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RSS FeedsSoufi´s restaurant to reopen Friday, refusing to give in to hate in wake of death threats
(The Star Fashion & Style)

 
 

11 october 2019 01:56:35

 
Soufi´s restaurant to reopen Friday, refusing to give in to hate in wake of death threats
(The Star Fashion & Style)
 


To prove love can conquer hate — and fear, a popular Syrian restaurant in Toronto will reopen for business Friday, days after it shut down amid an onslaught of hateful messages and death threats.“The public reaction (to our closing) was beyond what we imagined. We received hundreds of heartfelt messages from across Canada offering support,” said Husam Al-Soufi, who spoke in public for the first time Thursday since Soufi’s abruptly shut down earlier this week.“We do not wish to set a tragic example for future immigrants and refugee business owners as a business that gave in to hate. We want to foster hope in the face of intimidation and hostility.”The Al-Soufi family and their restaurant became the target of social media users across North America and Europe after one of their children, Alaa, was identified as being among masked protesters outside a Hamilton fundraiser on Sept. 29 for the People’s Party of Canada led by Maxime Bernier.In the video that has since gone viral, 81-year-old Dorothy Marston, who had two strokes and uses a walker, was blocked and harassed on the Mohawk College campus by protesters who tried to stop her from attending the event, some calling her “Nazi scum.”On Thursday, at a crowded news conference in the restaurant to announce its reopening, Al-Soufi said he has reached out to Marston’s son David Turkoski by phone to try to make amends.“I have the pleasure and honour to talk to Ms. Marston’s son, David. He’s a great person. Today’s phone (call) was amazing with him. I told him I wanted to meet his parents in person and apologize to them face-to-face. I invited them to the restaurant. He promised me he would bring his father and mother to eat in our restaurant. I pray that will happen,” Al-Soufi told reporters.“My son participated in rallies trying to support the marginalized people and the only thing we wanted is peace … Kids do make mi ...


 
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