Freedom of the press is fine until you damage the interests of the state

Aly Hindy [see also post below] is the imam of the Salaheddin Islamic Centre in Scarborough, of which he is a co-founder. He is also a civil engineer with a PhD from the University of Western Ontario.

Perhaps engineering is not a particularly useful qualification for commenting on public policy.
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If you could speak with the Danish publisher, what would you say?

Sorry, this is a very stupid thing you've done. If you don't know and you're ignorant about what you're doing, then learn.

I don't think he knows anything about Muhammad [pbuh].

The enemy, when he is educated, is much better than a friend. So, knowledgeable people in the West are also fair to him.

But this person should be tried, because he hurt the interests of Denmark.

What if he'd published military secrets? He would be tried, right [not in the US]?

He should be tried from the Danish point of view because he hurt the national interest of Denmark...

Muslim leaders in Montreal have called on the government to pass a law recognizing racism against Muslims as a hate crime. They've said if the government agrees to meet with them, they'll discourage the demonstrators. What do you think?.."

Not much. Was "The Life of Brian" racism against Christians? Category confusion again. Aly Hindy's views seem more at home in Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia or Iran than in Canada.

Update: The Khartoun Kops (not original) are called in on The Jewish Free Press and the Western Standard.

Upperdate: I wonder if the Canadian media have any undercover reporters?

A LEADING imam in the mosque where the July 7 [London] bombers worshipped has hailed their terrorist attack on London as a “good” act in a secretly taped conversation with an undercover reporter.

Posted by markc at February 12, 2006 11:59 AM | TrackBack