Open AccessCommentary: Confronting Ideology: Islamophobia vs. Islamist Fundamentalism
Author(s) -
Hicham Tiflati
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
allons-y
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2371-4395
pISSN - 2371-4387
DOI - 10.15273/allons-y.v2i0.10053
Subject(s) - islamophobia , militant , ideology , fundamentalism , islam , religious studies , immigration , political science , islamic fundamentalism , media studies , criminology , gender studies , sociology , law , theology , politics , philosophy
On January 29th, 2017, Alexandre Bissonnette, a 27-year-old far-right anti-immigrant and anti-Islam Quebecois, entered into a mosque, killed six Muslims and injured dozens as they prayed at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Quebec. While the incident shocked the Quebecois and Canadian public, it was a proof that Islamophobes are as prone to killing innocent civilians as are militant Islamists.