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April 20, 2007
Stating the obvious
Editorial
Most Muslims would never think of doing something like that."
This was one of the comments from a spokesperson for the Canadian
Council on American Islamic Relations in the aftermath of the first
appearance in court by two men charged with a spate of anti-Semitic
attacks in Montreal.
The quote by Sarah Elgazzar, which appeared in the National Post
April 14, is ludicrous in its obviousness. No Canadian thinks
most Muslims would do such things as bomb Jewish institutions. The
relevant issue here is that some do.
The Montreal accused are Canadian-born Muslims. This may be relevant
because, like some who have committed violent acts, including parties
to the 2005 London transit bombings, these individuals are not products
of societies where violence is viewed as legitimate discourse, but
emerge from our own culture, where peaceable co-existence is perceived
to be the norm.
"We're raising people here with such hatred in their hearts
for people that they've never met or had anything to do with,"
said Jeffrey Boro of Canadian Jewish Congress.
Instead of responding to the charges in a defensive way by
pointing out the obvious reality that most Muslims would
never think of doing such a thing it would be nice for once
to hear from Canadian Muslim leaders a flat-out, straightforward,
no-holds-barred condemnation of the act itself.
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