The racially motivated attack on a Muslim family in London, Ontario is all the more shocking because it happened on the street and away from a place of worship, drawing a comparison to the 2017 deadly attack at a mosque in Quebec City, says Associate Professor of History at Queen’s University

“People walking on the street are being targeted.” An associate professor who teaches a course on the History of Islamophobia at Queen’s University says the racially motivated attack on a Muslim family in London, Ontario is all the more disturbing because it happened on the street and away from a place of worship, drawing a comparison to the 2017 deadly attack at a mosque in Quebec City.