For the second Friday in a row, a Calgary mosque has been vandalized. The glass on the front door of the Ranchlands Mosque in northwest Calgary was smashed, officials from the Islamic Association of NW Calgary (IANWC) discovered on Saturday morning. A sign indicating that the mosque was open during construction was also thrown in …
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A southeast Calgary Islamic centre was vandalized late Friday evening, and a community leader is hoping the person responsible comes forward, because he wants to start a conversation. The glass on the door of the Islamic Centre of South Calgary in Queensland was broken. A burnt copy of the Quran and a hateful letter greeted …
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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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 …
Canadians perceive themselves as unusually tolerant and welcoming — but that’s simply not the case, a new study suggests. Canadian attitudes toward immigration are in line with those of Americans and Europeans, and the potential exists for it to become a divisive issue, according to the study titled “Canadian Exceptionalism: are we good or are …
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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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