Just yesterday I got a news release from the good Canadian Coalition for Democracies in which they call on the those six Muslim organizations in Canada who had a big news conference earlier this month and issued a joint commitment “to take a leadership role in challenging extremism”, to do just that, and to call for the government to bar entry into our nation of Britain’s Sheikh Riyadh ul-Haq.
Sheikh Riyadh ul-Haq was invited to speak here to some of Canada’s youth at the “Youth Tarbiyah” conference, sponsored by the Islamic Foundation of Toronto. I noticed that their web site still lists him as a speaker.
Today, a CTV report lists only one of the six groups having done just that; and whether or not that had anything to do with it, the Conservative government has moved to bar the extremist’s entry.
I wonder if this would have happened, say, anytime in the past 13 years prior to our Conservative government being elected. He has, after all, visited Canada four times, the last time being just last year under Team Martin’s liberal watch.
Feds try to bar radical British imam’s visit
Updated Thu. Jun. 29 2006 12:41 PM ET
CTV.ca News StaffThe federal government has taken steps to prevent a controversial British imam from entering Canada on Friday to speak to a Muslim youth conference in Toronto, CTV News has learned.
Sheikh Riyadh ul-Haq, a prominent cleric in England who has been accused of publicly vilifying Jews and Hindus, among other groups, was slated to be the keynote speaker for the weekend Youth Tarbiyah conference, sponsored by the Islamic Foundation of Toronto.
Sources told CTV News that Immigration Minister Monte Solberg informed immigration officials that ul Haq should not be allowed into the country because of his extreme views.
The cleric has been accused of making inflammatory comments about Jews, Hindus and moderate Muslims, as well as gay, bisexual and transsexual people.
Ul Haq was recently called into the Canadian High Commission in London and was told he would not be admissible to Canada on grounds that his views could incite hatred and violence.
The CTV cutely calls it “inflamatory comments”. That’s liberalspeak for an “Islamist extremist condoning jihad”.
Here’s some of the things he’s said:
“Among the believers there are those who have proved their word and agreement with Allah and thus they have expired their lives, meaning they are martyred in the way of Allah. And the rest of the believers, they are waiting for martyrdom. They are waiting for shahada [martyrdom] . We should follow in the footsteps of the shahada. We may be under siege at the moment but have hope.”
Listen here to an audio recording on Jihad and Martydom made during one of his “inflamatory comment” lectures.
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