The Peace and Reconciliation Centre is at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) in British Columbia, although the university’s website explains that the university is “situated on the unceded traditional territory of the Stó:lō peoples. The Stó:lō have an intrinsic relationship with what they refer to as S’olh Temexw (Our Sacred Land); therefore, we express our gratitude and respect for the honour of living and working in this territory.”
Dr. Keith Carlson, director of Peace and Reconciliation Centre, and his colleagues certainly would never dream of suggesting that the Stó:lō peoples practice “systemic Islamophobia” on their unceded traditional territory, but those evil white Canadians certainly do, apparently, and so the good Dr. Carlson is here to fix the problem. To do so, this webinar offers a hodgepodge of the currently trendy academic shibboleths and superstitions.
The webinar will “draw on lived experience, post-colonial studies, and critical race theory to help understand the roots of Islamophobia and the structures that continue to sustain it.”
Islam is not a race, and Muslims are not all of one race. There are Muslims, and Islamic jihadis, of all races. To bring critical race theory into a discussion of “Islamophobia” is like a child who has a new toy and has to bring it everywhere, no matter how inappropriate the setting, and demonstrates the Left’s determination to racialize every issue and portray everyone who disagrees with their agenda as a “racist.”
“’UFV College of Arts condemns the Islamophobic attack in London, Ontario on June 6 that resulted in the killing of Salman Afzaal and Madiha Salman, their 15-year-old daughter Yumna, Talat Afzaal, mother of Mr. Salman, and the bereavement of their son Fayaz. As educators, we assume a responsibility to act against systemic Islamophobia and we call on our students and community to act against these continued acts of violence,’ said Dr. Jacqueline Nolte, dean of the College of Arts.”
The murder of the Afzaal family was a heinous crime. Whether it resulted from “systemic Islamophobia” is, at best, unproven, and once again reminiscent of the little boy who has to take his new toy dump truck to grandmother’s funeral: “racism” is “systemic,” we’re told, and now “Islamophobia” is now “systemic” as well. What systems in Canada actually discriminate against Muslims or disadvantage them in some way? Why, none. None at all.
“Islamophobia is real. It is a toxic force in our society that must be overcome,” Carlson said. “In North America, where Muslim people and culture continue to be portrayed in most movies and TV programs as violent extremists, it is little wonder that non-Muslim people grow up learning to fear and even hate the followers of Islam.”
Carlson gives the impression that these movies and TV shows that supposedly depict Muslims as “violent extremists” (which ones? In movies I’ve seen that have jihad terrorists as characters, there is invariably featured a wise, benign Muslim who opposes this “hijacking” of his or her faith) do so gratuitously out of racism and hatred. He gives no hint of being aware of the global reality of jihad violence committed by Muslims in the name of their faith and explicitly in accord with its teachings. If onscreen portrayals of the real-life phenomenon of jihad violence make people fear and hate Muslims, do onscreen portrayals of Nazi violence during World War II make people fear and hate Germans? Do onscreen portrayals of white racism against black people make people fear and hate white people, and should be discontinued on that basis? Carlson would certainly reject the idea that Germans or whites are in any way victimized by negative portrayals of Nazis or racists, but he embraces and propagates the claim that depicting jihadis endangers Muslims. On what basis does he assert this?
“There are roughly 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide. They are ethnically, linguistically, and geographically diverse, and yet the media does little to portray this, Carlson says.”
So if the media depicted Muslims as “ethnically, linguistically, and geographically diverse,” this would make people stop hating and fearing Muslims? On what basis does Carlson assert this?
“He says what is not widely known, for example, is that the largest Muslim populations are located not in the Middle East or South Asia, but in the Asia Pacific region.”
Well, I’ve pointed that out here on Jihad Watch hundreds of times. Will Carlson commend our efforts here to dispel “Islamophobia”?
“Muslim people and societies have made, and are continuing to make today, incredible contributions to the world, he says.”
Great. Now: what do you propose, Professor Carlson, that we do about jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women, gays and others?
The term “Islamophobia” is an illegitimate conflation of two distinct phenomena: crimes against innocent Muslims, as in the case of the Afzaal family, which are never justified, and honest analysis of the motivating ideology of jihad terror, which is always necessary. Islamic advocacy groups and their leftist allies have been insisting for years that such analysis, too, constituted “Islamophobia.” Such analyses are what Left-fascists want to stamp out. If the Left succeeds in consolidating power, it will likely become illegal to enunciate publicly any opposition to jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women and others, for there is no example of any such opposition not being considered “Islamophobic.”
