Outgoing Ottawa MPP apologizes for ‘inappropriate’ post blasted as Islamophobic Lisa MacLeod deletes posts about Muslim man seeking her seat in next provincial election

January 8, 2025   

(CBC) An outgoing Progressive Conservative MPP in Ottawa is apologizing for a social media post that criticized one of the people vying for her seat — a message Muslim groups say was Islamophobic and that the MPP herself has now acknowledged was “inappropriate.”

Lisa MacLeod, the longtime MPP for Nepean, posted on X about Husien Abu-Rayash on Tuesday. He said Wednesday evening he is seeking the Progressive Conservative Party nomination for Nepean.

In one message, MacLeod shared a link to a page promoting Abu-Rayash along with the comment, “If you support Sharia Law … [your] next PC Candidate for Nepean could be …”

MacLeod’s post was referring to Shariah, the legal code of Islam.

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