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City of Kingston commemorates Quebec Mosque attack

Written on January 28, 2022. Posted in News.

This article discusses terrorism and Islamophobia and may be triggering for some readers. Naseeha Mental Health Hotline can be reached at 1-866-627-3342. Last year, the federal government declared Jan. 29 as the National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia. In...

Panel discussion remembers Quebec mosque massacre one year later

Written on February 2, 2018. Posted in News.

On Jan. 29, Muslim Societies Global Perspectives hosted a panel discussion to mark the one-year anniversary of the Quebec City mosque massacre. The room was full with approximately 50 members of the Queen’s and Kingston community. Muslim Societies Global Perspectives (MSGP) hosted the panel on Monday...

Vigil held in Market Square sends message: 'power to the peaceful'

Written on January 31, 2017. Posted in News.

By 7 p.m., approximately 300 attendees had gathered in front of Kingston City Hall with candles, tea-lights and placards in hand. At its peak, the number swelled to nearly 400, huddling together in temperatures dropping to -11 degree celcius to hear several speakers instill messages of hope and strength. The...

Islamaphobia is more than veil-deep

Written on October 16, 2015. Posted in Editorials.

While many Canadians believe Islamophobia only happens elsewhere to other people, members of my family are shaving their beards and folding away their hijabs. I was sitting in a lecture last year when the topic of Islamic empires arose. A girl sitting next to me scoffed. “It’s backwards,” she leaned...

Students support Chapel Hill

Written on February 27, 2015. Posted in News.

After three young Muslims were killed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina two weeks ago, people looked to the Queen’s University Muslim Students Association (QUMSA) to take a stand. On Feb. 13, three days after the shooting, QUMSA set up a booth in the ARC intended to raise awareness about the shooting....

QUMSA addresses Islamophobia at panel

Written on January 30, 2015. Posted in News.

In light of the rising Islamophobia in Canada and around the world, Queen’s University Muslim Students Association (QUMSA) decided to open the conversation about what it means to be a Muslim. Malak Elbatarny, one of QUMSA’s executive members, led the discussion with panelists Yasin Dwyer, Queen’s...

Anti-immigrant group should be condemned

Written on January 21, 2015. Posted in Opinions.

Gilad Streiner, ArtSci ’16 Voices of intolerance are growing louder in Germany. A grassroots, anti-immigration organization founded in the predominantly white province of Saxony and known as Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West (PEGIDA) is quickly gaining momentum. PEGIDA-organized...

Persevering prejudice

Written on September 11, 2012. Posted in Opinions.

Farheen Fatima Eleven years ago today, news of horrific 9/11 attacks on the twin towers came to me while I sat in grade 11 history class in my New York City high school. At that time, I had no clue that what had just happened would change the course of history and how people like me would be treated...

Tag: Islamophobia

City of Kingston commemorates Quebec Mosque attack

Panel discussion remembers Quebec mosque massacre one year later

Vigil held in Market Square sends message: 'power to the peaceful'

Islamaphobia is more than veil-deep

Students support Chapel Hill

QUMSA addresses Islamophobia at panel

Anti-immigrant group should be condemned

Persevering prejudice

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