“Seminar presented on Islamophobia: Seeking Solutions for Hate,” Agassiz-Harrison Observer, June 17, 2021:
As part of the Peace and Reconciliation Centre’s (PARC) Peace Talks series, on June 23 the centre will host a webinar from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., addressing Islamophobia….
The webinar will feature a panel of speakers who will draw on lived experience, post-colonial studies, and critical race theory to help understand the roots of Islamophobia and the structures that continue to sustain it.
They will also be providing guidance on how to dismantle and transcend Islamophobia in Canada. The evening’s panelists are:
• Imam Islamullah, BC Muslim Association Abbotsford chapter
• Parin Dossa, professor of anthropology, Simon Fraser University
• Dr. Aman Haji, representative of the Muslim Community
• Two UFV students
• Ghizlane Laghzaoui, associate professor UFV Modern Languages Institute
• Dr. Keith Carlson, director of Peace and Reconciliation Centre (MC and moderator)
“UFV College of Arts condemns the Islamophobic attack in London, Ontario on June 6 that resulted in the killing of Salman Afzaal and Madiha Salman, their 15-year-old daughter Yumna, Talat Afzaal, mother of Mr. Salman, and the bereavement of their son Fayaz. As educators, we assume a responsibility to act against systemic Islamophobia and we call on our students and community to act against these continued acts of violence,” said Dr. Jacqueline Nolte, dean of the College of Arts….
“Islamophobia is real. It is a toxic force in our society that must be overcome,” Carlson said. “In North America, where Muslim people and culture continue to be portrayed in most movies and TV programs as violent extremists, it is little wonder that non-Muslim people grow up learning to fear and even hate the followers of Islam.
“Our Peace and Reconciliation Centre will not simply offer platitudes. In next week’s panel we are bringing together people whose lived experience and academic training can shed light on the origins and causes of Islamophobia, and we invite those people to provide the rest of us with the insights, knowledge, and recommendations we need to take action towards the dismantling of Islamophobia in Canada.”
There are roughly 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide. They are ethnically, linguistically, and geographically diverse, and yet the media does little to portray this, Carlson says.
He says what is not widely known, for example, is that the largest Muslim populations are located not in the Middle East or South Asia, but in the Asia Pacific region. Muslim people and societies have made, and are continuing to make today, incredible contributions to the world, he says.
The Peace and Reconciliation Centre is issuing a call to action to educators at all levels, from kindergarten teachers to university professors, to better inform their students about both Islam and Islamophobia….
Ecosse1314 says
What a load of psycho babble. No wonder universities in the west are now sub-standard
mortimer says
It is shameful for a universitarian to speak on a subject HE HAS NOT STUDIED.
Dr. Keith Carlson has not read and studied even ONE of Islam’s PRIMARY TEXTS … that is a pre-requisite for any REAL scholar who wants to speak about Islam.
mortimer says
Moreover, here is a question for Dr. Carlson:
“WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES FROM ISLAMIC PERSECUTION NOW LIVING IN CANADA?”
I wager such REFUGEES FROM ISLAM now in Canada number in the tens of thousands.
Clive Delmonte says
There is no such a phenomenon as “Islamophobia”. It is a device to shut people up.
Some of us wish to discuss the secondary rights of women, “honour” killings always of women, child marriage, rape of dhimmi women, terrible crimes carried out by “Muslims”, etc., etc.
We are not “Islamophobes”; just ordinary, decent people.
mortimer says
University scholars of renown have spoken out against POLITICAL ISLAM.
British philosopher Anthony Flew discussed the illogical errors in “Islamophobia’:
“I would never regard Islam with anything but horror and FEAR, because it is fundamentally committed to conquering the world for Islam… it is, I think, best described in a Marxian way as the uniting and justifying ideology of Arab imperialism.”
– Philosopher Anthony Flew was renowned for his work on the philosophy of religion
Dr. Keith Carlson has no excuse for his smug naivety.
JCA Reid says
Idiots! A Phobia is an irrational fear of something. There is nothing irrational about speaking out against a vile, perverted, degenerate Desert Nazi Political Ideology. It promotes & advocates the worst of Human Conduct. Speaking out is clear, concise, logical,& the rational thing to do. If these so called, academics, bother themselves to read the Islamic Texts, the would learn the Truth.
LB says
As is shown time and time again by the leftist mainstream, hating and being racist towards white people is perfectly okay and even encouraged.
This reminds me of a recent anti-white hate-rant from an NYC “forensic psychiatrist and psychoanalyst”, one Aruna Khilanani, who gave a speech at Yale saying “I have fantasies of unloading a revolver into any white person that got in my way, burying their body, and walking away guiltless with a bounce in my step like I did a word a fucking favor.” (exact quote)
She was recently invited to BNC News (link below for those interested) to explain her statements in that speech, and she basically doubled down and reaffirmed her anti-white hatred (one quote goes “Of course I don’t want to kill white people, BUT…”). Needless to say, she did not suffer any consequences whatsoever.
