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Why are you, dear Canadians, standing by and doing nothing while our freedoms are under attack?

Terror in Nice-Wake Up Canada-Time for a Revolution



John Lennon wrote in 1968 in response to the riots in Paris "You say you want a revolution..." My answer, today, is "Yes." I want a revolution. A peaceful revolution. From the right. From sea to sea to sea. From those of us who cherish our freedoms, our values and morals. Our Judeo/Christian ethic that underpins our country. This is an ethic that teaches us how to be compassionate people in a compassionate society. It is an ethic of openness and tolerance, accommodation and inclusion. That we fail is not the failure of the ethic but human failure in implementing it. It is no easy task. Yet, here in 2016, with Islamic terror world-wide we have a Canadian government foisting Islam upon us, attempting to normalize it rather than demand that Muslims acculturate to our life-style. The ethic underpinning Islam is diametrically opposed to ours. We have watched in horror as Muslim countries savagely murder in the name of Islam. Islam does not preach care for the other, for the other is a dhimmi-lesser than a Muslim. Islam means submission. It is a based on an ethic that devolved from Judaism and Christianity. The Judeo/Christian ethic had already brought into the world the concept of free-will; that we are not at the whim of capricious gods who float in and out of our lives. The Judeo/Christian ethic taught us that there is a beginning and end of time, that we play a part in history and that we are obligated to make choices, not submit.
Our culture, our ethic is under attack by our own government and we are like lemmings following the ideology of the left, in the footsteps of Franz Boas who wrote as recently as the mid-twentieth century that there are no inferior or superior cultures, but that all cultures are equal.They are not. We know this in our minds and hearts because we would never agree to amputating hands for stealing, throwing acid on a woman's face for being impudent, denying her an education, honour killing which is rampant in Islam because women are second class citizens in Islam. We would never treat a group of people as untouchables as happens to the Dalit in India. We would never condone throwing a new-born baby girl into boiling water because we wanted a boy which was done in China during the one child only law. We do judge other cultures and find them wanting. Yet we are standing by while our government officials try to clean up Islam, make it equivalent to Western culture and make discussing Islam a crime. Quebec has adopted a motion condemning Islamophobia. "The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), formerly the Council on American-Islamic Relations Canada (CAIR-CAN), has the support of political leaders and activists from six Canadian cities (Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Windsor and London) for their Charter for Inclusive Communities."

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It all sounds lovely. Truly. All inclusive. Except the term Islamophobia has come to mean suppressing the right to speak against Islam. What is wrong with speaking against Islam? As Sam Harris pointed out:
"Islam is not a race, ethnicity, or nationality: It's a set of ideas. Criticism of these ideas should never be confused with an animus toward people. And yet it is. I'm convinced that this is often done consciously, strategically, and quite cynically as a means of shutting down conversation [on] important topics."
Why is Frank Baylis MP in Quebec sponsoring a federal petition about Islam? Why do Muslims need extra protection in Canada? What is wrong with the laws we have? Where are the petitions against anti-Semitism, racism, homophobia? Did I miss them? I contacted Frank Baylis (Frank.Baylis@parl.gc.ca) and asked the following questions. He has not responded. You need to ask the same questions. "Why is the Liberal government entertaining such petitions? Facts on the ground show that hate crimes against the Jews are far greater than against any other group. Anti-semitic attacks have been in this country for decades and sadly the Liberal government in the past exacerbated that hate with its "None is Too Many" policy during the 1940s and colluded in the death of Jews by sending Jews back to Europe to the incinerators. I have not seen an apology from this government for its past anti-Semitic practices.

"The petition refers to the contributions of Muslims over the centuries. Please name them so that we Canadians can learn all about these contributions. It is my understanding, as a student of history, sociology, psychology, philosophy and theology, that even during the so-called Golden Age in Spain, Jews and Christians were treated as "lesser than" as dhimmis and this policy of dhimmitude has yet to be denounced by Islam. What scientific discoveries have Muslims and Muslim countries brought into our world in the last 100 years? And culture-what exactly has Islam given to the greater world in the recent past? Medicine? Can you name a drug, a surgical procedure, anything that has been shared with the rest of the world, reducing suffering? Technology? "Islam has been allowed to bring in Sharia Compliant Funds, a parallel economy, into Canada and this economy is not only siphoning money out of our economy, it discriminates against Jews and Israeli companies. Would the Liberal government allow an economy to discriminate against Muslims? "The petition refers to Islam participating in the positive development of human civilization. Sir, the ethic that is taught in Islam is diametrically opposed to the ethic of compassion that underpins all Western countries. This is fact. Islam teaches submission not free-will. Islam teaches that Muslims are superior to all others. This is fact. The meaning of Peace in Islam is the arrival of Sharia Law around the world under Allah. Islam does not believe that all people have equal intrinsic values. Women are treated at best as second class citizens in all Muslim countries and that attitude has been brought to Canada. One can walk in downtown Toronto and receive free pamphlets on how Islam treats women and the right of husbands to beat their wives. This is fact. Islam as practiced, today, around the world is the leading cause of war-amongst and between Muslim tribes and Muslims against Jews, Christians and Yazidis. This is fact. All terrorism around the world, today, comes from the teachings of Islam. This is fact. And it appears that your Liberal Government has abandoned the Yazidis and the Christians who are being ethnically cleansed by Muslims in the Middle East. There are no Jews allowed to live in Muslim countries. And Christians who do choose to live in them cannot practice their religion. "So I find myself asking myself why you, a Member of Parliament, are promoting a petition on Islam and against Islamophobia, now. Why Islam when you have done nothing about protecting and defending the 350,000 Jews, a minority, in this country, from Jew hatred, particularly coming from the Muslim community with BDS in conjunction with Christian organizations? Where is your call to end Al Quds Day, with Muslim calls of "Palestine from the River to the Sea" which is actually a call for the annihilation of the Jewish state; where speakers call to kill Jews? Where is the petition to stop Jew hatred which has been taking place in my country for generations? Needed, now, when Jewish students on campus are harassed and attacked. Please note the anti-semitism on Quebec campuses. Jewish monuments in this country are being defaced. The Jewish community must provide extra security at our places of worship, our schools, our synagogues, our community centres. Is this happening in Muslim communities across Canada? "So again I ask why the need for this type of petition for this community when all reports show that anti-Muslim sentiment in Canada is far less than antisemitism?" Why are you, dear Canadians, standing by and doing nothing while our freedoms are under attack?


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Diane Weber Bederman -- Bio and Archives

Diane Weber Bederman is a blogger for ‘Times of Israel’, a contributor to Convivium, a national magazine about faith in our community, and also writes about family issues and mental illness. She is a multi-faith endorsed hospital trained chaplain.


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