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Canadian Jewish groups and Iranian Canadians are urging authorities to cancel Al-Quds Day protests in four cities due to concerns of promoting terrorism and inciting hate. The events, started by Irans Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, often include chants calling for Israels destruction and supporting Irans Revolutionary Guard Corps, a banned terrorist group. The UK recently banned its London event over fears of severe public disorder. Organizers switched to a static protest, but police will impose strict conditions amid recent arrests tied to Iranian spying on Jewish communities. Many in the Jewish community see these rallies as promoting terrorism, especially after recent shootings at Toronto synagogues and other sites. Iranian Canadians like Ghazal Shokri, who fled Tehran after years of oppression, find the chants traumatizing. While some Iranian voices hesitate to ban protests outright, favoring education and monitoring, they stress most Iranian Canadians and people in Iran oppose the regimes ideology and seek peace with all nations, including Israel. Toronto police have yet to detail their plans.

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