Posted on 02/03/2017 6:20:01 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
A Surrey, B.C.-based helpline for Muslim women has been flooded with calls following President Trump's executive order on immigration, and a shooting in a Quebec city mosque.
Nisa, an Arabic word for women, is a free, confidential helpline offering counseling services to Muslim women all across Canada and the U.S.
Director Tanweer Ebrahim said this week has been particularly difficult for the Muslim community.
"People are scared of the repercussions the ban will bring, and also after the Quebec shooting, people are frightened," she said.
She said Muslim women can feel particularly vulnerable in public places.
"Muslim women can easily be identified by their hijab, so they were asking what 'what should we do to protect ourselves and our children, should we remove our hijab?'" she said.
"We tell them don't remove it ... embrace your identity."
A difficult start to 2017
Apart from this week, calls to the helpline also spiked in the days before and after U.S. President Donald Trump's inauguration. It averages around 500 calls a month and received more than 6,000 in all of 2016, according to Nisa's website.
Ebrahim said the expressions of support coming from the community have been uplifting despite the challenges of the past two months.
"It's been amazing to see other communities and religions standing in solidarity, not just nationally but also internationally, with leaders coming out and supporting the Muslim community," she said.
"February 1st was World Hijab Day, and non-Muslim women were coming out and saying, we have your back."
The helpline commonly receives calls from people experiencing domestic abuse and mental health challenges. They also answer common questions about religion practices and taboos.
"Our purpose is to offer that first-hand help to the caller," explained Ebrahim. "If we feel that this person needs additional professional help, we will then ask where they are so we can provide the resources that can better help them."
No wonder the left makes common cause with them. They act exactly the same.
“should we remove our hijab?’”
Should you assimilate?
“”Muslim women can easily be identified by their hijab, so they were asking what ‘what should we do to protect ourselves and our children, should we remove our hijab?’” she said.
“We tell them don’t remove it ... embrace your identity.”
So if we all go around with our MAGA hats the libs will be okay with that?
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The WH should have an army of interns who do nothing but call organizations like this, every day, and remind them there is no ban.
Every day.
Every day.
No Ban.
Crybullies.
Then we need to look inward at the socialist plague and cure it once and for all.
“should we remove our hijab?’”
It’s an eyesore, but it is useful to know who is a dangerous jihadist.
Are the girls, on average, better or worse looking than at a typical American club?
Fake news.
They play the victim because to the looney left there is no higher status than the non-white, non-Christian victim.
Let them think it is a ban. It should help keep them from trying to get here. Trump is brilliant.
Who’s so afraid that they’re leaving?
FAR SUPERIOR. All full nudity too unlike stupid American clubs. There’s a reason why the parking is full of Washington US plates.
Could these be the same Muslim women who raise their children to scream, “Death to America”, and to be pint-sized, bomb-carrying terrorists? THOSE Muslim women? Screw ‘em.
Sounds like a FReeper troll heaven to me.
They don’t call a Helpline when their husbands beat and rape them, but get upset and need to talk to someone because of a Presidential Order. Go figure.
Those Muzzie b*tches sure do whine a lot.
They’ve learned to play the system like a Stradivarius.
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