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The Polemical Creed of a ‘Bewildering Breed’: Reflections on the First Crusade

The Polemical Creed of a ‘Bewildering Breed’: Reflections on the First Crusade

May 14, 2026

The crusader zeal and its attendant polemic established critical precedents for the proliferation of Anti-Islamic tropes and narratives in the premodern period. Throughout the four crusades, these narratives settled in the European canon and the Christian collective ‘psyche’. The discourse produced in this period is foundational in that it ‘sets the stage’ for contextualizing the manifestation of Islamophobic rhetoric across the Latin West, Iberia, and the colonies of European empires.

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Report: Humanitarianism and the Exclusion of Muslim Charities from the Financial Sector

Report: Humanitarianism and the Exclusion of Muslim Charities from the Financial Sector

April 27, 2026

A policy report addresses the downstream unintended consequences on Canadian Muslim charities, especially humanitarian ones, of Canada’s anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist financing, and sanctions regime.

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Muslims and Ontario’s Child Welfare System: Preliminary Findings

Muslims and Ontario’s Child Welfare System: Preliminary Findings

April 9, 2026

This piece explores preliminary findings about Muslim children’s involvements with Ontario’s CASs based on data from Freedom of Information Requests.

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Launch of new data report on Muslim demographics

Launch of new data report on Muslim demographics

October 31, 2025

The Institute of Islamic Studies (IIS), in partnership with Islamic Relief Canada (IRC) are excited to launch a new data report titled: Canadian Muslim Demographics, Socioeconomics, Social Attitudes, and Experiential Outcomes. The report offers a data analysis of the makeup of Canadian Muslim communities and how they are evolving over time. BackgroundIn 2023, IRC approached […]

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