Islamophobia Archives - Nova Scotia Advocate

Press release: Local and national Muslim community leaders call for Steven Cotter to resign from the Conservative party of Canada as an MP candidate in the riding of Central Nova, Nova Scotia

September 19, 2021

Press release: As Muslim community leaders, we deeply appreciated the commitment to engage with our community. We recognize that everyone makes mistakes, and the best of us repent from our mistakes. Our only question was: is this apology sincere or was this entirely an attempt at damage control? Unfortunately, after our engagement with Mr. Cotter, we have little choice but to believe the latter.

Angela Bowden: Do not wish me a happy Canada Day

July 1, 2021 2 Comments

Angela Bowden: “Hearing happy associated with somebody’s perpetrator of their genocide and trauma does not go well together. And, at this stage in the game, with racial tensions and hate crimes at an escalating high in Canada and indeed the world, hearing happy Canada Day can be significantly triggering for those being abused by Canada and all of its systems!”

Judy Haiven: For the root of Islamophobia look no further than some of our elected officials

June 14, 2021 2 Comments

Judy Haiven’s speech on the occasion of Sunday’s Solidarity Vigil for the victims of the terrorist attack in London, Ontario, that took away the lives of four Muslims and left a little boy severely injured and orphaned.

Editorial cartoon: Love over hate

June 12, 2021

Editorial cartoonist Matt Dempsey on islamophobia.

PSA: When do we get our God-given human rights?

March 3, 2020 3 Comments

The current complaint system at the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission doesn’t seem to be working. Those who have been traumatized by racism, sexism and hate seem to be re-victimized.

Haligonians remember victims of horrific Quebec City mosque attack

January 29, 2020

On this bitterly cold afternoon some 20 people gathered at the Grand Parade to remember the horrific attack three years ago on a Quebec City mosque and the six men who were murdered, Mamadou Tanou Barry, 42, Abdelkrim Hassane, 41, Khaled Belkacemi, 60, Aboubaker Thabti, 44, Azzeddine Soufiane, 57, and Ibrahima Barry, 39.