The National Council of Canadian Muslims<\/a> stated in a post, \u201cenough is enough.\u201d <\/p>\n\u201cThis sort of intimidation and hatred has become a norm in Canada against the Muslim community. It is deeply disturbing and disappointing. It is time for elected officials to sit down with community members to build a national strategy on combating Islamophobia.\u201d <\/p>\n
Several politicians have condemned the attacks, including B.C. Premier David Eby and Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke. \u201cNo one should face threats of violence while attending their place of worship. Islamophobia has no place in BC,\u201d Eby said. <\/p>\n
Locke said, \u201cThe hateful messages and threats directed at the Fleetwood Islamic Centre are deeply offensive and heartbreaking. Attempts to intimidate people because of their faith undermine the sense of safety and belonging that every resident deserves.<\/p>\n
\u201cI stand with the Muslim community and the members of the Fleetwood Islamic Centre at this difficult time. I am grateful to the RCMP for their work investigating this incident to ensure those responsible are held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Annie Ohana, a teacher at L.A. Matheson Secondary in Surrey, stated she is \u201csickened\u201d by the attack. In her work as a teacher and leader of Mustang Justice, the school\u2019s youth social justice leadership program, she has seen firsthand the \u201cincredible work, responsible citizenry, and beautiful leadership\u201d of many members of the Muslim community. <\/p>\n
This is a time when the community must stand together against hate, Ohana said. <\/p>\n
\u201cAs a Sephardic Jew, I stand with you. I fight with you, and you deserve the love, kindness, and well wishes you give all of us,\u201d Ohana said. \u201cWe all have to fight this together. Our community is under attack\u2026we must all remain the vanguard against such hate,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Surrey mosque vandalized: Community leaders demand action against Islamophobia Published 10:24 am Wednesday, September 2, 2026 The Fleetwood…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-880969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}