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An active human rights campaigner, Elghawaby is the communications head for the Canadian Race Relations Foundation

Canada names first anti-Islamophobia advisor

Canada on Thursday appointed its first special representative on combatting Islamophobia, a position created following several recent attacks on Muslims in the country.

An active human rights campaigner, Elghawaby is the communications head for the Canadian Race Relations Foundation

Canada on Thursday appointed its first special representative on combatting Islamophobia, a position created following several recent attacks on Muslims in the country.
Journalist and activist Amira Elghawaby will fill the post to "serve as a champion, advisor, expert and representative to support and enhance the federal government&rsquo;s efforts in the fight against Islamophobia, systemic racism, racial discrimination and religious intolerance," a statement by the prime minister's office said.
An active human rights campaigner, Elghawaby is the communications head for the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and a columnist for the Toronto Star newspaper, having previously worked for more than a decade at public broadcaster CBC.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau praised Elghawaby's appointment as "an important step in our fight against Islamophobia and hatred in all its forms."
"Diversity truly is one of Canada&rsquo;s greatest strengths, but for many Muslims, Islamophobia is all too familiar," he added.
Over the past few years, a series of deadly attacks have targeted Canada's Muslim community.
In June 2021, four members of a Muslim family were killed when a man ran them over with his truck in London, Ontario.
Four years earlier, six Muslims died and five were injured in an attack on a Quebec City mosque.
In a series of tweets Thursday, Elghawaby listed the names of those killed in the recent attacks, adding: "We must never forget."
The creation of the new job had been recommended by a national summit on Islamophobia organized by the federal government in June 2021 in response to the attacks.
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BC Nagesh played down the issue by saying that such things are usual and the issue is just being stretched to politicise it.

'Just like Ravana, Shakuni': Karnataka minister rubbishes issue over professor's 'terrorist' remark

BC Nagesh played down the issue by saying that such things are usual and the issue is just being stretched to politicise it.

A day after a video reportedly from a Karnataka college went viral, the state education minister has reacted to the controversy surrounding it.
"Almost everyone everyday uses words like 'Ravan' or 'Shakuni'... even in Assembly many times, we've spoken like this. It doesn't become an issue. When you speak about Kasab it becomes an issue," the minister and BJP leader told news agency ANI.
He further added, :the teacher shouldn't have said that... but it is just politics and confirming the vote bank."
A college professor had allegedly called a student a 'terrorist' in the classroom evoking a strong protest from the boy.&nbsp;
In the purported video, the student in the classroom asked, &ldquo;How can you pass such statements?&rdquo;,&nbsp; which was then followed by an argument.
Taking the argument further, the student said, &ldquo;26/11 is not funny, being Muslim and facing such things in this country is not funny.&rdquo;
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To this the professor responded by apologising to the student and told him that he is equal to his son. The student in turn replied, &ldquo;Will you treat your son like this? Will you label him as a terrorist, infront of everyone in the class?"
The professor, however, clarified that it was said in a funny manner, as per a Hindustan Times report.

As per a Hindustan Times report, the professor however later had a conversation with the student and the matter is now said to be resolved.

Watch: Karnataka student schools his professor as the latter allegedly calls him 'terrorist'

As per a Hindustan Times report, the professor however later had a conversation with the student and the matter is now said to be resolved.

In a video which is going viral online, a college student can be seen calling out his professor for allegedly calling him a 'terrorist'.
The video is reportedly of a student from a university in coastal Karnataka region.
In the purported video, the student in the classroom asked, &ldquo;How can you pass such statements?&rdquo;, followed by an argument.
Taking the argument further, the student said, &ldquo;26/11 is not funny, being Muslim and facing such things in this country is not funny.&rdquo;
To this the professor responded by apologising to the student and told him that he is equal to his son. The student replied, &ldquo;Will you treat your son like this? Will you label him as a terrorist, infront of everyone in the class?"
The professor, however, clarified that it was said in a funny manner, a Hindustan Times report stated.
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As per the report, the professor, however, later had a conversation with the student and issued a personal apology too.

