The federal government is hosting a summit on Islamophobia today following a series of violent, targeted attacks that killed or injured Muslim Canadians and left communities across the country in shock.
Diversity Minister Bardish Chagger says the summit will be an opportunity for Muslim Canadians to express their ideas and insights on how Ottawa can stop these attacks and implement policies that protect their communities.
A spate of hate-motivated attacks targeted several hijab-wearing Muslim women in Alberta in recent months. Last September, a Muslim man was stabbed to death while volunteering in a Toronto mosque. Al-Azem says that she, as a visibly Muslim female lawyer, would be forced to choose between either practising her faith or her profession if she moved to Quebec and worked for the office of the Crown.
Mustafa Farooq, chief executive officer of the NCCM, says the federal government currently doesn't have any specific resources or strategy specifically aiming to fight Islamophobia.
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