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Publishing date: Jun 25, 2021  â¢Â 6 hours ago  â¢Â 2 minute read  â¢Â Amira Shousha, Alberta regional lead of the National Council of Canadian Muslims speaks before the Enough is Enough rally demanding action and protection for muslim women gathered in solidarity at Churchill Square in Edmonton, on Friday, June 25, 2021. Photo by Ian Kucerak Photo by Ian Kucerak /Postmedia
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More than three hundred Edmontonians gathered outside city hall Friday evening demanding an end to violence against Muslims after two sisters were attacked in St. Albert this week, the latest in a series of apparently hate-motivated attacks in recent months.
EDMONTON Hundreds of Edmontonians rallied and demanded action from all levels of government Friday evening following the attack of two Muslim sisters in St. Albert earlier this week. The incident was the latest in a series of hate-motivated incidents police in Edmonton and across Canada are investigating. The rally was organized by the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM). Amira Shousha, NCCM regional lead for Alberta, said in an interview that the rally was meant to showcase the Muslim community’s anger that street attacks continue to happen in Canada. “We are all here to show solidarity to the ones who have been hurt and to verbalize our distaste for what is happening,” she said.
Edmonton rally demanding protection for Muslim women draws hundreds
Less than 48 hours after the most recent attack on Muslim women in the Edmonton area hundreds of people attended an anti-hate rally.
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Posted: Jun 25, 2021 10:23 PM MT | Last Updated: June 26
An attendee at the anti-hate rally Friday night holds up a sign. The rally comes after a series of hate-motivated attacks against Muslim women in Alberta.(Jamie McCannell/CBC)
Just days after two Muslim women were attacked in St. Albert, hundreds of people attended an anti-hate rally in Churchill Square in downtown Edmonton.
Organizers called on Edmontonians to gather and demand action to protect Muslim women.
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