As the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Tuesday to proclaim March 15 as International Day to Combat Islamophobia, India expressed concern over phobia against one religion being elevated to the level of an international day, saying there are growing contemporary forms of religiophobia, especially anti-Hindu, anti-Buddhist and anti-Sikh phobias.
The 193-member UN General Assembly adopted a resolution, introduced by Pakistan’s ambassador Munir Akram under agenda item Culture of peace, to proclaim March 15 as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia.
The resolution, introduced by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), was co-sponsored by Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Yemen.
Reacting to the adoption of the resolution, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said in the UN General Assembly that India hopes the resolution adopted "does not set a precedent” which will lead to multiple resolutions on phobias based on selective religions and divide the United Nations into religious camps.
“Hinduism has more than 1.2 billion followers, Buddhism more than 535 million and Sikhism more than 30 million spread out around the world. It is time that we acknowledged the prevalence of religiophobia, rather than single out just one,” he said.
“It is important that the United Nations remains above such religious matters which may seek to divide us rather than bring us together on one platform of peace and harmony and treat the World as One Family,” he said.
Following the adoption of the draft resolution, Tirumurti said that while India condemns all acts motivated by antisemitism, Christianophobia or Islamophobia, such phobias are not restricted to Abrahamic religions only.
“In fact, there is clear evidence that over decades such religiophobias have, in fact, affected the followers of non-Abrahamic religions as well. This have contributed to the emergence of contemporary forms of religiophobia, especially anti-Hindu, anti-Buddhist and anti-Sikh phobias,” he said.
He noted that the Member States should not forget that in 2019, August 22 has already been proclaimed as the International Day commemorating the victims of acts of violence based on religion or belief, which is fully inclusive in nature.
“We even have an International Day of Tolerance observed on 16 November. We are not convinced that we need to elevate phobia against one religion to the level of an international day,” he said.
Tirumurti asserted that these contemporary forms of religiophobia can be witnessed in the increase in attacks on religious places of worship like gurudwaras, monasteries and temples or in the spreading of hatred and disinformation against non-Abrahamic religions in many countries.
He cited that several examples of these abound, including the destruction of the Bamyan Buddhas in Afghanistan by the Taliban, violation of gurudwara premises, massacre of Sikh pilgrims in gurudwara, attack on temples, glorification of breaking of idols in temples.
He said these contribute to the rise of contemporary forms of religiophobia against non-Abrahamic religions.
“It is in this context that we are concerned about elevating the phobia against one religion to the level of an international day, to the exclusion of all the others.
Celebration of a religion is one thing but to commemorate the combatting of hatred against one religion is quite another. In fact, this resolution may well end up downplaying the seriousness of phobias against all other religions,” Tirumurti said in his statement after the adoption of the resolution.
He said India is proud that pluralism is at the core of its existence.
“We firmly believe in equal protection and promotion of all religions and faith. It is, therefore, unfortunate that the word ‘pluralism’ finds no mention in the resolution and the sponsors have not found it fit to take on board our amendments to include the word “pluralism in the text for reasons best known to them.” Tirumurti said that as a pluralistic and democratic country that is home to almost all religions of the world, India has always welcomed, over the centuries, those persecuted around the world for their faith or belief.
"They have always found in India a safe haven shorn of persecution or discrimination. This is true whether they were Zoroastrians or Buddhists or Jews or people of any other faith,” he said.
Tirumurti expressed deep concern over the rise in instances of discrimination, intolerance and violence directed against members of many religious communities in various parts of the world.
He emphasised that it is with deep concern that India views the growing manifestation of intolerance, discrimination or violence against followers of religions, including rising sectarian violence in some countries.
France’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Nicolas de Riviere, speaking after Tirumurti, said that by creating an international day to combat Islamophobia, the resolution does not respond to the concern that “we all share to fight against all forms of discrimination”.
“Because they create division within the fight against religious intolerance by only selecting one religion to the exclusion of others without reference to the freedom to believe or to not believe,” he said.
He said society is made up of diversity, with individuals practising a variety of religions or not practising any at all.
“Must we expect the creation of days dedicated to each religion, to each degree of belief or non-belief. There may not be enough days in the year to satisfy all these demands,” de Riviere said.
The French envoy said the text of the resolution that is submitted on Tuesday did raise a number of difficulties with regard to the determination to fight against discrimination based on religion or belief.
“The term Islamophobia does not have any agreed definition in international law, contrary to the freedom of religion or belief,” he said, adding that the resolution is very “unsatisfactory" as it currently stands and none of the proposals mooted by France were taken into consideration. (PTI)

India raises problems with Islamophobia resolution at UN: 'Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist phobias also'

