In
Defense of the Constitution
News
& Analysis
031/06 July 14, 2006
CAIR-CAN: The Wind Changes
The Canadian Council on American-Islamic
Relations (CAIR-CAN) is up in arms over a pending
visit by the Rev. Franklin Graham to Winnipeg for a Christian
gathering.
CAIR-CAN questions why Rev. Franklin Graham is
welcome to preach, while British Imam Riyad ul-Haq had obstacles placed
in his path to preclude him visiting Canada.
The simple answer is that while people may
disagree about the message of Rev. Graham, he has never called on
Christians to turn their back on Canada, to refuse to assimilate, to go
on “Jihad” against their own country nor has he used rabid hate speech
to define non-Muslims.
Graham has never issued the call, “convert to
Christianity or die”; nor has he ever been suspected of terrorist ties.
The reason the overall majority of Canadians
do not fear Graham is because there is absolutely no worry that he will
incite riots, call members of any faith “monkeys and pigs”, or insult
his hosts using vile and contemptible words. In short, he’s
harmless.
However, CAIR-CAN Executive Director, Karl
Nickner declares:
"Based on the different
reactions to the comments of both religious leaders,
some Canadian Muslims are wondering whether a double standard is being
applied…
as Muslims and as Canadians, we stand firmly against any hateful
religious speech
by representatives of all faiths."
Is there a double standard? Of course
there is!
Islamic terrorism supporters are simply not
welcome in
Canada…why is this so hard for CAIR to understand? The right to
free speech ends when you call for terror-murdering people not of your
faith.
David Ouellette, director
of the Canadian Coalition for Democracies (CCD), said:
"The
problem is that this sheik has a history of radical discourses that
incite hatred toward non-Muslims,
speaking of plots by non-Muslims against Islam and the Muslim world in
general [and] glorifying
martyrdom in the way of Allah, which could be interpreted as an
incitation to violence,"
Riyad
ul-Haq:
"Of the peoples of the
Earth, the ones that hate Muslims the most,
the ones who are bitterest of their enmity towards Muslims, the most
unrelenting, unforgiving, are the Jews and the mushrikin, idolaters
in all their forms.”
The telling point of this entire episode is
how clearly it points out the thinking of CAIR’s leadership that they
would compare Graham’s words to those of a contemptible Islamic
terrorism supporter.
If we ever needed more proof that CAIR and
CAIR-CAN are joined at the lips,
this is it.
The direction of the wind has changed in
Canada…a freezing, arctic breeze has struck a cold blow to
CAIR-CAN. Canadians don’t want for Canada what people like ul-Haq
have done for England.
All Americans of good conscience applaud the
Canadian Coaltion for Democracies for standing up for their country in
these troubling times and working with their government for the common
good.
The
times…they are a’changing ...
Andrew Whitehead
Director
Anti-CAIR (ACAIR)
ajwhitehead@anti-cair-net.org
www.anti-cair-net.org
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