Subject Guides: Anti-Racism Resources: Anti-Islamophobia

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What is Islamophobia?

Islamophobia is defined as "a fear, prejudice and hatred of Muslims or non-Muslim individuals that leads to provocation, hostility and intolerance by means of threatening, harassment, abuse, incitement and intimidation of Muslims and non-Muslims, both in the online and offline world. Motivated by institutional, ideological, political and religious hostility that transcends into structural and cultural racism which targets the symbols and markers of a being a Muslim” (Awan & Zempi, 2020).

Reference

Awan, I. & Zempi, I. (2020, November). A working definition of Islamophobia. https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Religion/Islamophobia-AntiMuslim/Civil%20Society%20or%20Individuals/ProfAwan-2.pdf

Websites

2018 Survey: Islamophobia in Canada: Still a Grave Problem
Conducted by EKOS Research Associates, this poll provides many important insights on Islamophobia and multiculturalism in Canada.
Anti-Islamophobia Resources
A list of resources on many aspects of Islamophobia.
Canadian Labour Congress: Islamophobia at Work: Challenges and Opportunities
Canada’s unions are deeply committed to fighting against the scourge of racism and xenophobia, including Islamophobia, antisemitism and all forms of hate. This booklet contains information on how to confront Islamophobia in our workplaces and communities.
International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group: A List of Resources
A list of resources that may provide better understanding of Islamophobia, and how to fight it.
Islamophobia is ...
Islamophobia Is: video series about Islamophobia in Canada.
Muslim Family Killed in Terror Attack in London, Ontario: Islamophobic Violence Surfaces Once Again in Canada
While Canadians may be shocked and blindsided by this mass murder, the ingredients for this tragedy have long been in the making. The warning signs of white nationalist violence have been glaring.
A Religion like No Other: Islam and the Limits of Multiculturalism in Canada
How are we to understand the popularity of multiculturalism in Canada, on the one hand, and the frequency (and vociferousness) of anti-Muslim sentiment on the other? How can we begin to understand Canadians' exceptionalism with respect to support for immigration and multiculturalism and more typical antipathy toward Islam and Muslims? This paper attempts to make sense of this puzzling contradiction

Books

eBook: The Islamophobia Industry: How the Right Manufactures Hatred of Muslims by Nathan Lean
Disturbing account of the rising tide of Islamophobia sweeping through the United States and Europe.

Videos

[Video]. Home no more. (2019). CBC.
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In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on a Quebec City mosque, three Muslim women contemplate leaving the place they call home. Home No More explores what it’s like living as a Muslim woman in Quebec City, one year after one of Canada’s worst terrorist attacks — the deadly shooting at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec (CCIQ) on January 29, 2017. The attack claimed the lives of six worshippers and injured 19 others, forever altering the complex relationship between Quebec’s Muslim community and the predominantly white, Catholic population of the city.
[Video]. The Mosque: A community's struggle. (2019). CBC.
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Members of a Muslim community in Ste. Foy, Quebec navigate their place in Quebec society in the aftermath of the mosque shooting that devastated the community in January 2017.

Global News. (2021, June 13). How bad is Islamophobia in Canada [Video]? https://youtu.be/D8_R4YE0kmk

In the last few years, Canada has seen a growing number of hate crimes against Muslims. This has many wondering how bad Islamophobia really is in Canada.