THUMBNAIL TEXT INDIA'S STAND ON ISLAMOPHOBIA RESOLUTION
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 VO: With the United Nations General Assembly adopting a resolution to declare March 15 as International Day to Combat Islamophobia, India raised several issues with the proclamation, centred around the fact that focusing on one religion would widen divides. India's permanent ambassador to the UN explained the country's position.
 BYTE T.S. TIRUMURTI, INDIA'S PERMANENT AMBASSADOR TO U.N. https://twitter.com/IndiaUNNewYork/status/1503766099011280904
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As the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Tuesday to proclaim March 15 as International Day to Combat Islamophobia, India expressed concern over phobia against one religion being elevated to the level of an international day, saying there are growing contemporary forms of religiophobia, especially anti-Hindu, anti-Buddhist and anti-Sikh phobias.
The 193-member UN General Assembly adopted a resolution, introduced by Pakistan&rsquo;s ambassador Munir Akram under agenda item Culture of peace, to proclaim March 15 as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia.
 The resolution, introduced by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), was co-sponsored by Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Yemen.
 Reacting to the adoption of the resolution, India&rsquo;s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti said in the UN General Assembly that India hopes the resolution adopted "does not set a precedent&rdquo; which will lead to multiple resolutions on phobias based on selective religions and divide the United Nations into religious camps.
 &ldquo;Hinduism has more than 1.2 billion followers, Buddhism more than 535 million and Sikhism more than 30 million spread out around the world. It is time that we acknowledged the prevalence of religiophobia, rather than single out just one,&rdquo; he said.
 &ldquo;It is important that the United Nations remains above such religious matters which may seek to divide us rather than bring us together on one platform of peace and harmony and treat the World as One Family,&rdquo; he said.
 Following the adoption of the draft resolution, Tirumurti said that while India condemns all acts motivated by antisemitism, Christianophobia or Islamophobia, such phobias are not restricted to Abrahamic religions only.
 &ldquo;In fact, there is clear evidence that over decades such religiophobias have, in fact, affected the followers of non-Abrahamic religions as well. This have contributed to the emergence of contemporary forms of religiophobia, especially anti-Hindu, anti-Buddhist and anti-Sikh phobias,&rdquo; he said.
 He noted that the Member States should not forget that in 2019, August 22 has already been proclaimed as the International Day commemorating the victims of acts of violence based on religion or belief, which is fully inclusive in nature.
 &ldquo;We even have an International Day of Tolerance observed on 16 November. We are not convinced that we need to elevate phobia against one religion to the level of an international day,&rdquo; he said.
 Tirumurti asserted that these contemporary forms of religiophobia can be witnessed in the increase in attacks on religious places of worship like gurudwaras, monasteries and temples or in the spreading of hatred and disinformation against non-Abrahamic religions in many countries.
 He cited that several examples of these abound, including the destruction of the Bamyan Buddhas in Afghanistan by the Taliban, violation of gurudwara premises, massacre of Sikh pilgrims in gurudwara, attack on temples, glorification of breaking of idols in temples.
 He said these contribute to the rise of contemporary forms of religiophobia against non-Abrahamic religions.
 &ldquo;It is in this context that we are concerned about elevating the phobia against one religion to the level of an international day, to the exclusion of all the others.
 Celebration of a religion is one thing but to commemorate the combatting of hatred against one religion is quite another. In fact, this resolution may well end up downplaying the seriousness of phobias against all other religions,&rdquo; Tirumurti said in his statement after the adoption of the resolution.
 He said India is proud that pluralism is at the core of its existence.
 &ldquo;We firmly believe in equal protection and promotion of all religions and faith. It is, therefore, unfortunate that the word &lsquo;pluralism&rsquo; finds no mention in the resolution and the sponsors have not found it fit to take on board our amendments to include the word &ldquo;pluralism in the text for reasons best known to them.&rdquo; Tirumurti said that as a pluralistic and democratic country that is home to almost all religions of the world, India has always welcomed, over the centuries, those persecuted around the world for their faith or belief.
 "They have always found in India a safe haven shorn of persecution or discrimination. This is true whether they were Zoroastrians or Buddhists or Jews or people of any other faith,&rdquo; he said.
 Tirumurti expressed deep concern over the rise in instances of discrimination, intolerance and violence directed against members of many religious communities in various parts of the world.
 He emphasised that it is with deep concern that India views the growing manifestation of intolerance, discrimination or violence against followers of religions, including rising sectarian violence in some countries.
 France&rsquo;s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Nicolas de Riviere, speaking after Tirumurti, said that by creating an international day to combat Islamophobia, the resolution does not respond to the concern that &ldquo;we all share to fight against all forms of discrimination&rdquo;.
 &ldquo;Because they create division within the fight against religious intolerance by only selecting one religion to the exclusion of others without reference to the freedom to believe or to not believe,&rdquo; he said.
 He said society is made up of diversity, with individuals practising a variety of religions or not practising any at all.
 &ldquo;Must we expect the creation of days dedicated to each religion, to each degree of belief or non-belief. There may not be enough days in the year to satisfy all these demands,&rdquo; de Riviere said.
 The French envoy said the text of the resolution that is submitted on Tuesday did raise a number of difficulties with regard to the determination to fight against discrimination based on religion or belief.
 &ldquo;The term Islamophobia does not have any agreed definition in international law, contrary to the freedom of religion or belief,&rdquo; he said, adding that the resolution is very &ldquo;unsatisfactory" as it currently stands and none of the proposals mooted by France were taken into consideration. (PTI)

