Politicians across the political spectrum have embraced the use of counterterrorism to combat “right-wing extremism,” further entrenching legal weapons wielded overwhelmingly against Muslims in the name of protecting Muslims. Liberals and Conservatives alike have ratcheted up anti-terrorism powers, resisted accountability for torture complicity. When it comes to addressing Islamophobia, appeals for even the most superficial of gestures have been met with resistance. Do you think that ‘anti-Islamophobia’ is being used as yet another tool to consolidate the Islamophobic status quo in Canada?

