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Attempt by Muslims in Canada, with the aid of the federal police force, to make it politically incorrect to equate the terrorism that poses a significant threat to Canada and the West with Islam

Handbook to prevent radicalization of Muslims released in Canada



Well, that is the stated purpose of the 38-page publication. While a portion is dedicated for what parents and others in the community should look for to see if a young person is becoming radicalized, the main purpose of the book seems to be to portray Muslims as victims and to tell law enforcement officials not to connect terrorism to the religion of peace in any way.
The handbook was launched with great fanfare at a Winnipeg mosque on Monday. Entitled United Against Terrorism: A Collaborative Effort Towards a Secure, Inclusive and Just Canada. It was produced by Islamic Social Services, the National Council of Canadian Muslims, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A small section of the handbook does in fact deal with how to spot those who are becoming radicalized. Signs such as spending too much time online, shunning old friends in favour of new ones and becoming more religious can be signs of radicalization. Who knew? Much of the remainder of the book deals with how radicalism should never be equated with religion and contains a lecture aimed at infidels in general and law enforcement in particular about not using such language as “Islamic,” “Islamic extremism,” and “jihad.” People who join terrorist groups and commit terrorist acts are really no different than other criminals and their religion should play no part in describing them. The authors want this type of terrorism to be referred to as “terrorism based on al Qaeda ideology,” as if al Qaeda’s beliefs have absolutely nothing to do with Islam. The booklet also objects to the use of the word “jihad” to mean violence waged against the West and others who do not agree with the terrorists’ beliefs because the word jihad means “struggle”. Even though terrorists use the word to describe their bloodthirsty actions, we infidels should not.

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Tarek Fatah, a columnist and a rare moderate Muslim who is not afraid to speak out, appeared on the Sun News Network to talk about the handbook. Fatah drew an analogy between the word ‘jihad’ and the word ‘gay.’ Jihad means struggle and gay means happy. But today, when you describe a man as gay it doesn’t mean he’s happy; it means he’s a homosexual. Like the word gay, the meaning of jihad has changed and it is nonsense to insist it should only be used in its original context. Another strange section of the publication was a part instructing Muslims about their legal rights when they come into contact with state authorities such as the police or CSIS. We have a lot of rights in Canada and people, yes, even Muslims planning to join ISIS should know them. But what does this have to do with preventing radicalization? A person who deals drugs should be aware of their rights; under what circumstances they and their property can be legally searched and what rights they have when they are arrested or detained by the authorities. But it makes absolutely no sense to conclude a drug dealer knowing his or her rights is going to deter them from dealing drugs. If anything, it is going to make it easier to continue their illegal activity. This part of the handbook seems to be a message to wannabe Islamic terrorists on how to protect themselves against the authorities who are trying to stop it. While it can be expected Muslim groups would whine about Canadians linking ISIS and similar groups to Islam, it is disgusting that the RCMP was involved in the production of this handbook. Disgusting but not surprising. The RCMP excel at having its officers wear the Red Serge, sit on a horse, and pose for pictures with tourists and for saving visitors to the Vancouver airport from stapler-wielding Polish immigrants by tasing them to death, but generally speaking they are not a good police force. When the handbook was first released, the RCMP, who do use terms such as “Islamic terrorists” to describe, well, Islamic terrorists, denied knowing what was in it other than the part the force contributed. Despite having its logo proudly described on the handbook, the Mounties are now trying to distance themselves from the publication they proudly were a part of. After its release, someone in the RCMP decided to read the whole thing. A media relations officer, Sgt. Greg Cox, sent out a news release saying the RCMP does not support the “adversarial tone” of the handbook and will not proceed with the initiative. Although the handbook does pay lip service to radicalization, it is nothing more than an attempt by Muslims in Canada, with the aid of the federal police force, to make it politically incorrect to equate the terrorism that poses a significant threat to Canada and the West with Islam. No one deserves to be beheaded. But within the RCMP, heads should roll. The handbook can be read at the bottom of this page.


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Arthur Weinreb is an author, columnist and Associate Editor of Canada Free Press. Arthur’s latest book, Ford Nation: Why hundreds of thousands of Torontonians supported their conservative crack-smoking mayor is available at Amazon. Racism and the Death of Trayvon Martin is also available at Smashwords. His work has appeared on Newsmax.com,  Drudge Report, Foxnews.com.

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