Terror attacks inspire a made-in-Montreal 'act of love'

Three Montreal roommates took to one of thecity'smain Metro stations Mondaywith a public plea for harmony in the wake of last week'sterror attacks in Beirut andParis.

The trio MattDajer,AmmarKandil, andThomasBrag held hands and worewhite T-shirtsdeclaring where they're from originally: Dajer fromNew York City, Kandilfrom Egypt and Brag from Paris.

Kandil's shirt also spelled out that he's Muslim.

• Artists offer peaceful responses to Paris attacks
• Two options for taking on ISIS and they're both bad: Top Stories

Signs pointing to Kandilat the feet of Dajer and Brag read, "He is my roommate and bestfriend," while asign at Kandil's feet pointed to his two friends and read:"These are my brothers."

Photos of the trio started making the rounds on social media Monday morning.

The three roommates have aYouTube channel called "Generation YNot" where they post a newvideo every Monday that documents them undertaking anew challenge or life experience.

Last week's terror attacks in Beirutand Paris led the three to want this week's video to make a statement against fear and hatred.

"Those attacks were designed to make us fear each other, and we didn't want that to happen," Kandiltold CBC Montreal.

"We decided our video was going to be an act of love.We wanted to tell the world that this is not going to separate us," he said.

Kandil said the public response to the stunt was "beautiful."

"Some people got emotional and cried, people came to us and shook our hand and gave us hugs," he said.

"They agreed with our message to not let this affect our relationship with each other."

The whole display lasted about 70 minutes beforeMontreal'stransitpolicetold the trio they needed a permit to stage a demonstrationand asked them to move it outside the Metro station.

Video of the event was laterpostedto their YouTube channel.