[ April 20, 2024 ]
When a Muslim policeman in Canada uses the full force of the state to enforce the sharia — the West is in trouble.
Free Speech Under Fire in Canada American Thinker—by Pamela Geller
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is yet another instance of the Islamic supremacist/leftist war on free
speech — particularly egregious in the wake of the Boston Marathon
jihad bombings. The message is all the more crucial now. For years, my
colleagues and I labored under the most heinous circumstances. Anyone
who opposes the jihad and the Sharia must endure a constant withering
attack on one's name, reputation, integrity, and even spirit.
I
was scheduled to speak at the Chabad Flamingo Synagogue in Thornhill,
right outside of Toronto's city limits, on May 13. But now Islamic
supremacist groups in Canada, with willing aid from the Canadian police,
have succeeded in getting the event canceled under police pressure, and the organizers are looking for a new location.
Insp. Ricky Veerappan, of the York Regional Police force's diversity, equity and inclusion bureau: "Some of the stuff that Ms. Geller speaks about runs contrary to the values of York Regional Police and the work we do in engaging our communities."
Let
me understand this. The "stuff" that I speak about — gender apartheid,
creed apartheid, Islamic Jew-hatred, honor killing — runs contrary to
their values? What exactly are their values? Imposing Sharia? Because
that's exactly what they're doing. My value is life. What's theirs?
And they acted on smears from the ADL. The Police Department had concerns about the event
because an Islamic supremacist group had complained to them, citing
some of the smears and libels that are circulating about me on the
Internet, including the Anti-Defamation League's denunciation of me.
The
capacity for humiliating, destructive behavior from the ADL's Abraham
Foxman (and those Jews who fund the ADL) continues to astound and repel
proud Jews across the world. This is the same ADL that has condemned Jews including Joan Rivers, Seth MacFarlane, and Israel itself.
The
ADL is more dangerous to the Jews than her avowed enemies, because they
appear to be on our side — and yet undermine the staunchest and
fiercest Zionists. The enemies of freedom use the compromised Jews of
the AFL to defame and destroy a Jew who is truly standing up for Israel
and for the principles of freedom and human rights that the Jewish State
represents. It's inexcusable.
But this time the police met repeatedly with the rabbi and warned him not to host the event, and finally threatened him that if he held the event, he would be removed from his position as chaplain of York County.
The rabbi wasn't prepared to go up against the police, or to give up
his chaplaincy, so he bowed to the threat and canceled the event. It's
unfortunate that Chabad could not withstand the pressure from the police
department, particularly in light of the brutal and horrifying murders
and mutilations of their fellow Chabadniks Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, his
wife Rivka and their children in the Mumbai jihad massacre in November
2008.
The police also told the rabbi that Jason Kenney, Canada's Minister of
Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, has been asked to keep me
out of Canada. They are trying to ban me fresh on the heels of an
Islamic attack targeting the passenger train between New York and
Toronto. Does this make any sense to any of you?
So
the police are kowtowing to the Islamic groups, who are demanding that
the government do so as well, and the rabbi is kowtowing to the police
to insure his York chaplaincy.
Meanwhile,
the convicted terrorist and airline hijacker Leila Khaled, who is known
as the "poster girl of Palestinian militancy," is scheduled to speak at
the University of British Columbia (UBC). Khaled has been convicted of
terrorism for participating in airline hijackings for the Palestinian
Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a terrorist group. She is
scheduled to speak via Skype this Saturday, May 4, at a conference hosted by a group supporting the Palestinian jihad.
Frank
Dimant, CEO of B'nai Brith Canada, declared: "Allowing Leila Khaled, a
convicted terrorist, a platform at a UBC affiliated event is absurd. Her
presence, even if only by video, adds to the real risk of students
being influenced by radical ideologies, especially at a time when
home-grown Canadian terrorism is a major concern. Given recent events
such as the arrest of two individuals in connection to a plot to bomb a
Via-Rail train, the horrific Boston Marathon attacks and the continuing
investigation into the radicalization of youths from London, it is the
responsibility of the university, as well as every Canadian, to speak
out when it comes to security and safety."
