Once Islamophobia Is A Crime, Islam Is Able To Do Anything And It Eliminates Freedom Of Speech, However Hateful Or Repugnant it Might Be

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Canada: Ontario unanimously passes “anti-Islamophobia” motion

FEBRUARY 26, 2017 7:47 AM BY CHRISTINE WILLIAMS164 COMMENTS

The Ontario legislature unanimously passed an anti-Islamophobia motion Thursday afternoon, a marked difference from the heated debate happening among Conservatives over a similar motion at the federal level….

…Des Rosiers introduced the motion Dec. 1 in response to incidents in her Ottawa-Vanier riding such as anti-Muslim graffiti, and young women wearing hijabs who were spat on, she said. It took on extra urgency after six men were shot to death at a mosque in Quebec, she said.

Also, “Ontario Attorney General Yasir Naqvi said the recent acts of hatred against Muslims

 are not representative of the country Canadians want.” True indeed, but it must be 

remembered amid all the hoopla about “Islamophobia” that other groups also suffer 

from acts of hatred, yet only “Islamophobia” is the subject of government motions.

 Antisemitism in Canada is reported to be skyrocketing. Just two days ago,  McGill

 University student board leader Igor Sadiko, who advocates for the anti-Israel Boycott, 

Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, tweeted: “Punch a Zionist today.” It is

 intolerable that any group should be targeted for hate because of race or religion.

The Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs stated this about bigotry, intolerance, and the inappropriateness of the use of the word “Islamophobia”:

We believe the term “Islamophobia” should be replaced with a more precise phrase, such as “anti-Muslim bigotry”, which was suggested by, among others, former Justice Minister Irwin Cotler.

At her invitation, we offered MP Khalid thoughtful, constructive suggestions that we believe would have allowed the motion to gain significantly more support. You can read our letter to her here. Ms. Khalid did not respond to our suggestions……

Several other faith communities reached out to us with similar concerns. We relayed that to MP Khalid.

The paradox of this debate is that those who stand to lose the most by the normalization of the term Islamophobia are Muslims as they are the primary victims of Islamist extremism.

The Ontario legislature “anti-Islamophobia” motion was passed by a vote of 81-0; a 

particularly surprising development was that the Progressive Conservative caucus was 

urged by its leader, Patrick Brown, to support the motion two days prior to the vote.

 Brown stated:

 “Whether it’s hate against any faith, it’s wrong,” he said. “We always will condemn

any form of hate. In terms of Islamophobia, it’s real.”

Brown needs to have more faith in Canadians, who widely share his condemnation of “any 

form of hate.” He is apparently determined to steer clear of making any political waves

 about the global “Islamophobia” scheme, despite documented evidence of its agenda.

 He also stated that “Islamophobia is real and we have to condemn it unreservedly.” He

 received much applause from the establishment media, which, of course, supports “anti-Islamophobia” motions, as well as from Amira Elghawaby, communications director for 

the National Council of Canadian Muslims (formerly CAIR-CAN). Elghawaby stated that

 the NCCM was “pleased that Brown will support the Ontario motion.” CAIR was deemed an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terrorism financing trial in the history of the

 United States — the Holy Land Foundation trial — during which the carefully calculated

 Muslim Brotherhood plan for North America was revealed.

It is no secret that conservatives tend overall to hold nationalistic views on issues of 

diversity and multiculturalism that liberals are often quick to label racist; but Ontario 

Progressive Conservatives seem to be ill-informed, or perhaps driven by political 

correctness, despite valid concerns voiced within their own constituencies about the

 divisive nature of the “anti-Islamophobia” motions.  Although motions are not bills and 

do not translate into laws, they do express unified and powerful attitudes and sentiments,

 so they inevitably guide legislative business from the inside.

The “Islamophobia” initiative is anti-democratic and supremacist at its core. It is not based

 on real concerns about discrimination, although it is presented as such. It was devised by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and is used as a “thought terminating cliché” to

 beat down critics. Normative Islam is immutable and proclaims that no law can be above

 the Sharia, which outlaws any criticism of Muhammad and/or Islam. Author and writer Paul Marshall stated ten years ago:

The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), in conjunction with the United Nations Human Rights Council, is currently seeking to rewrite international human rights standards to curtail any freedom of expression that threatens their more authoritarian members. They are attempting to use charges of “Islamophobia” and purported Western “insults to Islam” to provide international legitimacy for their suppression of their critics in the name of respect for their religion. The European response to this has been contradictory and confused.

Jihad Watch has also been reporting some other worrying trends in Canada:

1. The Liberal Party of Canada opted to support an “anti-Islamophobia” motion (M-103) in Parliament. M-103 was the second anti-Islamophobia motion tabled, and it stirred up opposition by some Conservative Members of Parliament. The first was unanimously approved in October and sneaked through with hardly any attention.
2. Six Canadian cities signed a charter against “Islamophobia” this past summer, drafted by the National Council of Canadian Muslims.
3. Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre has been pressing to have Montreal declared a “sanctuary city,” at a time when a surge of unvetted asylum seekers has been streaming into Canada from the United States. Coderre is also president of the World Association of Major Metropolises, an organization that has been doing a great deal of business with Iran over the past two decades. The World Association of Major Metropolises signed an agreement with Tehran last fall to “boost mutual cooperation in various fields”; the Association is described as “the largest association gathering the governments of major cities and metropolitan areas all over the world.”
4. Fredericton, New Brunswick is also aiming to become a “sanctuary city.”

“Ontario legislature unanimously passes anti-Islamophobia motion”, The Canadian Press, February 23, 2017:

The Ontario legislature unanimously passed an anti-Islamophobia motion Thursday afternoon, a marked difference from the heated debate happening among Conservatives over a similar motion at the federal level.

The vote passed 81-0.

The motion from Liberal backbencher Nathalie Des Rosiers called on the legislature to “stand against all forms of hatred, hostility, prejudice, racism and intolerance,” rebuke a “growing tide of anti-Muslim rhetoric and sentiments” and condemn all forms of Islamophobia.

Des Rosiers introduced the motion Dec. 1 in response to incidents in her Ottawa-Vanier riding such as anti-Muslim graffiti, and young women wearing hijabs who were spat on, she said. It took on extra urgency after six men were shot to death at a mosque in Quebec, she said.

Canadians shocked by mosque shooting

Attorney General Yasir Naqvi, who is Muslim, said Muslims and Canadians across the country were shaken by the violence at the mosque.

“The day after the shooting in Quebec a father called my community office asking in the morning is it safe for him to send his son to school,” he said. “That’s not the society we live in. That’s not the society we’re building. Parents should not be fearful for a nanosecond whether they should send their children to school because of their faith. It’s real.”

Premier Kathleen Wynne said, as a lesbian, some people had tried to discourage her from running in a riding with a large Muslim population. She disagreed and said when she spoke to community members they discussed their differences but also what binds them together, such as values about health, education and family.

“It’s those commonalities that make it possible for us to create this country, to create this province, and that’s why it enrages me — it enrages me that we still have to have this conversation globally,” she said.

PC support in Ontario, not yet Ottawa

Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown said Ontario’s legislature “unequivocally opposes Islamophobia.”

“Islamophobia is real and we have to condemn it unreservedly,” he said.

“No matter the colour of your skin, which part of the world you come from, what language you speak, whether you attend a mosque on Friday, a synagogue on a Saturday or church on a Sunday, every distinct element of who we are as a people comes together to form this beautiful mosaic that is Canada.”

The Tories’ support means the Ontario motion has not generated the political debate seen over a similar item in the House of Commons…..