Francis Chartrand for Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

"Is it too much to ask our politicians to work on laws to counter the ideology of hatred spread by the Islamists? Unfortunately, I did not hear anything like our politicians. The Islamists in Canada are clever. They have infiltrated political parties, they took refuge behind our well-righteous media groups and human rights. They hold jobs in government, intelligence agencies and campuses. If we were able to deport some of the Islamists who openly preach hatred of Canada, would send a clear message to others." Mr. Gora is quite right. Our elites and encourage the Islamists away from progressives as Tahir Gora. Our elites are navist mired in the post-modern relativism and chartisme they lost their bearings. They are easily charmées by Islamists who know how to use the vocabulary of the Bill of Rights for advancing their agenda. Our politicians covet the block vote of the Salafists, outnumber progressive Muslims. As our courts and our institutions, they care much more about the whereabouts of Islamists that of the people.

Tahir Aslam Gora is a writer and journalist Canadian of Pakistani origin living in Burlington, Ontario. For information on Mr. Gora, read biographical notes posted at the beginning of the following article: accommodations reinforce the marginalization of Muslims in Canada, by Tahir Gora

Translation: Why can not we fight the Taliban at home? By Tahir Aslam Gora, The Hamilton Spectator, August 21, 2008

"We are looking for solutions to people who are causing the problem." This comment was made by Tarek Fatah, a Muslim activist progressive, as part of an event of rapprochement with the Muslim community organized by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service in cooperation with the Peel Regional Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

The event was intended to counter the radicalisation of Muslim youth. Some prominent imams and Muslim student leaders have commented on the situation, and a group of Muslims progressive Muslim Canadian Congress were also present to counter the radical ideas.

Questions come to mind in such moments as: Does such events contribute to eradicate radicalism? I do not think so, because we do not have clear laws to counter extremist Islamist ideology.

It is for this reason that we have taken no action against a man and his acolytes who suggested that Muslims should attack the Canadian soldiers on Canadian soil. We have taken no action against many Islamists in Canada who openly support the Taliban and, although they are themselves Canadians are showing their hatred of Canada because of its Western values.

Is it not ironic that we are fighting against the Taliban thousands of miles away in Afghanistan, while being unable to combat them and their ideology here at home? Now, the Taliban even dare send us an open letter, demanding under the threat that Canada remains out of the conflict.

Is it too much to ask our politicians to work on legislation that could counter the ideology of hatred propagated daily by the Islamists? Unfortunately, I did not hear anything like our politicians.

They have infiltrated political parties, they took refuge behind our well-righteous media groups and human rights. They hold jobs in government, intelligence agencies and campuses.

And they try to divert the vast silent majority of Muslims who too often are victims of their agenda.

The question remains, how our intelligence services and law enforcement can bring the radicals to justice without appropriate legislation? They can not, of course.

The director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Andy Ellys, and the inspector Jamie Jagoe of the RCMP, have analysed very well in their presentations the evolutionary process of radicalisation, but they seem powerless to put in place adequate measures for the counter.

Apparently, they seek help even circles, in the words of Tarek Fatah, are "a cause of the problem."

If we were able to deport back to their countries of origin of some Islamists who openly preach hatred of Canada, would send a clear message to the rest of the group.

Mahmud Hasan, a Bengali-Canadian writer and author of a book on Islam and Sharia, "said another problem during his presentation: the Muslim community and Canadian society need a modern interpretation of the Islam in order to fight against the radical interpretation of Islam.

He is right. Unfortunately, our media, our national institutions, provincial and local government agencies, political parties and society in general regard the Muslim groups that appear most fundamentalists and radicals as representatives of Islam.

So far, the Canadian government has taken no action to force the Islamists to tolerate the values of a free society. On the contrary, the Islamists are seeking to force Canadians to tolerate their extreme ideology of hatred.

Without recognize and support the role and participation of progressive Muslims, our government and its intelligence services will not be able to fight against Islamic radicalisation.

Tahir Aslam Gora

goratahir@yahoo.ca

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