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He said exactly what I think but I'm so happy to have a Muslim say it because they know what it's all about. I like this man. He's bold and honest.

Well David the way for them to achieve this is for them to go back to the lands of the heathen and sort out the militant islamic scum.

@Nancy
That's an interesting description you have of people who may not think exactly as you do, Nancy. I'm assuming you may be a fundamentalist Christian? "Secular scum in the west" describes everyone who may not believe what you do. Try reading the bible cover to cover and you may be surprised at what's in it. I know a lot of people who have done this and are
now atheists. For a fundy, atheism is a real problem, similar to the one you display.

Nancy, whatever your spiritual beliefs, the "secular scum" are a drop in the bucket of threats to the values and lives of what comprises any aspects of what has made "western"'culture the pre-eminent culture vs. what would come under sharia and revert every gain in virtually any category. Go as a woman and live under strong sharia/islam and see if you still feel the same way. For that matter go as a man and see what it does to your liberty, rights, opportunities. Under these types of laws and people the word we in the west use so much "freedom", doesn't even mean anything close to how we sling it around - for them freedom is being the perfect muslim, following what you are told to believe and gaining the "freedom" that only those in perfect sync with islam can know. Basically, it means drinking the kool-aid and achieving "freedom" a la The followers of Jim Jones - and look where that "freedom" got them. Alternatively, under current western systems, people have the right to be and speak ignorantly - under sharia you would just be ignorant.

Actually Nancy, I have a video I'd like you to watch, of an entire town that thinks as you appear to, from another of Acharya's sites:

http://freethoughtnation.com/contributing-writers/63-acharya-s/640-in- god-we-trust-documentary.html

It's a bit lengthy - 2 hours - but well worth the watch. Possibly when you see yourself reflected in others, you may consider revising your opinion.

pax vobiscum,
archaeopteryx
in-His-own-image.com

I agree too.

Canada is a melting pot of many nations.
Chinese, Italian, French, Vietnamese, etc. All come here and blend in very well.
However these Muslims are too much.
It is not for us to comply to their wishes and the Sharia law.
They can worship and dress according to their wishes in their homes and in their mosques only.
No burka, no veil and no praying carpet in the middle of the street like they did in England to mobilized a whole sector of the city.
No praying carpet anywhere beside their homes or mosques.

Canada is one of the best country to live in. It is a privilege for them to immigrate here. And we are blessed to have separation of state and religion.
Either they conform to our standards or they get the hell out of here.
I do not need any Muslim to shove down their religion down my throat or in public and give them an inch in trying to convert me which is always in the back burner of their mind.

Oppressing women and children with middle east Muslim culture is not one of our Canadian values.
Children need gym and need to be free and not to be indoctrinated.
If Muslims parents can't live with our social and religious standards please go back to your oppressive countries which you tried to escape in the first place

I fully agree with Ticahn and can't believe somebody could write every word which I have in my mind. I salute you Ticahn and pray that may the muslims understand how to peacefully become a part of our great country Canada. If not, then please leave us and let us live with great harmony.

I am frequently appalled by the arrogance of Muslims the world over. You say you "dress according to how God wanted us to dress". This obviously implies that we in western society do not conform to God's wishes. You say "We know what the right way in life is"; this certainly suggests that we do not know the right path in life and if this is not a clear indictment against everyone else in the world who does not follow the Muslim faith then what else could it mean?

But then again, it is not just the "infidels" of non-muslim faiths that are living so unpurely; are there not many different faiths within the Muslim populations of the world? One group often condemning another such as the Shiite vs. the Sunni faith. Many conflicts in the Muslim world are often blamed on Western society but it seems to me that western interference notwithstanding, there will never be harmony between the Muslim societies of the world because of this incredibly arrogant belief each group or faction holds that they are so right and the other so wrong!

Finally, you speak of your freedom and rights in Canadian society; these same freedoms and rights are the mark of western societies. Such freedoms and rights are sorely lacking in so many of your own countries. This is very likely one of the main reasons so many Muslims are coming to live in western countries. In Canada, immigrants of various stripes are welcomed, supported and offered tremendous opportunities for a stable and happy future. Yet so many of you seem, rather than being grateful to your fellow Canadians, determined to change this society to suit yourselves. You tell us that we don't know how to live life properly; you criticize common practices such as going out for a drink, or not dressing as modestly as Muslims do. Freedom and respect work both ways, Nadoo. You owe us respect for our beliefs and culture as well. To paraphrase your closing remarks: You should think about what you are going to say before you condemn the same people who have made it possible for you and so many other immigrants to have a better life for themselves than they could possible have in their own countries/cultures.

Amen Thank-you Mark well said.

Thanks Mark - I couldn't agree more. ALL immigrants should, indeed, count their many, many blessings to be welcomed into this great country of ours.

well said Mark, i came from a muslim country to live in freedom....i thank the canadian people for hosting me , i owe canada a lot.....if i wish to live as i use to live in my previous muslim country, so why the hell i immigrate in the first place?....This supremacist muslim called Nadoo and many like her are not in Canada to integrate or to be part of this great country...they came to Canada for their hidden agenda....and their hidden agenda is very obvious in the way she speak: islamisation of the Society.....she claims she has rights in Canada, but neglect completely her obligation and duty to conform into the canadian family...she asks other people to respect her belief while she respect no one ....if you take a look in her scared islamic texts you will find many verses and textes that describe non-muslims as uncleans, and worst than animals....and a lot more of hate and war incitements...i came from a muslim background and this supremacist muslim called Nadoo and people like her can't call me: racist or islamophobe...because i came from the same background as her.

Your comments are appreciated much Maggy especially since you have a real firsthand perspective. I sincerely believe that if immigrants don't embrace their adoptive country; make a real effort to become a part of their new society and above all respect the values and traditions that are fundamental to the host people who are opening their doors and hearts to newcomers then multiculturalism simply cannot work. Worse, there will only be racial conflict, resentment, anger and very possibly much worse things that I'd rather just allude to here.

This is Canada, a land where personal and religious freedom, peace, equality, tolerance and fairness are among our highest values. We live in a very modern, stable and secure nation and enjoy a very high standard of living. Newcomers share in all of the benefits that Canada has to offer such as free health care; free education through high school; financial support for post-secondary studies; assistance for low income earners; real opportunities for personal growth and development and the list goes on.

Indeed, so much is offered to immigrants that they should regard coming to live in Canada as the tremendous privilege that it is instead of thinking only of their own customs, beliefs and traditions and proclaiming that they have the right to practice them as they please; or to quote Nadoo: "If we want to take out a praying carpet in the middle of the street and pray that is completely up to us and our freedom rights". Well Nadoo and others who think like you, I believe the Canadian people would beg to differ!

Listen up
this is our country, we invited you here to experience a greatr and happier life,due to our great and sympatic culture. You agreed to our way of life when u camehere.
Dont think we will accept a muslim disrupting our streeet traffic just so u can pray to a fictitious gawd. Until you overpower us in breeding apes children and actually vote us out, shut up and accept and respect our culture also

Nadoo..what westerner's are concerned about is the oppression and barbaric practices Islam endorses.It is a recognized fact that in muslim countries 'unbeleiver's' are overwhelmed with injustices and cruelity.As one muslim scholar stated 'we don't make a distinction between civilain's and non-civilan's. Only between muslim's and unbeleiver's . And the life of the unbeleiver has no value.' The barbaric practices that arise out of Islam is tragic and evil.I speak of the hatred taught to islamic children..the barbaric practice of gential mutation on little girl's..honour killing's.girl's raped and then killed because her rape 'dishonour's. family..the abuse of women.the endosement of sex with animal's.and little boy's.(it's in the Koran) If you were to follow mohammad you would steal..kill..maim.rape.beat..make slaves out of prisioner's.cut off hand's and feet and tongues.lie.commit incest.show no mercy.hate.show no tolerance.condemn.indoctrinate.and then teach that a HOLY GOD is pleased with you? I can think of no other religion so bleak and so degraded. You are calling evil good.

firstly i say to all canadians,don't be dictated to by any other culture.if people wish to live in your country then first and foremost they should adopt and adapt to canadian culture and values not the other way around.secondly i am from england and far from wishing to mix with the general populas most muslims have enclaves of families and don't want to intergrate with the rest of british society,which causes raciial tensions.thirdly if most muslims were happy with islam and their original country of origin,why are they then leaving these country and trying then to dictate to the countries they then settle in?from what i see hear the proffessor who originally commented hear has the right attitude,he is probably still proud to be a muslim but is also very proud to be canadian and does not wish to ram down other peoples throats the muslim way,i take my hat off to this guy and wish him well all though others reading it would in another country who do not have so much freedom would persecute him for his statement,finally i say to anyody wishing to settle in another country,wherever that may be,intergrate whilst still holding your values but still respect the values of your adopted country first and foremost,britains a mess,dont allow yourselves to get like us

"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death." Albert Einstein

Muslims will be forced out of the Western world. The people never wanted you here and your nations of origin are garbage because your people live there.You cause trouble verywhere. Make no mistake WE WILL REMOVE YOU.

Spending 2 years in Afghanistan, ive seen many young peoplewanting to leave Afghanistan and go to a country where they can be free. If you want to immigrate to our Home CANADA because you cant deal with ur own countries problems then u need to leave UR COUNTRIES PROBLEMS IN UR COUNTRY! Im sick of seeing this crap about trying to get Sharia law in Canada! Sharia law can stay in the middle east where it belongs!! U wanna talk bout Canada being a Free country, fine lets talk!! In canada woman, children men have all equal rights, we are taught not to segragate.. Sharia law lets you rape your wife, beat ur wife, Children if they arnt obeying the "Man" how is bringing this sh*t into Canada, make canada a free country?? U want to live by Sharia law, dont do it in our Country, go back to ur sh*t hole country where this BACKWARDS BEHAVIOUR IS ALLOWED!!! Dont preach how drinking is bad, we are free people, u dont like it , U DONT DESERVE TO LIVE IN SUCH A GREAT COUNTRY AS CANADA..U EXTREME MUSLIMS ARE ALL BRAINWASHED....U SHOULDNT BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE UR COUNTRY BECAUSE U CANT FIX IT AND MOVE TO OURS AND TRY AND MAKE IT LIKE UR COUNTRY...ITS BULLsh*t AND IM TIRED OF LISTENING TO THIS CRAP....Did u read the article how a man brought his family over from Afghanistan in 2008, with his 2 wifes, 2 sons, and 2 daughters..beat his wifes then killed his 2 girls with the help of his sons because they were becoming "westernized" and had secret boyfriends!! DONT BRING UR sh*t TO OUR COUNTRY! OR GET THE HELL OUT.... Canada should grow some balls and start deporting ppl who are pushing their laws, religions on us!
U should be grateful to live in Canada!! I know lots of young Afghan kids who would love to be there and not try to change a damn thing, cuz THEY WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO BE FREE AND MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICES....

Dear Nadoo...My family, friends and I LEFT Islam because of the way so many Muslims are pushing their beliefs on society and wanting to change to sharia law or interfering in the lives of others by praying in the streets, covering faces which is not safe for the rest of us, we need to be able to identify people and because Islam teaches they are the only real faith. The west welcomes Muslims but Muslim countries are not so welcoming to non Muslims, in fact they oppress or hurt them. We dont want to be a part of such a hateful religion and Muslims are waking up. If Muslims cant speak out against al qaeda, Muslim Brotherhood. Hamas , Hizbollah and others like them, then in fact they appear to support them or are indifferent to them or they fear them and then complain when the other countries do something to stop their terrorism. Until you weed out your terrorists and interfere in noraml laws and living of other countries there will be more of them not wanting to allow immigration of Muslims. Truthfully, I think this is best way for Muslims to stay where they are in Muslim countries, because Islam is a culture and a way of life not just a religion(even Muslims say this), thus your laws and beliefs do not fit in other countries who think everyone is equal and where everyone else obeys the laws of the country. If you leave Islam you are punished, families murder their own, Islam using taqiyya(lies to obtain what you need in Islam), so how can anyone trust many Muslims? I care about you as a person, but I dont believe this religion accepts others, so I dont think others should accept it in democratic countries. People around the world need to be kind to Muslims but I think they should reduce the percentage they allow in because in truth, why take a chance on a religion which shows violence in its teachings?

I totallly agree with Mahfooz Kanwar. These people are out of their minds.

There is nothing most Canadians want is to live in harmony with all our citizens, being whatever race or religion. I don't understand why there should be a divide. Certainly compassion for one another. We can all believe in this wonderful land and country what is good and kind to humanity This great land of Canada. If you bring your festering ways into our midst, I think it could cause havoc. Please no more sharia law, let it go, as its barbaric. Lets live a life that we are famous for, caring, accepting and what we brag about the most is diverse and multicultural. PLEASE lets live a life that YOUR GOD, MY GOD AND EVERYONE ELSE GOD wanted for us as Brothers and Sisters.

well this article is not about what most muslims want. it's about what these muslims want and should not get. mohammed the so called prophet of islam said that anyone who listens to music should have molten lead poured down their ears. you think these people are making it up on their own? to hell with mohammed and islam.

mohammed was a paedophile.

