Published 24 November 2021 at 06.49
Abroad. The School Board of Toronto in Canada has canceled a book meeting with the Yazidi Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad. This with reference to the fact that Muslim students could “be offended” by the event, reports The Print.
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When she was 19 years old, Nadia Murad was taken as a sex slave by the Islamic State – who also killed the men in her village in northern Iraq in 2014.
In 2018, she received the Nobel Peace Prize for her work against sexual violence as a weapon in war and conflict.
In February next year, Nadia Murad would visit a book club run by the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and talk about her book, which is about her escape from IS.
The school board has, however, canceled the event, pointing out that Murad's book can “promote Islamophobia” and “offend” Muslim students.
The decision has drawn criticism – as has TDSB: 's decision earlier this autumn to burn 5,000 children's books that are considered “offensive” to indigenous peoples, reports The Print.