The mass murder in London is not an isolated incident. Western governments are deeply complicit in perpetuating Islamophobia in many ways, including participating in wars & occupations in the Middle East & demonizing and deporting refugees. #OurLondonFamily
In the 2000s the antiwar movement marched under the banner of War is Not the Answer, Islam is Not the Enemy, because the so-called War on Terror, as @wickdchiq has rightly pointed out, has really been a War on Muslims. Islamophobia and Western Imperialism go hand in hand.
The wars on Iraq and Afghanistan, the so-called Safe Third Country Agreement, gov't demonizing & surveillance of Muslim groups & organizers, Security Certificates, the list goes on. Gov't condolences & apologies aren't a replacement for changed policies. #OurLondonFamily
The wars that our gov'ts use Islamophobia to justify are wars for oil & resource extraction. Islamophobia & imperialism go hand in hand. So too must the fights against Islamophobia, against colonialism, against white supremacy, and for climate justice. #OurLondonFamily
One example of how the federal government perpetrates and perpetuates Islamophobia is the Canada Revenue Agency's prejudiced audits of Muslim charities iclmg.ca/prejudiced-aud…. There are many other examples from @ICLMG here iclmg.ca/issues/
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