Toronto School Board Cancels ISIS Sex Slave Victim

Born in the Sinjar region of Iraq in 1993, Nadia Murad was abducted by ISIS militants in August of 2014 along with 6700 other Yazidi women.  For several months, Nadia was imprisoned, tortured, and repeatedly raped by ISIS terrorists.  By what can only be described as a miracle, Nadia escaped and managed to flee to a refugee camp in Germany.  Ever since her escape to freedom, Nadia has worked tirelessly against human trafficking and the use of sexual violence as a tactic of war.  

Nadia formed the organization "Nadia's Initiative" and in 2018 received the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts.  Recently, Nadia was scheduled to speak at an event hosted by the Toronto School District where she would share her experience with students from over 600 schools.  However, the event was canceled by District Superintendent Helen Fisher, over fears of "Offending Muslims & Fostering Islamophobia."  

The canceling of this even is not only absurd, but it is crime against humanity, a slap in the face to all in the world who have fallen victim to genocide.  Would one cancel the speech of a Tutsi survivor of the Rwandan Genocide out of fear of "Offending Hutu's?"  Would one cancel the speech of a Holocaust Survivor out of fear of "Offending Germans?  To silence somebody who suffered such horrific injustices out of fear of "offending people" is a travesty and it should not be allowed anywhere.  Many parents expressed outrage over this, some stating that "The Toronto School Board should be aware of the difference between the Islamic State and ordinary Muslims."  

The fact that this event has been canceled shortly after the Taliban re-conquered Afghanistan and began taking numerous Muslim women as sex slaves further shows that this is not an issue of "Islamophobia" or "stereotyping," but an actually human rights issue that is affecting women of all faiths all over the world.  Rape was used as a weapon during the Rwanda Genocide, it was used in the Bosnian War, it was used in the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971, and it's still being used today.  Bringing this atrocious reality to the public is not offensive, but Helen Fisher's decision to silence a victim of this atrocity is very offensive, and it should not be allowed (Link to Video).  

Sources:

Miller, Andrew Mar.  "Canadian School District Cancels Speech by ISIS Rape Survivor, Nobel Winner, over 'Islamophobia Fears: Report."  Fox News.  Nov. 28, 2021.  Accessed from  https://www.foxnews.com/politics/canadian-school-district-cancels-speech-by-isis-rape-survivor-due-to-islamophobia-fears.

Seviri, Misty.  "Canadian School Cancels Event with ISIS Survivor Out of Fear of Offending Muslim Students."  The Gazette.  Nov. 27, 2021.  Accessed from https://gazette.com/news/canadian-school-cancels-event-with-isis-survivor-out-of-fear-of-offending-muslim-students/article_c70dd79e-5a02-5824-8878-0abd9f9de3b5.html.

Sharlach, Lisa.  "Rape as Genocide: Bangladesh, the Former Yugoslavia, and Rwanda."  New Political Science.  Vol. 22, 2000.  Accessed from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/713687893.




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