Islamophobia
Muslims are not a race
October 24, 2023By: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of Islamophobia and racism. We must break through the notion that all forms of prejudice are equal. This idea isn’t just misguided; it’s a deliberate act of intellectual dishonesty. Especially with increasing Islamophobic incidents, a dehumanization media campaign, and the spread of anti-Palestinian racism and anti-Muslim bigotry, we should recognize the difference between racism and Islamophobia. Muslims are not a race, and the attempt to pigeonhole Islamophobia as just racism obscures the complex motivations behind this unique form of bias. One of the main issues with framing Islamophobia as racism is it…
Continue reading
Un-learning Islamophobia with Dr. Anver Emon
May 28, 2022By: Karissa Ketter, News Editor The second installment of SFU’s Onstage Speaker 2022 series was hosted on May 14. Dr. Anver Emon, University of Toronto law and history professor, looked at some harmful Muslim sterotypes in Canada and spoke about…
Continue reading
SFU co-hosts series on Islamophobia with the Ismaili Centres
April 5, 2022By: Nancy La, News Editor Editor's note: This article was updated on April 6, 2022 to clarify this event was co-hosted by SFU and the Ismaili Centres. On March 26, 2022, SFU co-hosted “Art as Dialogue: Ethics of Citizenship and…
Continue reading
Political Corner: India’s Citizenship Amendment Bill is a horrific case of Islamophobia
January 5, 2020By: Lubaba Mahmud, Staff Writer Under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership, the Hindu nationalist group Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has undergone a tremendous effort to institutionalise the persecution of Muslims in India. Further fulfilling this agenda, the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB)…
Continue reading
Islamophobic acts on campuses show that SFU needs more cross-cultural awareness
July 5, 2019By: Mishaa Khan, Peak Associate Mishaa Khan is a student at SFU and the secretary of the SFU Muslim Student Association. Recently, two events took place at SFU targeting the Muslim community: a man urinated in the prayer area at…
Continue reading
Unveiling Canada’s Islamophobia
November 23, 2015[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t’s late Monday evening. Two white men, one with a beard and one without, stand a few persons ahead of me in a Starbucks line on campus. Eyes flashing, lips curled into smirks, hushed voices speaking through stifled laughter. “Dude,…
Continue reading
Stop Drawing Conclusions
January 26, 2015There is no way to justify the actions of the four men who savagely murdered 12 innocent people in Paris. Any reasonable human being -— whatever their denomination — can and should condemn such violence as pointless acts of terror.…
Continue reading
