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

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  • At home
  • At the supermarket
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  • At a friend's house
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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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Wafa - LIEUTENANT COMMANDER - OTTAWA

Fifteen years ago, while searching for an employment centre in Windsor, Ont., Wafa Dabbagh stopped in at the Canadian Forces recruiting office to ask for directions. She ended up becoming a reservist in the military — and the first soldier to wear the hijab in Canada.

"I do not know what to do with you," claimed one of her superiors early on, referring to Wafa’s hijab. To which she replied: "What you see is what you get. I do not drink alcohol and I do not eat anything with pork, but I do everything else."

Born in Egypt to Palestinian parents, she lived in Kuwait and the United States, where she earned an MBA, before settling down in Montreal in 1990. Despite being fluent in English and Arabic with a good understanding of French, she failed to find a job, and headed to Ontario in 1996.

Stationed in the headquarters of the Canadian Forces in Ottawa, Wafa brightens a gloomy office with her good cheer. On her desk, next to a copy of the Koran, sits a jar of candy that colleagues eagerly dip into on their way by.

What role for Islam in Canada? A report from 1980

The debate on the place of Islam in Canada is not new, as shown in this CBC report from 1980. At the time, the city of Toronto had only five mosques, but the Muslim community felt it had a growing place in the religious and social life of the country. Thirty-one years later, Muslim integration in Canadian society is a much-debated issue.

September 11th in one sentence

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