Meta deletes page of someone impersonating Quebec mosque killer

TRENTON, Canada

Facebook parent company Meta has removed a page celebrating the ninth anniversary of the horrific Quebec mosque murders, reports said Thursday.

The page was posted by someone claiming to be the killer who shot six men to death and injured 19 during evening prayers at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre in 2017.

The page was apparently created through artificial intelligence and showed the image of worshippers at prayer at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium with the words in French that translate into English as “Protest (split-roasted pork)” with a photo of the Quebec mosque.

The event is scheduled for Jan. 29, 2026, the ninth anniversary of the murders by Alexandre Bissonnette, who is serving a life sentence for the killing of Ibrahima Barry, Mamadou Tanou Barry, Khaled Belkacemi, Abdelkrim Hassane, Azzedine Soufiane and Aboubaker Thabti.

The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) was outraged at the post and contacted Meta to have it removed.

“We are deeply horrified and concerned to see an event scheduled on Facebook—organized by someone using the name of the Quebec City mosque terrorist and convicted mass murderer Alexandre Bissonnette—for a protest against the ‘Islamization of Quebec,’ in Montreal,” NCCM said in a statement.

It said it worked with Meta to have the page taken down, but the event invited people to attend a protest against Islam in Quebec City on the anniversary date. Already, 500 people had signed up to attend.

“This is a yet another extremely troubling example of Islamophobes trying to intimidate Muslims in Quebec, which can lead to serious and possibly even violent actions,” said NCCM CEO Stephen Brown. “It is extremely dangerous. We are asking for immediate response from elected leaders and authorities.”

There has been no published response from Meta.