Despite its peaceful image, there is widespread Islamophobia in Canada including in many of its academic institutions.
In a dramatic development, Alexandre Bissonnette, the 28-year-old man who shot and killed six Muslims at a Quebec City mosque on January 29, 2017, pleaded guilty March 28, avoiding a lengthy trial, because he is deeply sorry for the pain he caused and is ashamed of his actions.
The alarming rise in Islamophobic attacks in the US is related to manipulation of public perception about the need for perpetual scapegoats and the imaginary threat of Muslims.
While spouting anti-imperialist rhetoric, Russian media still view Muslims as “aliens”, reflecting the European Russians’ racism.
January 29 marks the first anniversary of the mass murder of six Muslim worshippers in Quebec City, the worst terrorist attack on Canadian soil since the 1989 atrocity that claimed the lives of 14 women at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique.
It would be wrong to assume that Islamophobia in Canada is a recent phenomenon. It has a very long history and dates back to the time when first Muslims set foot here.
In the aftermath of Quebec City mosque shooting a year ago that left six Muslims dead and 19 injured, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had said “we will rise from this darkness stronger and more unified than ever before.” Since then, there has been an alarming increasing in Islamophobia leaving Muslims in great fear.
Zionist Israel was not only created through terrorism but the contemporary terrorism blames on Muslims is the direct result of Zionist-imperialist-inspired campaign to tarnish Muslims and have a pretext for perpetual war.
For nearly a decade, the militant-secularist French ruling caste has demonized a prominent Islamic academic, Dr. Tariq Ramadan for his principled Islamic position on socio-political matters concerning the Muslims of Europe.
Islamophobia has gone mainstream. Both in North America and Europe, it has received official sanction and is being used to justify the West’s wars of aggression against Muslims.
Many US officials make wild allegations against Muslims including their being ‘terrorists’, prone to violence and other anti-social behavior. Statistics prove otherwise. Muslims in the US are some of the most law-abiding, educated and hardworking.
Takfirism and Islamophobia are two faces of the same coin. Both feed on each other and are used by predatory powers to target innocent Muslims.
While accusing Muslims of hating Americans, America itself was built of hate: hatred of the First Nations, hatred of African-Americans, Catholics, Hispanics and now Muslims.
Western rulers constantly harp about the threat from jihadists but Muslims are the real victims of terrorism at the hands of white supramists that have mushroomed all across Canada.
There is a convergence of interests between Zionism and Islamophobia. The Zionists are behind the hysterical campaign against Muslims.
Intolerance and hatred of the ‘other’ is part of the DNA of Europe but such racism and xenophobia could lead to the disintegration of Europe itself.
Muslims living as minorities in the West have an obligation to become engaged in local issues of justice and equality even while struggling for their rights.
The outpouring of sympathy from Canadians for their Muslim neighbors following the terrorist attack on a Quebec City mosque on January 29 has been absolutely stunning. Total strangers have reached out to members of the Muslim community all across Canada to offer condolences and support. This must be unique among people of different faiths across the globe.
The Sunday (January 29) night shooting at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada has left six dead and eight wounded, six of them in critical condition. The heavily armed attackers were all white and fired into a crowd of about 50 worshippers as they were offering the night prayers.
Islamophobia has not only become official with the election of Donald Trump in the US, it is spreading like a virus throughout Europe as well.