Now imagine if a white person said “I have fantasies of unloading a revolver into any black person that got in my way, burying their body, and walking away guiltless with a bounce in my step like I did a word a fucking favor.” Can you imagine what would happen to them?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o20tk-QrZiE
mortimer says
Dr. Keith Carlson has not read or studied the Sira, Koran, Bukhari, tafsirs, Sharia law or books on jihadism, and yet, preposterously, he presents himself as a SPONTANEOUS EXPERT on jihadism and Islam.
Dr. Keith Carlson pulls his knowledge of Islam right out of his fantasy.
Meanwhile, REAL scholars find that the Islamic SOURCE TEXTS are the MOST VIOLENT religious scriptures.
Danish researcher Tina Magaard, Ph.D. concluded that Islam is the most warlike religion. After three years analyzing the original texts of ten different religions, Tina Magaard concluded that the Islamic texts stand out by encouraging terror and fighting “to a far larger degree than the original texts of other religions. The texts in Islam distinguish themselves from the texts of other religions by encouraging violence and aggression against people with other religious beliefs to a larger degree.”
“What is striking is not in itself that one can find murderous passages in the Islamic texts, as such passages can also be found in other religions. But it is striking how much space these passages take up in the Islamic texts, and how much they focus on an us-and-them logic in which infidels and apostates are characterized as dirty, rotten, criminal, hypocritical and dangerous. It is also striking how much these texts demand that the reader fight the infidels, both with words and with the sword. In many passages, Muhammad plays a central role as one who encourages the use of violence, whether it comes to stonings, beheadings, acts of war or execution of critics and poets.”
Tina Magaard finds it particularly objectionable that so many Islamic scholars in her opinion knowingly fail to disclose these facts, and use their positions of power to create specific standards for what you can say.
Infidel says
Okay, let’s say, hypothetically – just hypothetically – one bought into it
Then what would one do? Hate oneself for not being muslim? But ain’t that easily fixed by reciting the shehada, and viola! One is muslim! Now surely, there is no reason to hate oneself? Yeah, yeah, there’s the question of which sect, which madhab, which race, et al, but one can always fake being Arab (just like all the Sayyids from the sub-continent) and call oneself the best of peoples
In short, this excremental webinar is just one technique to islamize as many people as possible
mortimer says
Infidel raises the correct point, namely, that Islam does not AIM FOR ‘RECONCILIATION’ or HARMONIOUS COEXISTENCE. No, Islam wants SUPREMACY and DOMINANCE over Canada through SHARIFICATION.
Under Islam, Dr. Carlson would have no academic freedom to disagree with anything Islamic or even mention any element of Islam that is academically questioned by the world’s best scholars.
Quoting the top Orientalists would also be ‘Islamophobic’ and could lead to a blasphemy murder by an Islamic mob.
Dr. Carlson is opening the door for Islamic death squads.
James Lincoln says
I noticed that anti-jihadists like Robert Spencer, Pamela Geller, John Guandolo, etc., were not on the seminar panel – to provide some truthful “balance”.
Hmm…
Hoi Polloi says
Nope. Nor do I see any names that appear to be of the Stó:lō peoples who could explain to us just how islamofauxbia is of such great concern to them that they are chomping at the bit for this. Hard to believe that they would welcome conquering by muslims. I’m sure these resources could be expended in a manner of far greater benefit to the Stó:lō peoples out of love and respect for them, rather than providing Carlson with this opportunity to grovel for approval and funds.
gravenimage says
Canada: University to host webinar on how to ‘dismantle’ ‘systemic Islamophobia’ with critical race theory
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Even if wiping out any criticism of the horrors of Islam was a good thing–and notice that none of these fools say why this should be so–this cannot be done on the basis of race, since–as noted–Islam is not actually a race. It is an ideology, and a damned ugly one.
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The Peace and Reconciliation Centre is at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) in British Columbia, although the university’s website explains that the university is “situated on the unceded traditional territory of the Stó:lō peoples. The Stó:lō have an intrinsic relationship with what they refer to as S’olh Temexw (Our Sacred Land); therefore, we express our gratitude and respect for the honour of living and working in this territory.”
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If these tools *really* believed this then they would not set up institutes on this land. Moreover, note that no one here says how Islam–which *hates* Infidels, especially those deemed pagans, would benefit the Stó:lō peoples. In fact, they would be targets of Jihad terror.