Canada witnessing rise in Islamophobia, says: Trudeau

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Islamophobia has been fed by populism and the politics of division, adding that Canada is witnessing a rise in hatred against Muslims.

There are politicians who have been stoking hatred and division that we as a government have been pushing back against, said Trudeau in an interview with Global News on Monday.

The Canadian government is hosting a national summit on Islamophobia on Thursday.

Canadian Parliament unanimously voted in favour of a motion calling for a national summit on Islamophobia in June, following the attack in London, Ontario, that killed four members of a Muslim family as they were out for an evening walk.

We are seeing a rise in Islamophobia right across the country, said Trudeau in the Global News interview.