(Winnipeg Free Press) Raheel Raza knows that she has undertaken a monumental task. But after spending decades fighting for human rights, speaking up against intolerance, and building interfaith bridges, she is confident that she — a Muslim Canadian woman — is up for this latest challenge. That challenge is to combat global anti-Semitism, or what she describes as the most virulent, pervasive and lethal form of hatred.
Earlier this spring, Raza and a group of like-minded Muslim activists officially launched the Council of Muslims Against Antisemitism (CMAA), the first global Muslim organization dedicated solely to fighting anti-Semitism in all its guises. The council’s inaugural program was a virtual commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Raza lives in Toronto but was raised in Pakistan, where she began to question the status quo and advocate for human rights at a young age after witnessing so much inequity and gender discrimination in that society.
