Archive for the ‘Muslim religion’ Category

New Muslim Institute Promotes Taliban-Supporting Speaker

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

Here's an op-ed from the July 21 National Post: Toronto's Newest Speaking Star: A Would-be Suicide Bomber by Terry Glavin, Special to the National Post 'Long live the Taliban" might seem an unlikely thing for a prominent anti-war figure to declare, but that's to-day's peace movement for you. Stranger still, the man who ...

The Old Bait-and-Switch

Friday, July 10th, 2009

The following editorial appears in today's Ottawa Citizen: THE OLD BAIT-AND-SWITCH When confronted with a political protest, it’s useful to look carefully at who exactly the protesters are. Sometimes people are not what they seem. Anti-Israel campaigns are most notorious for bait-and-switch. Protests that are supposed to be about the legitimate rights of ...

The Jewish Nakba: Expulsions, Massacres and Forced Conversions

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

This must-read piece by Ben-Dror Yemini was originally published in Hebrew, in MAARIV on May 15, 2009.   Yemini brilliantly contrasts the Palestinian Nakba Day with the suffering of Jews in Arab countries over the centuries, who have survived a "catastrophe" of their own many times worse.  The purpose of this piece, as Yemini ...

‘The Agenda’ Debate: The Meaning of Jihad

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

On Jan. 23, TVO's "The Agenda with Steve Paiken" featured a debate on the Meaning of Jihad. Participants were: Shabir Ally, president of the Islamic Information and Dawah Centre. Mohammad Fadel, a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto. He has also published numerous articles on Islamic legal ...