A video recording from just before Christmas Day 2018, shows Sheikh Younus Kathrada telling congregants of the Muslim Youth of Victoria, B.C., that wishing people a Merry Christmas is worse than murder.Photo by Still images from video/via MEMRI.org

FIRST READING: The notorious hate preacher invited to speak at a B.C. university

And it's far from the first time the UVic Muslim Students Association has dabbled in extremism

by · National Post

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In just the latest example of sanctioned extremism on a Canadian university campus, a controversial Muslim preacher is scheduled to deliver a sermon at the University of Victoria.

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