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by Judith Bergman
• November 10, 2016 at 5:00 am
- "Now that
Islamophobia has been condemned, this is not the end, but rather the
beginning." — Samer Majzoub, president of the Canadian Muslim
Forum. Majzoub is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood.
- What exactly
are they condemning? Criticism of Islam? Criticism of Muslims?
Debating Mohammed? Depicting Mohammed? Discussing whether ISIS is a
true manifestation of Islam? Is any Canadian who now writes
critically of Islam or disagrees with the petitioners that ISIS
"does not reflect in any way the values or the teachings of the
religion of Islam" now to be considered an
"Islamophobe"?
- The question,
naturally, is whether Canada's motion will be replicated in other
parliaments in the West. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation
(OIC) is particularly active in Europe, having opened a Permanent
Observer Mission to the European Union in 2013.
- In what
parallel universe can the efforts of the OIC to stifle free speech
possibly be considered advancement of freedom of speech and
religion?
- As the OIC
steps up its media campaign and efforts in Europe, European
parliaments are likely to experience initiatives like the petition
in Canada. The European Union, for one, looks as if it would be to
happy facilitate such a motion.
The Parliament of Canada, in Ottawa. (Image source:
Saffron Blaze/Wikimedia Commons)
On October 26, Canada's parliament unanimously passed an
anti-Islamophobia motion, which was the result of a petition initiated by
Samer Majzoub, president of the Canadian Muslim Forum. The petition
garnered almost 70,000 signatures.
According to the text of the petition,
by Majid Rafizadeh
• November 10, 2016 at 4:00 am
- Chants of
"Death to America" and "Death to Israel" were
heard across Iranian cities as thousands of Iranians marked the
anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and the
taking of 52 American hostages for 444 days by militant students.
- The State
Department's reaction is classic: ignoring these developments and
continuing with appeasement policies.
- These
anti-American demonstrations are not rhetoric, but are the
cornerstone of Iran's revolutionary principles and foreign policies,
which manifest themselves in Iran's support for terrorist proxies,
support for Assad's regime, and the scuttling of US and Israeli
foreign policies in the region.
- Many other
Iranian officials who were engaged in attacks against the US
currently serve in high positions. Hossein Salami, who enjoys one of
these high-level positions, is the deputy commander in chief of the
Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. He stated at the rally:
"America should know that if they do not honor their agreement
in the nuclear deal, we will resume uranium enrichment..."
Iranians protest outside the former US embassy in
Tehran, on the anniversary of its storming by student protesters in 1979.
(Image source: AFP video screenshot)
After eight years of President Barack Obama's policies of
appeasement, Iran's threats, such as "Death to America," and
"Death to Israel," have grown even louder.
This week, the Iranian government orchestrated one the largest
anti-American and anti-Israeli demonstrations, since 1979, echoing Iran
Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's recent messages.
The government provided facilities for the protesters. Chants of
"Death to America" and "Death to Israel" were heard
across Iranian cities as thousands of Iranians marked the anniversary of
the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and the taking of 52 American
hostages for 444 days by militant students.
According to the Tehran-based bureau of the Los Angeles Times,
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