Human rights advocate Amira Elghawaby named as Canada’s first special representative on combating Islamophobia
OTTAWA—The federal government has named human rights advocate Amira Elghawaby as Canada’s first special representative on combating Islamophobia, fulfilling a top ask from the country’s Muslim community after members of London’s Afzaal family lost their lives in a shocking 2021 attack.
“Islamophobia and other xenophobic behaviours, including antisemitism, anti-Black racism, anti-Indigenous hate and anti-Asian racism among others continue to be present in Canadian society, despite the ideals of multiculturalism that I and many others grew up believing in,” Elghawaby said in Toronto on Thursday.
The National Council of Canadian Muslims first called on Ottawa to create the position after four members of a Muslim family were killed in 2021 when the driver of a truck struck them as they were out for an evening walk in London, Ont. Nine-year old Fayez Afzaal was the only person to survive the attack, which London police said was motivated by hate against the family’s faith.
Ottawa announced it had started its search for the special representative last June, after committing $5.6 million over five years in the 2022 federal budget to fund the position.
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