Most muslims just want a roof over their heads?
Then it is about time they start shouting that from the rooftops, because as things are, a lot of people in the west are coming to the conclusion that maybe muslims do want what the west is, but under shariah law and under islamic dominion. And of course they ust want to live their lives in peace, just as we do - but then they expect to live an islamic life, under our roof.

The problem with muslims is that they think and speak in tongues: when they say Freedom they really mean their freedom and our submission, when they say Democracy, they mean they want what we have, but then under shariah law.
And when they speak of human rights, they really mean islamic rights. Believe me: the two have nothing in common.

they want to come to other countries and try to change the way we have been since the beginning and look how they treat christians and NON-muslims in the countries they came from but we should make special arrangements for them when they come here!!!! I don't think so GO HOME

@David Carey

According to Iranian ex-muslim， Dr. Sina's book, "UNDERSTANDING MUHAMMAD: A Psychobiography of Allah's Prophet" , he said your view is a typical westerner's mistakened view of Muslims. Here's a quote from the book:

"Since September 11, 2001, there have been over 11,000 terrorist attacks, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians and a lot more injuries, throughout the world. The perpetrators of these attacks were not monsters; they were Muslims. They were pious people who believed and acted in accordance with their faith. There are millions more who think like them and are ready to do the same.
If you think Islamic terrorism is a new phenomenon, think again. Islam owes its success to terrorism. The prophet of Islam boasted, “I have been made victorious with terror". [Bukhari: 4.52. 220] Since the day Muhammad set foot in Medina, he started his campaign of terror. His followers have been doing the same ever since. Muslims are intolerant, supremacist, bullies, and violent. They are highly inflammable and can explode if they are not treated preferentially and with respect. At the same time, they abuse others and violate the rights of people of other faiths. This is psychopathology. To understand Muslims, one must understand their prophet. Muslims worship and emulate Muhammad. Islam is Muhammadanism. Only by understanding him can one know what makes them tick."

Like most people in the west, I used to think that only a few Muslims are "fanatic" but this book enlightened me to countless shocking facts. All Muslims must serve allah's cause and that means working towards making all nations on earth into islamic states. I seriously urge all democratic world leaders to read it for themselves to anticipate what can happen to future world orders because "Muhammad followers" are exploiting the easy, humanitarian side of western democracy to achieve their plot to ultimately make all non-Muslim countries to become islamic states. This is the view held by an ex-Muslim and author of this book, so it is not based on racism but from personal experience of this evil and intolerant islamic doctrine that is backbone of the koran. It can be found here:
http://alisina.org/understanding-muhammad/

http://www.faithfreedom.org/category/articles/

http://www.islam-watch.org/LeavingIslam/Devout-Muslim-Leaves-Islam-in- Weeks-Thanks-to-Ex-Muslims.htm

You seemed to have gained more misconceptions than you lost from reading that idiotic book. Questions;

1. Don't just number the terrorist attacks; number the amount from non-Muslim psychopaths. Terrorism is guerilla warfare for the weaker and the more desperate, and the world has plenty of non-Muslims in those conditions. Google. What were the numbers again?

2. Why the hell would you assume a person can't be racist against one's own race? That's stupid. How many black slaves were born into believing that they were supposed to be slaves?

3. How many VICTIMS of terrorist attacks were Muslims?

Do some research into Muslim countries vs. non-Muslim. In democratic Switzerland the population voted against allowing minarets.

Guess what Saudi Arabia hasn't banned? Christian churches.

I say this as a white, educated Australian. And I want to know, why is the automatic response of migrants asking for certain conditions that they should leave? Clearly they haven't been welcomed wholeheartedly in the first place, or LEAVE wouldn't be the first response.

Instead, we should ask that they suggest ways for us to accommodate them without inconveniencing us either; they can't disrupt our traffic, but they can look for ways to pray out of their homes when they need to. Like a network of Muslim homes elsewhere, or a clever map of the closest Islamic temples. There are ways for both groups to be smart about it.

I am VERY comfortable with the way Prof. Kanwar made his statement and he is absolutely right. Enough of the politically correct BS. We need more people willing to stand up and tell immigrants of all nationalities that if they do not like it here then they are free to leave!

Exactly! Just as in the Middle East. Israelis, if you do not like living in the former State of Palestine - you are free to leave!

This guy is right; If you want to live under sharia law, GO BACK to the hell whole country you came from. I'd be telling this same statement in America. This is the way things are done here and if you don't like it get OUT ! If we lived in their country would we not be bound by their law and ways ?

Somebody should make this statement in America not just to muslims, but to the fundamentalist christians who are attempting to impose their corrupt theocratic ideals on a secular state.

I as a Deist in the vain of Thomas Paine agree 100% with the following you commented: to wit:"Somebody should make this statement in America not just to Muslims, but to the fundamentalist Christians who are attempting to impose their corrupt theocratic ideals on a secular state."

Wow .. I don't think there is any comparison between the fundamental christians and the Islamic religion... Maybe you should go and live in one of those muslim countries where there is quite a lot of poverty, governmental tyranny etc etc ...

I am glad to know Canada has the same problem that the US is experiencing. The hosts are expected to accommodate the newcomers, rather than the newcomers trying to fit in to the host country's ways. Who changed that and when? People, go where you are comfortable; don't try to make everyone else live like you (if we wanted to live like you, we would move to your country of origin).

@Rob: Christians do not try to impose anything on you. They cannot help it if you are uncomfortable with what they say, tho. And if you are offended, just get over it and grow up.

No, common sense would be indicated by him losing all faith in anything which cannot be proven - i.e. coming out as a nonbeliever.

Faith cannot be proven; that's what makes it faith.

Faith is the substance of things not seen, but hoped for. Faith is proven by ones actions. Faith without works is dead. Works is the proof of ones faith.

I agree with Puppyface. Faith without works is dead. I also feel America is a choice land. Our founding Father's acknowledged that God had made and preserved our Nation. There are natural born citizens that now want Liberty-In God We Trust removed from our coins, they want prayer to be taken out of schools, they want and want and want. If they don't like what their country stands for, they should leave along with those who have come and want special treatment. I too feel if we don't have here what you want then it is best to leave. Here in America we have freedom. I know in many other countries you have no choices. I also know unless we change the direction we are now headed in, we will no longer be the country that God shed His grace on. I don't agree with the direction our President is taking us, but I have hope that somehow things will change. I also admire and respect that Professor Kanwar made the statement he made. It will help, I hope, to make others realize all Muslims are not radical and some will stand for what is right.

How very refreshing to hear Professor Kanwar make the statement he did! He obviously appreciates what this country has to offer to immigrants of all ilks. His sentiments are "not" overstated. Many feel the same way but say nothing, lest they be branded as racists and hate mongers. I admire him for taking such a a stand. Kudos to the Professor. Now...... let's see our politicians grow some back-bones and take the same stand as Professor Kanwar.
Professor....... I salute you.

There is the OLD saying, "When in Rome, Do as the Romans DO". It fits to this Day...

Oh, that's wonderful!
The PC brigade must be spitting bullets at this comment.
They can't call him an "Islamophobe" since he's Muslim, neither can they call him a "racist" since he's not white (or more accurately not Caucasian)!
He is, of course, absolutely correct. It is definite Chutzpah to expect an entire Country to adjust to meet the demands of a minority - which is, of course, what Muslims do - but it is also craven of the Countries - all Weastern ones - to do so.
I sincerely hope that Canada will start to grow a spine - just as there are a few bone-buds in that direction in Europe at present with Sarkozy, Merkel, Cameron saying that multi-culturalism has failed.

Hello,

First, I think that yes, people coming to a new country must adjust to the culture, and the norms. For example, I am an American living in China and I can assure you that China expects me to live by their norms and laws, as does the school I work at.

However, having said that, we should not speak in generalities about all Muslims. I have a number of good Muslim friends who are not the extremist type, nor advocate violence, or a world-takover by Islam. Many are liberal, perhaps not literalists (and thus don't follow all of the things), and very open-minded.

@John MC- The definition of "racist" does not require that someone be Caucasian. That in itself is a bunch of pc bullsh*t.

Racism simply means that someone has either a psychological, most likely negative bias against an entire race. This can manifest in prejudice, or negative actions taken based on this bias. Here in China, a lot of Chinese are VERY racist agains other races, especially those of African heritage. ANY person, regardless of race, can be racist.

Prof. Kanwar brings honor to himself and to Muslims everywhere; even though he is still a muslim. Most muslims lost their honor. He even brings honor to humanity better than the weak back boned government leaders, who are too frightened to lead their own country and honor their own government job and honor their own people. I too am foreign born, and I agreed in my "God Given Conscience" to live by my new country's rules. I like it here and I melt in the "melting pot" here very nicely and am content with my fellow human beings. I have to be "mentally unbalanced" to leave the hell hole behind me and fight to start and live in a new hell hole. Sorry, but Islam was a mistake.

@ john in cheshire

ofcourse what he said is common sense. bt he need to convert to christianity to make u believe tht he is sincere??? now who has a lack of common sense here??? i am a christian too bt u sounds like a racist...

@ David Carey

OH Paleeeeeeez! Have you been on a different planet for the last 10 years?

Muslims are demanding foot-baths, prayer-rooms, halal food, removal of pigs, photos of pigs, statues of pig, ham, pork, or bacon can't exist in the same building they're in, dogs must go, hospitals must eliminate all medicine or cleansing fluid that might contain alcohol, taxi drivers won't carry people with a bottle of wine, or a dog if they're blind, check out girls can't handle a package of bacon, even though it's completely sealed in plastic, women demand that they have their drivers license photo with their face completely covered, which completely makes the photo redundant, every day there's another news story where muslims are planning a terrorist event, and they are always just good ol' boys that never done no wrong...it just goes on and on and on...

Muslims have no idea how much hatred they are bringing on themselves because of their belief that they are superior to all non believers, and they insist on emulating a prophet that was a thief, liar, mass-murderer, sexual deviant, pedophile, and almost every other characteristic that would be considered anti-social, psychotic, and sociopathic.

If there's another event on the magnitude of 9-11 it wouldn't surprise me if people rise up and start slaughtering muslims en-mass just to get rid of the evil cancer that they have become in every society.

Islam cannot co-exist with any other society, it's been proven for 1400 years. Islam must be eradicated from earth and the quran, hadiths, and sunna must be burned and any one that's committed these texts to memory should be given an immediate ticket to their perverted pornographic heaven, complete with 72 virgins, and young boys with the skin of pearl, with a complimentary bullet in the forehead.

Problem solved! NO ISLAM, KNOW PEACE!

No religion, Know peace is a bit more accurate.

You are obviously an ignorant lowdown hillbilly. Not knowing what Islam is , i may not be Muslim but i know that the ideals our countries are born on are not being demoralized here. If there religion demands them to not eat pork or to be less of a slut then let them. Also, im more educated than you on the topic ; i have Muslim friends who i have asked questions about their religion to understand it more.


P.S. Ironically enough seeing this mass hatred and ignorance i may convert from Christianity.

We need somebody like the professor in Australia. Muslims left thier homeland to escape the injustice and unfairness that exists there---now they want to bring the same regime to this country and stuff it up

No matter what, in Europe as well as in the states, people are getting fed up.
We finally understand the war going on and thanks God see the light and will fight if needed.

Our build democracy will NOT be torn apart. Over my dead body.

Applaud for Kanwar, one of the very few muslims standing up.

A vote from Holland.

at jonmc:
he looks pretty white to me.

but yea finally some common sense.

"That might be putting things a little more forcefully than most of us would be comfortabl;e with....".

Says who?
As far as I know, "most of us" completely agree with what mr.Kanwar said.
Ask the ordinary guy on the street, not the politician, what he thinks the demanding muslim immigrants should do....
Then, you just might change your "most" for "some".

Atah boy That's the way it should be!!

All organized religion is trash. That's like getting cured of AIDS and going out looking for Herpes.

Why does it matter how he looks?

this guy is right on the money!!!! The world would be a much better place if more people had this mans attitude about life.

When anyone who is not a Muslim says something like that it's called hate speech. Curious isn't it?

The UK has already agreed to create a seperate court for Sharia-law cultures.. From what I have seen of Sharia law it is the worse most oppressive set of medievil laws ever. and just like the religions that spawn this stuff, changing it will never happen.

Pity we couldn't get rid of all religion. Religious folk of all persuasions arean intolerant lot.

When will muslims in the USA and all other western democratic nations begin to make those comments?:

"If you want to live under sharia law, go back to the hellhole country you came from, or go to another hellhole country that lives under sharia law."

--Mahfooz Kanwar, a member of the Muslim Canadian Congress and a professor emeritus of sociology at Mount Royal University in Calgary.

I LOVE IT!!!!!!!

Now, lets hear the muslim from Iran and Egypt and other Islamic nations begin to demand democracy, freedom, human rights and freedom of religion / separation between mosque and state!!!!!

If they did, the world would truly be a much better place.

Has anyone issued a fatwah on this man yet? His words are certainly more powerful than any cartoon written about a muslim with a bomb in his turban.

Just as with any group, these people should acclimate themselves to the dominant culture or home-school. the dominant culture gets to decide how to educate the students in a way that make them productive citizens for the dominant culture. traditions and laws that are not a part of a secular cutlure should be kept in the home, and personal, and should not be inflicted upon those who are not a part of the personal traditions.

