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Octavius Hite
Joined: 28 Jan 2004
Location: Househunting, looking for a new bunker from which to convert the world to homosexuality.
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 Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 5:00 am Post subject: Muslims condemn death threat issued to moderate group |
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OMG? WTF? All muslims aren't the same? They don't all hate America? They don't want all of us to wear hijabs, burkas, or those stupid hats? I can hear Jinju, Stevemcgarret and Joo's heads exploding in unison!
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/03/23/muslims-threat.html
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Muslims across the country are speaking out against the death threat issued this week to a moderate Muslim group.
More than 50 Muslim organizations have issued news releases condemning the threat, which was left on the answering machine of a member of Muslim Canadian Congress on Tuesday.
The congress, based in Toronto, has been speaking out publicly in support of equality for women, and the separation of religion and state.
Muslims rallying in support of the congress say the organization must be allowed to express its views freely, without fear of retribution.
"This is Canada, it is a democratic society," said Wahida Valiante of the Canadian Islamic Congress. "We live here and the discourse, whether we agree or not, is a healthy way to go.
"It should not be taken to this extreme that someone should get up and threaten someone's life for saying things they disagree with."
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The death threat was addressed to Muslim Canadian Congress president Farzana Hassan and founder Tarek Fatah.
"I swear on 99 names of Allah, if you don't cease from your campaign of smearing Islam � I will slaughter you," the message said.
Toronto police are investigating.
The congress has been threatened before, but never so severely. Members have had their homes and cars vandalized.
The Council on American Islamic Relations Canada said the threats are unacceptable. The council has been issued threats before too.
"We are all part of the same community and we have the right to express our views," said executive director Karl Nickner. |
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 5:02 am Post subject: Re: Muslims condemn death threat issued to moderate group |
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| I can hear Jinju, Stevemcgarret and Joo's heads exploding in unison! |
What about me?
This is a very welcome development. I hope it becomes a pattern of behaviour. |
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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: I walk along the avenue
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 5:09 am Post subject: Re: Muslims condemn death threat issued to moderate group |
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| BJWD wrote: |
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| I can hear Jinju, Stevemcgarret and Joo's heads exploding in unison! |
What about me?
This is a very welcome development. I hope it becomes a pattern of behaviour. |
As the apparent ideological taxonomist on this board, I would like to point out that Joo Rip is not anti-Muslim. If I've read him correctly, he thinks that "Baathism, Al Qaeda, and Khomeiniism" are politically-influenced perversions of Islam, and that this perversion was at least partly a result of western influence(notably in the form of fascism.) He has defended the Islamic religion and the majority of its followers from charges that they are inherently violent and intolerant. |
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postfundie
Joined: 28 May 2004
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| Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 5:16 am Post subject: |
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| A welcome development yes indeed but I still can't stand CAIR...they are rotten...at least they spoke out on this one...good....There needs to be more Muslim Canadian Congress.....More of them.... |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:10 am Post subject: |
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Sane & moderate Islam ought to be respected equally with all other various world views & paradigms.
Here's the $64,000 question: WHO has been repsonsible for allowing radical fundamentalists to emmigrate to west?
Problem, reaction, solution, "clash" of civilizations ... hmmmmmm ...
Whatever the case, both ought to be thrown out of the country. |
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