Racist Twitter attacks on U of T professor by Alberta oil activists spark complaint | National Observer

7.7.15

Racist Twitter attacks on U of T professor by Alberta oil activists spark complaint | National Observer:

The ecology scientist, who doubles as the David Suzuki Foundation's
Director General of Ontario and Northern Canada, was slammed with more
than 1,300 tweets. Critics called him anti-Canadian, foreign funded,
and an Arab with obvious Middle Eastern oil connections. Some told him
to “get out of my country” and “fall down a set of stairs.”

"I was being vilified as, ‘you have no credibility to speak about
this issue', because you are an Arab. You come from a country that
benefits from conflict oil. You are a threat to the country, to the
country’s economy and such," he said.

Born in Canada

Ironically, Moola is not an Arab. He was born in Thornhill, ON., is
the son of South African immigrants, loves camping, follows the Leafs
and grew up playing in rock bands so loud that the 44-year-old PhD is
now hard of hearing.

The digital attacks against him began shortly after Ezra Levant
tweeted a mobile-phone screen grab of Moola's profile and brown-skinned
photo, and transmitted them to tens of thousands of followers.

“Another U.S.-funded anti-oil troll pressured @timhortons was this lobbyist, Faisal Moola of @DavidSuzukiFDN," Levant wrote.

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