{"id":70199,"date":"2020-10-15T13:49:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T17:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&p=70199"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:37:19","slug":"caliphate-podcast-islamophobia","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/caliphate-podcast-islamophobia\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Caliphate’ podcast and its fallout reveal the extent of Islamophobia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n 'Caliphate' podcast and its fallout reveal the extent of Islamophobia\n <\/h1>\n \n <\/header>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <\/path>\n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

On Sept. 25, the RCMP arrested Shehroze Chaudhry<\/a>, a Muslim man, for allegedly fabricating his affiliation with the Islamic State group (ISIS). Chaudhry \u2014 popularly referred to by his supposed nom de guerre, Abu Huzayfah \u2014 had been the subject of numerous news stories<\/a> since 2017. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most notably, in 2018, Chaudhry was the focus of Rukmini Callimachi\u2019s award-winning New York Times<\/em> podcast, Caliphate<\/em><\/a>. In it Chaudhry provided graphic details of his role within ISIS, the veracity of which is now being questioned. Chaudhry had previously been interrogated about his involvement with ISIS by Canadian national security agencies but was not charged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nevertheless, Callimachi\u2019s misleading reporting at the Times<\/em> prompted debates in Parliament<\/a>, raising fears about an \u201cISIS terrorist\u201d and \u201cdespicable animal \u2026 freely walking the streets of Toronto.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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