Final 12 months, as a Muslim Canadian household took their night stroll throughout lockdown in London, Ont., a white man rammed his pickup truck into them. 4 of the 5 relations had been killed.
The incident sparked horror and outrage. However the fact of the matter is anti-Muslim sentiment has been on the regular rise within the 20 years since 9/11.
In line with a report from July 2021 by the Nationwide Council of Canadian Muslims, extra Muslims have been killed in Canada in focused assaults and hate crimes than in another G7 nation.
Our visitor on as we speak’s episode of Don’t Name Me Resilient says that as an alternative of deterring anti-Muslim hate, Canadian legal guidelines are literally making it worse — in essence, legalizing Islamophobia.
Natasha Bakht is an award-winning authorized scholar who has spent the previous 5 years researching the rise in anti-Muslim attitudes in North America. She is a professor within the school of regulation on the College of Ottawa and the writer of In Your Face: Regulation, Justice, and Niqab Sporting Ladies in Canada.
In her guide, Natasha explores the tales of niqab-wearing ladies who’ve confronted discriminatory legal guidelines.
Learn extra:
Muslim household killed in terror assault in London, Ontario: Islamophobic violence surfaces as soon as once more in Canada
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Learn extra:
Quebec’s niqab ban makes use of ladies’s our bodies to bolster right-wing extremism
Islamophobia and hate crimes proceed to rise in Canada
Muslim household killed in terror assault in London, Ont.: Islamophobic violence surfaces as soon as once more in Canada
Remembering the Québec Metropolis mosque assault: Islamophobia and Canada’s nationwide amnesia
Media portrays Indigenous and Muslim youth as ‘savages’ and ‘barbarians’
Islamophobia in western media relies on false premises
Artwork present takes on the misrepresentation of Muslims
Extra Assets
Beneath Siege: Islamophobia and the 9/11 Era by Jasmin Zine
Discourses of Denial: Mediations of Race, Gender, and Violence by Yasmin Jiwani
Natasha Bakht proclaims her Muslim identification in dance, within the Toronto Star
“Canada’s evident Islamophobia drawback” in The Tyee
‘I personal all components of my identification’: 3 generations of Muslim ladies mirror on hate in Canada, International Information
Canada’s homegrown Islamophobia, Al Jazeera
To report a hate crime, go right here.
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Don’t Name Me Resilient is a manufacturing from The Dialog Canada. This podcast was produced with a grant for Journalism Innovation from the Social Sciences and Humanities Analysis Council of Canada. The collection is produced and hosted by Vinita Srivastava. The co-producer on this episode is Vaishnavi Dandekar. Our different is producers are: Haley Lewis and Nahid Buie. Reza Dahya is our sound designer. Our sound producer is Lygia Navarro. Our consulting producer is Jennifer Moroz. Lisa Varano is our viewers growth editor and Scott White is the CEO of The Dialog Canada.
