Toronto police apologize, delete podcast that saw officers credit Oct. 7 terror attacks for leading people to convert to Islam

Almost as if they do *not* believe Hamas are terrorists. I'd like to know the people responsible for keeping us safe and who have access to guns, have the same understanding of terrorism and terrorists as the rest of Canadians/our government.

Comment by skza at 12/03/2025 at 13:56 UTC

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They were celebrating on the street on Oct 8th, no need to apologize.

Comment by Itchy_Training_88 at 12/03/2025 at 14:01 UTC

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Apology? So where are the professional consequences for those who posted this and those who promoted hate?

Comment by Red57872 at 12/03/2025 at 16:14 UTC

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Interesting to note that the officers in the podcast were Muslim, so they were discussing problems with **their own** religion, not anyone else's.

Comment by Chemical_Signal2753 at 12/03/2025 at 14:01 UTC

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The last several years have been eye opening on how terrible people can be. People assaulting Asians due to covid, mistreating people with Russian heritage over the Ukraine war, and supporting Palestinian terrorism are all far over the line of acceptable behavior in my opinion. No one should support violence and harassment against people who are innocent of potential crimes of a foreign nation.

Comment by Fun-Persimmon1207 at 12/03/2025 at 13:58 UTC

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Typical of the TPS, they openly supported the Palestinian protesters that were shutting down parts of Toronto.

Comment by timmyaintsure at 12/03/2025 at 14:54 UTC

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TPS has never been a competent organization, so I wouldn’t expect that to change.

Comment by Derp-A-Derp-Derp at 12/03/2025 at 17:40 UTC

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This is why we left Canada. When Muslim cops are bragging that killing Jews inspires people to learn more about Islam openly and publicly, you know things are going tits up

Comment by Key-Razzmatazz-857 at 12/03/2025 at 14:15 UTC

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Too little too late.

Comment by Cool-Economics6261 at 12/03/2025 at 15:44 UTC

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Instead of doing their jobs of law enforcement, cops, especially on their social media platforms, inject themselves into politics. They should be fined for not being apolitical

Comment by [deleted] at 12/03/2025 at 13:48 UTC

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Comment by ArugulaElectronic478 at 13/03/2025 at 00:04 UTC

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They should be fired and have previous cases investigated. While I don’t agree with how Israel is conducting itself, I also understand that what happened on Oct. 7th was a terror attack akin to 9/11. Innocent people were brutalized that day.

We can have compassion for the civilians caught in the crossfire on both sides.

Comment by WpgMBNews at 12/03/2025 at 16:33 UTC

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oh my god, so embarrassing

The episode was part of the police service’s Project Olive Branch podcast. It has since been deleted. During the episode, Constables Haroon Siddiqui and Farhan Ali discuss the impact the Oct. 7 attacks have had, with Siddiqui saying it resulted in more people learning about and ultimately embracing Islam. “Through social media, a lot of people after Oct. 7 started learning about Islam … and there have been a lot of reverts through this whole process,” he said, as Ali nods in agreement. “The amount of people that are reverting to Islam is unbelievable.”

in case there's ever any doubt that being careless about diversity initiatives can literally result in talking about the results of a terrorist attack in glowing terms...

We *really* don't need this conflation happening right when Trump is deporting legally-resident Muslims for their innocent political speech on Palestine.

Comment by The_Buddhist_Prodigy at 12/03/2025 at 17:56 UTC

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The Hamas-led surprise attack at a music festival in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, claimed the lives of about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and saw about 250 more abducted and held as hostages.

Who writes this stuff? This makes it seem like 1200 people were killed at the Nova music festival. News organizations desperately need more editors and less AI.

Comment by WintAndKidd at 12/03/2025 at 13:58 UTC

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Free ammo for the right wing. What a fucking mess.