I totally agree, all we do here is bow down to anyone who does not get their way! Everyone has to live under the rules of the country!

Thanks, it is time that good people stand up and be counted. You are a credit to us all.

Shame on YOU for attacking people who tell the truth.

Bleccchhh.

Go Acharya!!! And Prof. Kanwar!!!!

The main media cleverly reiterates images of some Muslim groups who live in another era or come from another planet and interpret Islam their way with no knowledge whatsoever. As a matter of facts & first hand experience, most Muslims living in Europe or America this idea doesn't even cross their mind. It's an absolute falacy that we want to establish sharia outside Islamic countries. Yes there are some Muslim morons who want this but these are a fraction of the Muslim nation. If I speak your language then all Christians are blood thirsty criminals who know nothing else but killings, blowing Muslims up, colonisers, invaders, fornicators and the list has no end. Am I right in saying this? off course not because not all Christians or Westerners are behind wars in Islamic countries or third world but your armies are. Your governments messed up the Muslim world inside out for hundreds of years, millions of Muslims have died under the hands of your armies, all our polistitute despots have been imposed on us by your governments. you brought hell to our countries including Al-Qaeda but at the end we are the terrorists.
As for Prophet Mohamed melting lead on people is the most fascist propaganda I ever heard. Bring your proof if you are truthful. Your lies will backfire on you one day, the day when the truth prevails.

You call him "Prophet Mohamed," but you don't even know what he said?


And your history's totally screwed up:

Islam's body count - 270 million dead

Before you go around calling others liars and murderers, maybe you should check your facts.

I think that in respect of multiculturalism as in many other aspects of human lives we have to put things into context and not overgeneralize. Multiculturalism is not only desirable but unavoidable in this globalized world. The problem is not that any one culture should force another to do anything. In a multicultural society, people learn how to keep their heritage cultures WHILE adopting (and being adopted by) a new one. The whole idea is to learn how to accept each other without trying to force others into our cultural ways because we think that our ways are better. All we have to do is left a space open for choice. If these parents have their own cultural ways and want to keep them, they should reserve them for their private lives. All that has to do with the mainstream culture of a country have to either be adopted by immigrants (including most certainly the language) or left aside as a personal choice. If mixed education is mandatory in a certain country and a family decides to move into this country, they just can't expect to impose their private beliefs on public institutions.

Disagree - every country has its own culture, laws, systems. To say that any country has to adopt anyone else's ways just because they show up wanting to take advantage of the accomplishments and opportunities developed and built by others is garbage. If strangers show up at your home uninvited, come in, help themselves to the fruits of your labors - your food, your electronics, etc; your resources, reputation etc and then on top of that say that you must change the decor to what they want, get a different car that they like better, and that they family and household dynamic needs to change to suit them not you - - - how should one react? Cede your home culture and resources to these strangers?? Of course not. Same with countries writ large, and of course more complicated inter-relationships. Same principles.

Is this guy Mahfooz Kanwar 4 real?? If so; I give the man a standing ovation , It appears that he standing up to the rest of the WACK JOBS !!!!! If people/world would develop a live and let live philosophy an MYOB!!! The world would be better OFF!!!!!

Let them home school.
Maybe a class required for parents that would serve education of all would be good

Anonymous, No - no 'home schooling for immigrants - unless you WANT them to perpetuate their tribal culture here in the U.S.

Home Schooling?!

It is very easy to be "bold and honest" without being rude and obnoxious. I have little doubt "those people" don't KNOW they are living in a "Hell hole," but that's no reason to say it like that. I believe the Sheite Muslims can do as they want, as long as they do it THERE. Opinions are fine, but we should be civil about it. (excuse me if Sheite is spelled wrong)

Phoenix Aquua,

I'm sorry but, Islam is a human hating, woman hating, freedom hating, secular hating, democracy hating and violence loving CULT.

So, if Acharya is on any bandwagon against those barbaric attributes then, I and millions of others worldwide are on it with her so, shut the f**k up or you can get the hell out too - why don't YOU go live in an Islamic country with sharia law. See how it goes for you.

Catering to the DARK AGES (like Islam or Christianity) mentality is of no benefit to anyone and sitting back and allowing it to flourish unabated is an utter shame upon us ALL.

"Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Koran, the Muslim book of scripture, should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth."
- Omar M. Ahmad, founder of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) July 4th, 1998

"I am telling you that my religion doesn't tolerate other religion. It doesn't tolerate. The only one law which needs to spread, it can be here or anywhere else, has to be Islam"
- Abu Bakr, Muslim Cleric

"Oh, you Muslims everywhere, sever the ties of their nation, tear them apart, ruin their economy, instigate against their corporations, destroy their embassies, attack their interests, sink their ships, and shoot down their airplanes. Kill them in land, at sea, and in the air, kill them wherever you find them."
- Sheikh Abdel Rahman from a US prison

"The real weapons of mass destruction are the desire for martyrdom. Millions of you are ready to be shaheed. Half a million martyrdom shaheed is enough for Muslims to control the whole of earth forever. In the end of the day, Islam must control earth, whether we like it or not."
- Abu Hamza al-Masri, Islamic Cleric

"We don't make a distinction between civilians and non-civilians…Only between Muslims and unbelievers. And the life of an unbeliever has no value."
- British career welfare recipient Sheikh Omar Bakri

"We must not forget that Allah's rules have to be established in all lands..."
- Imam Muzammil H. Siddiqi, Islamic Society of North America

"Ultimately, we (Muslims) can never be full citizens of this country...because there is no way we can be fully committed to the institutions and ideologies of this country"
- Ihsan Bagby, CAIR

"The 9/11 hijackers should be honored as martyrs."
- Warith Deen Umar, Former Muslim Chaplain, New York Prisons

"Now, all our imams, our public speakers, should be concentrating on militarizing the Muslim public...Only carrying arms will do this task."
- Muhammad Al-Asi, Former Imam at the Washington, D.C. Islamic Center

"Americans in general might be more supportive of targeted attacks on civilians, as part of the war on terror, than U.S. Muslims."
- Ahmad Al-Akhras, CAIR

"In time, this so-called democracy will crumble, and there will be nothing. And the only thing left will be Islam."
- Siraj Wahhaj, Brooklyn, New York Imam

“Muslims cannot accept the legitimacy of the secular system in the United States, for it "is against the orders and ordainments of Allah ... the orientation of the Qur'an pushes us in the exact opposite direction as the forces that are at work in the American political spectrum."
- Imam Zaid Shakir, Former Muslim Chaplain at Yale University

"Let us continue the protests. Let us damn America. Let us damn Israel. Let us damn their allies until death. Mohammad is leader. The Qu’ran is our constitution. Jihad is our path. Victory to Islam. Death to Israel. Revolution! Revolution! Until Victory! Rolling, rolling to Jerusalem."
- Sami Al Arian

"This religion [Islam] will destroy all other religions through the Islamic Jihad fighters"
- Jordanian/Palestinian School Book 1998

"Mosques are our barracks, domes our helmets, minarets our bayonets, believers our soldiers."
- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan

"Islam not a religion of violence, but if you burn Qur'ans or draw Muhammad, we'll kill you"
- Gambian President

"No we don’t want to democratize Islam, we want to Islamize democracy" "We love you, America – and we want your children for Islam"
- Islam on Capitol Hill.com

"I am a traitor to America because my religion requires me to be. We pledge to wage jihad for the rest of our lives until either we implant Islam all over the world or meet our Lord as bearers of Islam."
- Samir Khan

Infidelophobia
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Articles/Infidelophobia.htm

Immigration Gumballs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7WJeqxuOfQ

The video below is precisely what's happening throughout Europe, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Sweden, Denmark, as well as the Americas.

'Islamization' of Paris: a Warning to the West
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAh480e6bH8

I think the time has come for people to actually listen to what muslims and ex-muslims have been saying themselves in their own words.

Ex-Muslim websites

http://www.ex-muslim.org.uk
http://www.faithfreedom.org
http://www.apostatesofislam.com
http://www.reformislam.org

I think some Western politicians are going out of their way to give special privileges to Muslims for the same reason that some judges (and justice systems) make special allowances for violent criminals -- to create a backlash. In the latter case, a conservative backlash, but there are other judges and justice systems whic do the exact opposite and 'throw the book' at people who are basically harmless, thereby creating a hyper-liberal backlash. (Basically, we get to choose fascism or Stalinism!) This is part of the politics of 'divide and rule.' The powers that be work it from both ends -- they attack the Constitution from the left and the right. In this case, I personally don't see why the school can't simply excuse the students without changing anything. I believe that parents should ultimately have the right to decide. if a class violates their basic beliefs and have the freedom to keep their children. In the long run, this is the only way to get freedom from brainwashing. Schools should stick to basics and eliminate ANY courses that indoctrinate values -- religious or social. But since this is difficult to achieve, at least give the parents the ultimate decision for particular courses. Educators will hate this idea, but it's much better for the people to be in control and have confidence in their democratic rights than to have educators (the state) decide what values the kids should be taught. Stick to basic, objective knowledge.

So all these mythical "moderate muslims" are starting to materialize...Have the Canadians called him a racist Islamaphobe nazi yet? Common sense is so out of style these days.

This trend is picking up speed now. Watch for the media to to tally ignore this man.

Well, I, as a Canadian, really admire this man.
He`s risking his life.
The religion of peace will be after him, no doubt.

I, for one, do not believe that this gentleman is stating his case too forcefully. The fact of the matter is, I think Mr. Kanwar is stating the case in the most precise and reasonable terms imaginable. This is becoming a very large problem throughout the western world. Muslims are pouring into western countries and cultures, many seeking asylum and then demanding that the western culture adapt to their way of life. It's absurd in the extreme. One would not believe that it were possible and yet we are seeing it all over Europe. In a few short years, many of the former democracies of Europe will be theocracies. Couldn't happen here? Ha. Think again.

Christians denounced God's word and the Old Testement by
writing the New Testement so why can't the Muslims do the same
by junking Islam for Humanism?

Christians didn't denounce God's word by writing the New Testament. The Old Testament told of history and foretold of what was to come, and the New Testament is about the realization of the prophecies of the Old Testament and the covenant by which Christians live today.

You are correct in once sense, though; Islam has never had a reformation, and its teaching became more violent and restrictive, not less as happened in the Bible.

that's a flat out lie

Let's see: I don't want muslims forcing sharia law on me, but I do want to force myself on my fellow Canadians by means of the extortion racket called taxation because I know what is best for them, and the public university sytem, which employs me, is best for them. I know I have some principles somewhere...I just don't remember where I set them down.

In one of my book of political essays I wrote of Oum Kalsoun, the revered late Egyptian songstree who, after a concert during which she sang ¨Oum Kalsoum¨, a song which speaks of a woman liiberating herself from male mental and physical enslavement, asked the women of her audience to stand and remove their enslaving veils. She said: ¨We women are the reproductive force of society. Let us hold our heads up high....and BARE!¨ And all the women in her auience stood and removed their veils!
No child is born wearing a burka. All peoplel are born equal and equally nude...which means we are born as the Creative Force, whatever you may consider that to be..created us. Equally naked. Men created shame of the body and fear of their own sexually violent desires respecting women. Clothing was created out of necessity, as protection from the elements, almost two million odd years ago before any organized religion was ever thought of.

Islam, the Johnny-Come-Lately of the three Judaic religions. second daughter of Judaism, is a hodge podge of its mother and elder sister,
Christianity, and as its sister did, uses mass murder to distance itself from its maternal origins and remain supreme.

In my essay I also say, ¨anyone who has to leave his country because he or she cannot survive or make a living wage there, must also respect the laws and customs of whatever country he or she immigrates to. They must have the humility to acknowledge that no one invited them to immigrate to another land, and that if they wish to prosper, they must respect the life style of the country they are exploiting. In their lands they would not accept a foreigner imposing another belief system on their cultures. Why, on earth, do they have the arrogance to think they have the right to impose their beliefs on another country which neither invited nor needs them. They are the ones who need laic countries´ opportunities to succeed...to survive, countries, unliike their own, which allow religious freedom to all...to be practiced privately. Most of their countries, out of the historic, inherited Islamic need to conquer, would and DO NOT allow other religions in their lands. Sharia is not an evolved law but a barbaric one and certainly does not belong to the educated modern world. Whoever wants to practice it should stay home or return there. No one will miss them. Except for those who have both skills to offer AND respect their neighbors´ beliefs and practices.

I just wish Prof Kanwar would take a drive a few miles South and speak to our US Congress and straighten them out. These people who want to live here and ignore our laws They need a course in sharia law 101. If they don't someone else soon will, we have a great Constitution and not much patience with invaders no matter what they wear.[/b]

Trouble is, the REAL invaders are from within - within your own government.

HOWARDOFSKI - this is one of the dumbest comments I have ever read. Did you try to make yourself look DUMB - in any case, you sure did it!

Are you REALLY so DUMB that you think a general taxation system in ANY ways is equal to sharia law?

You know that good ol' sharia law that says a woman needs four males to agree to a charge of rape, regardless of how many women see it, and then kills the raped woman for committing adultery.

terrence - this is one of the dumbest rejoinders I have ever read. Did you try to make yourself look DUMB - in any case, you sure did it!

