THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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Volume X, Issue # 295, November 9, 2008
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
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THE ISLAMIST ROLE IN THE 2008 CANADIAN ELECTIONS
By Raheel Raza
CANADA'S INTERNAL ISLAMIST THREAT: THE ISLAMIST AGENDA IN CANADA -- HOW SOFT JIHADISTS ARE USING
CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS BY MANIPULATING CANADIANS' RESPECT FOR MULTICULTURALISM --
INFILTRATION OF ISLAMISTS INTO THE CANADIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM -- THE CANADIAN ISLAMIC CONGRESS & OTHER
WELL-FUNDED, IDEOLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONS -- ISLAMISTS & THEIR USE OF THE NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY -- THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE OCTOBER, 2008, PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
FULL STORY:
If you are Canadian and Islamist, you probably voted for the New Democratic Party (NDP), which won 18.2% of the vote
on October 14, 2008. This was an increase of about 1% in the vote and led to seven more seats from the 2006 elections.
However, the party could not budge itself from its permanent 4th. place in Canada's Parliament. Endorsed by the Canadian
Islamic Congress (CIC), the Left-leaning NDP has shown an incredible lack of understanding of the Islamist agenda and
how soft jihadis are using constitutional democratic institutions by manipulating our respect for multiculturalism.
As a political ideology, Islamism, in the longterm, seeks to establish an Islamic state in the North America, but this is barely
mentioned by the suave and polished young Islamists who appear in expensive suits and with a flourish of legalese and
the right disarming accents. While a Taliban-style overthrow is unlikely, in the shortterm, Islamists hope to fundamentally
change Western foreign policy in favor of the foreign governments that fund them and the organizations they ideologically
adhere to, such as, for example, the Muslim Brotherhood.
Recognizing this threat, Marc Lebuis, who runs Point de Bascule, invited moderate Muslims Tarek Fatah, Salim
Mansur, and me to participate in a conference in Montreal to address the infiltration of Islamists into the Canadian political
system, where the first real arena has been the NDP.
The NDP was founded by Social Democrats, or Democratic Socialists, and was originally, as noted by Mansur, a critical
opponent of Communism, and a key element in "denying Communists in Canada the opportunity to acquire any shred of
legitimacy by posing as defenders of the working people." Today, however, it allows itself to be used by an equally potent
ideological enemy, radical Islamism. The working class in the West now includes immigrants, who, as ethnic and religious
minorities, complain of the classic oppression against which the NDP wishes to be a voice of protest.
But, the NDP fails to distinguish between the socio-economic concerns of Muslim immigrants in Canada and the
well-funded, ideological organizations that purport to speak for them.
The Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC) is one such organization. The President of CIC, Mohammad El-Masry, is notorious
for his anti-Semitic statements, his call for Shari'a courts in Canada, and agitation for an anti-Israeli foreign policy.
Canadian Muslims mattered in this national election because they were, some argued, a swing vote in certain ridings.
El-Masry endorsed the NDP, and encouraged voter registration to bolster it. John Gilbert "Jack" Layton [NDP Leader]
should have repudiated Elmasry's support, but did not.
Toronto NDP candidate and lawyer, El Farouk Khaki caused a stir recently when he defended a Muslim youth convicted
for his involvement in a terrorist camp in Canada. After the judge threw out the youth's defense that "no real Toronto
terrorist group existed because its goals were too fanciful to be achieved," Khaki stated that, if you are Muslim in
Canadian courts, you will be presumed guilty until proven innocent. He went on to accuse the judge of having an
anti-Muslim bias. This plays into the victimhood complex Islamists want Muslims in the West to fall into. Khaki was not
chastised by NDP leader Jack Layton or any other party candidate.
In Montreal, the NDP paraded Samira Laouni, as "the first veiled candidate," in the province. She ran from the riding of
Bourassa and made no attempt to hide her support for what she referred to as "real Shariah." She did not win. Jack
Layton should have vetted out NDP candidates who favor Sharia like Laouni, whom Mansur has called a "CIC operative."
