{"id":155288,"date":"2025-09-19T17:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/155288\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T17:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:04:10","slug":"canada-bars-irish-rap-group-kneecap-over-alleged-terror-group-support-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/155288\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada bars Irish rap group Kneecap over alleged terror group support &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Dylan Robertson<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted September 19, 2025 1:00 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The Carney government is barring the Irish rap group <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/kneecap\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kneecap<\/a> from entering Canada, saying the group has endorsed political violence and terrorism.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758298208_703_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The group has denied supporting Hamas or Hezbollah. In a post on social media, the group called the accusation \u201cbaseless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo member of Kneecap has been convicted of ANY crime in ANY country EVER,\u201d the group said in a social media statement.<\/p>\n<p>Jewish groups had been asking Ottawa since June to ban the group, along with the English punk-rap duo Bob Vylan, over comments they argued served to incite antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A message to Vince Gasparro and our many fans across Canada. \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/66avCapPgn\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/66avCapPgn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ySsrgpMs6J\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ySsrgpMs6J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KNEECAP (@KNEECAPCEOL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KNEECAPCEOL\/status\/1969062434221465636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a 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height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tAlberta professor put on leave for safety as ripple effects of Charlie Kirk\u2019s death continue\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Liberal MP Vince Gasparro, parliamentary secretary for combating crime, says Kneecap has \u201cpublicly displayed support for terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah and Hamas\u201d that goes beyond artistic expression.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758298209_554_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>His announcement, made in a video posted this morning to social media, did not mention Bob Vylan.<\/p>\n<p>Kneecap had been scheduled to perform next month in Toronto and Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs says the decision is a stand against \u201cincitement, hate and radicalization,\u201d while B\u2019nai Brith is declaring \u201cvictory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Canada<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted September 19, 2025 1:00 pm 1 min read Descrease article 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