Cultural Transformations: Islam, Identity, and the Shifting Landscape of the West
<p>An incident took place in Edmonton almost a week ago where the Edmonton city council faced an attack by Bezhani Sarvar, an islamic Afghan immigrant. Sarvar fired multiple shots and later deployed a Molotov cocktail within the building. Prior to the rampage, he shared a video outlining his ‘manifesto,’ starting the video with “As-salamu alaykum brothers and sisters”. This is a muslim greeting which, ironically, means “Peace be upon you.” He further mentions that any nation that is destabilising any countries “inshallah we will rise up against you guys and put you on trial”. The word “inshallah” is an arabic phrase meaning, “if allah wills”.</p>
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