Advocates say Canada has not progressed on Islamophobia 25 years after 9/11
Muslim organizations and academics argue that countering Islamophobia remains largely the responsibility of targeted communities.
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Advocates say Canada has not progressed on Islamophobia 25 years after 9/11
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What this story says
- Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, advocates state that Canada has not made progress in tackling Islamophobia.
- The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at Canada spokesperson said the responsibility for countering Islamophobia largely rests on those it targets.
- Hate crimes against Muslims in Canada in 2025 were 204, compared to 142 in 2021.
- The office of the special representative on combating Islamophobia in Canada was eliminated and replaced with a broader advisory council.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 22 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 2 of the 24 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
61/100
Hype
20/100
24 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
None of the 22 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
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Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks, advocates state that Canada has not made progress in tackling Islamophobia. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at Canada spokesperson said the responsibility for countering Islamophobia largely rests on those it targets. The number of hate crimes against Muslims in Canada in 2025 was 204, compared to 142 in 2021. The office of the special representative on combating Islamophobia in Canada was eliminated and replaced with a broader advisory council. The Canadian government stated that the new advisory council has a mandate to combat racism and hate, including Islamophobia.
Coverage disagreement
The CTV News report states that the office of the special representative on combating Islamophobia was eliminated earlier this year. Digests from other outlets do not specify when the office was eliminated. The CTV News report attributes the elimination of the office to a "slap in the face" for Muslims, quoting Fahad Ahmad, an assistant professor of criminology at Toronto Metropolitan University, and mentions that Ahmad co-wrote an op-ed with Asmaa Malik, a journalism professor at the university. Digests do not include these specific attributions or quotes.
What the coverage left out
No right-rated reports carried this story.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 4 times, most recently on 10 Sept 2026, 13:45, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
13 rated outlets
- Thirteen left-rated reports carried the story. These reports led on the statement that Canada has not made progress in tackling Islamophobia 25 years after 9/11. They included the figure that hate crimes against Muslims in Canada in 2025 were 204, compared to 142 in 2021. These reports also mentioned the elimination of the office of the special representative on combating Islamophobia and its replacement with a broader advisory council.
Centre
9 rated outlets
- Eight centre-rated reports carried the story. These reports led on the statement that Canada has not made progress in tackling Islamophobia 25 years after 9/11. They included the figure that hate crimes against Muslims in Canada in 2025 were 204, compared to 142 in 2021. These reports also mentioned the elimination of the office of the special representative on combating Islamophobia and its replacement with a broader advisory council.
Right
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Advocates say Canada has not progressed on Islamophobia 25 years after…?
- Of the 22 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 59% are rated left, 41% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 24. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Advocates say Canada has not progressed on Islamophobia 25 years after… left or right?
- Neither side dominates it. Of the 22 rated outlets on this story, 59% are rated left, 41% are rated centre, 0% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
- Is the coverage of Advocates say Canada has not progressed on Islamophobia 25 years after… biased?
- Advocates say Canada has not progressed on Islamophobia 25 years after 9/11 is one event reported by 24 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Advocates say Canada has not progressed on Islamophobia 25 years after…?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Advocates say Canada has not progressed on Islamophobia 25 years after…?
- 24 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What is the current status of efforts to combat Islamophobia in Canada?
- Advocates state that 25 years after the 9/11 attacks, Canada has not made significant progress in tackling Islamophobia. The responsibility for countering it largely rests on the communities targeted by it. The office of the special representative on combating Islamophobia was eliminated and replaced by a broader advisory council.
- How have hate crimes against Muslims in Canada changed?
- The number of hate crimes against Muslims in Canada was 204 in 2025, an increase from 142 reported in 2021. This trend indicates a persistent or growing issue with Islamophobia, according to advocates and experts.
- What is the government's response to concerns about Islamophobia?
- The Canadian government stated that the new advisory council, which replaced the special representative on Islamophobia, has a mandate to combat racism and hate in all their forms, including Islamophobia. Legislation like the Combating Hate Act is also cited as addressing hate-motivated violence.
Read it at the source
24 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
13- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens thealbertan.com in a new tab)
thealbertan.com — is thealbertan.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens Timmins Today in a new tab)
Timmins Today — is Timmins Today biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens ElliotLakeToday.com in a new tab)
ElliotLakeToday.com — is ElliotLakeToday.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens Bay Today in a new tab)
- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens Sudbury in a new tab)
- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens Thorold Today in a new tab)
Thorold Today — is Thorold Today biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens Collingwood Today in a new tab)
Collingwood Today — is Collingwood Today biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens Orillia Matters in a new tab)
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- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens SooToday.com in a new tab)
SooToday.com — is SooToday.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens Rocky Mountain Outlook in a new tab)
Rocky Mountain Outlook — is Rocky Mountain Outlook biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens The Toronto Star in a new tab)
The Toronto Star — is The Toronto Star biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens The Record in a new tab)
The Record — is The Record biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens The Hamilton Spectator in a new tab)
The Hamilton Spectator — is The Hamilton Spectator biased? Our profile of this outlet
Centre
9- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens Castanet in a new tab)
- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens CTV News in a new tab)
- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens Battlefords NOW in a new tab)
Battlefords NOW — is Battlefords NOW biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens nanaimonewsnow.com in a new tab)
nanaimonewsnow.com — is nanaimonewsnow.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens CFJC Today Kamloops in a new tab)
CFJC Today Kamloops — is CFJC Today Kamloops biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens Ckpg Today in a new tab)
Ckpg Today — is Ckpg Today biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens Medicine Hat News in a new tab)
Medicine Hat News — is Medicine Hat News biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens meadowlakeNOW in a new tab)
meadowlakeNOW — is meadowlakeNOW biased? Our profile of this outlet
Right
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Not rated
2- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens Loonie Politics in a new tab)
Loonie Politics — is Loonie Politics biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 25 years since 9/11, Canada is not further ahead on tackling Islamophobia: advocates (opens Airdrie City View in a new tab)
Airdrie City View — is Airdrie City View biased? Our profile of this outlet
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