S2 Ep#05: Fauzia Mazhar - A pathfinder reflects on Islamophobia, Bill 21 and Cancer

The federal government declared January 29 as the National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec city Mosque Attack and Action against Islamophobia. That doesn't mean that Islamophobia is a thing of the past. Fauzia Mazhar ,the executive director of the Coalition of Muslim Women of Kitchener Waterloo, points out the different ways it still manifests itself and asks some tough questions:



-Is Islamophobia only a "Muslim" problem?

-What does Quebec's Bill 21 mean for the Muslim woman on the street?

-Could we now potentially have refugees fleeing Quebec because of religious persecution?



Fauzia tackles these hard issues even as she fights her own battle with breast cancer. Listen in to hear her deeply personal reflections- why she refuses to be called a "survivor" or "warrior" and how she dealt with the most important question of her cancer journey: "Why me"?

Link to Coalition of Muslim Women of Kitchener Waterloo - http://www.cmw-kw.org

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