After the targeted killing of a Muslim family in London, Ontario, the community is demanding a summit on Islamophobia.
By Ian Austen
(NY TIMES) First came the shocking discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children on the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops. Then it was compounded this week when a motorist used a black pickup truck to target a Muslim family in London, Ontario, killing four members of the family and seriously injuring one by running them over.
A public funeral will be held on Saturday for Salman Afzaal, 46, a physiotherapist who worked in long-term care homes; his wife Madiha Salman, 44, who was a doctoral student in civil engineering; their daughter, Yumna, 15; and Mr. Afzaal’s mother, Talat Afzaal, 74. Fayez, 9
The London attack was not the first against Muslims in Canada, of course. Prominent on the too-long list is the 2017 shooting attack on a mosque in Quebec City that killed six people and wounded eight.
