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January 29th marks the anniversary of the attack on the Quebec City mosque that killed 6 men and wounded 19, as well as the National Day of Remembrance and Action Against Islamophobia.
ICLMG is committed to combatting Islamophobia as it is both a cause and a consequence of the racist foundations and applications of national security. To highlight this tragic event, we have put together this resource list against Islamophobia.
Despite many hateful incidents reported in the media in the last year, and the obviously Islamophobic character of the January 29, 2017 massacre, many people seem to think that Islamophobia is not real, and that the word was created recently to stifle free speech and criticism of Islam.
We know that this is not the case and that this belief is an attempt to divert attention from the very real Islamophobic attacks on Muslims. Others might be aware that Islamophobia is real, alive and kicking but be unsure how to combat it. Here is a (non-exhaustive) list of resources that may help you better understand and/or show others what Islamophobia is, and how to fight it. Feel free to use and share them widely!
ICLMG’S RESOURCES
Press release: New watchdog report finds government approach to counter-terror audits of Muslim charities is flawed, raises substantial concerns of bias and discrimination (2025)
Report: The CRA’s Prejudiced Audits: Counter-Terrorism and the Targeting of Muslim Charities in Canada + Action! (2021)
ICLMG’s 20th anniversary publication: Defending Civil Liberties in an Age of Counter-terrorism and National Security (2024)
Islamophobia and the ‘War on Terror’ – Monia Mazigh
What 20 Years of Injustice has Meant for Us – Sophie Lamarche Harkat
Loss of Human Rights in the ‘War on Terror’: The Case of Hassan Diab – Roger Clark
The Fight for the Return of Canadians Detained in Northeast Syria – Justin Mohammed
Canada Bring Them Home! – Xan Dagenais
Kids on Canada’s No-Fly List – Khadija Cajee
Fighting to Abolish the No-Fly List – Tim McSorley
ICLMG testifies at Senate committee for its study on Islamophobia in Canada (2023)
Vidéo: Countering Islamophobia in Canada: After 20 Years of the “War on Terror”, Azeezah Kanji in Conversation with ICLMG’s Tim McSorley (2021)
Briefs for the National Action Summit on Islamophobia:
National Security and Islamophobia in Canada, written by ICLMG, July 20, 2021
Islamophobia in Canada, co-prepared by ICLMG’s Tim McSorley and Azeezah Kanji from the Noor Cultural Centre, July 22, 2021
Azeezah Kanji, Always Already Suspicious: The Inherent Racism of National Security, transcript of talk at ICLMG Fall Assembly, 2017.
REPORTS DOCUMENTING ISLAMOPHOBIA
Islamophobia Research Hub (2025). “Documenting the ‘Palestine Exception’: An Overview of Trends in Islamophobia, Anti-Palestinian, and Anti-Arab Racism in Canada in the Aftermath of October 7, 2023.” Islamophobia Research Hub, Toronto: York University.
The Canadian Guide to Understanding and Combatting Islamophobia: For a more inclusive Canada, Office of the Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia, 2024.
Islamophobia on the rise: Taking action, confronting hate and protecting civil liberties together, Report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, 2024.
Combatting Hate: Islamophobia and its impact on Muslims in Canada, Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights, 2023.
Amnesty International UK (2023). The Prevent duty and its chilling effect on human rights.
EDUCATION
islamawareness.ca: A series of excellent courses for educators, schools and other learning environments, along with other important resources including toolkits, videos and infographics, from the Muslim Association of Canada.
5 excellent short videos explaining the several facets of Islamophobia
Extensive list of resources to fight Islamophobia
National Council of Canadian Muslims’ trainings
A few slides from the workshop on Islamophobia given by Rana Nazzal during OPIRG Carleton’s 2017 Tools for Change Symposium:
WEBSITES & GROUPS TO FOLLOW
Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council
Structural Islamophobia Research Lab at the University of Toronto
Noor Cultural Centre: Resources on Islam, Muslims and Islamophobia
Muslim Counterpublics Lab: Challenge, disrupt, and subvert the dominant narrative
Fear Inc. Explore the $57 million network fueling Islamophobia in the United States
ARTICLES
Colonial legacies and racialised threats: how the “terrorism” discourse stigmatises Palestine solidarity activism at Canadian universities, by Fahad Ahmad & Nicole Baiton, 2025.
(2025). Acute to Chronic Islamophobia: the impact and mitigation of counter-extremism on young Muslims in Northern Europe, Critical Studies on Terrorism.
Painting Arabs and Muslims as a threat to Canada is irresponsible, by Fahad Ahmad & Jeffrey Monaghan, 2024.
Demonizing Detainees: A Case Study in Canadian Media Islamophobia, by Azeezah Kanji, 2023.
All Muslims are often blamed for single acts of terror. Psychology explains how to stop it.
When people ask you why Muslims don’t denounce terrorism, show them this: The 712-page Google doc that proves Muslims do condemn terrorism
Islamophobia: The Right Word for a Real Problem
BOOKS
Anver Emon, Ed., Systemic Islamophobia in Canada: A Research Agenda, University of Toronto Press, 2023.
Jasmine Zine, Under Siege. Islamophobia and the 9/11 Generation: How Canadian Muslim youth navigate Islamophobia in a post-9/11 world, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2022.
Dr. Maha Hilal, Innocent until Proven Muslim: Islamophobia, the War on Terror, and the Muslim Experience Since 9/11, Broadleaf Books, 2022. Listen to a 2025 conversation with the author
Rizwaan Sabir, The Suspect: Counterterrorism, Islam, and the Security State, Pluto Press, 2022.
Graeme Truelove, Un-Canadian: Islamophobia in the True North, Harbour Publishing, 2019.
Arun Kundnani, The Muslims are coming: Islamophobia, Extremism and the Domestic War on Terror, 2015
Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and The Politics of Empire, 2012
Nathan Lean, The Islamophobia Industry: How the Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims, 2012
VIDEOS
Our panel on National Security & Islamophobia in Canada with author and activist Monia Mazigh and lawyer Yavar Hameed:
Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars All Without a Flamewar: Crash Course World History #13:
Islam and Politics: Crash Course World History 216:
What do you think when you look at me? | Dalia Mogahed :
Extreme(ly queer) Muslims series:
Islamophobin, a gum to cure anti-Muslim bigotry!
7 Questions British Muslims Are Tired of Hearing:
Things Not To Say To Someone Who Wears A Burqa:
Some of the Best Responses to Islamophobia in 2016:
Documentary Reel Bad Arabs, How Hollywood Vilifies a People:
Other TedTalk on Islamophobia:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ted+talk+islamophobia
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