Are you REALLY so DUMB that you fail to get the point that forcing yourself on others and feeding on them is also evil? And that one evil does not become a good by comparing it to another evil?

You know that you can be sent to prison for years for failing to feed your parasitic masters or for what you smoke, even if you harm no one.

It takes far less courage to be outraged at muslim monsters than to be outraged at Canadian monsters. But monsters are monsters. Their differences are not nearly as important as their similarities. That's the point. Camparing rape and slavery is wallowing in the inessential. They are both violations of property rights to self.

Hmmm....so if rape was general - if everybody was raped - then it would be OK with you. Looting millions through taxation is not as evil as the rape of a women because evil done to all is less evil than evil done to a few - lots of evil is less evil than occasional evil?? ....

Or are you saying that rape is worse than slavery no matter the victim count....?

terrence, me thinks thou art a fool who believes that evil is good when it's the evil you are acustomed to. Do try to become a moral philosopher instead of merely a chauvanist.

You are the fool PUZZLED, a complete fool. Can you read English?

Are you really dumb enough to think I said or meant that "if everybody was raped - then it would be OK with you. Looting millions through taxation is not as evil as the rape of a women because evil done to all is less evil than evil done to a few - lots of evil is less evil than occasional evil?? "

Give your head a shake, PUZZLED. Well maybe not, it is so empty, that it may fall off your neck.

It appears that a LOT of 'Western' nations are having second thoughts about the desirably of of opening their borders to Muslim applicants for residency in their countries. All that remains now is for the people in the various governments who are RESPONSIBLE for allowing them in to remove their heads from the sand. All applicants should have it very carefully explained to them that THEY must assimilate - or stay home.

hock:' title='hock:' class='postemoticon' /> Christians are just as brain washed as muslims, They both beleive in the most ridiculous ideas ever expressed.

Wow, so very well said!!!

DON'T COME TO CANADA UNLESS YOU CAN ADAPT TO OUR WAY OF LIFE.WE DON'T MIND YOU HAVING TRADITIONS. DON'T FORCE THEM ON OTHERS.

Yes, Professor Kanwar should give a speech before the U.S. Congress about the repulsive idea of bending Western law to accommodate Sharia law.

The Islamic-Sharia practices of today are about where the Christian practices were 600 years ago - sadistic barbarism.

If cameras had existed 600 years ago, many pictures could have been taken then of tortured Christians that would have been just as gruesome as the 2010 Time magazine cover of the teenage Afghan girl without her nose.

The creation of the U.S. Constitution in 1788 was the beginning of the end of Christian barbarism in North America and Europe.

Somewhat like the revolutionaries who wrote the U.S. Constitution, Professor Kanwar is here today snuffing out the smoldering embers of desire of any sadistic barbarians amongst us.

I so agree - and I think y ou have expressed it beautifully!
cheers
Ruby

I thought mohammad was a male whore. He had 100 wives and god knows 500 kids yet they worship this man.........

Finally, someone [a muslim] brave enough to speak what I've been screaming for years! Let's see if the good professor is still alive a month from now! You know...they observe the "religion of peace".
Yeah right!

Koran Quotes:

1. "Infidels are your sworn enemies," (Sura 4 Verse 101).
2. "Make war on the infidels around you,"(Sura 9 Verse 123 and Sura 66 Verse 9).
3. "Be ruthless to the infidels," (Sura 48 Verse 29).
4. "Fight those who believe not Allah nor the Last Day,"(Sura 9 Verse 29).
5. "Strike off the heads of infidels in battle," (Sura 47 Verse 4).
6. "If someone stops believing in Allah, kill him,"(al-Bukhari 9.84.57).
7. "Take neither the Jews nor the Christians for your friends,"(Sura 5 Verse 61 and Sura 60 Verse 13).
8. "Never be a helper to the disbeliever,"(Sura 28 Verse 26).
9. "Kill the disbeliever wherever you find them,"(Sura 2 Verse 191).
10. "The unbelievers are the worst beasts in the eyes of Allah," (Sura 8 Verse 55).
11. "Jews are apes and swine,"(Sura 2 Verse 65).

12. "Let not the unbelievers think that they will ever get away. They have not the power to do so. Muster against them all the men and cavalry at your command, so that you may strike terror into the enemy of God [Allah] and your enemy..."
--Q 8:59-60 (Dawood, N.J., The Koran: With a Parallel Arabic Text, Penguin Classics, 1991, p. 183)

13. "Those who deny Our revelations We will burn in fire. No sooner will their skins be consumed than We shall give them other skins, so that they may truly taste the scourge. God [Allah] is mighty and wise."
-- Q 4:56 (Dawood, p. 86)

14. "Therefore, when ye meet the unbelievers, smite at their necks and when ye have caused a bloodbath among them bind a bond firmly on them..."
-- Koranic surah 47:4

15. "They but wish that ye [you] should reject faith as they do, and thus be on the same footing as they, so take not friends from their ranks until they flee in the way of Allah. But if they turn renegades, seize them and kill them wherever ye [you] find them and taken no friends or helpers from their ranks."
-- Koranic surah 4:89

16. "Fight them until there is no dissension and the religion is entirely Allah's."
-- Surah 8:39

Poor penny has totally taken the Quran completely out of context, some people have no education. Some people just read as they want to see it yet it takes scholars a lifetime to figure out the true contexts of these verses. Penny I'm sure is no scholar but one of those ignorant people who hates Islam and only looks for something that appears negative to post. I can do the same and post a hundreds of verses about peace so what's her point or objective??? everyone give penny a clap

Ah, the "out of context" argument. This argument is utterly fallacious, as it is Muslims themselves who use these verses for their bigoted and oppressive sharia law and other "acts of piety" such as violent jihad. There are NOT "hundreds of verses about peace" - you haven't even read the Koran, have you?


Please take your taqiyya elsewhere, as we're not buying it here.

Thank you.

I think all immigrants should go to a debrief period and be taught and tested weather they understand what are they moving into. If they pass the test and regulate their religion to the Canadian way or to be practice at home everybody will be happy. But taking our indoctrinations to other countries and trying to fix everybody else accordingly is hard on the Muslim follower and their young are going to feel discriminated. Mahfooz Kanwar is absolutely right and he's probably dealing with a lot , i can tell by the tone of his statements....

Muslims believe in "their" Allah, is because they've never been taught, much less taken the time, to study anything else. I find it reprehensible that even Americans, have little to no knowledge of any Religion, other than Christianity. Which the OT has some pretty sickening things in it. Like the 2 she-bears sent from God to "tear-apart" 42 children, for calling someone "bald;" who was, guess what???? BALD! The "God" Yehway/Jehovah, (depending on WHICH-TYPE of "Christian" you are), was a narcissistic, hateful, vengeful, spiteful, arrogant, murderous, deluded, self-centered, maniacal, baby-killing butt-face! But when he "became a man," suddenly was a magical-nice-guy. Doing wondrous things, and kissing babies, rather than tearing them apart by using another cutzie thing he "made," BEARS. I think the writers of the NT decided the "Old God" had to be made "nicer," more "palatable." Yes, the Piso family did some great "fantasy-fiction" with the NT. Using Biblical-names like "Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, to make it more "believable." I don't buy it. I've studied way too much, to buy into Jesus, Mohammad, Krishna, Horus, Osiris, Isis, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, Joseph F. Rutherford, or Charles T. Russel; all just a bunch of deluded MEN, who "thought" they were "messengers-from-God;" you'd have to be feeling pretty guilty to buy into such deception. That's the hook though...."guilt." Religions USE "guilt" to SCARE you into "believing." When, IMPO, they were ALL "just men." Teachers, perhaps; but "men" all the same. If there were NO "Religions," there would be no EXCUSE for war.
Heaven help us all, because God's not at home!

there will always be war as long as if not for religion then for money(gold and other valuable resources) or land

Yes thatls right 'If he want sharia law, he must go back to the hellhole country he came from'

Yes, and if you want Martial Law, just stay put for a while - it's coming!

Live and let live? That is so NOT your philosophy I think.

Like Christian missionaries forced millions to do in Third World you mean?

sir, your opinion is shared by many, the trouble is that the powers that be in many countries are such a gutless mob of wimps and bow to these demanding people, I share your view and have expressed the same many times, adapt to the country you are in, not complain or insist on change, OR LEAVE AND GO HOME if your mother country is so special.

I have said for ages about people coming to the U.S. From any other culture that is basically different, then demands that we remake our society to suit them: hey, you just voted with your feet that the United States of America is preferable to the country of your ancestors, family, and birth. We didn't make you come here nor did we invite you. If you chose to leave behind the entirety of whatever individual things make up your culture of origin, in order to have opportunity, freedom, liberty, safety, that is your choice; do not attempt to force it nor any consequences on us. Prove to us that you value this country not just for what you can take from it; become a part of it to perpetuate it - and not least, to honor those who came before and by words and deeds and hard work built what you would now benefit from. Elsewise you are just cultural and economic rapists, and why should anyone who is true to this country - whether recent or long time - give you the time of day let alone acquiesce to remaking our country around you??

Time to stop the madness of what has already taken place on this, and unapologetically stand up and shoulder-to-shoulder as the multi-origined, growing-pained, ever moving forward torch carriers for the country founded on heart and head. I turn to better words than my own:
"It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have this so far nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

The reversecan be true as well. I was an athiest until I actualy read the Bible.

Admiration is what we feel toward you and your courageous conduct.
If only there were more Muslims like you.

Courageous Prof Asmaa Mahfouz is right, the Muslims should go back to their country of origin. If their country was so good then why migrate to another? In every country the Muslims migrate, they are nothing but trouble in general, they are unable to integrate into the new culture or the country but want to introduce theirs. Is it they are missionaries (Dakwa) advance party and their extended families or followers trail later to spread their ways/religion? These people should not move into an advanced or developed country but create one as how the Holy Prophet lived! Western nations should be on guard, the US is already crumbling to their demands.

A big Infidel AMEN to this.

EXACTLY how I feel about America!!!!!!!! My words exactly

GOOD FOR HIM! Everyone who does not like the USA the way it's suppose to be - should move out.

let me say professor u are not menber of muslim ...in the contrary .if u are u will not say what u said ..anyway my answer is why the foreing come to our islamic country and we do not expell them either ..this is the forgiveness of muslims and u always fighting ..what are u going to fight ? allah ..heh u won't be able because islam is going to spread around the world ..taliban is the best people in the world ..they defend their country from atheist like u ..stop colinization ..and say what u want ..

Hey Mouhsin - I am not muslim but have lived in 3 muslim countries and worked in one, and I know just how full of hot air you are; try disagreeing with anything in muslim countries like you can in Infidel lands - ain't gonna happen and if one tries, especially a female, just watch what happens. In my opinion, from my observations not imagination, islam wants to keep peoe down so that a ruling oligarchy can retain power generation after generation - and the rank and file islam evangelist is nothing but narcissism coupled with ignorance and unearned arrogance - and Stockholm Syndrome writ large, with a dose of hazing mentality of "hey I had to go through x so so does everyone else in the club.". You all know you aren't going anywhere or doing anything, so let's keep everyone down with us so we can feel better about being held down.
Grow up, tap into the 98% of your brain that is unused. Try making currently muslim countries viable, productive, and meaningful to the rest of the world before you worry about colonizing the rest of us.

muslims only want a roof over their heads oh shucks how quaint except its my house they want and that aint so quaint honey .
and my street and my town and my country and my life.

who gives a damn what they want and how they whine and cry to get all their demands met.

there is a god in heaven who is a righteous judge and he gives a damn that i will stay have my house in the holy city of jerusalem for me and my fellow jews.

they are planning to take everyones houses and countries. wake up folks and smell the jihad on your doorstep.

This man has the right attitude. When you are in another country, you should be following the laws of that country not trying to change them to fit your own goals.
This is America and we accept everyone but where does it say we should be changing out laws, culture and policys to please people from other counties that are not even US citizens!

ISLAM needs to get over itself and become Christian. lol

The reason Jews don't speak out about the ridiculous garbage of Muslims is because both 'faiths' are similar.

[Make a list: circumcision/ no pork/ grisly slaughter/ telling lies to other groups is OK - Kol Nidre, taqqiya/ women in a specific inferior place/ sacred book/ specific language/ praise for merchants and money/ other women are all whores etc etc]

If people started saying Muslims should fit in, why then, Jews should fit in too, and of course that would never do.

There's one really serious difference between Islam and Judaism - Islam permits and encourages conversion, Judaism doesn't. I suspect Muhammad copied Christianity in this. It proved amazingly effective - look at the way it spread.

Actually, it sounds like you need to read more about Islam.

Quotes from the Quran
The Religion of Peace
Faith Freedom
Islam Watch
Jihad Watch
Prophet of Doom
Islamic Crusades
Women's Rights in Islaml

The tone of the professor is that of a strong thinker who can not allow his intelligence to be paralysed by the doctrine of a mad man far worser than Adolf Hitler. Yes, it is hard to find a person of such courage who is not afraid of the extreme vegeful nature of most Muslims.

