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Political cancel culture: Canada’s anti-Islamophobia advisor faces calls to back down after controversy
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Recently appointed to the new position of Canada’s anti-Islamophobia advisor by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, journalist and human rights activist Amira Elghawaby has already been subject to much abrupt and senseless backlash from the Quebecois government. The controversy around Elghawaby centers on a 2019 column that she and a collaborator published in the Ottawa Citizen.…
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Islamic Heritage Month and Laurier Experts
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The Canadian government named October Islamic Heritage Month in 2007; marking a month of opportunity to learn about Muslims and their traditions, history, and culture, while also recognizing the importance of inclusivity and recognizing the unique challenges of racism and Islamophobia that Muslims face. To commemorate this month, Laurier held multiple events: Selda Sezen, the…
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Four people killed in London, Ont. collision in targeted, Islamophobic attack
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Trigger warning: This article contains distressing details regarding Islamophobia and violence that some readers may find disturbing. On the evening of June 6, four members of a London, Ont. family were struck and killed by a vehicle that mounted the curb where they were walking on the sidewalk and collided into them. A 74-year-old woman…
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UPDATED: Laurier staff member placed on leave after allegedly sharing Islamophobic Facebook posts
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Trigger Warning: This article contains mentions of Islamophobia that readers may find upsetting. An employee at Wilfrid Laurier University has been placed on leave after being accused of sharing Islamophobic posts on their personal Facebook account. Laurier is conducting an internal investigation regarding the matter and has yet to release the identity of the employee.…
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Fighting Islamophobia at Laurier starts through transnational conversations
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On Jan. 17, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Paul Martin Centre on Wilfrid Laurier University’s Waterloo campus, the Faculty of Arts, Muslim Studies, Religion & Culture and Office of Research Services organized a “Transnational Dialogue on Islamophobia” event, evaluating how Islamophobia is continuing to impact America, the United Kingdom and Canada. Speakers…
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Radical religion: Kindness comes from the interpretation
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Acceptance and love have are supposed to have always been the cornerstones of my religion. I went to Catholic school my whole life before attending Wilfrid Laurier University and I honestly believe that I was taught critical thinking and the ability to form an opinion like anyone else. But I didn’t pick up the messages that Catholic school kids are supposedly spoon-fed from…
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Paws your other commitments for your guide dog
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What’s it really like to train a service dog? In one word, the answer is “hard.” The more complicated answer would be mentally, physically and emotionally draining, but entirely worth it. I will paint you a picture of the journey I took starting Sept. 25, 2015. As you begin your year-to-a-year-and-a-half commitment with your 8-week…
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University holds social justice forum on Islamophobia
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“I’m standing before you, not in my capacity as merely a professor, or a secular intellectual, I stand before you as a person,” said Ali Zaidi, professor for global studies and Muslim Studies and moderator of the forum Islamophobia in Our Times. A social justice forum, Islamophobia in Our Times, was hosted on Feb. 2…
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