OTTAWA—The federal government has named human rights advocate Amira Elghawaby as Canada’s first special representative on combating Islamophobia, fulfilling a top ask from the country’s Muslim community after members of London’s Afzaal family lost their lives in a shocking 2021 attack. Elghawaby, a contributing columnist at the Star, leads strategic communications for the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and was one of the founding board members of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network. She also sits on the National Security Transparency Advisory Group, which advises the deputy minister of public safety on national security policies and practices. “Islamophobia and other xenophobic behaviours, including...