From the National Post A captured al-Qaeda operative has told Canadian intelligence investigators that a Montreal man who trained in Afghanistan alongside the 9/11 hijackers was responsible for the crash of an American Airlines flight in New York three years ago. The source claims that Abderraouf Jdey a/k/a Farouk the Tunisian downed the plane with […]
Montreal: Explosives found in van
A suspicious minivan in Montreal; no public word yet on who it belonged to. From CP, with thanks to Ron: MONTREAL–Police found a large stash of weapons and explosives yesterday after an investigation of a suspicious minivan tied up traffic through downtown streets for several hours. Montreal police sent in a robot to examine several […]
Sign the online petition against Sharia in Canada
I just did. Here is the text, and here you can find the petition and sign it. (Thanks to Ali Dashti for the link.) On October 21st 2003, Muslim leaders in Canada elected 30 member council to establish a judicial tribunal for Muslims known as ” the Islamic Institute of Civic Justice”. The move is […]
Muslim power in Canada
“There is no better shield from terrorism than Muslim participation in Canadian political life.” There are a lot of resonances in that sentence: a whiff of a threat, plus the hint of an assumption that terrorists and political activists in the Muslim community in Canada are working toward the same goals. Are they? Judge from […]
‘A lot’ of Canadians trained with Al-Qaeda — and many still live in Canada
So says Canada’s most visible Al-Qaeda member, Abdurahman Khadr. From the National Post, with thanks to LGF: “A lot” of Canadians trained at al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and some still live freely in Canada, Abdurahman Khadr testified at a court hearing at which he revealed chilling new details about Canadian terror suspects and his father’s […]
Call for an International Demonstration Against Sharia Court In Canada
From the International Campaign Against Shari’a Court In Canada, with thanks to Lokolaka and Fred Van Ackerman: September 8th Come out and fight Sharia Court in Canada . To protect women’s rights To protect secularism To protect human dignity We call upon all freedom loving, organizations and individuals to join us in opposing the Ontario […]
Canada: No excuse to send man to torture, lawyers argue
He’ll be tortured in Egypt, they assert, and that seems to be more important than the fact that he hoped to cause the deaths of large numbers of Canadians. From the Toronto Star: The federal government has failed to justify the drastic step of sending a suspected terrorist back to Egypt given the high likelihood […]
Canada’s PM: Let Muslim women keep hijabs on at airport security checkpoints
Sikhs can’t carry their swords, and other groups are subjected to similar inconveniences, but Muslim women should be allowed to keep their hijabs on when passing through security, says Canadian PM Paul Martin. Immigration authorities have been requiring all people to take off any and all headgear, so that they can see their faces unobstructed. […]
Iranian court acquits man charged in murder of Canadian photojournalist
Besides the miscarriage of justice, note the differential in blood money: if the victim is not a Muslim, or female, the payment is less. From CP, : (CP) – An Iranian court’s acquittal Saturday of the man charged in the murder of Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi came as no surprise to her son who said […]
Dhimmitude at the University of New Brunswick
A blind student at the University of New Brunswick has been turned away after being accepted into an English as a second language program. It is a complicated situation, involving the fact that his seeing-eye dog undertsands only French, and only English is allowed during this program. It is silly enough not to make an […]