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The radical right has always been on the radar, just not in the media

| February 2, 2017

When radicalization is publicly discussed in Canada, it is almost always with a reference to Islamic extremism or terrorism. It's as if this phenomenon is strictly confined to individuals who have adopted extremist Islamist ideas like those of ISIS. Yet, this narrow conception of radicalization has, without a doubt, allowed for the atrocities in the Quebec City mosque to take place.

By failing to acknowledge the threat coming from the radicalization of individuals and the presence of more than 100 right-wing groups throughout Canada, we have blinded ourselves to the possibility of something like this ever happening.

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'We feel unsafe now': Quebec Muslims respond to mosque terror attack

Shenaz Kermalli

| February 1, 2017

An engineering professor, a halal grocery shop owner, a civil servant and father of four. These were among the six men gunned down by a French-Canadian nationalist in a Quebec City mosque on Monday evening.

Police reported that 19 people were also wounded during the evening prayers at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec (Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre) and that all the men killed had ranged in age from 35 to 70. Thirty-nine people escaped the mosque without injuries.

"We're not talking about a war zone here, we're talking about Quebec," Samer Majzoub, the president of the Canadian-Muslim Forum and a resident of Montreal for 28 years, told Middle East Eye.

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Palestinian filmmaker facing deportation from Norway after officials claim he is not a director

Norwegian film organizations and unions have banded together in an international call for help from groups outside the country to put pressure on their government. At issue is the case of a Palestinian filmmaker, Mohamed Jabaly, who could be deported Dec. 30.

"I was supposed to be sent away today [Dec. 21] but my lawyer asked for more time to get my documents ready, thank God to the local police they understood," Jabaly told rabble.ca in a Skype interview.

"The problem is I don't have a bachelor's in film. I have one in IT but I am a filmmaker!"

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Maya Zinshtein on football, racism, religion, and her new film 'Forever Pure'

September 18, 2016

| Maya and I talk about her important new film "Forever Pure," racism, religion and hate, Israel, the cost of remaining silent, and politics as sport.

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Migrants aren't passengers in liberal democracy. They're its best defenders.

Hassan M. Ahmad

| August 15, 2016

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"Have you even read the U.S. Constitution?" The words shot out from Khizr Khan as the crowd roared at the Democratic National Convention only to be outdone by his unconventional yet immensely effective tactic of pulling out a pocket constitution for the world to see.

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Let's not mix xenophobia with legitimate resistance to corporate trade deals

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The decision of British voters to leave Europe has been treated as evidence that they're intolerant xenophobes keen to seal themselves off from the world. That Donald Trump is on their side only helps make the case that they represent a boorish throwback, a desire to make the English-speaking world great again by turning it into a giant gated community surrounded by sky-high walls.

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A dangerous sickness is taking hold of America and its embodiment is Donald Trump

Gerry Caplan

| January 12, 2016

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Trade deals and the neoliberal underpinnings of xenophobia

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Many of us have been dismayed -- nay, depressed -- by the jump in xenophobic sentiments globally since the Paris attacks. This has countered or eclipsed the compassion following photos of 3-year-old Alan Kurdi's corpse two months ago. Then, the widest Canadian Google search phrase under refugees was, "how to sponsor." That clearly wouldn't be so now. The animosity may not be new, but it's uglier.

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No place for refugees at the U.S. table

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From Marois to Harper, niqab debate plays with xenophobic fire

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The election is coming to an end. All the way, I resisted the urge to write about the niqab. Why? I didn't want to create more controversy and stir the already ugly pot simmering in many people's minds. But then, it became stronger than me. My brain isn't as disciplined as my fingers so I found myself typing out thoughts about the niqab.

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Palestinian filmmaker facing deportation from Norway after officials claim he is not a director

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Maya Zinshtein on football, racism, religion, and her new film 'Forever Pure'

Let's not mix xenophobia with legitimate resistance to corporate trade deals

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