Banned radical Sheikh invited to address young Canadian Muslims
June 15, 2006, 3:16 pm |
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By Canadian Coalition for Democracies (CCD)
Ottawa, Canada, Thursday, 15 June, 2006 - The Canadian Coalition for Democracies (CCD) is calling on Immigration Minister, Monte Solberg, to refuse entry on security grounds to Sheikh Riyadh Ul-Haq of the United Kingdom. Ul-Haq is scheduled to visit Canada at the end of June to speak to various Muslim groups in Toronto and Montreal.
“Sheikh Ul-Haq has preached hatred of Hindus and Jews while glorifying martyrdom and jihad,” said David Ouellette, director of CCD. “Canadians may have just narrowly escaped the kind of massacre that occurred in the London transit system last year, a massacre perpetrated by young British Muslims radicalized by such racist, violent rhetoric.”
“If the Harper government is serious about ending the radicalization of young Muslims in Canada and protecting the lives of Canadians, banning Ul-Haq and like-minded preachers from entering our country is absolutely essential.”
“Last week at a press conference on Parliament Hill, a spokesperson for one Muslim group said that Islamic extremism is ‘impossible to see’ here in Canada,” Ouellette added. “It is impossible not to see the inflammatory extremism of this radical Sheikh, and we hope that Muslim groups will protect their youth and fellow Canadians by joining the call to ban Ul-Haq from entering Canada.”
“Fighting radical Islam and its promoters is a key component of the war on terror,” said David Harris, CCD’s Senior Fellow for National Security. “Our government must take steps to confront Islamist incitement at every opportunity, otherwise Canadians may experience the same horrors as the residents of London, Madrid and New York.”
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Monte Solberg, Minister of Immigration
Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety
Stephen Harper, Prime Minister
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Backgrounder
From the speeches of Sheikh Riyadh Ul-Haq…
On Jihad and Martyrdom: Audio
“Among the believers there are those who have proved their word and agreement with Allah and thus they have expired their lives, meaning they are martyred in the way of Allah. And the rest of the believers, they are waiting for martyrdom. They are waiting for shahada [martyrdom] . We should follow in the footsteps of the shahada. We may be under siege at the moment but have hope.”
On the Taliban: Audio
“The Prime Minister [Tony Blair] tells Muslims in this country that whatever the Taliban says about casualties, etc., you should treat it with caution, you shouldn’t believe what they say. Those servants of Allah are declared liars.”
On Moderate Muslims: Audio
“The only Muslims who are considered moderates are those who for example, forgive me for polluting the masjid’s [mosque’s] atmosphere by saying this, but those Muslims who openly advocate lesbianism, those who are publicly declared homosexuals, Muslims who don’t believe in segregation - the hijab - who feel no shame bowing down and kissing the Pope’s hand, those Muslims who feel absolutely no shame, or they don’t see any sense of irony in the fact that they openly declare that Israel should be recognized as a Jewish state, not only should Jerusalem be handed over completely to the Jews, but even the Masjid al-Aqsa.”
On Hindus and Jews: Audio
“Of the peoples of the earth, the ones that hate Muslims the most, the ones who are bitterest in their enmity towards Muslims, the most unrelenting, unforgiving, are the Jews and the mushrikin [Hindus], idolaters in all their forms.”
On Jews: Audio
“May Allah give all Muslims, individuals and leaders, especially, and our governments the understanding and the sense to see through their propaganda, their, and deceit and to view them as they really are and thus treat them accordingly.”
For further information, please visit http://judeoscope.ca/article.php3?id_article=0398
Related: Islam, War Against Islamo-fascism, Canada