I need a true lover (female) 18 to 35 . I am 20yr old muslim boy.I am from Pakistan and want to marry with a canadian. so send your message at abdullah.ma@ymail.com

Thinking...maybe these families can just opt to have their children not participate in Gym or Music, instead of having the curriculum changed. I know there are some religions that dont celebrate certain holidays, and some parents can opt out of certain learning things in the curriculum (such as sex ed to my knowledge)
Why not be able to opt out of this as well.
That said, I think people have the right to believe whatever they want, BUT if you're in a country, you just have to somewhat assimilate. And i STRONGLY think that music and gym are very important to round out our children.

wish someone would speak out like this in our country. so strangled by political correctness that we can hardly breath

You went from bad to worse, HOWARDOFSKI .

You must be trying really really hard to look stupid. - and you keep right on doing it. What a maroon!

I am a Muslim girl. I decided to write these comments to correct your opinion about Muslim people and the prophet MUHAMMED. First off all the prophet is not a paedophile & neither any of your outrages apply on him. I challenge all of you to name just one historical character like the prophet or just half of him. Second, we are not terrorists. If you call self defense a terrorism it means you all are terrorists if you defend yourselves. Imagine that a foreign country invaded your country, what your situation will be? How will you face the invaders? Will you welcome them & give them your homeland? This is what happened in our countries not one country but many in several ways. Our reaction was normal. Any country faces what we have faced will agree with that. Thirdly, this is a reply for people who said "go home" or "go back to the hellhole country" or anything like that, first I want to notify you that in European countries & America there are a lot of Muslims hold head governmental positions even in military & army. A lot of Muslim tourists. Most of oil, petrol & crude oil in European countries & America are from Muslim & Arabian countries specifically & more & more. Imagine all Muslim people left your countries, what will happen? What will happen to your international relations with Muslim countries? What will happen to your economy? Second, in our countries a lot of western people live either as tourists or they have business or a job. Despite what you said even if all Muslim know what you said, we did not & we will not treat you as you do. We have never said to a foreigner "go home" or "go back to the hellhole country". We have manners & our manners imposes obligation on us not to treat you as you treat us. We do not let political problems interfere with our dealing with people. Thirdly, in our country the government did not obligate women from other countries to wear Hijab in public & government institutions although this is our county's policy (I'm talking about my country).We respect their religions & customs. We never say to any religion burn their holy book & eliminate the religion. Ask anyone visited my country Oman, if they had any problems with people & religion. Everyone is free to do his religious rituals. Who are you to admonish Muslim for not eating pork or for demanding separation between boys & girls in sport classes & who am I to admonish you for.... whatever. It's not about Muslim it's about respecting religions. Again for people who insulted the prophet if you want a proof that the prophet is not ...as you said I'll give you many proofs not only one & if you want a proof that we are not terrorist I'll give a proof from the reality & show you what Israel & America did to Muslims around the world.

Spoken like a true radical.

@ Anonymous

Did you know the prophet muhammad at age 54 married his neice who was aged 9 ? If this still don't make him a pedophile then what was he. Also old muslim men are still allowed to marry girls before they have reached puberty - a direct emulation of their prophet.

Please read Iranian ex-muslim， Dr. Sina's book, "UNDERSTANDING MUHAMMAD: A Psychobiography of Allah's Prophet"
It can be found in the link below as an ebook: (read it and if you can prove that it is wrong, then you can present your evidence to the author, Dr. Ali Sina. He offers 50,000 dollars to any Muslim that can prove him wrong.

http://alisina.org/understanding-muhammad/
http://www.faithfreedom.org/category/articles/
http://www.islam-watch.org/LeavingIslam/Devout-Muslim-Leaves-Islam-in- Weeks-Thanks-to-Ex-Muslims.htm

"Of course, his marriage was done by her consent and the approval of her father ... What is the harm in that? "

what about HER choice? there's no harm in the father giving approval?? how about her feelings? you only need to look at child brides today to know what she must have felt like! absolutely NO equality for women in islam.

Your reasoning for why the marriage was appropriate : her father consented. It is disgusting how you think.

Whenever you talk to Muslims they are always a victims. They come to OUR country, that our ancestors built with their own two hands, and they start demending rights. This was a christian country and I wish it stayed that way. Why don't you honestly go back to your country and live your misarable life. Can't you see, that your religion is a joke for the entire world. Pedophiles in christanity. Ok maybe and murderers in yours.

@ Mascha

I would just like to point out that Muhammad, the Islamic prophet that commanded all Muslims to kill and rape Kaffirs (non-Muslims) was also a pedophile. He was 54 years old when married his niece who was only 9 years old (what a monster!).

Please refer to Iranian ex-Muslim, Dr. Ali Sina's book:

"UNDERSTANDING MUHAMMAD: A Psychobiography of Allah's Prophet"
You can get a free pdf ebook from this site below or you can buy the actual paperback,

http://alisina.org/understanding-muhammad/
http://www.faithfreedom.org/category/articles/
http://www.islam-watch.org/LeavingIslam/Devout-Muslim-Leaves-Islam-in- Weeks-Thanks-to-Ex-Muslims.htm

If Muslims don't want Sharia law in foreign countries, why then has it been officially introduced in the UK?
I think our governments in Europe are too soft and should really take the " These are our laws and our customs if you don't like it please feel free to leave any time."
If we are so revolting and evil why on earth do you want to live with us? Please flock and stick together in your own hell holes and leave us alone. I can't believe what they demand and expect in Europe fit in and adapt or get out.
Long live bacon butties and crucifixes on the walls of our schools.

Hats off to Prof. KANWAR. If those jerks want Shariah sent them off to Saudi where a few of their accessories can be chopped off in public places.

Sick people, why on earth they go to democratic countries and dictate terms there. They should stay and enjoy their hellhole as rightly said by Prof. Kanwar. I only hope a jerk cleric does not come up with a fatwah.

Frankly speaking the European governments have become Arse lickers, traitors who have sold their souls to the devil. They can no longer identify right from wrong, and that is he reason why so many innocent lives are lost because of all these so called Sheriah hardliners who are out to destroy the peace of the world. But the truth who is JESUS will prevail. The end time prophesies are unfolding.

"On the day of Resurrection, "Allah will pour molten lead into the ears of whoever sits listening to a songstress"

This quotes means "do not sit around idle, Go do something useful which will contribute to the world and society. DON'T BE LAZY"

It has nothing to do with music...

Gee, that's nice. Now go tell that to the leaders of fundamentalist Muslim countries like Iran and others where many attempts over the centuries have been made to ban music, because of this and other verses.

Your nonsensical kumbaya interpretation will likely not be accepted happily.

I would not dare do that ! But I managed to SH-T on it. Heh, heh.
It is like a satanic code for some medieval cult. Members are indoctrinated to the point of non-thinking robots.Is it any wonder these people have made no contribution to art and literature, science, and medicine in the world for the last few hundred years??

well done to this man for standing up for the values his country holds dear. I agree whole heartedly you should not enter into a country then make demands that it adapts to your beliefs especially a wonderful nation like Canada who have managed to maintain a separation of church and state affairs.

Don't back down Canada not to the wails of any religious group islamic christian or judaic. Take it from someone watching his own country slowly but surly erode because of the constant concessions to the fanatics.

And a note to those wanting these concessions when my grandfather arrived on the shores or the UK he was had to work alot harder for a place in society than you will he had t report daily to a police station for the first 2 years of his life in the UK he saw first hand what can happen when a country falls under religious rule. and always encouraged us to speak english and to value the country that had sheltered us during a storm.

Thankyou Mahfooz Kanwar.....I hope Canada listens to you. I hope all the other countries listen to you.

A courageous Muslim man says what many of us would like to!

"If you want to live under sharia law, go back to the hellhole country you came from, or go to another hellhole country that lives under sharia law."

--Mahfooz Kanwar, a member of the Muslim Canadian Congress and a professor emeritus of sociology at Mount Royal University in Calgary.

Yes this is Canada, where I was born, as my father and his father.

I welcome imigrants to my country, my mother came from Ireland with her parents. Her father became a mayor of the town they lived in.

They adopted to the Canadian culture without arguement, they were imigrants and were proud and happy to be in Canada.

Nothing has changed, execpt that some imigrants do not want to be Canadians, but be people that want to keep their own cultures and not be Canadians.

They should be glad that we have acepted them in our country and be CANADIANS.

I totally agree with the professors opinions and i also agree that these muslims must be stopped and they must be stopped from coming to countries and using their religion to manipulate the culture of other countries into what they want .To be honest, i believe that muslims(like other radical groups) ...use their religion to attempt to get away with murder, making up their religion as they go along. I think they just like to moan and complain and object about western society because we are so more civilised and advanced, we are not hanging on to the 7th century from now to doomsday.......................TRUTH IS,WE THE WEST, GROWN AND PROGRESS AND INVENT...............................and they just like to moan and start conflict because they have nothing better to do.

If Canada wants the same problems like Denmark,Sweden,Norway,UK,France and some other countries with Muslims boys raping blond white girls,sucking welfare system,high crime,stealing etc.,then go ahead and bring some more Muslims.I would not even call it religion as a matter of fakt,boys as early as 6 years old already know how to operate AK-47

I simply like this.
This page is called free thinkers but all those comments that seem to be talking 'ill' about christianity are disabled?
Not so much of free thinkers now are they?

Like many websites, we have visitors here from all over the world, both religionists and secularists. There is no test for "freethinkers" that everyone must pass before coming to this website and voting on a comment. Yes, it's quite likely those individuals who voted down the Christianity-critical comments are themselves Christians, not freethnkers.

Again, I have no "Christian detector" that blocks such random individuals from voting. Nor do I have a "Muslim detector" or "atheist detector" that does likewise for others who may wish to vote up or down on any given comment. Visitors are free to vote in whatever direction they wish. We are not responsible for their votes.

If you must wear your head scarf, go back to your country. You are not welcome here, your are not here to become a true Canadian.

Muslims do not come here to escape their way of life, they come here because of the prosperity and jobs. They want the jobs, they come from poor circumstances or do not have well paying jobs. They come for prosperity AND they want their way of life they left. They don't want your way of life! Their way of life will bring strife - just like ti does back home. That part they don't get.

My ancestors were among the first Europeans in New France in the 1600's (Gilles Jules Trottier/Catherine Loiseau; Jean Cote/Anne Martin; Abraham Martin, etc. ) and helped with the settling of New France and Canada. They had to endure hardships and adapt to changes in political and social circles, including learning another language. They didn't come here and demand things 'Their Way'. They had to work hard and adapt to new situations and circumstances. It is arrogance to assume you can come to a new country and disrespect the social and legal structures and that everyone has to bow to you wishes. If you wish to establish a unique Muslim state in Canada, perhaps Baffin Island or other location up north would be a suitable place.

We have to remember when muslim's immigrate to a western country,they bring with them the attitudes and practices of their birth country. It was a way of life for these muslim's to oppress unbeleiver's. They looked down upon the jewish/christian population and oppressed them. If a jewish/christian women was raped by a muslim..the muslim community did not recognize the muslim for any immoral behavior as they regard unbeleiver's as 'animal's and unworthy of justice. The unbeleivers in muslim countries are horribly oppressed. These are the ppl. who are now your neighbor's. They come into our country and demand we tolerate their way's and practices which are clearly criminal in nature and their values are anathema to western countries. How long must we tolerate a political/religious sytem that refuses to tolerant the values of their host countries?

Think of all the worthy christian and jewish people in middleeastern countries who are so beaten down by the muslim community. Why not bring these ppl. into our country where they will be a blessing and not a curse. We need to insist on strict rules to adhere to if even one muslim wishes to immigrate to Canada and America.For any to embrace islam is very telling of the state of their morals and conscience. They have embraced deception and violence to follow a man who broke every moral law there is.For anyone to state it was not a pedaphile action to marry a girl of 5 and then consumate this marriage after she turned 9 has lost any discerment of good and evil.

Thanks professor. We should open our mind broadly. If the Sharia law is applicable to the modern world, why all Muslim countries are in failure. Even you cannot visit the country, if you are women sure to be raped.....and murdered...
All European nations and USA should request all the Muslims to return to their original heritage and create the SHARIA there...

I live in London, England.
Over the past 25 years of my life, I have grown to truly hate my city & country, and have bore witness to a steady social decline as the direct result of an increase in Muslim population / influence. I'm almost halfway through completing my Phd, and am hoping to leave this decaying urban pit to start my new life in Canada. I hope to abandon my U.K citizenship ASAP.

I have nothing to say here but "ditto." The Muslim professor said it far more succinctly and eloquently than I ever could!

My family came to Canada, before it was Canada. 1741. We adjusted our way of life to suit the rest of OUR new country, not the other way around. If you don't like it here, get out. We don't want to change.

This is a scary thought. This is a cult to say the least. In cults they control every one. This muslim religion is no different. Go home to your land you claim has good morals. Good people treat all people with respect,in your country that word is only one sided.

You see... this is typical. Muslims think that THEY and THEY only have the monopoly on what God wants and who GOD IS!.... Other faiths believe that they too know what God wants, they are not "Drunkards" etc and they do not "Go around" doing things. It is NOT "Racist" to disagree with a religion.... it has nothing to do with "Race"..it is to do with this country having a corriculum, and EVERYONE shouls obey it, people are not expected to come along and ask for special concessions because of their religion. Muslims do this persistently, they have the UK where I live in a right mess, but soon things will change, we are getting pissed off now.

