Yesterday, Dr. Javeed Sukhera — a psychiatrist, an activist, and the outgoing chair of London’s police board — told me about the family targeted in an alleged Islamophobic attack, and the need to stand against Islamophobia to prevent future violence. [1/5]
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Sukhera says the level of fear he's heard from Muslim community members across Canada "about being able to go for a walk or just exist is unprecedented." But he says Muslims "cannot let hatred win and that we cannot not be who we are." [2/5]
Canadians need to take a stand against hate, he says. "I think we have a culture of denialism and avoidance in Canada when it comes to hatred and racism. ... But I don’t think we can do that anymore. The human cost of silence is too great." [3/5]
Sukhera says he grounds his fight with love, as hard as that is. "I think we have to ground ourselves in self-love and self-compassion before we can start to try to have compassion for others; we need to fill our own cups." [4/5]
As for the four who lost their lives and the young boy in hospital, Sukhera says: "I can tell you that these were people with hearts of gold, who, in my head, were always smiling. And they always made people feel special." [5/5]
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