Controversy Surrounds Mount Hope Cemetery Plot - Keghart
International Intrigue
By Heather Ibbotson Brantford Expositor, 2 August 2013
A plan to erect a plaque or monument in Mount Hope cemetery is stirring up controversy beyond the boundaries of Brantford.
The plaque would have a dual purpose of marking an early Ontario Muslim burial plot while also telling the story of a 1914 roundup of about 100 so-called “enemy aliens” during the First World War.
Researcher Bill Darfler shows one of two stones with Arabic script, which may be boundary markers of a Muslim plot in the northeast corner of Mt. Hope Cemetery in Brantford, Ontario on Thursday, August 1, 2013. The plot, dating back to 1912, measures approximately 33 x 33 feet and contains 16 graves, the last burial having taken place in 1963. (BRIAN THOMPSON Brantford Expositor)
The apparent linking of the two is misleading, critics say, adding that a recent visit by representatives from the Turkish consulate in Toronto to Mayor Chris Friel's office and the cemetery hints at a political agenda. ....Read more >>
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