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Quebec Town To Hold Referendum Over Proposed Site Of Muslim Burial Ground

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 18 May, 2017 10:10 AM
    SAINT-APOLLINAIRE, Que. — A referendum will be held July 16 over the proposed site for a Muslim cemetery southwest of Quebec City.
     
    About 60 residents of Saint-Apollinaire are eligible to weigh in on a zoning change that would allow the establishment of the burial ground.
     
    A register was created at city hall to determine whether the issue would be sent to a vote after about 40 people came forward last month to oppose the project.
     
    Mayor Bernard Ouellet says the referendum will be decided on a 50 per cent plus one basis.
     
    A deadly mosque shooting in January highlighted the fact that Quebec City's Muslims don't have a place to bury their dead.
     
    Alexandre Bissonnette, 27, was charged with six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder with a restricted weapon following the massacre

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