Aida was actually only SIX when Mohammed married her. He then shagged her at nine! In the koran it allows men to have sex with ONE DAY OLD girls..it is called "Thighing" and the penis goes between the legs. They are FAR more disgusting people than many realise!

well this explains why my boyfriend who has a moslem landlord and all other tenants were being harassed by him, because they are nonbeleivers. He finally had enough and hes leaving by the barbaric piece of sh*t landlord who is from pakistan(yes that country with no receipts, no running water and u have to bribe your way out of their country even if u have a passport and airline ticket) is trying to get 2 extra months rent out of each tenants and one tenant is a young girl who just got cancer and had to leave to get treatment. he also ocks his wife up when he is out and u can hear him hitting her at times. Yet this piece of scum calls himself canadian and westernized and he even flies a canada flag from his house imaigne that my flag is hanging f rom his house!!! He also has zero respect for women.......

It is so comforting to read those words especially coming from an individual who is originaly from a Muslim Country.
I would vote for him as Prime Minister of Canada because he reflects the value, the true value of a a Real Canadian more so than are present and past Prime Ministers.
He says out loud what most Canadians think and would say if they were given the chance to say it.
If I were to write a similar article, chances are I would be considered to be racist by politiciians, journalists and or by high ranking (so called Canadians).

if you can't live by canadian laws and customs then get the hell back to your own country we don;t want you here anyway. muslims are nothing but trouble and i better not see one in my town because i will stop at nothing to make you leave

I as a Canadian here in Alberta applaud this mans brave and courageous stand!! We need more moderate and liberal muslims like him to stand up against the islamists....I hope he stays safe and has protection!

i love the muslim canadian congress! they re so progressive! it is no wonder that backward, traditional muslims hate them!

Naddo mumbled:"Canada is a free country and you telling us to leave is unexceptable. We dress according to how God wanted us to dress. We pray because God told us too. "

It is a free country as long as we keep you Muslims from installing your draconian Sharia Law. So spare us the mundane platitudes about freedom, when your religion is the most oppressive element any Government could possibly allow to infect their Country.

Naddo also said:"If we want to take out a praying carpet in the middle of the street and pray that is completely up to us and our freedom rights. "

That's why no one gives a rats ass about Muslim Road Kill because anyone THAT EFFING STUPID, HAS GOT IT COMING TO EM and I am sure their are plenty of Canadians, willing to help you meet your God, Satan (Allah) just by having you pray in the street, putting your dumb ass up in the air facing Mecca, so he can kiss your ass goodbye with the car's front bumper.

So go ahead dumb ass, exercise your right to be as stupid as Muslims are known for all over the world. You go right ahead and

Pray in the street.

Ok...what about those muslims who were born in the West? I myself am a muslim who was born in the West...what about the converts to Islam...how does the comment that the professor mentioned apply to people like us.
I was born in the States and raised in Canada, and let me tell you, I loveeeee CANADA...I'm so patriotic, if anyone says anything bad about it Im always first to jump and defend what a beautiful and amazing country it is because of the fact that us Canadians are so tolerant of people from different backgrounds, faiths, cultures etc...because we are so patient and understanding!
Now I understand there are some families that dont want their kids listening to music, and wearing veils (I wear a veil by the way) but I dont really see an issue with that, if a parent doestn want his kids listening to music fine...if a girl wants to wear a veil fine, if my kid wants to shave his head off or put tattoos all over his body fine, if my child wants to dye their hair, fine, what is the problem? What is the REAL problem here? When I was in highschool we had parents who also forbade their children from PE class because it was mixed and they were not muslim!! Some were indian, and some were eastern European!! I had a friend from CHILE who was not allowed to wear revealing clothing and not allowed to untie her hair and keep it in a bun ALL THE TIME!! But hey...thats cool! I had a friend that had earings all over their bloody face and tattoos...but hey...so what..its alright! I wore a veil, my friend had piercings, the other wore a bun, and so on and so forth....THIS IS WHAT MAKES US CANADIANS DIFFERENT!!! Freedom ISSSS being able to do the things that please you even if it has to do with religious purposes...if you say freedom then what is the REAL issue here people? How can you say FREEDOM but yet condone and insult those who are trying to do the things they are accustomed to? That professor I believe is ignorant for saying that....cause not all of us muslims in the WEST come from the EAST we were born there...and mind you Ive lived in the EAST...they are not as barbaric as this Professor claims! REALLY people on the OTHER side (lol) are living LARGEEEEE I tell you! They are very festive and they love JOI DE VIVRE! Just attend one of our parties back home in Canada and you'll see LOL! I think the media is really washing every bodys brains and making MUSLIMS look so bad for their (govt) own purposes...hint: oil!! Now with the economy being so bad they are desperate! So who shall they target...OHHH YES THE MUSLIMS CAUSE THEY ARE MOSTLY POPULATED INTHE MIDDLEEAST...AND THE OIL IS FROM THEM SO LETS MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE MONSTERS BANISH THEM AND TAKE THEIR OILLLLLL!! So simple guys...its very obvious actually...
As for music to be honest if you read about the negative effects of music...u too will prevent your kids form listening to it as well from a scientific point of view...
We need to go back to being the Canadians we really are...and not turn into the states and believe everything the media puts in our face and hate each other! We need to start loving and accepting each other again...the muslims in the West are not trying to take over for GOD sakes!! How can they take over if its THEIR HOME...Like me!!! CANADA IS MY HOME...yet Im a muslim, I wear a veil and I practice my beliefs but hey...I am not trying to take over!! Thats absurd! lol! Take it easy everyone...lets love each other...enough hate...dont listen to the media...they are doing it on purpose!
Love you all
Sue.

Thanks, Sue. Nice to hear from you.

Of course, like you, the good professor himself is a Muslim in the West. To my knowledge, no one is telling him to leave, nor is he telling others like him to leave. He's specifically addressing people who come to the West, fleeing oppression and war, and then try to make these countries into hellholes like they've just left.

It's a very specific group of people, not all Muslims. There are plenty of Muslims who have fit in just fine, such as famous TV physician Dr. Mehmet Oz - he actually fits in better than most of us, with his tremendous success. Nobody's complaining about people like Dr. Oz.

Thanks Acharya,

Yes I understand that the professor is speaking about the immigrants that just migrated...but what if it was indians asking for such a thing, would it be such a big deal? Or what if it was Orthodox Jews with their black hats coats? I think this subject is blown out of context because it IS muslims to be honest...

As for Mehmet Oz, ya he is a muslilm but would you still think the same of him if he was a practicing muslim? What if he had a beard and wore the kufi on his head? (little white hat some muslims wear) yet he is still the same MEHMET OZ, would you still think of him the same way? What I was trying to say is we should accept people of different backgrounds, and faiths even if they dont dress the same or do the same things we do, so if my indian friend had a turban on his head...he would not be considered the same? Or if my friend wore a sari to school instead of jeans and a top or sirwal kamees? What about those who dress as goths? I wear a veil, so just cause I do, that would cast me out as not being a Canadian?

I understand some families tend to push it, like making a whole school change certain customs, what the Professor should have said is, PUT YOUR KIDS IN MUSLIM SCHOOLS IF YOU DONT AGREE WITH THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS! LOL! I think that would have been a more appropriate reply!

Thank you again...thats just my opinion,
Lets all just love each other...enough hate and judging...its not worth it really.
Happy NEW YEAR!
Sue from Ottawa!

Hi Sue -

Of course, these are good questions that everyone should ask themselves.


No! Because he would not be the same Dr. Oz who has established himself in the way in which he has. He is valuable because he has developed himself independently as a human being, rather than an unthinking drone following rote created by others hundreds to thousands of years ago.

Oz is therefore not programmed with the anti-infidel hate speech and misogyny of Islamic doctrines. Someone dressing in that manner quite likely IS full of anti-infidel and misogynistic Islamic doctrines. Knowing what we do about Islamic fundamentalism, I would be as cautious regarding a devout Muslim as I am about devout Christians, Mormons, Jews, etc. - even Buddhist and Hindus. They all behave badly because of fanatical adherence to repulsive and hateful doctrines.

It's time for everyone to go beyond these sexist and divisive manmade ideologies and evolve into enlightened human beings. People like Dr. Oz seem to have done so, although I don't know what his personal life is like.

( I would be as cautious regarding a devout Muslim as I am about devout Christians, Mormons, Jews, etc. - even Buddhist and Hindus. They all behave badly because of fanatical adherence to repulsive and hateful doctrines.)

Have you actually read and studied each of these doctrines you speak of? So lets say your neighbor is a practicing muslim or Jew or Hindu, yet they are so civil with you and bring you cupcakes on every occasion or say Hello to you everytime they see you, or invite you over to dinner or even bring you dinner..(which alot of them do as its a custom to do that) would you refuse cause you beleive badly of them? So if you were to avoid them who would be the bad person here?
The problem is not THE DOCTRINES...its really not... if you think about it, its those who misuse the messages of these doctrines cause they are too ignorant to read deeper into the meanings and take everything so literally. So you are basically saying if OZ did have a beard and was more practicing you wouldnt consider him to be an infidel? So now who is being the bad one here if you are just going to judge a book by its cover? Isnt that what we have always been taught...never to judge a book by its cover? What about the Ku Klux Klan? Or Skin heads...they looked like your average Canadian guy/girl..but hey they werent were they? What if you found out Mehmet Oz prayed 5 times a day went to the mosque and on occassion did wear a sirwal Kamees? If something like that would change your mind about him considering he is still the same amazing Oz then there is something wrong with the way you view things.

Lets say one day your child comes home and tells you he wants to be a practicing Jew and starts wearing their clothing, or wants to be Muslim..what are you gonna do? Throw him out, cast him away?

What about those who are Goths? Or punks? Or drag queens? or in Japan they dress like they are in fairy tales...sooooo would those be considered unacceptable cause well they dont fit your status quo of what an enlightened Western should look like or be?

Im sorry but I feel this is pure judging on your part, not everyone that has a beard or wears a sari or turban represents himeself an infidel...thats ridiculous...and unrealistic...so if your father decides to walk out one day in a sirwal kamees just for the heck of it or cause he likes how comfortable it makes him feel and grows a beard you will think that way of him too?

I dont know what doctrines you are talking about or have read but you cannot judge a whole religion, culture based on a few corrupt groups that tarnished these wonderful religions and beliefs...its MAN's IGNORANCE and failure to look beyond the words and go deeper in understanding and failure to look at things with LOVE that create all these monsters in our world.

You need to look deeper into things,


(It's time for everyone to go beyond these sexist and divisive manmade ideologies and evolve into enlightened human beings. People like Dr. Oz seem to have done so, although I don't know what his personal life is like.)

This sentence you mentioned really does you no good cause it clearly indicates you really have no know real knowledge of these ideologies you speak of...and you mentioning Dr. OZ having done so yet mentioning you don't know what his personal life is like is also not good on your part cause you are basically indicating that regardless of how amazing he is now, yet you would basically change your mind if he was a practicing muslim...

I would have to say it would be very ignorant on your part if that would be the case...and a really englightened person would learn from the different cultures, religions, ethnic groups around him to understand them better and know what they are all about rather than just shut them out and cast them away.

Why is it when the Westerners visit other parts of the world be it Asia or Middle East they are treated with so much warmth and welcomed? If you go to North Africa you would see there are so many westerns who have homes there, or India or Korea...yet when immigrants come to the West there is hostility...I used to watch the immigrants in school get bullied so much by non immigrant Canadians...I myself was bullied once I put on the veil and the whole school beat me up as a matter of fact! (it was grade and I wasnt an immigrant.

When I lived in the middle East my sister went to school there and it was amazing how those from the west were so welcomed and accepted and respected and were treated with fragility in a sense cause it was understood that they are foreigners...they got housing for free, transport for free discounts for private schools, where the rest didnt get all these priveledges...oh and not to mention the really high high salaries!

All Im saying is just stop judging and start learning and stop being always afraid...embrace, embrace, embrace...all this fear and hatred is really useless...lets learn about one another...to better understand the true problem here rather than shut it out and accuse and cast out people wich will only cause more hate and more problems.

Ciao.

Despite all your ranting and freaking out, my work is very specific: Religious doctrines that are false and harmful to humanity and the rest of the world are to be criticized severely.

As concerns all the rest, yes, I most definitely HATE ideologies that teach and or support the following atrocities - and I would hope that anyone with a conscience and soul would likewise HATE these sick ideologies.

Those who put on the clothes of these cults are explicitly supporting these beliefs, so of course, I would be cautious about people dressed like religious fanatics, as I stated earlier.

The rest of your bilge is simply a ridiculous personal attack on someone you don't know in the least - and there you are, demonstrating exactly why I criticize religion: It makes people antisocial. You yourself need to stop judging INDIVIDUALS such as me, about whom you know nothing, simply because I object to violent and hateful ideologies.

That's the whole problem with religion: It teaches hatred of individual human beings in defense of a giant (male) god in the sky. Abuse the person to defend the ideology - it's a sickness.

Below is what Islamic leaders in the videos here are supporting - you're down with all? I'm not allowed to criticize such vileness? Not allowed to be concerned about people who dress like the men who advocate such a disgusting mentality? There is NO WAY you will get me to "embrace, embrace, embrace" such depravity. If you do embrace such doctrines, I suggest you grow a conscience and stop lecturing others.

