Where were you when you heard about the terrorist attacks on 9/11?

  • At school
  • At home
  • At the supermarket
  • At work
  • At a friend's house
  • On the street
  • In a car
  • Somewhere else

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In your opinion, what three words best describe the relationship between Canada and its Muslim citizens?

 
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  • Ignorance

  • Discrimination

  • Open-mindedness

  • Tolerance

  • Curiosity

  • Indifference

  • Fear

  • Respect

  • Mistrust

  • Ambivalence

 
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Suhail - COMMUNITY WORKER - TORONTO

Born in Jordan in 1972, Suhail Abualsameed emigrated to Toronto shortly before 9/11.

Suhail lost his religious faith as a teenager, and did not feel much connection to the Muslim community as a twentysomething. But the 2001 attacks, and the unfavourable light they cast on North American Muslims, affected him greatly. Forced to defend the religion and the people of the Middle East, Suhail gained a deeper appreciation of persecuted minorities, as well as his ancestral culture.

Today, Suhail is a community worker in Toronto, interacting largely with immigrant youth who are trying to reconcile their sexual orientation with their faith and family.

Muslims and Canadian multiculturalism

Saeed Rahnema, a professor of political science at York University and frequent commentator on the Middle East, looks at the myth of a single Muslim community in Canada, and how the country's multicultural ideal is being altered.

Radicalism in Canada

Farzana Hassan, a past president of the Canadian Muslim Congress and author of Prophecy and the Fundamentalist Quest, talks about Muslim radicalism post 9/11, and the continuing influence of Islamist writers like Sayyid Qutb, Hassan al-Banna and Syed Abul A’ala Maududi.

September 11th in one sentence

Suhail remembers where he was on the day of the attacks, and contemplates where, as a society, we are today.