Yes. Absolutely. I think we call it the unconscious bias or microaggression that folks deal with on a day-to-day basis. As women we've all experienced it. I'm sure everyone in this group discussion has experienced what it feels like, as women, to have to deal with these microaggressions. When we're having these kinds of discussions and we're talking about intersectionality, a woman from a marginalized group or racialized community has to deal with the same sorts of microaggressions that may impact them as a woman. Compound that with having to deal with the fact that, on top of that, they are a visible Muslim. If they are a Black Muslim woman, it's one step even worse—they're Black, Muslim and female.
Yes, there absolutely are day-to-day things that we women have to put up with to begin with, and all of the other difficulties or the microaggressions that come with it are layered on. If the government already has a strategy to deal with these things or to look at these things and come up with ways to overcome them, then I would absolutely encourage that. There are other categories, like microaggressions, that come from being a visible Muslim. It's not just women. Muslim men also face it. As diverse communities, we also have to be careful about.... Faakhra has talked about being from the Ahmadiyya community. She's a minority within a minority. That further compounds the issues.
Certainly, there are challenges that we face by being Muslim. I can only speak for myself, but as part of my identity, I feel that more as a Muslim person, as a visible Muslim person, than as a woman. If I had to rank which one I feel the impacts of more, it would be the fact that I have this cloth on my head, which sort of screams to the world what my religious beliefs are, and some of the fallout from that.
I don't know if that answers your question.