Islamic supremacy and global domination
Prohibition of music and singing
Imprisonment, flogging, torture and death for homosexuals
Jihad to force Islam on the world
Jews as apes and pigs
Jews as the eternal enemies of Muslims
Osama bin Laden in Paradise
Raping women okay in Islam
Female genital mutilation "obligatory" in Islam
Sex slaves for Muslim men
Child marriage/rape
Mohammed having sex with a 9-year-old girl
Wife beating
Death for "insulting" Mohammed
Death to apostates and infidels
Genocide of Americans
Jihad to "raid the world"
Non-Muslims being not innocent and subject to death

I am MUSLIM and i say.. IF YOU DONT LIKE CANADIAN ( MINE TOO) LAW I TELL YOU AS MUSLIM BROTHER GET THE f**k OUT OF THIS COUNTRY
I LOVE CANADA AS IS.. I MOVED HERE TEN YEARS AGO AND I WANT IT TO BE THE SAME CANADA WHEN I MOVED IN BACK TEN YEARS AGO

I LOVE CANADIAN LAW.. I HATE CAPS FOR THE TICKETS

BUT I DONT WISH THEM ANY HARM

LOVE LIVE OUR GOODNESS ARMY AND POLICE FOR BEEN SO NICE AND THEY ALWAYS THINK ABOUT US
NOT LIKE USA...

you are welcom to share my beautiful country with me BUT you are NOT welcom to change it. you do not wish to adapt to canadian ways then canadians will soon revolt you out of this country. canada was NOT buit by muslims it was built by euroeans, native americans and a few chinnese imigrants in the west. THERE is not one man in history that helped found this great country that was even remotely involved with the islamic religion ISLAM IS AND ALWAYS WILL bend to this great country or LEAVE or WE will make you leave.

i am currently door to door with pamflets informing canadians about your sickening attidudes of the people that founded this great country and guess what? my suport is growing in leeps and bounds its only a matter of time before we close the islam immigration doors. its to bad for the muslims that wish to live in western culture but maybe as the profesor has done the rest of you should go and make your selves herd and appose these radicals before all islam immigration is band from this counrty

Well said.

I teach them and have been told that they have come to take over Canada. My interpretation is that they would love to turn it into another sh*thole like the one they were born into & since that was not enough every other human being should be unlucky also. I blame our government because we must all be so nice that we are looking like a**holes around the world especially to France now.

GET THEM OUT BEFORE IT IS WAY TOO LATE...

I immigrated to Canada because I valued the great Canadian society.Why would anyone want to change Canada to their own limited worldview. Canada has gone through its own experiences and learnt its lessons. Bravo Mahfuz... you have spoken for a new immigrant and spoken well.

Thank you.

This is what Canada should do, BAN ALL RELIGIONS!
Religion is causes nothing more than WARS and division amongs humans! It is the handicap of evolution! When will people wake up and stop relying on a fictional character for guidance, Seriously.. you really think that there's a super power somewere that listens to YOU.. one puny human through all the wispers of billions of other puny humans? WAKE UP!! Take control of your own lives instead of puting your hopes on an invisible man/woman. "as for god wanting you to wear head scarfs... Do you think clothes existed in early human evolution?? WE were butt naked baby!

My dear,
I was not freaking out or ranting, it's totally clear that u have no real education about these religions and u showed that clearly when u put that list at the end of your reply.
Islamic supremacy and global domination
Prohibition of music and singing
Imprisonment, flogging, torture and death for homosexuals
Jihad to force Islam on the world
Jews as apes and pigs
Jews as the eternal enemies of Muslims
Osama bin Laden in Paradise
Raping women okay in Islam
Female genital mutilation "obligatory" in Islam
Sex slaves for Muslim men
Child marriage/rape
Mohammed having sex with a 9-year-old girl
Wife beating
Death for "insulting" Mohammed
Death to apostates and infidels
Genocide of Americans
Jihad to "raid the world"
Non-Muslims being not innocent and subject to death

Every line you stated is absolutely incorrect!And totally not Islam! Don't know where you get your sources but it's all absolutely wrong! Lol! But it's ok, I mean I can't blame you. Have you ever visited a Muslim country? or had Muslim friends and I mean the kind that are covered? I'm sure if we were friends you would like me! Lol! Maybe it would take you time to accept me, but eventually you will! All I ask is to please Educate yourself properly instead of speaking ignorantly. I'm not judging you at all, you are free to believe or think whatever you like, but don't spread false info because you feel a certain way about religions, cuz now YOU are the one judging. In all my replies to you I was trying to make you see things from a different perspective, I wasn't imposing anything cuz as a Muslim we have no right to impose our beliefs on anyone! I'm a Muslim and covered I'm not getting raped, in fact I grew up in a home where my mom was boss! My kids are not being raped and I wasn't married by force or wore my scarf by force actually my parents tried to stop me from wearing the scarf asking me to wait! In every country there is good and bad! Even in the west women are getting raped, there are serial killers, child molesters, racists, gangs etc in the medieval ages people got married as young as 8 years old! And before that children were sold and slaved and married off! And really if you think about it, if religions didn't exist Man will find other things to create conflict. Unfortunately that's the sad reality.

And here you are ranting and raving again.

Since you did not even bother to check out the link I included with the long list of Islamic doctrinal points above, you are obviously unaware that I am merely SUMMARIZING THE WORDS OF MUSLIM SPOKESMEN themselves.

"Don't know where you get your sources but it's all absolutely wrong! Lol!"

As I always do, I included the sources, which you have ignored, making you ignorant. Here is what I said in that same comment, along with a link to the scholars: "Below is what Islamic leaders in the videos here are supporting..." Here is the link again:

http://islamreality.wordpress.com

Since it is MUSLIMS THEMSELVES who are making those remarks as part of ISLAM, perhaps instead of ranting and falsely depicting me as ignorant, when it is clearly you who do not know what you are talking about, you should go rant at THEM, these MUSLIM SPOKESMEN.

If you are so concerned about them "misrepresenting" Islam, you need to track them down and correct THEM instead of me, since all I was doing was summarizing/paraphrasing what THEY said. I suspect, however, that you will do no such thing.

And below are some quotes from the Koran for you to chew on as well, followed as eternal edicts by millions of Muslims - please feel free to correct all of them as well. I'm sure the Taliban and the Wahabbis and Salafis would love to hear from you. Again, you will do no such thing. Rather, you will continue to rant and rail against those of us who dare to expose this mentality, rather than correcting the mentality.

By the way, the frantic fingerpointing elsewhere, trying to impugn others in order to distract off the subject at hand is called a "distraction fallacy." Instead of addressing the subjects here about Islamic doctrine, you are attempting to troll me into an argument about rape in Western society, etc. These are typical Muslim apologetics tactics, part of the following stages:

1. Denial
2. Deflection
3. Insults
4. Threats
5. Violence

Unbelievers

"This Book is not to be doubted.... As for the unbelievers, it is the same whether or not you forewarn them; they will not have faith. God has set a seal upon their hearts and ears; their sight is dimmed and grievous punishment awaits them." Quran 2:1/2:6-2:10

"God's curse be upon the infidels! Evil is that for which they have bartered away their souls. To deny God's own revelation, grudging that He should reveal His bounty to whom He chooses from among His servants! They have incurred God's most inexorable wrath. An ignominious punishment awaits the unbelievers." Quran 2:89-2:90

"Lord...Give us victory over the unbelievers." Quran 2:286

"Lord...give us victory over the unbelievers." Quran 3:148

"I shall cast terror into the hearts of the infidels. Strike off their heads, strike off the very tips of their fingers." Quran 8:12

"When the sacred months are over slay the idolaters wherever you find them. Arrest them, besiege them, and lie in ambush everywhere for them." Quran 9:5

"Prophet, make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites and deal rigorously with them. Hell shall be their home: an evil fate." Quran 9:73

"Believers, make war on the infidels who dwell around you. Deal firmly with them. Know that God is with the righteous." Quran 9:123

"Believers, take neither the Jews nor the Christians for your friends. They are friends with one another..." Quran 5:51

"He that chooses a religion over Islam, it will not be accepted from him and in the world to come he will be one of the lost." Quran 3:85

"Let not believers make friends with infidels in preference to the faithful - he that does this has nothing to hope for from Good - except in self-defense. God admonishes you to fear Him: for to God shall all return." Quran 3:28

"Garments of fire have been prepared for the unbelievers. Scalding water shall be poured upon their heads, melting their skins and that which is in their bellies. They shall be lashed with rods of iron.

"Whenever, in their anguish, they try to escape from Hell, back they shall be dragged, and will be told: 'Taste the torment of the Conflagration!'" Quran 22:19-20

"Muhammad is God's apostle. Those who follow him are ruthless to the unbelievers but merciful to one another." Quran 48:29

"Those that deny Our revelations We will burn in fire. No sooner will their skins be consumed than We shall give them other skins, so that they may truly taste the scourge. God is mighty and wise." Quran 4:56

"Let not the unbelievers think that they will ever get away. They have not the power to do so. Muster against them all the men and cavalry at your command, so that you may strike terror into the enemy of God and your enemy..." Quran 8:59-60

"Believers, know that the idolaters [non-Muslims] are unclean. Let them not approach the Sacred Mosque after this year is ended." Quran 9:28

"The unbelievers among the People of the Book [Bible] and the pagans shall burn for ever in the fire of Hell. They are the vilest of all creatures." Quran 98:6

Women

"They ask you about menstruation. Say: 'It is an indisposition. Keep aloof from women during their menstrual periods and do not approach them until they are clean again; when they are clean, have intercourse with them whence God enjoined you....'" Quran 2:222

"Women are your fields: go, then, into your fields whence you please." Quran 2:223

"Men have authority over women because God has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because God has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and forsake them in beds apart, and beat them." Quran 4:34

"A male shall inherit twice as much as a female." Quran 4:11

"Call in two male witnesses from among you, but if two men cannot be found, then one man and two women whom you judge fit to act as witnesses..." Quran 2:282

"[Forbidden to you are] married women, except those whom you own as slaves." Quran 4:24

Rewards in Paradise

"The righteous shall return to a blessed retreat: the gardens of Eden, whose gates shall open wide to receive them. Reclining there with bashful virgins for companions, they will call for abundant fruit and drink." Quran 38:51-2

"God has purchased from the faithful their lives and worldly goods, and in return has promised them the Garden. They will fight for the cause of God, they will slay, and be slain. Such is the true promise which He has made them in the Torah, the Gospel and the Koran...." Quran 9:111

"As for the righteous, they shall be lodged in peace together amid gardens and fountains, arrayed in rick silks and fine brocade. Even thus; and We shall wed them to dark-eyed houris." Quran 44:51-54

"On that day [the unbelievers] shall be sternly thrown into the fire of Hell . . . But in fair gardens the righteous shall dwell in bliss, rejoicing in what their Lord will give them. Their Lord will shield them from the scourge of Hell. He will say: Eat and drink to your hearts content. This is the reward of your labours.

"They shall recline on couches ranged in rows. To dark-eyed houris [virgin girls] We shall wed them. . . . Fruit We shall give them, and such meats as they desire. They will pass from hand to hand a cup inspiring no idle talk, no sinful urge; and there shall wait on them young boys of their own, as fair as virgin pearls." Quran 52:13-24

"Reclining there upon soft couches, they shall feel neither the scorching heat nor the biting cold. Trees will spread their shade around them, and fruits will hang in clusters over them.

"They shall be served with silver dishes, and beakers as large as goblets; silver goblets which they themselves shall measure: and cups brim-full with ginger-flavoured water from a fount called Salsabil. They shall be attended by boys graced with eternal youth, who to the beholders eyes will seem like sprinkled pearls. When you gave upon that scene, you will behold a kingdom blissful and glorious." Quran 76:9-20

Quotes from the Hadiths or Records of Mohammed's Deeds and Words

"The Prophet...said: I am commanded to fight with men till they testify that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is His servant and His apostle, face our qiblah (direction of prayer), eat what we slaughter, and pray like us." Sunan Abu Dawud 14.2635

"...the Apostle of Allah [said]: He who goes forth in Allah's path and dies or is killed is a martyr...and will go to Paradise." Sunan Abu Dawud 14.2493

"The Prophet...said: Our Lord Most High is pleased with a man who fights in the path of Allah..." Sunan Abu Dawud 14.2530

"Allah's Apostle [Muhammad] said, 'I have been sent with the shortest expressions bearing the widest meanings, and I have been made victorious with terror (cast in the hearts of the enemy), and while I was sleeping, the keys of the treasures of the world were brought to me and put in my hand.'" Sahih Bukhari 4.52.220

"The Prophet used to go round (have sexual relations with) all his wives in one night, and he had nine wives." Sahih Bukhari 7.62.6

"The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with 'Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death)." Sahih Bukhari 7.62.88, 7.62.64

"Once Allah's Apostle went out to [offer the prayer]... Then he passed by the women and said, 'O women! Give alms, as I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of Hell-fire were you (women).' They asked, 'Why is it so, O Allah's Apostle?' He replied, 'You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion than you. A cautious sensible man could be led astray by some of you.' The women asked, 'O Allah's Apostle! What is deficient in our intelligence and religion?' He said, 'Is not the evidence of two women equal to the witness of one man?' They replied in the affirmative. He said, 'This is the deficiency in her intelligence.'" Sahih Bukhari 1.6.301

I understand its a war against Islam and all signs are there, everyone bowed down to the satanic system and moved away from the sole purpose that is to worship our creator every prophet told us to believe in god and worship him. Today it seems the satanic system has destroyed all religions and values, fortunately the only religion that is standing is Islam and that's what they r planing to destroy next, however because god loves us religion that is sent through god's messengers will be the saviors for all of us including Canadians.
Talking about islam
Islam saved many nations in the past, these previous nations said the same things you say today (Islam should go back where it came from) but guess what these nations today are thankful for the coming of Islam and will defend it with all what they got, remember Islam came in Arabia and today Arabs constitute only 20% of all muslims, the other 80% are all over the world and some of them are pure white Canadians how can you tell these Canadians go back to where you come from??? Remember initially it not a war between Muslim and non Muslim it's a war between god and Satan and we humans are the reason for this war. God is trying to save us from hell and the devil is trying to take as much of us with him to hell. My advice before you criticize Religions find out what is the purpose of you exist an and don't tell me we live and die and that's it because there is no proof of that's it. There is something after life and my proof is our existence. We existed once we can be existing again.

