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‘Racism Is A Real Problem:’ Muslim Women Fearful Following Attacks In Edmonton.

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Greg Carr

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Mar 2, 2021, 12:58:57 PM3/2/21
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‘Racism is a real problem:’ Muslim women fearful following attacks in Edmonton
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Asmaa Ali says slurs about her hijab and the colour of her skin have become so frequent she doesn't report them to police anymore.

a man standing in front of a blue cloudy sky: Five Somali-Canadian women, all wearing hijabs, have been attacked or threatened in Edmonton in the last 10 weeks..© Getty Images Five Somali-Canadian women, all wearing hijabs, have been attacked or threatened in Edmonton in the last 10 weeks..
Whether she's running errands or on her way to work as a nurse at an Edmonton hospital, the 23-year-old Somali-Canadian says she's always looking over her shoulder.

She and several other Black and Muslim women in her life are feeling more frightened in public, she says, because of an increasing number of assaults. Five Somali-Canadian women, all wearing hijabs, have been attacked or threatened in Edmonton in the last 10 weeks.

``I've always been hyper-vigilant in public spaces because of my identity. But hearing about these attacks has made me more anxious and aware of my surroundings.''

Ali says she also has been assaulted in the past, but is too traumatized to reveal details.

Avoiding public transit, not running errands alone and self-defence classes are all things she says she and her female friends and family are considering. (Greg: Self defense tactics are a great idea for anyone. The woman is a nurse she should be able to afford a vehicle. )

Attacks on Black Muslim women prompts people to speak out

Edmonton's Al-Rashid Mosque began offering Muslim women self-defence lessons following the recent attacks. The classes are full.

Ali says the number of hate crimes reported to Alberta's police forces are not reflective of the increasing number of people approaching her with their stories of assaults.

``It makes me enraged,'' she says.

``Most of my visibly Muslim friends and family members have a story of some kind of Islamophobia. The general public hears about this through the media, while our reality is that these are our sisters and our mothers.''

Trent Daley is a member of Edmonton's Anti-Racism Advisory Committee. He says someone approaches him or his network on a weekly basis about an assault. Most victims are Black and Muslim women.

``There's been a notable marked increase (in assaults) following the pandemic. It's so pervasive right now,'' Daley says.

``It's full of racial epithets, full of disgusting language targeting them based off the scarf that they wear and the identity they presumed that this person has. It's dehumanizing.''

Calgary police say they received 80 hate crime complaints between January and November 2020.

Cheryl Voordenhout with the Edmonton Police Service says it received 60 reports of hate crimes last year. So far in 2021, three of seven hate-crime-related investigations have involved Somali-Muslim women.

On Dec. 8, a mother and daughter were violently attacked in the Southgate mall parking lot. A week later, near the same mall, another woman was subject to racial slurs as someone tried to hit her head with a shopping bag.

In February, a man-made racial comments and became aggressive toward a woman at the University of Alberta transit centre. The same day, a man came up behind a woman walking in a popular neighbourhood, pushed her to the ground and made threats to kill her and tear off her burqa.

The latest attack happened Feb. 17. The National Council of Canadian Muslims said a man approached a Black Muslim woman wearing a hijab at the Century Park transit station, swore at her and threatened to kill her.

Political leaders, including Premier Jason Kenney, have spoken out against the attacks. But the CEO of the national Muslims council says condemnation is not enough.

Mustafa Farooq says Alberta's government is turning a blind eye to an environment in which the region's racialized communities are being cast out.

``Anti-Black racism is a real problem in Alberta,'' he says. ``Black-Muslim women tend to face greater challenges than almost anyone else, because racism and gendered Islamophobia are real problems.

``We can look, for example, at street harassment bylaws. We can look at ways in which anti-racism initiatives are being funded. We can look at hate crime units and their advocacy in dealing with these challenges,'' Farooq says.

``So much can be done immediately, but it's not happening.''

(Greg: There are already laws against death threats in the Canadian Criminal Code. I have met guys in lock up who did that. Sentences of 15 months are common often such cases result in a 30 day psychiatric evaluation. Joe Mulligan and Dave Mulligan last reported in Edmonton have made threats of violence against me and Dave Mulligan threatened death to me and law enforcement. Both are racists towards Blacks using the N word. Joe Mulligan was convicted of a sex crime against a senior citizen woman maybe they are involved in these incidents in Alberta? I contacted Edmonton Police twice about them but they weren't interested and didn't even give me a file number. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgQhcNVKtIo in this one Dave Mulligan makes a specific death threat. https://groups.google.com/g/van.general/c/3JEssAKiMoY/m/8ZOdFJhCBAJ has a list of phone crimes by Dave Mulligan and Joe Mulligan.)

