A student in Canada has been told she could not sit an exam after she refused to partially remove her hijab. The girl was asked by a male biology teacher to pull her headscarf behind her ears so he could see if she was wearing headphones, according to a spokesperson for the school in Montreal. …
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Around 40 posters with anti-Muslim messages containing profanity were discovered on Tuesday at the University of Calgary campus located in Canada’s Alberta province. The hateful messages follow anti-Sikh posters which were posted two weeks ago on the same campus. Calgary police and the university are collaborating to find the perpetrators through investigating security cameras and …
The Canadian Parliament has passed an anti-Islamophobia motion on October 26, amid increasing attacks on mosques and Muslim communities in the country and throughout the world. However, the motion has received almost no attention from Canadian media outlets, to the dismay of the Muslim community living in the country. If you Google it, you won’t …
A fire broke out at a Muslim cultural center in Sept-Îles, located in Canada’s Quebec Province, on Friday raising questions of another possible Islamophobic attack. The Muslim cultural center was being used as a prayer room in the town of Sept- Îles with 25,000 inhabitants before becoming unusable despite efforts of the fire department teams. …
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Members of Calgary’s Sikh community are speaking out after a Sikh temple was spray-painted with hateful graffiti. Early Thursday morning, the World Sikh Organization of Canada said swastikas and profanity were painted on the property of the Sikh Society of Calgary on 81st Street S.W. On Friday, graffiti was visible around six locations in and …
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Canadian Muslim organizations are calling on the federal government to take concrete steps in countering Islamophobia and all forms of systemic racism and religious discrimination. “As community representatives, we are deeply concerned about the impact of hate crimes and hate incidents on the broader well-being of our communities, and especially on our children,” said the …
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At least six people were killed and several people wounded after gunmen opened fire at a mosque in Quebec City late Sunday, media reported. A Quebec police spokesman confirmed that there were people killed, but did not say how many. Quebec City Islamic Cultural Centre President Mohamed Yangui confirmed the number of dead late Sunday …
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As three of the victims of the Quebec mosque shooting were being mourned at a memorial service in Montreal on Wednesday, a mosque in the city was vandalized — part of a disturbing trend of Islamophobia shaking a country that prides itself on being a place of equality and inclusion. Such an image of Canada …
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On the last day of his life, Azzeddine Soufiane closed up his grocery shop on Ste.-Foy Road as usual and drove two minutes down the street to his city mosque. He knew the way well. He made the trip at least once a day so he could attend prayer services. Last Sunday was the final …
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Gaven Johnson, 26, arrested by Montreal police early Tuesday after a mosque was vandalized, has been charged with mischief related to religious property that stems from hate, bias or prejudice. The charge is considered an indictable offence under the Criminal Code, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Johnson appeared in a Montreal courtroom …
