Get Out Of My Country: Canadian Politician Reads Her Hate Mail In The House Of Commons
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Source: Huffington Post
Canadian politician Iqra Khalid stood before the House of Commons this week to remind her colleagues of something she knows all too well: Islamophobia is real.
Khalid, a Liberal member of Parliament who is Pakistani-Canadian, has received a spate of vicious and sometimes threatening hate mail since introducing a motion to condemn Islamophobia and all forms of systemic racism and religious discrimination in December. Two months earlier, the House unanimously vowed to actively fight and denounce Islamophobia in all of its forms.
Khalids measure, M-103, debated by parliamentarians this week, urges the government to study ways to track and eliminate hate crimes perpetrated against Canadian Muslims, which have more than doubled in recent years. Last month, a French Canadian gunman opened fire in a Quebec mosque, killing six Muslims.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently reiterated his support for the motion in a tweet that read: In Canada, freedom is for everyone.
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