It seems strange that, with Canadian forces fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, the same support for Taliban style
orthodoxy is allowed in Canada. Besides pro-Shari'a politicians like Laouni, Islamists are spreading their message on the
street. In Mississauga, Ontario, a woman by the name of Farhat Hashmi runs an Islamic school for girls. Hashmi wears a
full niqab (face covering) and encourages young girls to emulate her. She is known for promoting a very conservative
[reactionary] Islamic ideology that is based on Wahhabism. She, like other Islamists, is in favor of Sharia in Canada.
The results of the Canadian election were an eye-opener because all Muslim candidates from all parties lost, with the
exception of Yasmin Ratansi, who, for some time, has been trying to distance herself from her Muslim identity, despite
being the first Muslim woman to get elected to the Canadian parliament..
This is a clear indication that, because of the incessant and unreasonable demands by Islamists, Canadians punished all
Muslims. Most ordinary Canadians, well-meaning and decent folks, are fed up with demands for unreasonable
accommodation and are no longer willing to put up with politics disguised as religion in the public sphere. Although
Canadians are politically correct and diplomatic in public, the election result shows their true feeling about the trend that
Muslims who may have an Islamist agenda are not welcome in Canada. Of course, the usual suspects are already
screaming Islamophobia -- again.
There is no rampant Islamophobia in Canada -- only an attempt at gradual Islamization.
Yasmeen Ratansi was first elected in 2004, but, when she sought the nomination of her party, some Imams denounced her
as not being Muslim enough because she did not cover her hair and wore skirts. She is currently Chair of the Standing
Committee on the Status of women.
In two districts (ridings, as they are called in Canada), the Muslim candidates who lost were openly hostile to the Islamist
agenda. Wajid Khan in Toronto and Rahim Jaffer in Edmonton. It is rumored that the full force of the Islamist
establishment and the mosque structure came out to defeat these two Muslims because they were seen, in the words of
one cynic "too good looking to be considered authentic Muslims."
Elsewhere, a leading supporter of the Islamist causes and past Member of Parliament, Omar Alghabra, was defeated. He
has previously condemned Canadian newspapers that called Hamas and Hezbollah "terrorist" organizations, advocated
the complete repeal of Canada's anti-terrorist laws, and supported Sharia law in Ontario. Throughout the urban districts of
Canada, many Islamists tried to sneak through, but met with thumping defeats. Along with the Islamists, many secular
and liberal-minded, progressive Muslims were also trounced in what may be described as "collateral damage."
The lesson for all Muslims is written on the wall: If they are unwilling to stand up to the Islamists in their communities and
stop the influence of Saudi Arabia and Iran, we will all suffer because of the actions of a few.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
Canada: America's Northern Neighbor & Ally
The Anglosphere -- The English-Speaking World:
The U.S.A., Britain, Canada, Australia, & New Zealand
Islamism & Jihadism -- The Threat of Radical Islam
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Lawfare -- The Use of Law as a Weapon in War & Politics:
Islamist Lawfare & the "Legal" Jihad Against America & the West
Raheel Raza writes for Islamist Watch, a project at the Middle East Forum. She works as a journalist, author, public
speaker, film maker, and inter-cultural, inter-faith diversity consultant. She is author of Their Jihad. . .Not My Jihad!:
A Muslim Canadian Woman Speaks Out (Ingersol, Ontario: Basileia Books, 2005).
Born in Pakistan, Ms. Raza attended Convent schools, where she obtained her elementary and secondary education. She
graduated from Karachi University, majoring in English and Psychology. In Canada, she has taken courses in Writing and
Public Speaking.
The foregoing article by Raheel Raza was originally published in the American Thinker, November 8, 2008, and
can be found on the Internet website maintained by the Middle East Forum, a foreign policy think tank which seeks to
define and promote American interests in the Middle East, defining U.S. interests to include fighting radical Islam,
working for Palestinian Arab acceptance of the State of Israel, improving the management of U.S. efforts to promote
constitutional democracy in the Middle East, reducing America's energy dependence on the Middle East, more robustly
asserting U.S. interests vis-à-vis Saudi Arabia, and countering the Iranian threat.
(Article URL: http://www.meforum.org/article/2007)
Republished with Permission of the Middle East Forum
Reprinted from the Middle East Forum News
mefnews@meforum.org (MEF NEWS)
November 9, 2009
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