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11 Comments
10 years ago
Threats really do work don’t they? The muzzies just called the local police and said that if the geller woman was allowed to speak at the synagogue there would be trouble. That’s how it works and has always worked. Use the power of fear to silence your opponents. And smear them so they lose support as nobody wants to be associated with them any more. Call your opponent a nazi and you’re halfway there as long as no-one notices that the one doing the branding is the actual nazi / fascist what have you. It must be especially tough for you Pamela (you’re a jewish girl aren’t you) that makes you especially undisarable to muzzies “A jew, allah forbid!” And you’re a woman at that so in muzzie terms you rank lower than a goat or a camel. And to make it even worse you exercise free speech to utter things that muzzies don’t want told and / or feel offended by.I admire you Pamela Geller.
10 years ago
Really, we don’t have freedom of speech in Canada. We have “speech which is allowed” thanks to S.1 of the charter of rights and freedoms. S.1 is what allows the government to decide exactly how much, if they can justifiably demonstrate what can be prohibited. It’s one of the reasons why we have things like the RIDE program(Drunk driving prevention), which are considered a “reasonable exception” to the warrantless stop and search section of the charter. Because it benefits society as a whole – per the supreme courts arguments.
10 years ago
Free Speech is not ‘under fire ‘ in Canada – it is already lost. The HRC has seen to that.
Canadians live in fear of ‘offending’ Muslims. So do Americans – Obama has seen to that.
10 years ago
10 years ago
I’m in Alberta Canada. Canada is not lost. For 20 years we were ruled by a liberal government that secretly supported terrorists so they would vote for them. We now have a conservitive government that is slowly cleaning up the mess the liberals made. Canadians are outraged by what was done to this Rabbi by the police, and the pressure to accept muslim laws. People may think Canadians are peacfull polite people, but keep up trying to change us to a muslim country, and supporting terrorism and we will not be so peacful anymore.
10 years ago
Many people in Canada hate the Sun News Network because they tell the truth and tell us these stories. Right now there have been complaints about the SNN by the left trying to shut it dowm. No other media that I know of carried this story of police attempting to stop free speach. Contrary to popular belief many people in Canada own guns, especial in the west, and in Alberta we are called racist, hillbillies. So look out for us hillbillies!
10 years ago
Wait a minute…Moochelle, Clinton & Pelosi in Burkas? http://shutupnsing.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/sharia-creep-101/
..let’s rethink this!
10 years ago
Where are the Canadian Christian Zionists, people like Pastor Hagee of the United States? Why aren’t these religious Christian Zionists raising a stink about this whole affair. It might be that they might be next on the Muslim’s aganda.
I always assumed that Canadians were smarter and more tolerant of those that may disagree with them, their philosophies, or even religious beliefs. This nonsense by not allowing Ms. Geller the right to express an opinion is not only absurd, it is down right scary.
I am really appalled that the Chabad Rabbi was interested more in a voluntary position, then in learning the truth about Islam. This Rabbi should be severely censored by the Chabad ruling board if one exists.
The Canadian People are a smart open minded set of people. Everyone except for those Canadians who live in Ontario Province.
10 years ago
(Re: police officer Ricky Veerappan)
Address all correspondence to:
Police Chief Eric Jolliffe
York Regional Police
17250 Yonge Street
Newmarket, Ontario Canada
L3Y-4W5
1-866-876-5423
Email: [email protected] (This email is monitored during business hours)
10 years ago
Everyone except for those who live in Ontario? Really? What a horrible statement given that I live in Ontario, and many, many stand with Pamela. Perhaps you are ignorant of all the evangelicals I know here who will push good and hard if Sharia dares attempts to rear it’s ugly face here. It must be quite a thing to speak of an entire province and its people the way you just did.
10 years ago
Ten out of the 15 countries with the worst religious freedom abuses are Muslim, according to the recently released U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) 2013 Annual Report identifying the status of religious freedom throughout the world, and citing countries that are the least tolerant of religious freedom.RABBI DR. BERNHARD ROSENBERG
