Canadian Heritage committee  I mean that as well, but also within certain segments of the Islamic community here, if one were to question certain Islamic practices, certain segments would have this sort of leverage over whoever would want to challenge Islamic precept and practice. Not everyone is going to go

Canadian Heritage committee  I wasn't.

Canadian Heritage committee  It is a danger, because not everyone is going to be aware of all this, because not everyone will be looking at documents and not everyone will be tapping this resource. There will always be that danger of not knowing what exactly Islamophobia is. It will remain vague in certain c

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  I would say that it refers to people who subscribe to a more fundamentalist understanding of Islam.

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. Someone like me is extremely vulnerable. If something like this were to go through, I would be extremely vulnerable. It's not just about legal action; it's also about social censure and other things that the motion will start a process towards. That's my fear as wel

Canadian Heritage committee  First of all, I don't believe systemic discrimination is huge or enormous in this country. There are Muslims who are working in security jobs, in airports as well—

Canadian Heritage committee  I see.

Canadian Heritage committee  As I said, I don't have issues with investigating the causes of so-called anti-Muslim hatred or bigotry. My main issue is with the term “Islamophobia”, which I've—

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. Absolutely. I think—

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't think that would be adequate at all, because that's not how the word is understood in the larger community. You would define it that way in Parliament, yes, but as you said, it's non-binding and there's no legislation at the moment. The way it is understood in many Islami

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and the honourable committee. I am grateful to be given the opportunity to discuss some of my concerns about M-103, the anti-Islamophobia motion introduced by Liberal MP Iqra Khalid. First of all, I would like to inform the committee that I am a Muslim wo