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Today the Alberta Human Rights Commission dropped all charges against journalist/publisher Ezra Levant for reprinting the infamous Danish cartoons in 2006. On the surface we can applaud this decision, but when looking at the circumstances surrounding this “win” in its broader context, there is little victory in realizing that radical Islam has succeeded in altering the value of freedom of speech in this country.

Director Yasmeen Nizam of the Edmonton Council of Muslim Communities, told the National Post: “We thought this was a good way to bring our concerns to the attention of the public. Obviously we didn’t want this to continue, so (another goal was) perhaps to discourage people from further maligning our prophet and our religion…….we wanted it to have a deterrent effect.”

Ms. Nizam’s statement is a perfectly reasonable one for someone in the business of issuing fatwas, Saudi style.  As disappointed as the members of the ECMC claim to be, I can’t help but surmise this entire episode as one small step forward for sharia. By launching a complaint with the Alberta HRC and securing a position with a quasi-legitimate provincial body where truth is no defense, Islamists did indeed bring their concerns to the attention of the public garnering sympathy from Islamist apologizers and moral/cultural relativists. Had the same complaint been launched in a legitimate court complete with proper rules of common law, due diligence and fair representation and defense, the case would not have seen the light of day. No case, no attention. Nine hundred days of mock justice in an ill-equipped institution is ample time to garner publicity.

The other goal; to discourage people from further maligning the prophet and Islam, may again find a level of success for the Whabbist mind. Punish by process. Intimidate the press with threats of law fare. Deter and restrict.

Ms. Nizam and her co-directors have not yet realized that they do not live in Saudi Arabia. I am equally fascinated by the fact that the many petty bureaucrats employed at various HRC’s do not realize they live in Canada. Ezra Levant is correct in his assertion that today’s ruling is a “hollow victory”. A win through acquittal is not a victory when he has already served his sentence through Ms. Nizam’s long process, and so the ECMC has achieved its primary goal(s).

Grace

This coming Monday, July 14, the Canadian Arab Federation is hosting an evening event in downtown Toronto discussing what Islamists really believe happened on September 11, 2001. I suspect that the Canadian Islamic Congress will be supportive of the initiative as Dr. Elmasry loves a good lie. Not that they would of course, participate in such immorality, for that kind of base undertaking is reserved only for western infidels and media liars, primarily of the American stars and stripe brand. The aim of Monday’s evening discussion is to inform attendees of the truth, something Islamists believe they are in true posession of. 9/11 was a grandiose American conspiracy and the arrest of the Toronto 17 was a set-up by the Canadian government, designed to undermine the well being and cultural prosperity of Canadian Muslims.

Don’t bother reading the lies and distortion of any western newspaper when you can glean the truth from much of the Middle Eastern media and Islamist web sites. Forget tuning in to the bigotry of Canadian television newscasters, when fact and objectivity concerning global events are found on the principled al-jazeera network. And please, please, don’t be a pawn of the United States massive propaganda machine when the tolerant Muslim world’s accuracy of global affairs is so necessary and neglected in an increasingly colonialized and troubled world. For the truest of the true, go to www.canadianislamiccongress.com.   

For a mere $12.00 you can attend the July 14th seminar, a guaranteed good time for anyone interested in learning the Islamic version of the events of the morning of 9/11. Academics and religious/cultural leaders will uncover what they deem an obvious American government plot to murder over 3,000 of it’s own people to justify waging war against Islam and the ensuing rise of Islamophobia through a suffocating right wing media all in the name of “us” and “them”. (I have to wonder if members of al-quaeda might feel slighted, having fellow Muslims attribute their glory of martyrdom to the Great Satan). Anyway, maybe the ticket price will include a sentimental brief mention and nod to bin-laden, a non-alcoholic beverage with a halal food item and a complimentary take home photo with a smiling Imam. Good eats, good truth, good times.

I am not at all surprised that the CAF is hosting this tete a tete. Canada’s tolerant image applauds and depends upon the participation of all, including lunatics, phobes and liars. We’re even willing to fund them with tax-payers money with churches opening their doors to support a venue for Islamist spew. Cultural diversity and religious robe rubbing means collective idiocy, not to mention without the nutbars, the Canadian landscape would be less colourful and diverse and frankly, would leave me little to write about these days. Mind you, I could probably find something far less disturbing, say achievements and discoveries from the civilized world. 

Extremist, phobic rhetoric is common throughout the Muslim world and much of it has made it’s way to western nations. The shame campaign by Islamist organizations to brand any and all who question extremism as Islamophobic is clearly designed to advance jihad, and to deflect responsibility away from a troublesome, often violent source. In Canada, Islamic, radical sentiment by such groups (which obviously despise western ideals) is rarely morally, and never officially, taken to task for exposing many Canadians to hatred and contempt. Yet, this kind of event is clearly that; a forum for Islamic, fundamentalist ideology intended to promote anti western sentiment and belittle Canada, the sensitivities of the majority of it’s citizenry and the United States. Could it be time to launch human rights complaints against these organizations for their intolerance and shameless bigotry? If I wasn’t so against the proven Orwellian antics of human rights commissions and longed for their demise, I would have done so already, but I am deeply committed to the right to arseholery for all, as offensive as it is. Members of the CAF and CIC have the right to be idiots, bigots and schtupes for political Islam.