Daley adds that recent rallies and marches in Edmonton and Calgary in opposition to COVID-19 measures are examples of how the pandemic has exacerbated racism in Alberta. Some participants were seen carrying like tiki torches, which many say are a symbol used by white supremacists.

Ali says the Muslim community needs support from leaders and neighbours.

``It's widely researched that repeatedly experiencing racism ... causes worse health outcomes for communities of colour. In a pandemic that's brought so many of our inequalities to the forefront, these (attacks) are only making it worse,'' she says.

``Every single time we hear that yet another woman has been attacked, we hold our breath and call our family and friends.''

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/racism-is-a-real-problem-muslim-women-fearful-following-attacks-in-edmonton/ar-BB1e9GZo?ocid=msedgntp

If these women being attacked and threatened have the ability to they should record such incidents on their cell phones so perpetrators can be identified and punished legally and/or ostracized.

https://www.imore.com/how-use-your-iphone-recorder

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_world#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20Pew%20Research,were%2050%20Muslim%2Dmajority%20countries. There are 50 majority Muslim nations in the World why did these ppl come to this country?

https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/surrey-violence-continues-despite-rcmp-surge/ Somali-Canadians were heavily involved in the street violence here in 2016.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/surrey-gang-shootings-show-somali-youth-need-better-support-says-outreach-worker-1.3055917

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/police-reward-arrest-meaz-nour-eldin-surrey-bolo

https://www.surreynowleader.com/news/surrey-rcmp-trying-to-find-man-wanted-for-being-unlawfully-at-large-other-crimes/

I had a problem with two drug using Somali youths a couple of years ago behind a mall. I worked with a Somali man in the 90's he was a decent dude. He had his head smashed with a tire iron from behind while working the night shift of a Burnaby Petrocan station alone by two men who robbed the place. Don't know what happened to him.

The Doctor

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Mar 2, 2021, 6:15:49 PM3/2/21
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In article <cfaa6956-b341-4249...@googlegroups.com>,
>https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/surrey-violence-continues-despite-rcmp-surge/ Somali-Canadians were heavily involved in the street violence here in
>
>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/surrey-gang-shootings-show-somali-youth-need-better-support-says-outreach-worker-1.3055917
>
>https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/police-reward-arrest-meaz-nour-eldin-surrey-bolo
>
>https://www.surreynowleader.com/news/surrey-rcmp-trying-to-find-man-wanted-for-being-unlawfully-at-large-other-crimes/
>
>I had a problem with two drug using Somali youths a couple of years ago
>behind a mall. I worked with a Somali man in the 90's he was a decent
>dude. He had his head smashed with a tire iron from behind while working
>the night shift of a Burnaby Petrocan station alone by two men who
>robbed the place. Don't know what happened to him.

Too many idiots!
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Rob

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Mar 2, 2021, 10:21:18 PM3/2/21
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On 3/2/2021 4:15 PM, The Doctor wrote:

> Too many idiots!

That's what a fucking brainless amoeba said while looking at the mirror
and seeing his own image in it.

%

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instead of buying liquor , now i buy nyquill cause it's 80 proof
just like liquor , but nyquill makes me feel squzzier and i like that

The Doctor

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Mar 3, 2021, 9:08:00 AM3/3/21
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In article <s1nmtp$clj$2...@gioia.aioe.org>, % <piss....@yohoo.com> wrote:
>On 3/2/2021 10:21 PM, Rob wrote:
>> On 3/2/2021 4:15 PM, The Doctor wrote:
>>
>>> Too many idiots!
>>
>> That's what a brainless amoeba said while looking at the mirror
>> and seeing his own image in it.
>>
>instead of buying liquor , now i buy nyquill cause it's 80 proof
>just like liquor , but nyquill makes me feel squzzier and i like that

Good one % !

%

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Mar 3, 2021, 9:17:45 AM3/3/21
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On 3/3/2021 9:07 AM, The Doctor wrote:
> In article <s1nmtp$clj$2...@gioia.aioe.org>, % <piss....@yohoo.com> wrote:
>> On 3/2/2021 10:21 PM, Rob wrote:
>>> On 3/2/2021 4:15 PM, The Doctor wrote:
>>>
>>>> Too many idiots!
>>>
>>> That's what a brainless amoeba said while looking at the mirror
>>> and seeing his own image in it.
>>>
>> instead of buying liquor , now i buy nyquill cause it's 80 proof
>> just like liquor , but nyquill makes me feel squzzier and i like that
>
> Good one % !
>
yay, now i'm going to sew nipples on my head and sing the sesame street
start song

The Doctor

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Mar 3, 2021, 9:28:27 AM3/3/21
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Do not forget to react to every Idlehands post around here.

