(NPR) Canada Lists Proud Boys As A Terrorist Group, Alongside ISIS And Al-Qaida

Canada Lists Proud Boys As A Terrorist Group, Alongside ISIS And Al-Qaida








Public Safety Canada is calling the Proud Boys a terrorist group, noting that last month, its members "played a pivotal role in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol." Here, Proud Boys members join Donald Trump supporters at a protest outside the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.



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Canada Lists Proud Boys As A Terrorist Group, Alongside ISIS And Al-Qaida






The listing describes the Proud Boys as a violent neo-fascist organization whose members "espouse misogynistic, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic, anti-immigrant, and/or white supremacist ideologies."