Amira Elghawaby, who was appointed to the new role in January, released a statement this week about the effect the war is having on members of Canada's Muslim communities.
Elghawaby said that locally, Muslims and Arabs"felt pressured to condemn actions unrelated to our communities" and experienced what she called"a silencing effect" when it came to community members voicing their views about human rights."Over the past 10 days, like all Canadians, I have watched the devastating scenes from the Middle East," she said in the statement released late Wednesday.
The war began after Hamas militants stormed across the blockaded border between the Gaza Strip and Israel into southern Israeli towns on Oct. 7, a major Jewish holiday. Israel has since retaliated with strikes into Hamas-controlled Gaza and is preparing a ground invasion. U.S. President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to the region on Wednesday that it appeared the hospital blast was perpetrated"by the other team, not you."
The National Council of Canadian Muslims said in a statement posted to social media Thursday that the number of reports of hate incidents it has received has skyrocketed,"and is fuelled by the ongoing tragedy in Gaza."Trudeau and other federal leaders have all acknowledged the fear the war is stirring for members of Jewish as well as Arab and Muslim communities. They have called for the need to ensure the conflict does not lead to a rise in hate or violence against these groups.
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