不列颠哥伦比亚省保守党竞选总监凯蒂·梅里菲尔德因在今年早些时候在社交媒体上分享反伊斯兰帖子而面临批评，就在该党因另一名候选人发布冒犯性内容将其解雇仅仅几天之后。
The campaign director for the B.C. Conservatives is facing criticism over anti-Islam posts she shared on social media earlier this year, just days after the party fired another candidate over his own offensive posts.
凯蒂·梅里菲尔德在六月于X平台上针对英国关于儿童性剥削的调查发帖称：“操伊斯兰。捍卫西方文明。”该帖子后来被删除。
Campaign director Katy Merrifield posted on X in June in response to a U.K. inquiry about child sexual exploitation: "F--k Islam. Defend Western civilization."
“我们对不列颠哥伦比亚省保守党竞选总监凯蒂·梅里菲尔德的言论深感伤痛……以及她随后几篇展示推广伊斯兰恐惧症观点模式的帖子，”加拿大穆斯林全国委员会（NCCM）在周五的一篇X平台帖子中写道。
The post was later removed. "We are deeply hurt by the comments made by B.C. Conservative Campaign Director Katy Merrifield ... [and] several subsequent posts that demonstrate a pattern of promoting Islamophobic views," the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) wrote in a post on X Friday.
这发生在该党因乔阿基姆·阿古（Joachim Agou）——其维多利亚-比肯山选区候选人——在本周曝光的针对巴勒斯坦人和巴基斯坦人的冒犯性社交媒体帖子而将其开除之后，而委员会表示，这使得梅里菲尔德的帖子尤为令人担忧。
This comes after the party dropped Joachim Agou, its candidate for Victoria-Beacon Hill, over offensive social media posts targeting Palestinians and Pakistanis that came to light this week, which the council said made Merrifield's posts especially concerning. B.C.
不列颠哥伦比亚省保守党因冒犯性社交媒体帖子解除维多利亚-比肯山候选人职务。梅里菲尔德曾任联邦保守党领袖皮埃尔·波利耶弗的传播主管，现为不列颠哥伦比亚省保守党竞选总监，而非候选人。
Conservatives drop Victoria-Beacon Hill candidate after offensive social media posts Merrifield, who previously worked as head of communications for federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, is the campaign director for the B.C. Conservative Party and not a candidate.
她在周五的一篇帖子中承认了自己过去的言论，称这些言论源于她作为强奸幸存者的经历，以及在阅读英国涉及幼女性虐待的案件后，因当局未能保护受害者而感到“心碎、震惊和愤怒”。
She acknowledged her past comments in a post Friday, saying they stemmed from her experience as a rape survivor and from feeling "heartbroken, horrified and angry" after reading accounts of sexual abuse involving young girls in the U.K. and the failure of authorities to protect them.
“我在几小时内删除了原帖，因为我的愤怒是针对用于正当化这些可怕罪行的极端主义，而非针对穆斯林或他们的信仰，”梅里菲尔德写道。
"I took down my original post within hours because my anger was directed at the extremism used to justify these horrific crimes, not at Muslims or their faith," Merrifield wrote.
但加拿大穆斯林全国委员会表示：“[梅里菲尔德]从未就其言论道歉，也未认识到其造成的伤害，”并补充说她也没有回应委员会所称的她在社交媒体上持续传播“一系列问题信息”的模式。
But the NCCM said "at no point did [Merrifield] apologize for her statement or recognize the pain it caused," adding that she also did not address what it called a pattern of promoting "a range of problematic messages" on social media.
“加拿大政治的任何领域都不应容纳仇恨，”加拿大穆斯林全国委员会说道。
"There is no room for hate in any area of Canadian politics," the NCCM said.
伊斯兰恐惧症上升 加拿大穆斯林委员会（NCCM）表示，不列颠哥伦比亚省出现了伊斯兰恐惧症的显著上升，并指出涉及车辆冲撞人群、对伊玛目发动袭击以及清真寺被破坏的事件。
Rise in Islamophobia The NCCM said B.C. has seen a significant rise in Islamophobia, pointing to incidents involving vehicles being driven at people, attacks on imams and vandalism at mosques.
