Recent Publication: Islamophobic violence as a form of gender-based violence: a qualitative study with Muslim women in Canada

Sidrah discusses gender-based violence and Islamophobic violence in her presentation in Ajax, Ontario in the video below (May take a few moments to load from YouTube).

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Islamophobic violence against Muslim women in Canada is real, serious, and needs immediate attention. It is both gender-based violence and racist violence.

My new research article "Islamophobic violence as a form of gender-based violence: a qualitative study with Muslim women in Canada" has been published by the Journal of Gender-Based Violence, a peer-reviewed, international journal based in Britain, and published by Bristol University Press.

The article covers the experiences of 21 Muslim women survivors of Islamophobic violence in Toronto, Canada.

This article provides:

• The first qualitative research study on Islamophobic violence against Muslim women in the Canadian context
• A discussion of the different forms of Islamophobic gender-based violence reported by participants, including attempted femicide, physical assault, sexual assault and verbal assault, and intimate partner violence
• A suggestion of a new term: ‘Islamophobic gender-based violence’. This term helps us name the violence that Muslim women face due to the combined effect of misogyny and Islamophobia
• A discussion of how stereotypes of Muslim women being "passive", "weak" and "oppressed" make them more vulnerable to being targeted for Islamophobic violence

Access: Access the article online here

Contact: If you have questions about the article, please email Sidrah Ahmad at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Article citation: Ahmad, S.M. (2019) Islamophobic violence as a form of gender-based violence: a qualitative study with Muslim women in Canada, Journal of Gender-Based Violence, DOI: 10.1332/239868019X15492770695379