Despite the hate for Jews, coming in particular from Muslims, Toronto police chief Myron Demkiw spoke at a mosque assuring Muslims they will help “return a sense of safety” to their community after a truck was seen with a negative comment. Toronto Mayor Chow called it a “vile and Islamophobic act.”
In the need to halt this Islamophobia, Haroon Siddiqui and Farhan Ali, Muslim Liaison Officers have a podcast called …how ironic…Project Olive Branch, dedicated to teaching about Islam and Islamophobia. And they have a course “The Foundations of Islam and How to Combat Islamophobia.”
They start their podcast with a Muslim greeting. What? I live in Canada. We have two official languages and Arabic isn’t one of them…yet.
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