%

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Mar 3, 2021, 9:36:02 AM3/3/21
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On 3/3/2021 9:28 AM, The Doctor wrote:
> In article <s1o5q6$1nlo$1...@gioia.aioe.org>, % <piss....@yohoo.com> wrote:
>> On 3/3/2021 9:07 AM, The Doctor wrote:
>>> In article <s1nmtp$clj$2...@gioia.aioe.org>, % <piss....@yohoo.com> wrote:
>>>> On 3/2/2021 10:21 PM, Rob wrote:
>>>>> On 3/2/2021 4:15 PM, The Doctor wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Too many idiots!
>>>>>
>>>>> That's what a brainless amoeba said while looking at the mirror
>>>>> and seeing his own image in it.
>>>>>
>>>> instead of buying liquor , now i buy nyquill cause it's 80 proof
>>>> just like liquor , but nyquill makes me feel squzzier and i like that
>>>
>>> Good one % !
>>>
>> yay, now i'm going to sew nipples on my head and sing the sesame street
>> start song
>
> Do not forget to react to every Idlehands post around here.
>
he outed me as dave keating

Greg Carr

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Mar 3, 2021, 2:04:38 PM3/3/21
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Nyquillzzzzz in pill form is very good for insomnia along with melatonin. Nytol I found to be totally useless.

Dave Smith

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Mar 3, 2021, 2:14:41 PM3/3/21
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On 3/3/2021 2:04 PM, Greg Carr wrote:
>
>
>
> Nyquillzzzzz in pill form is very good for insomnia along with melatonin. Nytol I found to be totally useless.
>
fk sleeping i want to partaaaaaaay

Idlehands

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Mar 3, 2021, 6:44:39 PM3/3/21
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On 03/03/2021 7:28 a.m., The Doctor wrote:
> In article <s1o5q6$1nlo$1...@gioia.aioe.org>, % <piss....@yohoo.com> wrote:
>> On 3/3/2021 9:07 AM, The Doctor wrote:
>>> In article <s1nmtp$clj$2...@gioia.aioe.org>, % <piss....@yohoo.com> wrote:
>>>> On 3/2/2021 10:21 PM, Rob wrote:
>>>>> On 3/2/2021 4:15 PM, The Doctor wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Too many idiots!
>>>>>
>>>>> That's what a brainless amoeba said while looking at the mirror
>>>>> and seeing his own image in it.
>>>>>
>>>> instead of buying liquor , now i buy nyquill cause it's 80 proof
>>>> just like liquor , but nyquill makes me feel squzzier and i like that
>>>
>>> Good one % !
>>>
>> yay, now i'm going to sew nipples on my head and sing the sesame street
>> start song
>
> Do not forget to react to every Idlehands post around here.
>

Good idea binky, my kill file needs more work you cross-posting moron.

Thanks for proving you're still the cowardly little mummies boy we
(TINW) all know and despise.

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Dr. WTF

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On 03/03/2021 7:28 a.m., The Doctor wrote:
> In article <s1o5q6$1nlo$1...@gioia.aioe.org>, % <piss....@yohoo.com> wrote:

<snip>


> Do not forget to react to every Idlehands post around here.
>

Gee binky, you must think your the boss or something...LOLOLOLOLOL.

Get a life asswipe.

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Idlehands

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Mar 4, 2021, 8:38:13 AM3/4/21
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On 03/03/2021 9:08 p.m., Dr. WTF wrote:
> On 03/03/2021 7:28 a.m., The Doctor wrote:
>> In article <s1o5q6$1nlo$1...@gioia.aioe.org>, %  <piss....@yohoo.com>
>> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>
>> Do not forget to react to every Idlehands post around here.
>>
>
> Gee binky, you must think your the boss or something...LOLOLOLOLOL.
>
> Get a life asswipe.
>

His life is Usenet, it's the only place he can pretend to be a "bigshot"
because of his thousands of posts per month.

Anything else he has attempted has ended in total failure.

Greg Carr

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrsIX-OajaY Sesame Street start song for some reason 230 down voted it. ??? Hey you want to listen to Metallica or Kreator or Megadeth or Mongolian throat singers you can easily find that sort of music.

%

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On 2021-03-11 6:09 a.m., Greg Carr wrote:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrsIX-OajaY Sesame Street start song for some reason 230 down voted it. ??? Hey you want to listen to Metallica or Kreator or Megadeth or Mongolian throat singers you can easily find that sort of music.
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is that what makes you reply at the top
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