A Canadian Senate committee has warned that Islamophobia is deeply entrenched in country and on the riseand with Black Muslims wearing Hijabs are particularly targeted.
Senate Committee on Human rights study issuePreliminary findings indicate that anti-Muslim incidents are often violent. more This is what appears towards other religious groups.
“Canada has a problem,” said committee chairwoman Senator Salma Atta Al-Lahjan on Wednesday. in Phone interview with Canadian Press.
“We hear of Intergenerational trauma young Children witness this. Muslims speak out “Because there are a lot of attacks that happen and they are very violent,” she said.
The committee traveled all over the country speaking to Muslims, including the victims of Attacks from all sides of community, including doctors and teachers.
The committee that will produce a full a report in In July, he said far-right and anti-Muslim groups were on the rise, as were incidents of Dislikes.
Statistics Canada reported last The month police reported hate crimes “up from 2,646 in 2020 to 3,360 in 2021, up 27%.
Numbers also It showed that hate crimes targeting Muslims reported to the police rose by 71%. over the same period, with About eight accidents per 100,000 Muslims.
there over 1,775,000 Muslims in Canada. It works. It works out to about 144 incidents. But Atta al-Lahjan said problem Worse, accidents go unreported.
The Commission found that women particularly at risk.
“some of these women They were afraid to leave homes And it became hard for them to take children To school. Many of them were spat on, Atta Al-Lahjan said: “Muslims should look over Their shoulder down.”
the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) were pleased that the Senate was preparing a report on Islamophobia.
It’s something everyone everywhere needs to study up onNCCM spokesperson Stephen Chu said.
the organization Sent recently out a news Release details of hate incidents.
They include “hate messages” that have been sprayed on Toronto mosque in In March, a man entered a Montreal mosque and crashed windows with pick in In April, a male was reported “shouting anti-Islamic phrases” at the Islamic Society in Markham, near Toronto. also in And April two Muslim women “Held at gunpoint” in Kitchener, Ontario before the suspect fled.
previously on June 6, 2021, four members of Pakistani Canadian Muslim family were killed in a attack in London, Ontario. They were mowed down by a white nationalist in a truck while they were returning from the evening walk.
