Furor over Amira Elghawaby’s appointment a theatre of white fragility https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-politics/furor-over-amira-elghawabys-appointment-a-theatre-of-white-fragility/ #Quebec #Canada #WhiteFragility #QuebecSecularism #racism #AmiraElghawaby

Amira Elghawaby is victim of a double standard — #AmiraElghawaby has apologized. #Quebec and its leaders should give her and her office a chance to do their important work. #Islamophobia #Canada

https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/february-2023/elghawaby-quebec-double-standard/

"there is purity politics at play where #Quebec is pummeling those who think and believe differently into submission." https://rabble.ca/politics/canadian-politics/the-push-for-elghawabys-removal-comes-from-deep-rooted-prejudice/

#AmiraElghawaby #Islamophobia #Canada #racism #GenderViolence #Patriarchy

« Spécialement dans la deuxième moitié des années 2010, il s’est installé dans l’espace public un climat de free for all où plus aucune parole raciste n’était taboue. Des gens ont été ciblés, conspués harcelés, agressés, assassinés sur la base de leur appartenance religieuse.

Impossible de rappeler ou de compiler tous les commentaires haineux sur les réseaux sociaux, toutes les chroniques malveillantes dans les médias, toutes les agressions filmées dont nous aurons été témoins.

Ce mal existe. Il est profond et dangereux. »

#islamophobie #Québec #amiraelghawaby #racisme

Islamophobie au Québec : le gaslight, un blogue de Portions individuelles sur Substack

https://portions.substack.com/p/islamophobie-au-quebec-le-gaslight?

@keithzg I thought this thread was complete, but I happened to run across something on Twitter:

"I think that there is a measure of innumeracy that is driving this matter - at least as far as @AmiraElghawaby 's views of Quebec. The @mtlgazette
article tells us 28% of those polled had a positive view of Islam and 37% had a positive view of Muslims, but ..."

https://twitter.com/Mark_Goldberg/status/1621309511611912198

#AmiraElghawaby

« Chaque année, [depuis les premières commémorations de la tuerie en 2017] nous avons débattu du message que nous voulons faire passer aux journalistes. Nous savons qu'en fin de compte nous n'avons aucun contrôle sur ces messages, mais nous essayons quand même. Cette année, nous avons décidé de mettre en lumière les expériences des jeunes musulmans de la ville de Québec - leurs espoirs, leurs craintes et leurs rêves. Nous voulions qu'ils partagent ce qu'a été pour eux le fait de grandir dans cette ville, surtout depuis la fusillade. Ce que nous n'avions pas anticipé, c'est que le gouvernement fédéral et le gouvernement provincial du Québec utiliseraient cet événement pour faire jouer la politique de haut niveau l'un contre l'autre. » (trad. de anglais)

Amira Elghawaby And Quebec’s Islamophobia Problem

#islamophobie #islamophobia #Loi21 #Quebec #Canada #Trudeau #AmiraElghawaby #medias
by @nolore
un article de Nora Loreto
https://readpassage.com/amira-elghawaby-and-quebecs-islamophobia-problem/

@keithzg After your prodding, I finally read #AmiraElghawaby 's piece in the #OttawaCitizen . There is something that bothers me:

"Unfortunately, the majority of Quebecers appear to be swayed not by the rule of law, but by anti-Muslim sentiment. A poll conducted by Léger Marketing earlier this year found that 88 per cent of Quebecers who held negative views of Islam supported the ban."

(cont'd)

#Islamophobia
#CanPol #polqc

"We were told by the Prime Minister’s Office that Amira Elghawaby was appointed as Canada’s first Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia “following an open, transparent, and merit-based selection process.” It is beyond my comprehension how such a process would not have involved a simple web search to see whether Elghawaby had said or written something that could be embarrassing for the government or her, or both."

#AndréPratte

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/did-no-one-vet-anti-islamophobia-reps-past

#CanPol #AmiraElghawaby

« Ce n’est pas une mince tâche de rapprocher les gens. Il faut d’abord être animé par une volonté affirmée de construire quelque chose avec celui qu’on pourrait appeler « l’autre » et, pour y arriver, il faut à la fois de la nuance, de l’humilité (notamment pour reconnaître notre ignorance), une grande capacité d’écoute...» https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/chroniques/2023-02-02/nos-souffrances-la-font-vomir.php #AmiraElghawaby #Québec #racisme

The #QuebecGovernment is calling for her resignation. This is hypocritical considering they deny #SystemicRacism exists. I call on #AmiraElghawaby NOT to resign. "https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/amira-elghawaby-trudeau-poilievre-blanchet-1.6733364"

Anti-Islamophobia representative Amira Elghawaby apologizes for past comments about Quebecers https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/amira-elghawaby-trudeau-poilievre-blanchet-1.6733364 #Islamophobia #AmiraElghawaby #Cdnpoli

#amiraelghawaby is the wrong person for the job #ThomasMulcair #islamophobia #quebecbashing

https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/tom-mulcair-amira-elghawaby-is-the-wrong-person-for-the-job

1. It's hard to imagine a Canadian anti-Islamophobia representative who did not oppose #Québec 's #Bill21 .

2. How could the feds not have been prepared to defend Ms. #AmiraElghawaby?

3. “A poll conducted by Léger Marketing earlier this year found that 88 per cent of Quebecers who held negative views of Islam supported the ban.” Who were the 12% of Quebeckers with a negative view of Islam who *opposed* the hijab ban for teachers?

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/chris-selley-liberal-anti-islamophobia-does-not-include-quebec

#PL21
#CanPol #polqc
#NationalPost

Canada appoints representative to combat Islamophobia

On 26 January, the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau announced the appointment of Amira Elghawaby as Canada’s first Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia.

#canada #islamophobia #AmiraElghawaby #CanadianAntiHateNetwork #racism #discrimination #activism

https://maktoobmedia.com/2023/01/27/canada-appoints-representative-to-combat-islamophobia/amp/