Johnathan Kay, National Post columnist writes in today’s edition of the July 14 revelation of truth. Please go to www.nationalpost.com, and read ” Embarrassing Canadian Arabs”. Are Arab Canadians truly embarrassed by a group who claims to speak for their majority as does the CIC? Surely, the Muslim community must realize in whole or in part, that these groups are nothing more than petty bandits of Islamic extremism and should be shamed and ostracized out of existence. I suppose we’ll have a better idea of how deep the embarrassement truly goes on Tuesday morning when we realize the number of attendants and intellectual enthusiasts. Happy Conspiracy Day!!!!

Grace 

With Barak Obama’s victory, political pundits and commentators alike have said ” Obama has broken a barrier as the first African American to have become a presidentail candidate”.

It is indeed a fact that Obama is the first African American to find himself so close to the Oval Office, and to praise him for a well fought, successful campaign is appropriate. However, to credit him for breaking the race barrier is misplaced.

The credit can only belong to the American people; it is they who broke the race barrier and Barak, the recipient of an unshakable democracy. To the many critics of the United States and to those despots whose lives revolve around the continuous demonization and chants of feverish threats of death to “the great Satan” I only have this to say: The United States of America is the strongest nation on earth because of it’s unyielding democratic principle; the free will of it’s people, pride in individualism, collective patriotism and opportunity for all. Other nations may boast the same in document, but few, if any, can claim the same reality.

Grace  

Since September 11, 2001 westerners have been asking moderate Muslims to denounce terrorist activity. The admonishments have been few and far between with most supplying only well crafted, insincere criticism of barbarism followed by support and justification for “the struggle of jihad”.  

Among the few and far between is the Muslim Canadian Congress. An organization of progressive thinking moderate Muslims, this group is quick to counter the implementation of shari’a and expose the ill-truths and anti-semitism recited time and again by other fundamentalist Saudi inspired groups, namely the Canadian Islamic Congress. In doing so, they put themselves at risk, where ridicule and threats are regular by-products of their “unIslamic” stance.

Despite the risks involved, they continue to challenge the radical element in Canada. We need to pay attention, consider what they have to say and support their aim. Understanding all too well the destructive nature that Islamism poses, their respect for Canadian values is as refreshing as drinking a cold pint in an otherwise hellish, dry Arabian sandpit.

Please take a moment to view their site. http://www.muslimcanadiancongress.org/ Understand that they represent much of the Muslim community and also wish to rid Canada of it’s growing Islamo-fascist blight.

Grace

“This is our religion and nobody can force us to do anything against our religion. If the laws of the country conflict with Islamic law, then I am going to follow Islamic law, simple as that.” Aly Hindy, Canadian imam.

It’s important to realize that political Islam operates from a two-pronged approach: the use of violence to shock the world into submission and to implement shari’a, Islamic law, globally. The former has immediate and brutal results; swift and explosive, the latter, the softer side of jihad with similarly devestating, albeit slower results. Physical assault and philosophical alteration of western values are the goals with the intended achievement being the death to opposition by force and coersion. When George W. Bush stated ” they hate our freedom” he was right; freedom, individual liberty and equality directly oppose shari’a.

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Today Conservative MPP Lisa Macleod raised the issue of polygamy in Ontario. I strongly support her effort to challenge provincial liberal premier Dalton McGuinty and his government’s sleazy endorsement of polygamy through it’s inaction to legally confront it. I was not surprised to hear the open comments supporting the practice made by wahhabi sharia frontman Aly Hindy, nor to hear that he regularly officiates polygamous ceremonies. I am however deeply concerned that the Liberal government has chosen to ignore this practice, despite Mr. Hindy’s public endorsement of it, along with predictable support made by other Islamic organizations within Ontario’s Muslim community.

” This is our religion and nobody can force us to do anything against our religion. If the laws of the country conflict with Islamic law, then I am going to follow Islamic law, simple as that”. The response made by Cleric Aly Hindy, Salahuddin Islamic Centre, Scarborough, Ontario, when asked of his officiating polygamous marriages.

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The process of drawing the human figure from the observation of a live model is arguably the most difficult subject an artist commonly encounters. It is a fundamental in all figurative art and is considered the most useful tool to develop strength of skill through visual problem solving. Estimation of line, shape, tonal value, volume and proportion are all key elements, learned from drawing from a live model. This has been a western tradition since the time of the ancient Greeks.

So, what happens when a Canadian university is challenged to alter the course content of the fine arts cirriculum and asked to provide an alternative to drawing nude models to accommodate Muslim students who were “forced to choose between their love of art or their devotion to Islam”? Continue Reading →

For those of you who visit vladtepesblog you may be familiar with the ongoing issue concerning freedom of expression confronting Canada today. For those of you who are not familiar, I have tried to provide some details. Sites worth a visit for in depth coverage are those of Ezra Levant, Mark Steyn and Maclean’s magazine. The National Post has also committed itself to this issue, reasonably, fairly and consistently. Also, please listen to today’s interview by Ottawa’s CFRA veteran broadcaster Steve Maidley in conversation with Mark Steyn, found on this vladtepesblog. Thanks to Eeyore.

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