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On the same weekend that Montreal <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;hosted a conference featuring the head of Samidoun&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://nationalpost.com/news/world/israel-middle-east/un-official-withdraws-from-montreal-conference-featuring-canadian-leader-of-samidoun-terror-group&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://nationalpost.com/news/world/israel-middle-east/un-official-withdraws-from-montreal-conference-featuring-canadian-leader-of-samidoun-terror-group" target="_blank">hosted a conference featuring the head of Samidoun</a>, Canada’s newest listed terror organization, Ottawa’s Carleton University faced renewed outrage for employing a lecturer wanted as a convicted terrorist.

Hassan Diab teaches the course Social Justice in Action, which consists heavily of him pleading his innocence in the French conviction.{ai:summary}Montreal recently hosted a conference with the head of Samidoun, which has been designated as a terrorist organization in Canada. Meanwhile, Carleton University in Ottawa is facing backlash for employing a lecturer who is a convicted terrorist. #politics

FIRST READING: Why a convicted synagogue bomber is teaching at Carleton University

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