警方正在调查发送给加拿大各地穆斯林学校的威胁邮件 加拿大统计局的数据显示，2020年至2024年间，加拿大警方报告的针对穆斯林的仇恨犯罪案件从84起增加至229起，增长约173%。
Police investigating threatening email sent to Muslim schools across Canada Statistics Canada figures show police-reported hate crimes targeting Muslims across Canada rose by roughly 173 per cent between 2020 and 2024 from 84 incidents to 229.
六月，维多利亚的一位伊玛目表示，他在家门口被一名男子袭击，该男子告诉他“滚回你的国家去”。加拿大穆斯林委员会写道：“我们将就这些令人担忧的揭露与不列颠哥伦比亚省保守党进行善意的对话，但伊斯兰恐惧症必须得到解决。” “这必须是一个两党承诺。”
In June, a Victoria imam said he was assaulted outside his home by a man who told him to "go back to your country." "We will engage in good-faith conversation with the B.C. Conservatives about these troubling revelations, but Islamophobia must be addressed," the NCCM wrote. "This must be a bipartisan commitment."
批评与回应 不列颠哥伦比亚省新民主党领袖大卫·埃比周六上午在科特尼接受记者采访时表示，NCCM所指出的梅里菲尔德的帖子“充满仇恨，针对我们省内一个非常特定的宗教群体”，应受到后果。
Criticism and response B.C. NDP Leader David Eby spoke to reporters Saturday morning from Courtenay, B.C., saying Merrifield’s posts highlighted by the NCCM were "so hateful, directed to a very specific religious community in our province," and deserved consequences.
他说，如果在不列颠哥伦比亚省信奉伊斯兰教的穆斯林可能成为一个主要政党竞选主管的攻击目标，那么“这个省内的任何社区都不安全。” “[多克森]必须把她撤下。”埃比说。
He said if Muslims practising Islam in B.C. can be targeted by the campaign director of a major political party, then "no community in this province is safe." "[Doerkson] has to remove her," Eby said.
加拿大广播公司（CBC News）曾向不列颠哥伦比亚省保守党领袖洛恩·多克森寻求评论，但在出版前未收到回复。
CBC News asked B.C. Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson for a statement but did not receive one before publication.
不列颠哥伦比亚省保守党以其萨里市中心选区候选人泽山·瓦赫拉的声明回应了置评请求。
The B.C. Conservative Party replied to a request for comment with a statement from Zeeshan Wahla, its candidate for Surrey City Centre.
Wahla 表示，Merrifield 几个月前在原始帖子中使用的语言是"不可接受的"，但她也指出，Merrifield 的反应显然是"受到她过去性创伤的影响"。
Wahla said the language used in Merrifield’s original post from several months ago was "unacceptable," but said it was clear her reaction was "informed by her past sexual trauma."
他说，Agou 因帖子被撤销候选人资格与 Merrifield 的情况之间的区别在于，前候选人是在"煽动暴力"，而 Merrifield 是在"对暴力作出反应"。BC 省保守党领袖 Elenore Sturko 在周五发布到 Instagram 的视频中表示，就在 BC 省保守党因"网络上的种族主义、令人憎恶的垃圾内容"解雇一名候选人一天后，竞选团队另一名成员的过去帖子被曝光。"还是老一套人和老一套保守党，"她说。
He said the difference between Agou being dropped over his posts and Merrifield’s situation comes down to the former candidate "inciting violence," while Merrifield was "reacting to violence." CentreBC Leader Elenore Sturko, in a video posted to Instagram Friday, said just a day after the B.C. Conservatives fired a candidate over "racist, deplorable garbage on the internet," past posts from another member of the campaign team had come to light. "It’s the same old people and the same old Conservative party," she said.
Sturko 表示，如果 Doerkson"不能为所有不列颠哥伦比亚省人挺身而出"，那么他就不应该"站出来并要求被任命为省长"。
Sturko said if Doerkson "can’t stand up for all British Columbians," then he should not "stand up and ask to be made premier."