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has once again refused to call out China over its treatment of Uighur Muslims, while he goes about beating his chest over Islamophobia in the West.
Khan has emphasised that China's take on the Uighur issue was completely different from what was being reported in the Western media. "Because of our extreme proximity and relationship with China, we actually accept the Chinese version," Imran Khan was quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper on Thursday.
Last month, when Imran Khan was asked in an interview about his silence on the atrocities on Uighur Muslims in China, he said he is "more concerned about what is happening at the border of his country." Khan, in an interview with HBO Axios, also said he has been talking to Beijing "behind the closed doors" and he has been informed, "this is not the case, according to the Chinese people."
China has been accused of confining over a million Uighur Muslims in mass detention camps in he Xinjiang region.

Imran Khan cries Islamophobia, but stays mum on China's Uighur Muslims 

Imran Khan has once again refused to call out China over its treatment of Uighur Muslims, while he goes about beating his chest over Islamophobia in the West

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has once again refused to call out China over its treatmednt of Uighur Muslims, while he goes about beating his chest over Islamophobia in the West.
Khan has emphasised that China's take on the Uighur issue was completely different from what was being reported in the Western media. "Because of our extreme proximity and relationship with China, we actually accept the Chinese version," Imran Khan was quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper on Thursday.
Last month, when Imran Khan was asked in an interview about his silence on the atrocities on Uighur Muslims in China, he said he is "more concerned about what is happening at the border of his country." Khan, in an interview with HBO Axios, also said he has been talking to Beijing "behind the closed doors" and he has been informed, "this is not the case, according to the Chinese people."
China has been accused of confining over a million Uighur Muslims in mass detention camps in he Xinjiang region.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has once again refused to call out China over its treatment of Uighur Muslims, while he goes about beating his chest over Islamophobia in the West

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has once again refused to call out China over its treatment of Uighur Muslims, while he goes about beating his chest over Islamophobia in the West.
Khan has emphasised that China's take on the Uighur issue was completely different from what was being reported in the Western media. "Because of our extreme proximity and relationship with China, we actually accept the Chinese version," Imran Khan was quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper on Thursday.
Last month, when Imran Khan was asked in an interview about his silence on the atrocities on Uighur Muslims in China, he said he is "more concerned about what is happening at the border of his country." Khan, in an interview with HBO Axios, also said he has been talking to Beijing "behind the closed doors" and he has been informed, "this is not the case, according to the Chinese people."
China has been accused of confining over a million Uighur Muslims in mass detention camps in he Xinjiang region.

A man driving a truck ran over and killed four members of a Muslim Canadian family in Ontario on Sunday evening. Police said that the attack was pre-meditated and motivated by hate towards Muslims.
The 20-year-old attacker fled the scene and was later arrested, police said.
"There is evidence that this was a planned, premeditated act, motivated by hate. It is believed that these victims were targeted because they were Muslim," the Ontario police said.
The victims include a 74-year-old woman, a 46-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman and a 15-year-old girl -- together representing three generations of the same family. The family immigrated from Pakistan about 14 years ago, according to media reports. 
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Twitter that he was "horrified" by the news, adding that "Islamophobia has no place in any of our communities. This hate is insidious and despicable - and it must stop."

Canada: Truck driver kills 4 Muslims, it's a hate attack, say police

A man driving a truck ran over and killed four members of a Muslim Canadian family in Ontario. Police said that the attack was pre-meditated and motivated by hate towards Muslims

A man driving a truck ran over and killed four members of a Muslim Canadian family in Ontario on Sunday evening. Police said that the attack was pre-meditated and motivated by hate towards Muslims.
The victims include a 74-year-old woman, a 46-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman and a 15-year-old girl -- together representing three generations of the same family. The family immigrated from Pakistan about 14 years ago, according to media reports.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Twitter that he was "horrified" by the news, adding that "Islamophobia has no place in any of our communities. This hate is insidious and despicable - and it must stop."

A man driving a truck ran over and killed four members of a Muslim Canadian family in Ontario on Sunday evening. Police said that the attack was pre-meditated and motivated by hate towards Muslims.
The 20-year-old attacker fled the scene and was later arrested, police said.
"There is evidence that this was a planned, premeditated act, motivated by hate. It is believed that these victims were targeted because they were Muslim," the Ontario police said.
The victims include a 74-year-old woman, a 46-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman and a 15-year-old girl -- together representing three generations of the same family. The family immigrated from Pakistan about 14 years ago, according to media reports. 
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Twitter that he was "horrified" by the news, adding that "Islamophobia has no place in any of our communities. This hate is insidious and despicable - and it must stop."

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