Canadian Islamic Congress Blames Canada
Charles Johnson
Sun Jun 4, 2006 at 2:39 pm PDT • Views: 614
Dr. Mohamed Elmasry of the Canadian Islamic Congress blames the Canadian government for the jihadis suspected of plotting mass murder: Canadian Islamic Congress | Media Communique.
Following a wave of arrests overnight on June 3 that led to more than a dozen Toronto-area men and teens being held on charges of suspected terrorism, the Canadian Islamic Congress issued a statement saying:
* All suspects involved in the current investigation — those now arrested and any who may yet be charged — must be treated as innocent until proven guilty;
* If and when any individuals are proven guilty under Canadian anti- terrorism legislation, then they are criminals. Canada’s 750,000 Muslims should not be made guilty-by-association, either in the Canadian media or through any public pronouncements;
* We praise today’s statements by CSIS, RCMP and the Mayor of Toronto for putting today’s arrests into proper context as criminal activities by suspects;
* It is irresponsible for our Prime Minster to paint today’s arrests as a battle between “us” and “them”. Such statement puts all Canadian Muslims in great danger;
Governments, both federal and provincial, must fund legitimate academic research to diagnose this serious social problem and provide scientific solutions to it. Today’s CIC statement elaborated saying: “There is no solid social science research that details why and how imported extremist ideologies are finding their way to some vulnerable Canadian Muslim youth. Zero dollars were spent by governments to investigate and follow up on such disturbing trends.”
Elmasry is quite famous himself, for saying on Canadian television that all Israelis are legitimate targets for suicide bombers.
Frank says: