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(Reuters) – Canada’s Trade Minister Mary Ng condemned on Saturday a hate crime at mosque saying the incident, which an Islamic society said had apparently involved an attempt to tear a copy of the Muslim holy book, had no place in Canadian society. <\/p>\n

The Islamic Society of Markham (ISM) said in a statement an individual had come into the mosque in Markham, 30 km north of Toronto, on Thursday and apparently torn a Koran, ranted at worshippers, and then tried to ram them with his vehicle.<\/p>\n

“Deeply disturbed to hear of the violent hate crimes and racist behaviour at the Islamic Society of Markham,” Ng said in a post on Twitter.<\/p>\n

She did not give details of the incident but said: “This violence and Islamophobia has no place in our communities.”<\/p>\n

Muslims see any attempt to damage a Koran as blasphemous because they consider the Islamic holy book to be the literal word of God.<\/p>\n

The incident comes during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, when worshippers throng to mosques. Thousands of people attend the mosque at Markham, the society said.<\/p>\n

The National Council of Canadian Muslims said in a post on Twitter it was “greatly distressed” by the incident. <\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh in Bengaluru; Editing by Robert Birsel)<\/p>\n

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