First, you may or may not have seen the National Post’s handling of the opinion of some senior members of the Canada Arab Federation towards Canada, a land which took these people in presumably when their own nations had become so inhospitable that it was easier to move to Canada away from all friends, family, language, familiar surroundings, religion and decent weather. I would also wager that most of those in the CAF had come as refugees as opposed to legal immigrants but that is a small matter.
When the NP pointed out these opinions one CAF member responded with a blog post of his own resorting to the predictable sanctimony of alleged mistreatment of aboriginals in Canada and saying he would never accept Canada Day until they did.
Here is that post:
Thursday, July 2, 2009
I will celebrate “Canada Day” when the natives doBy Omar Shaban
This statement is in response to all the speculations and assumptions made about me in the media regarding a position that I took in a personal message on facebook. My facebook status did read “F*** Canada Day”, and it was followed by a few other comments in response to some of the questions that people posted. Some consider that taking this position is disgraceful and shameful but I tend to disagree.
First of all, my statement clearly did not reflect CAF’s position; it was my own personal opinion.
Secondly, I said “F*** Canada Day” and I regret the dark history that this country has. On our silent government’s behalf, I apologize to the indigenous people for this, and sincerely wish it had not happened to you. I apologize to the indigenous people of Canada because their feelings are not taken into consideration at “Canada Day” celebrations. I apologize to them because they had to be slaughtered, killed, massacred, diseased and dispossessed to establish Canada. And I apologize to the indigenous people because they continue to live in reserves under miserable and dire conditions that no so-called “Canadian” would accept to live under.
I also apologize for being a citizen of a country that followed George Bush’s orders and went to Afghanistan. I apologize for being a citizen of a country that imposed sanctions on the Palestinian people because they followed Canada’s own advice and elected a new government democratically. I apologize because it was Canada’s own Lester Pearson that masterminded the notorious Partition Plan of Palestine, and it was Canada’s own Paul Martin who compared Canada’s values with Israel’s values, and it was Canada’s own Michael Ignatieff who legitimized Israel’s onslaught on Gaza in Dec 08/Jan 09.
I did not resign from CAF because “it was felt that [I] had to correct that” and that “[I] decided that the best thing for [me] to do was to resign” (http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/07/02/9997971-sun.html); I resigned from CAF because I do not want to be part of an organization that openly refuses to acknowledge Canada’s colonial and shameful history.
We are only lying to ourselves if we deny the dark past that Canada was founded on. Canada Day is seen as tragic by its true indigenous population. When Canada Day is celebrated for true freedom and not mourned by the indigenous population of Canada for its colonial and dark past, I will gladly show them my support. When the country I was born in, shames me with its colonial mindset, I refuse to celebrate it, and will not apologize for refusing to do so.
I WILL celebrate Canada Day, only when it is accepted as legitimate by the indigenous people.
Omar Shaban
Perhaps it is time to have a look at how aboriginal people are treated in the Islamic world. They do not get special land rights. They do not own casinos. They do not have the unfettered right to their own religion, beliefs, and history and have it subsidized by the Muslim majority. Let’s have a look:
Link: Interesting? Perhaps you may want to have a look at this. Make sure your airplane bag is on tight first…
How about a little contemporary reading on the subject of Islam and Aboriginality? Lets start with Islam destroys Aboriginality – Destructive Muslim fishermen: Part 1 of 3
‘Islam makes it incumbent on all adult males, provided they are not disabled and incapacitated, to prepare themselves for the conquest of countries so that the writ of Islam is obeyed in every country of the world. But those who study Islamic holy war will know why Islam wants to conquer the whole world…. those who know nothing of Islam pretend that Islam councils against war. Those (who say this) are witless….. Islam says: kill the unbelievers … Kill them (the non-Muslims), put them to the sword and scatter (their armies)…. Islam says whatever good there is exists thanks to the sword and the shadow of the sword! People cannot be made obedient except by the sword! The sword is the key to paradise which can be opened only for holy warriors! There are hundreds of (koranic) psalms and hadiths (sayings of the prophet) urging Muslims to value war and to fight…(Ibn Warraq 1995 P11-12, quoting Amir Taheri pp226-227 Holy Terror London 1987)
Well, I’d say Canada should say “F*** all the Arabs WHICH say f*** Canada Day; and if Canada is such a rotten place in their worthless opinion, they should perhaps pack up and go live in all the ‘prosperity’, ‘stability’, ‘peace’, ‘security’, ‘cleanliness’, ‘harmony’, ‘progress’, ‘tolerance’, ‘perfection’ and ‘high living standards’ of Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Porkistan, Iraq, Somalia, Afghanistan, Sudan, etc.” But, as I usually close such thoughts where my wishful thinking abounds, we can’t expect our sackless, gutless, too-eager-to-appease-the-mahoundian-scum leaders to do or say the right thing, can we?
Meanwhile, A-rab leaders or their mahound-worshiping surrogates go on screaming “death to the filthy kufr”, “we will conquer (without the definite article) UK, we will conquer (without the definite article) USA, we will conquer Rome, we will take back al-Andalus.” And, on the rare occasion that a Western political leader might ask them what that crap is all about, the usual “my friend or I was quoted out of context” excuse allowes them to get away with saying what they say.
*blush*
The concern over Canadian Aboriginals is touching; and sudden. Glancing over the CAF’s front page I find nothing at all mentioning this issue.
At the end of the day, the CAF’s prime concern is the Palestinians, followed by resisting any Canadian and western attempts to battle the growth of Islamist radicalism. And it’s Arab members are all happily living in Occupied Canada.
Great Post!
this is such a typical case of “concealment through distraction”. Concealing the fact that muslims aren´t suppose to celebrate anything with the kufaar by diverting attention to something which is uncomfortable to speak about for the kufaar. – effectively achieving the objctive: silenced criticism.
theories of lies and deceit is the only truely islamic science
keep an eye on them!
Brad what is interesting is even the concern for the ‘Palestinians’ is feighned. Yassir Arafat even knew that and mentioned it often. Muslims use the ‘Palestinians’ as a device to create hatred for the jews and the idea of an autonomous non Muslim zone within Dar Al Islam. They care as much about the people in Gaza and West bank as they do about the people in the Swat Valley. If the rest of the Arab world really did care they could solve the problem in 30 seconds by taking them in.
The Jews are the indiginous people of the arab peninsula
Frank is dead on the money on both posts.
The Canadian Islamic Congress has also hidden behind Canada’s aboriginal peoples. Both the CAF and the CIC are radical groups interested in promoting Islamic extremism.