Islamophobia: Comparative Analysis of Muslim Treatment in Canada

This essay examines Islamophobia in Canada, focusing on the discrimination faced by Muslims and comparing it to the experiences of other marginalized communities. The author note defines Islamophobia and its origins, highlighting the negative impact of 9/11 on perceptions of Muslims. The essay references research and surveys to analyze the prevalence of Islamophobia and its intersection with other forms of racism, such as anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism. It also discusses the politicization of Islamophobia and the similarities between the challenges faced by Muslims and other minority groups. The essay concludes by emphasizing the need to address and eradicate discriminatory practices in Canada. The paper references studies from Bahdi (2018), Fry (2018), MacDonald (2015) and Short (2018) to support its arguments.

Running head: ISLAMOPHOBIA
Islamophobia
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Author note:

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The term Islamophobia has been coined first in the year 1997 as the unfounded hostility
for the Muslims and hence the dislikes and the fear of all or most of the Muslims throughout the
world. According to the current survey analysis and the context of the scholarships this has
expanded and taken the form of the discriminatory practices against the individual from the
Muslim origin.
The essay aims to highlight over the topic of Islamophobia and the continuing rage of the
discrimination towards the Muslims in the region of Canada (Bahdi, 2018). The assignment
furthermore targets to shed light over the similarity and the comparative analysis among the
current treatment of the Muslims residing in Canada and the other radicalized group. The
assignment takes the references from the finding from the primary research study for the analysis
of the practice of Islamophobia.
The context of Islamophobia in the continent of Canada is not new. According to the
experts and the researches, Islamophobia has been prevailing in the country from several
decades. Life after the 9/11 has been quite challenging specifically for the Muslims. Since the
attacks of the 2001, the view of the western public regarding Muslim and Islam has increasingly
grown negative. Till the current decade, the irrational fear and the hatred regarding the Islam and
Muslim has lead to he cause of several range of violence and systematic discrimination among
the race and the community.
According to Fry (2018) there lies some of the proportionate similarity among the
discrimination towards the Muslims and some of the other racial minority communities residing
in Canada. Aboriginals, Africans and black Asians are some of the communities who are the
victims of frequent discrimination and marginalization. Short (2018) in his researches study

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highlighted that Islamophobia intersects with the other systems of the racism and the
discrimination related to racism. The Indigenous Muslims, Black Muslims and the Black
Indigenous Muslim experiences some of the compounding effects of the anti indigenous racism,
anti black racism and the challenges for Isamophobia (MacDonald, 2015).
The Islamophobic policies have also find their ways towards the politics of Canada. The
context of the discrimination due to racialism has been one of the issues that has been especially
significant for the current date Muslims and the other communities in Canada.
Thus it can be concluded from the above that there lies wide range of similarity among
the conditions of Muslims and that of the other minority communities residing in Canada. It is
essential to note that there lies a variety of the factors affecting the way where the Muslims can
integrate towards the Canadian society. It is to be understood that the larger the size and loner the
history regarding the community and the Muslim population in the receiving country, greater is
the politicization and the internal rate of homogeneity. Discrimination has been prevailing in the
country from several decades irrespective of the cultural, social, racial and religious boundaries.
It is thus essential to take big steps towards the eradication of the discriminatory challenges.

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References
Bahdi, R. (2018). Narrating Dignity: Islamophobia, Racial Profiling, and National Security
Before the Supreme Court of Canada. Osgoode Hall LJ, 55, 557.
Fry, H. (2018). Taking Action Against Systemic Racism and Religious Discrimination Including
Islamophobia. House of Commons.
MacDonald, E. G. (2015). Muslims in Canada: Collective identities, attitudes of otherment and
Canadian Muslim perspectives on radicalism. Islamophobia Studies Journal, 3(1), 44-61.
Short, S. (2018). Religious Jurisprudence and Islamophobia, The United States, France, and
Canada.