… from Canada. From the New York Times, : But it was on the shores of the Niagara River, little more than a mile from the world-famous falls, that a small, inflatable, motor-powered raft was captured earlier this month, along with six adults and two children from India and Pakistan and the man accused of […]
Protest rises over Islamic law in Ontario
More on the struggle being waged by Muslim women against Islamic law in Canada. From the Toronto Star, with thanks to Mentat and Nicolei: When Britain’s Muslim community requested the right to use Islamic law to settle family disputes, the government’s refusal was unequivocal. No, the petitioners were told: This is one nation, with one […]
Anti-dhimmitude in Canada: no “boutique law”
Heather Mallick Heather Mallick blames U.S. Republicans and the Canadian Right for the tendency to atomize and privatize Canadian law; I rather think the blame lies with the multiculturalist ethos. But she makes some excellent points about how the idea of Sharia “mediation” threatens women. From the Globe and Mail, with thanks to Mentat: The […]
Montreal police arrest five in firebombing of Jewish school
Let’s see. Israel kills a terrorist mastermind who oversaw the murder of civilians. In retaliation, these people firebombed a Jewish school. From CP, : MONTREAL (CP) – Police have arrested four young men and a woman in her 30s in connection with a widely condemned firebombing at a Jewish school last month. “Four males aged […]
Al-Qaeda says ‘selfish’ Canada deserves bombing
O, selfish Canada “Selfish”? That’s what Canada gets for all its accomodations to terrorists? From the National Post, : ISLAMABAD – The Al-Qaeda terror network views Canada as a legitimate target because it is a “selfish” nation committing “terrorism” against Muslims around the world, an unofficial spokesman for jihadists waging holy war against the West […]
Dhimmitude from the Canadian Foreign Minister
Graham Bill Graham, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, has written a remarkably naive piece in the Toronto Globe and Mail (thanks to Earl) that calls for building bridges of understanding as a response to terrorists “exploiting Islam as a pretext for violence.” Now, I am all for building bridges of understanding, but Graham shows no […]
Canada’s Sharia Option
Val McQueen in FrontPage on Sharia in Canada (thanks to DC Watson and Nicolei): “It’s something nobody can change and we must follow,” said Suad Almad at her women’s group in Toronto. “We come to Canada and we become lost . . . We need our own court and we need our own law.” The […]
Canadians condemns Armenian genocide, Turks seethe
And like the good dhimmis they are, the Canadian government is distancing itself from the legislators who recognized the genocide. From the
Ottawa raids lead to terror charges
Some conflict resolution going on in Ottawa More on the Ottawa raids from CP: An Ottawa man was charged Tuesday with two terrorism-related offences after police raids at his home and office, while shocked family members insisted upon his innocence. Sounds like they’re reading the playbook. Mohammad Momim Khawaja, 29, was arrested Monday at his […]
Financing jihad in Canada
More on Canada’s usefulness to terrorists, from The Globe and Mail (): Canada’s anti-money-laundering centre uncovered $35-million in suspected terrorist financing in the first nine months of the fiscal year, outstripping the tally for the entire previous year. The amount reflects the total detected by the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre from April through […]