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Prosecutors Fail to Appeal Marital Sexual Assault Case
by Scott Newark • Nov 17, 2017 at
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The deadline for prosecutors to appeal a judge's decision to acquit a
Muslim man of sexually assaulting his wife has passed. It appears the
ruling – that cultural and religious beliefs that he could have sex with
her even when she was not willing trump secular Canadian law – will stand.
The now-divorced couple has not been identified. But Ontario Superior
Court Justice Robert Smith acquitted the Palestinian-Muslim husband, saying he "probably had sex with his wife on many
occasions without her specific consent," but both believed their faith
gave him that right. "as both he and she believed that he had the
right to do so."
As we reported last week, Canadian law expressly requires
actual consent, including from spouses, and specifies that not knowing the
law is not a defense to breaking it.
The law gave the Ottawa Attorney General one month to appeal. There was
little, to no public debate about the case, and no sign an appeal was
filed.
This failure to act is alarming and means Ontario's government accepts a
ruling which undermines the protections afforded by Canadian law to people
vulnerable to sexual assault, It allows 'cultural' beliefs to supersede
secular law. How is that acceptable in Canadian society?
The silence from Canadian opposition parties, both provincial or
federal, or our self-described 'feminist' national government also is
disappointing. Why were they silent?
These are questions that need to be asked and answered if the rule of
secular law in Canada is to be preserved and protected.
Bin
Laden Diary Shows He Wanted Cooperation with the MB in Libya
by John Rossomando • Nov 16, 2017
at 4:34 pm
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Osama bin Laden encouraged cooperation with all who wanted to topple
late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, including with the Muslim Brotherhood
and its leading ideologue Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi, the al-Qaida leader's
recently declassified diary shows. The Libyan uprising "opened the door to the
jihadists," he wrote.
Bin Laden encouraged al-Qaida branches such as the Libyan
Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) to disregard doctrinal or sectarian
differences with other Islamists.
In an undated email, bin Laden acknowledged communication between
al-Qaida and Muslim Brotherhood elements. He noted that a Brotherhood
member sent al-Qaida an email describing "factions
who now adhere to true Islam, and there is also a powerful Salafist faction
within the Brotherhood."
U.S. officials became aware of LIFG's al-Qaida links after they agreed
to back the group's fight to topple Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. LIFG's
leaders "maintained ties to al Qa'ida during their struggle with the
forces of former dictator Muammar al [Gaddafi]," Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton's confidante Sidney Blumenthal told her in a July 2012 email.
An April 2011 Libyan intelligence document noted that elements of the Muslim Brotherhood and
the LIFG cooperated in the early stage of the Libyan rebellion. Bin Laden's
missive could explain why this close cooperation took place. The Muslim
Brotherhood resorted to "[taqiyya]" or intentional
deception, to hide their bid to create a caliphate while telling the press
they wanted democracy, the Libyan intelligence document said.
Evidence shows that LIFG worked with a Qaradawi representative who
belonged to Libya's Muslim Brotherhood to overthrow Gaddafi.
LIFG cooperated with the "international network of the [Muslim]
Brotherhood," the Libyan document said without going into detail. Ali
Al-Salabi – a man referred to
by Clinton aide Jake Sullivan as "a key figure in the Libyan Muslim
[B]rotherhood and Qaradawi's man in Libya" in a Feb. 28, 2011 email –
allegedly helped the LIFG during the spring 2011 uprising. He also helped
move money from the Qatari government to the militias, the UAE based Khaleej
Times reported in
July.
The Muslim Brotherhood lamented bin Laden's death in a U.S. Seal Team
raid, calling it an "assassination" and implying that he engaged
in "legitimate resistance" against the West.
Bin Laden's diary shows a surprising degree of pragmatism that may have
presaged cooperation between al-Qaida and the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya.
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