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Two MPs have spoken out against a minor e-celebrity who disrupted a recent Catholic Mass in Quebec and performed an Islamic prayer.
“This disruption of a Catholic Mass is appalling. It’s also a criminal act,” wrote Conservative MP Michael Barrett on X (formerly Twitter) Jan. 25.
Independent MP Kevin Vuong also commented on the video on X.
In a video he posted to his Facebook page, Mr. Absi can be seen walking up to the priest presiding over the Mass.
“Excuse me, my father,” Mr. Absi says in French to the priest. “I can’t find a mosque, would it bother you if I prayed over there? It’s a sacred place.”
The priest politely agrees and gestures toward the floor a few feet away.
The camera then pans over to an elderly woman taking in the scene. She makes the sign of the cross. Mr. Absi’s video captions the action with the phrase, “She is shocked,” including a laughter emoji.
Mr. Absi begins to pray on a small carpet in an Islamic fashion. After a while, he leaves and thanks the priest on his way out.