Am I Next?
I hesitantly open my Facebook feed. Hesitant because I can’t stand seeing another headline about a Muslim woman being attacked while on a walk or heading to her car, or waiting for the LRT, or, or, or. I skim the articles with a huge knot in my stomach. Will there be another one today? You don’t really feel the effects of these hate-motivated attacks until they “hit home”. Unfortunately, for Edmonton Muslims, it has. From January to today (July 2021) we are at about 7 known a