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Does Diversity Discourse Matter in the Integration of Muslim Minorities?

Jeffrey G. Reitz

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Patrick Simon

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Emily Laxer

January 26, 2023

Not much. France and Canada take opposite approaches to immigration and diversity, yet differences in Muslim and other minority integration are mainly demographic and institutional in origin.
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Securitized Citizens: Canadian Muslim Identity Post 9/11

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Youcef Soufi

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Baljit Nagra

November 1, 2022

Baljit Nagra, Associate Professor at OttawaU's Department of Criminology, Muslims' discusses her book Securitized Citizens: Canadian Muslims Experiences of Race Relations and Identity Formation Post 9/11.
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Contesting Islam/Constructing the West

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Youcef Soufi

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Sunera Thobani

June 28, 2022

Dr. Thobani recounts the historical constructions of Muslims and the West through an critical engagement with postcolonial theorists, race theory, feminism, and queer theory.
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Muslim Civil Society Responses to Counter-radicalization Policies

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Fahad Ahmad

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Khalidah Ali

November 18, 2021

Dr. Fahad Ahmad presents his dissertation on counter-radicalization policies and their impact on Muslim civil society organizations in Canada and the U.K
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Reflections on the London, Ont. Murders

Reading Muslims

June 18, 2021

Reflections in response to the murders in London, Ontario on June 6, 2021.
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Report Walkthrough of “Under Layered Suspicion”

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Anver Emon

June 17, 2021

A series of walkthrough videos on the report "Under Layered Suspicion: A review of CRA Audits of Muslim-led Charities".
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Transnational Feminism in a Time of Digital Islamophobia

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Zeinab Farokhi

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Yasmin Jiwani

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Faiza Hirji

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Kenza Oumlil

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Tanner Mirrlees

May 20, 2021

Launch of the special issue of the Journal of Islamophobia Studies.
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Under Layered Suspicion: A Review of CRA Audits of Muslim-led Charities

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Anver Emon

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Nadia Hasan

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Zeinab Farokhi

April 5, 2021

Presentation on report about CRA audits of Muslim-led charities; the nature of the research project and its implications.
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Muslim Prayer Apps and the Issue of Surveillance

Khalidah Ali

March 17, 2021

A critical examination of media coverage of Muslim prayer apps and the government collection of user data framed within the new cyber-geography defined by surveillance capitalism.
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France’s Fears over ‘Islamic Separatism’ and Academic Freedom

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Juliette Galonnier

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Youcef Soufi

March 8, 2021

Professor Juliette Galonnier sheds light on the Republic's fears over Islam and Muslims.
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Religious Freedom and the Politics of Islamic Reform

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Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

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Youcef Soufi

February 16, 2021

Professor Elizabeth Shakman Hurd discusses state surveillance of Muslims within the American context, and its implications for the way Islamic texts are read.
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Reading the Niqab: A Shifting Signifier?

Natasha Bakht

February 16, 2021

A more thoughtful and nuanced reading of niqab-wearing women.
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