Islamophobia Legal Assistance Hotline
Free confidential legal advice if you feel that you have been discriminated against, harassed, or faced violence because you are Muslim or are perceived to be Muslim.
Have you been treated differently and badly because you are Muslim or perceived to be Muslim?
Islamophobia can be experienced in many different ways. These are just some examples:
| • Harassment | • Violence |
| • Profiling | • Discrimination |
| • Exclusion | • Refusal of service |
| • Property destruction | • Threats |
| • Bullying |
If you have experienced or witnessed Islamophobia, call our number for help and information.
We are a group of lawyers and legal organizations in Vancouver who have come together to provide our support to Muslims or those perceived to be Muslims in BC who have been or could be the subject of discrimination and attacks. We want those who have suffered from these various forms of discrimination because of their faith and/or racial background to know that there are lawyers in BC who are committed to assisting with the difficult task of holding those who commit such acts to account by our legal institutions.
Access Probono has set up a hotline where people can call on a confidential basis to speak to a lawyer about possible discrimination claims or hate crimes for no charge. We will also be documenting, without identifying information, the types of issues that are being reported through this hotline.
Supporting Organizations
- Victim Support Services
- Free & Sliding Scale Counseling
- Community Based Victim Services
- Multilingual Legal Resources
If you are a victim of a hate crime, or have witnessed a hate crime, help is available through victim services and other resources.
- Speak to a Victim Service Worker by calling VictimLink BC at 1-800-563-0808 (confidential and multilingual)
- Contact Police Based Victims Services by calling 1-877-869-0720.
- Contact the Youth Against Violence Line at 1-800-680-4264 (confidential and multilingual).
Oak Counselling 604-266-5611
Adler Centre 604-742-1818
Scarfe Counselling 604-827-1523
UBC Psychology Clinic 604-822-3005
New Westminster UBC Counselling Centre 604-525-6651
SFU Counselling Clinics 604-587-7320 (Surrey) 778-782-4720 (Burnaby)
SUCCESS (multilingual) 604-408-7266
Qmunity (LGBTQ) 604-684-5307
Free confidential and multilingual counseling, support groups, information about the criminal justice system and the court process, court accompaniment, and referrals.
- Aboriginal Wellness Program
- Broadway Youth Resource Centre
- Battered Women’s Support Services
- Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre
- Ending Violence Association of BC (EVA BC)
- MOSAIC Multicultural Victim Services
- Pacific Community Resources Society
- Vancouver and Lower Mainland Multicultural Family Support Services Society
- Women Against Violence Against Women
- Multilingual Legal Glossary
- Your Rights if You Are a Victim of Crime
- Court Information Program for Immigrants
- 604-660-6087 (Chinese and Vietnamese)
- 604-660-6090 (Spanish)
- 604-760-5727 (Punjabi and Hindi)
Hasan Alam – 778 995 6786
Krisha Dhaliwal – 604 681 9887
Peter Edelmann – 604 626 9454
Zool Suleman – 604 685 8472
Islamophobia hotline launched in Vancouver
A new hotline is being launched in Vancouver as a response to an increase in the number of racial and faith based attacks against Muslims in Canada. The hotline is to support people who experience discrimination or fear of violence because of their association to Islam.
Vancouver lawyers launch free, confidential Islamophobia hotline
People of the Islamic faith who feel discriminated against in B.C. now have a way to make their concerns known. An Islamophobia Legal Assistance Hotline was launched by members of Vancouver’s legal community this morning
B.C. legal groups set up hotline to help victimized Muslims
Legal groups and lawyers in Vancouver have banded together to launch a hotline for Muslims who have faced discrimination in British Columbia because of their religion. The Islamophobia Legal Assistance Hotline is supported by various organizations including the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, the B.C. branch of the Canadian Bar Association and groups that represent black, Asian and South Asian lawyers
New B.C. phone line aims to tackle Muslim discrimination
Legal groups in B.C. are tackling rising rates of Muslim discrimination by introducing the Islamophobia Legal Assistance Hotline. The hotline will offer free legal aid to those experiencing faith-related hate crimes, which are on the rise, according to lawyer Hasan Alam who helped create the hotline.