Hey Acharya,
Really I'm not ranting! All I'm saying is just put your guard down a bit and try to accept people for who they really are! So if u want to take a trip around the world one day u won't cuz many countries that u will visit happen to believe and follow religions or doctrines that u disagree with?

Acharya my point is in the end does it really matter? The right thing to do bottom line is to spread peace, and love and learn to understand. Fear and ignorance is what creates evil and spreads hate. There is good and bad everywhere! Perfect doesn't exist.

I guarantee if u and I were to have coffee someday, you might disagree with my beliefs and views but u might just like me as a person! That's what counts!

Take it easy were all gonna die someday so what's the point in living in hate and fear. I'm just as Canadian as everyone else I love everything about my country and it's people no matter what race,religion, etc!

What we all need to stop is ignorance, and fear and that way hate will not exist...its all one big misunderstanding. Some people see things for what they r, others don't want to because they r so biased, some just can't and won't understand, and so on. That's y I always say accept, embrace and try to learn and understand and go deeper. Otherwise.....ur just not going to really understand and remain in ur shell of ignorance.

I dunno about u but I have Jewish friends, Christians, Sikhs, atheists etc....no problem with me!

Take care Hun! 

And here you are again with all sorts of mischaracterizations of my person. Your condescension is once again noted. Most of what you have said here is simply a reflection of your own psyche: Hatred, ignorance, etc. - that's what you seem to see everywhere.

That being said, do you really not hate the ideas represented here by MUSLIM spokesmen? Or are you ignorant of these ideas, which so permeate the Muslim world?

As concerns the rest of your puerile lecture, I've been hanging around the "kumbaya" crowd since probably decades before you were born. I've lived in major cities in a number of countries, and I've been friends with people from all walks of life. In this regard, I read, write and/or speak multiple languages and have traveled around in various countries, meeting all sorts of individuals of practically every culture.

Some of the individuals I met and spoke with didn't even know any other language and had never spoken to a foreigner before. One such individual - and old Greek man who had lived through the Nazi occupation of his island of Crete - actually wept when I spoke to him in Greek, because he had been completely isolated from the rest of the world. My going out of the way to address him in Greek provided him tremendous relief.

In addition to my many ex-Muslim friends who are exposing Islamic fanaticism, one of my friends is an ex-radical Muslim whose articles are posted on THIS very blog - a fact you would know if you actually knew who you were addressing.

Perhaps you should take your own advice and try to understand why people don't like Islam, instead of making condescending and derogatory remarks about individuals whom you don't know in the least?

That type of behavior is pretty much the reason many don't like Islam, in fact, as it seems to create very arrogant and obnoxious people - who eventually become violent when they don't get their way.

If we can get along just fine by ignoring everyone's beliefs, then please just toss your beliefs out. If you are so readily able to ignore or toss out these beliefs, then there was no need for you to defend them in the first place by making one derogatory remark and insinuation after another on my blog.

Please, just throw away your conditioning that separates you from the rest of humanity - at that point, you are correct, we can get along just fine.

Cheers.

Wow Asharia I'm impressed you know some staff about the quran, you only wrote the strict verses and you neglected the countless merciful verses in the Quran, i can say to is read this verse that you already quoted
"The unbelievers among the People of the Book [Bible, tora] and the pagans shall burn for ever in the fire of Hell. They are the vilest of all creatures." Quran 98:6

My advise don't take a chance and be an unbeliever because in this verse god or your creator promises you hell fire for ever, and called you the vilest of all creaters. I would look further in the Quran and try to understand it more and not take a foolish risk. Think of it this way if religions are fals then I shouldn't worry because there is no god to hold me accountable but if god exists then there is a trial and I'm sure you don't want to labeled as an unbeliever in that trial because you know very well the consequences and guess what my dear I will be a witness in that trial against you in that trial saying that you heard about the Quran and denied the god's message.

Dear sir,
How are doing to day, what,s difference between you and Islamic extremist(not Muslims) thinking? in one side you said,that your are demotic and Liberal person, other side you stop the people to follow their religious laws, (extremist force the people by arm's ) and you force the people to go away from your country ,that's human being, you know that the people are coming your country for better future prospects.you think about it.thanks..

I agree , you can't expect to go to another country and live not by their laws and rules. Check these laws, rules , religion before you leave your country. Then decide what is best . It's seems to me you would not be leaving your own land if it wasn't so bad. Think about it!

So tired of religion being the tool for so much haters . Make me question what Gods purpose was if these haters were the one he wanted to spread the word of God. If this is the case then I don't want to be a part of any religion or religions group. I keep my fate in myself in treating everyone with respect, love, no matter who they are. Black, White, Muslim, Asia, Gay, Etc. Life is good when you think this way I promise you that.

thank you for stating this but i don't understand why this article got thumbs down.muslims aren't monsters you think we are. just so you know, that violence and terrorism you believe we worship is actually we all hate and we are trying to remove it in the arab countries. i should know since i have been living there 3 years. we muslims in canada are people like you guys. we don't want any trouble we just want acceptance and respect like and normal human being.is that so much to ask for?true there will be some who will try to force the religion on you but don't blame a whole religion just because of a few people.i am currently in an arab country and beleive me not one person agrees with abuse or terrorism but sadly its the reputation we have gotten due to a few incidence over the years but really people no country,religion or culture is perfect so why blame the muslims for everything that goes wrong? i have lived in canada for 13 yrs i have never seen the slightest of racism towards me but i want to understand, if somebody personly offended you don't take it out on their whole country because even yo non-muslims aren't perfect at everything.we are tired of being printed the bad guys because of things that are not in our control

i've read all the posts.and as i can see it the vast vast majority of white christian democrats,can see what is coming and has started to come from the islamic world.why are we in the west waiting for the war for our civilisations survival.we need to remove every muslim from the west to a place where they can worship their "god" as they wish.this means we'd have no fifth columists in the west....i'm looking at you barack obama,and if they did anything untoward we could retaliate.the muslim professor who made the statement at the beginning,well muslims are told in the koran it is ok to lie to further islam.so i'm treating his comments with a pinch of salt.the west without muslims would be like heaven...lets go for it...

Hi all
I am a Muslim, a migrant and a musician. First, I would like to appreciate the welcoming of the Canadians; Australians and all the countries, who have recently hosted migrants from allover the world. It really shows the sympathy of the white
race in specific, however, a bit of empathy would have resonate the harmony to a beautiful cadenza. The issue of music and religion is not exclusive for Muslims. It seems to be arises from the nature of humans and their differ-ent ways of thinking; an ongoing debate between dogmatic believe, extremism and intolerance, against cognitive thinking, tolerance and moderate understanding of religion. An example for that, the Jehovah witnesses; the Puritans and Calvinists, who condemn secular music.
Let me tell you a bit of what Qur’an says about prohibited things in general: Say: The things that my Lord hath indeed forbidden are: shameful deeds, whether open or secret: sins and trespass-es against truth or reason; assigning of partners to God, for which He hath given no authority; And Saying things about God of which ye have no knowledge. (Qur’an 7: 33). “Say: Who hath forbidden?the beautiful (gifts) of God, which he hath produced?for His servants,?and the things, clean and pure (which he hath provided) for sustenance? Say: They are in the life of this world, for those who believe, (and) pure-ly for them on the Day?Of Judgment. Thus do we explain the signs in detail for those who understand (Qur’an 7: 32 ).
Al Qaradawi, one of the contemporary Muslim scholars, explains the lawful and unlawful in Islam. He states: “In Islam good is halal and bad is haram. This principle is also supported by this verse in Qur’an: “He enjoins on them that which is right and for-bids them which is wrong, and makes lawful for them all good things and prohibits for them only the foul” (Qur’an VIII: 157). Finally, most of the Muslims, who take the religion harshly, they can’t handle it. Our prophet Mohamed said “This religion is easy. No one becomes harsh and strict in the religion without it overwhelming him. So fulfil your duties as best you can and rejoice” . This hadith is clearly promoting the concept of moderation in the proper Islamic context

Abdul you should be a poster boy for what’s wrong with immigrants! I am astounded by your comments; “Muslims teachers in Canada hardly teach Muslim students and teach mostly Christians… I have been trying to get formal education in Ontario and have been denied over and over again” – who are you trying to fool? Education in Ontario, indeed all throughout Canada, is open and accessible to all! No student who wants to succeed is held back. Even students with bona fide disabilities have tremendous opportunities to gain a higher education.

And why is it surprising to you that Muslim teachers are teaching mostly Christian students? This country was founded by Christian immigrants and the majority of students in Canada are Christian. But our public school system is not based on religion anyway; it is based on knowledge - as it should be – knowledge that is freely taught to all students regardless of a person’s religious beliefs. Whenever religion gets into education it is all about control of knowledge; not about teaching or sharing such knowledge freely and openly as it should be. Shame on your comments, Abdul!

If you have been having trouble in school I wonder if it may have to do with your poor command of English? I mean no disrespect but I did have to read your comments several times to try to understand what you were trying to say. Do you speak/write in French? If so and it is even marginally better than your English then I suggest you try attending a French post-secondary institution. Another option would be to avail yourself of the many and free government sponsored courses to master either one of our two official languages. However, I really fear that nothing is going to help you until you do something about what’s really holding you back from gaining a higher education in Ontario - or anywhere else for that matter – and that is YOUR ATTITUDE and your woeful misconceptions about this society.

I mean come-on Abdul! Look at your own words: “…, I notice that our majority rewards immigrants, especially those who suck up to them and say make descriminating statements about people's faith, they are cowards and I am brave i don't have to fear my majority or feel obliged to be living in Canada”. What are you even trying to say with these completely unfounded and senseless words? I assume you are calling Professor Kanwar’s comments about sharia law discriminating? He is a Muslim like you. But more importantly, he is a Canadian; and he is obviously very grateful to be one; to be able to take advantage of the rich and varied opportunities to make a decent and rewarding life for himself in Canada. His appreciation for the Canadian way of life is obvious while your disdain for us is equally and blatantly clear. The message Professor Kanwar is really delivering is one that is as ancient as it is wise: “When in Rome do as the Romans do!”

Tell me, what do Muslims think will be gained by having Sharia law anyway? And think about this question: throughout the Muslim world you have had varying degrees of Sharia law and to what end? The situation in so many of your countries says it all: a much lower standard of living; little or no personal liberties; strict fundamentalist religious control over most if not all of your personal lives; poverty; war and strife everywhere; many Muslim peoples cannot even get along with their own kind! No wonder so many Muslims want to come to Canada – to escape as Professor Kanwar puts it: “the Hellholes” that you all have come from. And so you come here…

The lunacy really strikes home though when some of you arrive and then try to transplant your root cultures into Canada. The first thing you want to do is to transplant the tyranny, the religious control; your petty tribal and racial prejudices, customs and beliefs into Canadian society; the very things that have so ruined life in many of your ancestral nations. To me, and many, many other Canadians I can assure you, this is nothing short of absurd. Furthermore, there is no place in a free and democratic society for such heinous beliefs and practices as honour killings; chopping off limbs; subjugation of women; forcing women and girls to hide their faces; genital mutilation or other aspects of Sharia law to name just a few. The Canadian people will no longer stand by and let ungrateful, deluded immigrants like yourself set about to destroy the wonderful nation that we have built over so many generations and which is obviously so attractive to peoples all over the world as a place to emigrate to and make a better life for themselves then they can in the countries of their birth.

So yeah Abdul … if you so don’t like it here and want Sharia law; think that a Muslim country would be better for you then by all means leave. Nobody is stopping you. Indeed, please also feel free to find and encourage like-minded people to join you. This will be better for you and better for the rest of Canada. Or maybe you could just try to wake up and see beyond the end of your nose and perhaps then you too could discover and enjoy all the benefits that Canada has to offer.

Just wait for the Christian back lash.We are fed up with a failed immigration policy. that discriminates against us.