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Posted: 2019-09-03T04:37:20Z | Updated: 2019-09-03T05:37:29Z

A Canadian politician is winning praise on social media this week for his surprising response to a racist attack at Sundays MuslimFest in Mississauga.

Gurratan Singh, who represents the Ontario district of Brampton East, went viral for declining to correct a mans ignorant string of Islamophobic comments directed at him despite the fact he is not Muslim.

I will never respond to an Islamophobe by stating, I am not a Muslim, the Sikh politician tweeted.

Instead, I will always stand with my Muslim brothers and sisters and say hate is wrong.

In the video of the incident, which has been viewed more than 1.2 million times since it was posted on Sunday, Singh condemns the mans Islamophobic comments and tells him it has no place in Canada.

Its not hate, its the truth buddy, the man says at one point, denying repeatedly that hes a racist. What about sharia? Political Islam? Youre hiding bud. Ill debate you anytime.

The man in the video is Stephen Garvey, the leader of a minor federal political party called the National Citizens Alliance (NCA) which is known for its anti-immigration policies.

NCA streamed the same incident live to Facebook , stating National Citizens Alliances agenda is Canadian First, and opposition to political correctness and third world migrant populism.

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Singhs brother, leader of the federal New Democratic Party Jagmeet Singh, famously told a heckler he loved and supported her in response to racist remarks in 2017.

Watch the video of the incident below.

My brother @theJagmeetSingh taught me to always confront racism.

I will never respond to an Islamophobe by stating, \"I am not a Muslim\".

Instead, I will always stand with my Muslim brothers and sisters and say hate is wrong . https://t.co/MaBPc3sBb1

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My brother @theJagmeetSingh taught me to always confront racism.

I will never respond to an Islamophobe by stating, "I am not a Muslim".

Instead, I will always stand with my Muslim brothers and sisters and say hate is wrong . https://t.co/MaBPc3sBb1

Gurratan Singh (@GurratanSingh) September 2, 2019