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Here is a link of an article explaining the whole situation if you'd like to read that but I'll also do my best to summarize what I've understood so far: Get ready for a long but very important read, Basically on November 11 in Canada it is rememberance day. This is to mark the end of the first world war which ended on November 11 on the 11 when the ceasefire was called and the war officially ended. This day is about remembering the soldier who lost their life in the battle of WW1 and to remember what atrocities war does to society and how we should be grateful to live in peace. Robert Borden secondary school a high school in Ottawa decided to play: Haza Salam. This is a song that translates to "This is peace". This song was released in 2023 shortly after the bombing attacks on Gaza. The principal played this song to remind the students there is still war going on in Gaza and remind them about peace. Apparently this high school has a decent Jewish population and the parents and students Ottawa are outraged. They believe this song in Arabic is anti semitic and this is leading to numerous Islamophobic comments on across social media. This isn't random people as well. Big politicians are commenting on the event calling it "woke activists" who are trying to push their personnol opinions on remembrance day. The principal had stated earlier that remembrance day was always about "some white guy who did something for the military". I did some digging on Instagram and some students from the high school have made comments saying that, the song was organized by the Muslim students of the school and that the Principal allowed it as he only saw it as a sign of peace Here's where things get weird especially in Canada. This song while it is about the peace that isn't happening in Gaza, it doesn't actually say anything about Palestine in it. It just talks about peace. Something which should be talked about on remembrance day. It's been called many times by many people as anti semitic, as of playing a song about peace is somehow anti semitic just because it's in Arabic. A lot of this support for the Jewish community because of the song is coming from Christians and other white people wtih European decent, I can see this because after digging and pressing on profiles with these comments they have bible references and crosses in their bio. You can see from their profile pictures they are white also. The history of Canada is filled with terrible actions from European colonizers. They stole the land from Indigenous people and took it as their own to create what Canada is today. I'm not going to give a history lesson right now but as a human being everyone should be educated on the wrongs done to Indigenous people in Canada. Every morning Indigenous people around Canada are forced to hear our national anthem in schools. This is a song made by European colonizers and it says "our native land". It's not their native land it's Indigenous peoples native land but they don't cry every morning. They have to sit through it painfully as they hear the clear Injustices of their past being reminded to them every day and nothing about that changing. Why is is that playing an Arabic song about peace is somehow so triggering to the Jewish community. Nothing about the song or anything in the ceremony was anti semitic. The pictures I've included above are from and Instagram accounts called ShottawaTv. They focus on many news related incidents in the city of Ottawa. The statement ive included is from Lisa MacLeod. She is a member of parliament and she is the representative for Nepean (around the area where the school is in). She is already known about being very Pro Is real and her statement is absolutely terrible. They are trying to get the principal fired as well. He released an apology which was very half done. Its clear he's apologizing because the media is mad at him but it's clear he also doesn't truly regret allowing the song to be played. I posted this here because the cou try is starting to get torn up. Miseducated people are standing up for these big politicians because they don't know who too trust. Obviously the big western politicians are all pro Israel. Even though this world may not be very black and white, when it comes to mob mentality it it. A massive portion of our country is seeing this as pro Islam and anti semitic behavior. All over a song about peace in another language mind you. I want people to start sharing this story. Show the state of this city and country. They talk every day about being a multicultural country and how they are making reparations with indigenous people but an Arabic song crosses the line. There is already so much Islamophobia in Canada and as a Muslim myself I feel worried about the state of this country. Canada isn't a very reported on country and news like this barely makes it put of the province. If this had happened in the USA it would be a major global outrage. So I want to try and do my part to start here. This story needs to come out. Jewish communities are demanding apologies for playing am Arabic song. If they are given what they want stuff will never change. We will always have to bend down to the power hungry politicians. Peace is something fragile and the world needs to be remindinded. Talking about it in another language however doesn't make it racist or anti semitic In any way. [link] [comments] |
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