic.
Asked why he was holding the flag, John replied: “This is a Muslim flag. What people don’t understand is, the colour green is a traditional colour for Islam and the inscription is just the first pillar of Islam, which is, ‘There is no God but Allah, and the prophet is the messenger’.”
He acknowledged Hamas supporters use it, but he insisted it wasn’t only a Hamas symbol, comparing it to the Christian cross.
“You could say there’s a connection, but it’s not meant to be.”
He said he doesn’t have familial connections to Palestinian territory, but follows the conflict and started to get particularly upset in the past couple of weeks with the rising death toll in Gaza.
But many still saw the flag as representative of what Canada calls a terrorist organization.
Andrea Freedman, president and chief executive of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa, said she found it distressing to see the picture circulated online.
“I find it very disturbing that the flag of a terrorist organization that has been identified as such by our government was on our streets of the nation’s capital today.”
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sallen@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/samanthawrights
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