Muslim Leaders Continue to Re-Enforce Fears
Posted by Adam Graham in : PoliticsFrom Captain’s Quarters (again), we have word that a Canadian Magazine is daring to publish the 12 controversial cartoons:
The Western Standard, a political magazine based in Calgary, will today reprint eight of the 12 Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed that have caused riots and controversy around the world, and one Canadian Muslim leader warns that hate-crime charges may follow.
Western Standard publisher Ezra Levant, a former Reform and Canadian Alliance activist, calls the cartoons “innocuous” and accused Canada’s “mainstream media,” including The Globe and Mail, of failing to stand up for free speech for refusing to print the images.
What is the Islamic leadership’s response? A threat to sue in court:
But the leader of the Canadian Islamic Congress, Mohamed Elmasry, warned yesterday that his organization will seek to have charges laid against the magazine under Canada’s laws against distributing hate literature.
“It’s unfortunate,” said Mr. Elmasry, who had urged Mr. Levant not to republish the images. “I think he really goes against the will and the values of Canadians by this provocative action.”
Lets examine what’s happened in the course of recent actions.
Opponents of Islam have warned that its a religion that is violent and won’t tolerate dissent. What we’ve learned from the riots is that Islamic leadership, the people who head the protestors in the street and the head of the Islamic organizations are just that for the most part.
Christianity has had its problems, but they’ve been self-correcting. The Salem Witch Trials were shut down not by some noble minded secularists but by Increase Mather and the Christian Clergy of Boston. Where’s Islam’s Increase Mather? Where’s those voices of calm that will still the madness?
I fear that such individuals do not exist. It is time to get some intellectual honesty into the debate over Islam. In times past, those who’ve said, “Islam is not a religion of peace and tolerance.” or make statements against Mohammad would have labels thrown at them: “Bigot, Xenophobe, Paranoid.”
In the wake of the burning of Embassies and riots in the street, it is time to ask not, “Is it Xenophobic to believe Islam seeks to persecute those who disagree with them?” but “Does Islam seek to persecute those who disagree with them?”
Those who think such theories are fallacious need to bring forward evidence. We’ve seen the death and mayhem in cities across Western Europe with little effective condemnation from the mainstream Muslim World. That’s more than enough to establish a Prima Facie case that Islam is a religion of violence, hatred, and mayhem. And its defenders need to give us more than platitudes to respond to such concrete evidence.
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Comment by The Random Yak [Visitor]
Amen, Adam (if you’ll forgive the inherently religious nature of the response). People have refused to stand up for intellectual and factual honesty for too long, mainly out of fear that their honesty will be labeled “bigoted,” “non-tolerant” or “racist” (though the connection between racism and religion is, in my opinion, often tenuous at best). Frequently these names are nothing more than smokescreens intended to distort, deceive and derail honest critique – in part because those throwing them up cannot engage in honest debate without proving themselves wrong. Good on you, Adam, for promoting an honest look behind the rhetoric. The yaks, at least, will stand beside you.
Comment by Michael [Visitor]
How long will it take for some radical to pontificate that right wing nuts go out and shoot abortion doctors. Aside from any random nut
Show me the equivalent of what is occurring with Muslims both in their nations of origin and in the nations to which they have emigrated. Show me overt attempts by the Christian right to intimidate Muslims by use of violence or other methods.
There is a tremendous difference between the Judeo-Christian ethic and that practice by radical Muslims. When Serrano’s pisschirst insulted and infuriated Christians, people of faith acted swiftly. They didn’t call for banning the images they found offensive nor did they threaten the artist or those who displayed the image with bodily harm. What they did was end the direct funding of these projects by the public. Artists are still free to denigrate religions, religious figures and relics and do so as a matter of course.
The image of Christ on the cross,Chris Ofill’s image of the virgin Mary partially drawn with elephant dung, and the millions of unflattering depictions of Christian images have failed to damage the resolve and spirit of true believers who practice in peace.
The Muslim attempt in Canada should be applauded for it’s nonviolent approach and rejected for it’s attempt to import and force Muslim sensibilities on the culture at large.
I found this in an article online http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/741
“Robert Ménard, the chairman of the Paris based organization Reporters Sans Frontières (Reporters Without Borders), said yesterday that Jyllands-Posten has given the world a good lesson in what freedom of expression and democracy is all about. He said the newspaper has nothing to apologize for; if someone is offended the case can be brought to a court of law. “I understand that Muslims feel shocked because of depictions of the prophet. They have the right to, but they cannot force others to have the same opinion. It is not up to them to judge what a newspaper in a non-Muslim country should publish,” Ménard said. He added that Denmark is greater for not accepting a compromise.”
Comment by Adam Graham [Member]
It looks like the nuts haven’t been by the site recently, but thanks for the pre-emptive answer.
And of course, I’m thankful America can always count on the Yaks.
Comment by Michael [Visitor]
run, do not walk to http://www.michellemalkin.com/
Brilliant article on Jihad in Illinois as well as a link to the 12 cartoons. The 4th is the most powerful while the first is phenomenal in terms of it’s art value.
Comment by Michael [Visitor]
Nail the ACLU on this one .