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Frightening violence
The Edmonton Council of Muslim Communities (ECMC) is an umbrella organization comprised of 13 faith-based member institutions. It has represented the interests of much of the Edmonton Muslim Community for almost 20 years in issues such as peace and security, interfaith relations, education, and public policy. The ECMC is alarmed by the recent spate of unprovoked attacks against three black Edmontonians over the past two weeks. It has been reported that these assaults were preceded by the assailants screaming racial slurs at their victims. During Islamic History Month last October, the ECMC and the University of Alberta co-sponsored an online event featuring University of Delaware Professor, Dr. Muqtedar Khan who delivered a lecture on racism. Not surprisingly, Dr. Khan suggested that racist attitudes and prejudice are learned and perpetuated in the home and that as a society we need to be cognizant about how we talk about and characterize others