Freedom of Speech in Canada
Sacrificed for Political Correctness
FFI was informed of a report published by The
Hamilton Spectator Dec / 3 / 03 where Rev. Mark Harding who in the past
has been sentenced and jailed for speaking against Islam in Canada
became once again the target of the vituperation of the politically
correct journalism and the absurd laws of Canada that allows the
inseminators of hate to promote their doctrines of hate freely while
hampers those who speak against them.
The Hamilton Spectator
Police investigate anti-Islam meeting organizer
Stoney Creek hall booking cancelled
Dec / 3 / 03
By Sharon Boase
A convicted hate criminal
rying to organize an anti-Islam conference in Hamilton has become the
subject of a new hate-crime investigation. The probe was launched
yesterday after the Anglican diocese of Niagara took the highly unusual
step of alerting all its parishes that Rev. Mark Harding might try to
book meeting space in their churches. Harding, convicted in Toronto in
1999 of inciting hatred against Muslims, had booked the hall at Church
of Our Saviour in Stoney Creek. The Nov. 22 meeting was to plan a
conference to be called "Islam: A Religion of Peace?"
But church pastor Rev.
Jack Cox caught wind of the plan and, after researching Harding on the
Internet, called the meeting off.
"The alert was
certainly justified," said Detective Steve Hahn, who is
investigating the incident. "(Harding) booked this meeting in a
roundabout way. His past is alarming ... and our community certainly
does not need Mr. Mark Harding in the area. I mean, he obviously hasn't
learned his lesson."
Harding circulated a
pamphlet in Toronto five years ago that called Muslims "raging
wolves in sheep's clothing. Inside they are full of hate, violence and
murder."
He set up a voice-mail
message describing Toronto Muslims as no different than those who
"torture, maim, starve, beat and kill Christians around the globe
in the name of their God." Last February and May, Harding tried to
stage two conferences of the same name in Kitchener. They were scrapped
when venue operators learned of Harding's criminal past and demanded
additional security and insurance.
Yesterday Harding kept
his cards close to his vest, telling The Spectator he would reveal the
ime and location of a Hamilton conference "when we are
ready."
Harding said he does not
hate Muslims but that "this country is in great danger from the
eachings of Islam."
Anglican diocese
spokesman Rev. David Ponting said no similar alerts have been issued in
recent years. Normally, the church would err on the side of openness,
just as Jesus preached freedom. "But we felt that we definitely did
not want in any way to be a party to that. We would just be horrified to
show up one night and hear this kind of poison."
Peter
Mincev, the Church of Our Saviour parishioner who sidestepped church
policy in booking the hall, admitted yesterday he knows about Harding's
hate crimes. He said Harding's anti-Islam conference would be a
peaceable event. "We won't be out there shouting and having signs
saying 'Islam is evil,' 'Islam is a cult,'" Mincev said. "We
don't need to do that, not whatsoever".
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FFI invites everyone to write to the The
Hamilton Spectator, the reporter and the police and let them know that
Islam is a cult of hate and speaking against hate does not constitute
hate.
The following is my letter.
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Dear Ms. Sharon Boase
I
read your write up about Rev. Mark Harding in The Hamilton Spectator and I thought that as one who was born and raised
in Islam I should write and express my dissatisfaction and dismay of
your report.
You
called Rev. Harding a “convicted hate criminal”. Have you read the
Quran? You obviously have not. Let me quote you just a few “gems”
from that book. It will help you understand why you are mistaken.
2:191,
And slay them [the non-Muslims] wherever ye catch them
2:216,
Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible
hat ye dislike a thing which is good for you
3:28,
Let not the believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather
han believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from Allah
4:84,
Then fight in Allah’s cause - Thou art held responsible only for
hyself - and rouse the believers. It may be that Allah will restrain
he fury of the Unbelievers; for Allah is the strongest in might and in
punishment.
8:12,
I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers: smite ye above
heir necks and smite all their finger-tips off them
For more see this list:
http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/quran_teaches.htm
Ms. Boase, please do respond to this email and
ell me whether you agree with what the Quran teaches? Don’t you think
hose verses are hate speeches? Would you call someone who says hate
speeches should be stopped a hate criminal ? Would you call an anti Nazi
activist a hate criminal? Do you think a person who fights against
gender discrimination, race apartheid or religious apartheid, is a hate
criminal?
Dear Ms. Boase, I am afraid your lack of knowledge
of Islam has led you to commit a grave injustice. The court that convicted
Rev. Harding in 1999 was also misinformed about Islam. These mistakes
stem from the fact that the general public is ignorant of what the Quran
eaches and what the real Islam is all about. The responsible for this
ignorance is the media and journalists like you who have no regards for
he truth but rather are concerned not to rock the boat or call the
emperor naked.
I have left Islam after reading the Quran. I have
not embraced any other religion and do not agree with any of them.
However I stand by Rev. Harding on this issue. He knows Islam better
hat you do and if you knew as much as he does, you too would be alarmed
just as he is.
Like everyone else you are lulled into the belief
hat Islam is just another religion. You are wrong! Islam is a political
movement with one goal. That goal is to overthrow the governments of the
world and establish the Khalifat and the rule of Sharia, i.e.
subjugating women, chopping the hands of the thieves, stoning the
adulterers, etc.
I urge you to learn more about Islam. The real
Islam is the Islam of the Taliban, of Iran and of Saudi Arabia. The
world saw the real face of Islam on the morning of Sep. 11, 2001. And if
people like you keep protecting it from being exposed, we will see more
of it in future. I invite you to visit www.faithfreedom.org
www.secularislam.org or www.apostatesofisalm.com
and learn what the real Islam means. I doubt that after reading these
sites, you’ll think the same way.
Sincerely yours
Ali Sina
(A
Fellow Canadian)
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If
you choose to write, please cc to all the following people:
The Hamilton spectator’s Main # 905-526-3333
Jim Poling, City Editor - 905-526-3245 or email jpoling@thespec.com
reporter’s e-mail : sboase@thespec.com
Anglican diocese of Niagara (905) 527-1316
dlong@niagara.anglican.ca
And call:
Church of Our Saviour in Stoney Creek
905-664-4203 Rector Jack Cox
Hamilton Police hate crime unit Detective Steve Hahn Main # 905 546 4925
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The Christian Standard 390 Elora Side Rd.
Mildmay Ontario Canada N0G 2J0
Editor: Rev Mark Harding
(519) 367-2617 E-mail: tcm_news@hotmail.com
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