Sunday, 12 February 2017
Diane Weber Bederman
Diane Weber Bederman
As Canada reportedly inches forward toward criminalizing Islamophobia, why
are Trudeau and Islamic groups silent over a Quebec imam’s prayer to
annihilate Jews?
Quebec Imam
Sayed Al Ghitawi of the Al Andalous Islamic Center in Montreal,
Quebec, recited prayers that include the following supplications:
O Allah,
destroy the accursed Jews
O Allah,
show us the black day you inflict on them
O Allah,
show us the wonders of your power and ability inflicted on them, O the most
Merciful
O Allah,
show us how you do to them what you did to [the peoples] of ʿĀd and Thamud
[ancient peoples that perished by Allah because they didn’t heed the warnings
of the prophets]…
O Allah,
make their children orphans and their women widows
Where are the
leaders of the Muslim communities in Canada? I have not heard a word of
condemnation for these prayers, these calls in Canada to murder Jews.
Nothing from
Dr. Iqbal Massod Al-Nadvi, the Amir (President) of Islamic Circle of North
America – Canada (ICNA, which is the leading Muslim religious group
in Canada), who is also serving as Chairperson of Canadian Council of
Imams. ICNA Canada’s online syllabus states the following on jihad:
The
objective of Jihad. This objective warrants that one must struggle against
Kufr (disbelief) and Shirk (polytheism) and the worship of falsehood in all its
forms. Jihad has to continue until this objective is achieved. This
contention is supported by a Hadith, to the effect that Jihad will continue
till the Day of Resurrection.
In this
Hadith the word (An-Nas) translated above as “people” stands for the
polytheists and idolaters. The reason being that other Nasus (pl. of Nass,
meaning `text’) confirm the exemption of Ahl-ul-Kitab (people of the
Scriptures) from it subject to the condition that they agree to pay Jizyah
(dues imposed by Islam on the people of the Book living under the protection of
an Islamic state) and submit to the Muslim rule. The Arab pagans have only the
choice to either embrace Islam or face war. In the latter case, it is
incumbent on the Mualims to wage Jihad against them to wipe out Kufr and Shirk
and raise the banner of Tauhid everywhere.
Islamic Jihad – Not ‘Defensive War Only’
This Hadith
strongly refutes the people who distort the Islamic concept of Jihad and hold
that Islam preaches defensive war only.
Not a word
from Majdi Dridi of the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC).
Nor from
Ihsaan Gardee of the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) a lobby
group.
Or Lal Khan
Malik national president of The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama.
Trudeau: ‘Islam is Compatible with the West’
And most
importantly, silence from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who
has said over and over that Islam is compatible with the West.
(November
24, 2015): “Canadians are quick to point out that ISIS is wrong, that Islam is
not incompatible with the Western secular democracy, a free place like Canada.”
(January 31,
2016): “But on the other hand, we need to make sure that we’re working with
communities like the Muslim community, for example, to demonstrate that Islam
is not incompatible with free and open Western societies.”
Is he
suggesting that calling for the killing of Jews is compatible with the West?
Where is the
angst over these prayers?
Yet all of
Canada cried out in dismay when innocent Muslims at prayer were gunned down
Sunday January 29. On that day, French Canadian Alexandre Bissonnette, a
27-year-old student at Laval University, entered the Centre Culturel Islamique
de Québec, a mosque in Quebec City’s Sainte-Foy neighbourhood ,and murdered six
innocent people at prayer.
This is No Longer Our Country
The Prime
Minister quickly designated it a terrorist attack, even before the
police statement.
The Islamic
Society of North America (ISNA) Canada, the Islamic Circle of North America
(ICNA), and the Muslim Association of Canada (MAC),
strongly condemned the attack.
Majdi Dridi
of the Muslim Association of Canada, who knew two of the victims, lamented: “I
don’t know what to say.”
The National
Council of Canadian Muslims, the leading voice enriching Canadian society
through Muslim civic engagement and the promotion of human rights, called on
law enforcement agencies around the country to increase security around mosques
and Islamic centres.
“We are
horrified by this despicable act of violence,” the council’s executive director
Ihsaan Gardee said in a statement. “This act of wanton murder must be punished
to the fullest extent of the law.”
The
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama also spoke out against the attack: “We are
deeply saddened by the attack that took place in a mosque in Quebec City and we
pray for the rapid recovery of the wounded,” said national president Lal Khan
Malik.
What is
happening in my tolerant, inclusive, accommodating, diverse Canada that we
gather around only when Muslims are murdered but remain silent when calls to
murder Jews take place in Muslim houses of worship?
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