Islamophobia

A Quebec municipal councillor who was already under fire for denying the existence of Islamophobia is drawing new scrutiny for recent comments questioning whether the Earth is round.

Premier Francois Legault said on Thursday, January 31, 2019, there is no Islamophobia in Quebec, closing the door on the idea of designating a national day to combat the problem.

Two years after a gunman killed six worshippers in a Quebec City mosque, banners with the names and faces of the victims were unfurled on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, night as a word chosen by family members to describe their loved one was read out.

The federal government is consulting experts and community leaders ahead of a new national anti-racism strategy, but in a series of secretive meetings to avoid them turning into public shouting matches.

The Domestic Crusaders was the inaugural show for Canada’s first professional Muslim theatre company, the Silk Road Theatre Company, launched in Montreal Thursday.

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was under mounting pressure to denounce Maxime Bernier's public statements and kick him out of caucus on on Wednesday, August 15, 2018, after the maverick MP used his Twitter feed to renew a sustained attack on "extreme Liberal multiculturalism."

This type of commentary brings out the worst in those of us who fear the other, and who want Canada to remain a monolithic nation.

This legislation is nothing more than body-policing; something women around the world and throughout history have been subjected to and continue to be penalized for on a routine basis, writes National Observer columnist Toula Drimonis.

The controversial speakers, Sam Harris and Jordan Peterson, were in town to debate each other on Saturday evening. It was the first time that these two have met on stage.

Waël Kabbani, a Syrian-Saudi Arabian filmmaker/producer, in Montreal hopes his documentary films break down stereotypes of Muslim people.

Is it really such a surprise that when you feed a troubled mind a steady diet of far-right media junk food, the end-result will be a fearful, angry, suspicious person who looks to violence as a solution?

The Trudeau Liberals are wading carefully into a national dialogue on combating racism and discrimination to ensure a national plan focuses on solutions, instead of sparking a contentious debate that could thwart federal efforts.

As far-right party AfD won seats in German federal parliament for the first time in 2017, experts are seeing a rise in Islamophobia in the country.

The parents of Alexandre Bissonnette the alleged shooter of the Quebec City mosque attack on Jan. 29, 2017 broke their silence a year after the tragedy in a letter sent to Radio-Canada.

Amir Belkacemi addressed about a thousand people who braved the frigid cold in Quebec City on Monday night and asked them never to forget the tragic mosque shooting that killed his father and five other men.