Organizer of rally against Islamophobia has some baggage to deal with himself
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By BERNIE BELLAN
(Posted March 7) The CBC Manitoba website today reported on the adversity that a Winnipegger by the name of Omar Kinnarath has encountered since he helped to organize a rally this past Saturday to counter another rally that was being held to criticize a Private Member's Motion in the House of Commons to condemn "Islamophobia". (Updated March 8) We received copies of tweets from Omar Kinnarath's Twitter feed. Those tweets can be seen at the end of this article. Not only is he anti-Semitic, he's a homophobe and a misogynist.
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