Canadian Imam who brought human rights complaint against publisher unmasked as Sharia-supporting liar

Are there any other kind?

Posted by: km at February 17, 2008 6:41 AM

There is more of great interest in the full piece:

On his antisemitism:

"As for the allegation he's anti-Semitic, in 2000 he wrote in his newsletter: 'Presently, what Israeli forces are doing to Palestinians is worse than the Holocaust of World War II.' Comparing Israel's attempts to defend itself to the carting of millions of Jews in cattle cars to gas chambers is obscene.'

In our meeting, he said the above quote was taken out of context, that he has numerous Jewish friends and holds a Hanukkah celebration at his mosque, the Al Madinah Calgary Islamic Centre."

On the Tsunami in southeast Asia, and Christian aid to Muslims:

"Some of Soharwardy's most vile words came after the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that killed more than 280,000 people.

While Christians from around the world were emptying their wallets to help the victims of this natural disaster, Muslim leaders were blaming the disaster on immoral Christian tourists in their countries.

Soharwardy seemingly got swept up in the wave of anti-Christian rhetoric and sent out a news release accusing Christians of kidnapping Muslim orphans in Indonesia. Again, he denied his own written words.

'I don't believe that, I just quoted what was in the newspaper and asked where are the wealthy Muslim governments, why are they not helping.'

But here's what his Jan. 23, 2005, news release actually said: "ISCC . . . strongly condemns the exploitation of tsunami victims by the Christian missionaries. There have been several reports that the Christian missionaries are kidnapping Muslim children in Indonesia. . . . It is now proven that the Christian missionaries do not help people on humanitarian grounds. They help people in order to exploit their needs and convert them to Christianity."

Even though it was mostly "Christian" countries and organizations that came to the aid of these devastated people, these kinds of news releases caused many Indonesian Christians to be attacked and killed, including three Christian school girls who were beheaded by Muslim men.

Soharwardy explained: "I wanted to use that news to send a message to Muslim governments." In other words, he knew his news release would find its way overseas. Perhaps he was hoping to join the lecture circuit there, too."

And here is the summing-up by Licia Corbella of Sohrawardy -- who, note, has lived in Canada since 1980, and suddenly,discovered that there is a guarantee in that same Canada of the "right of free speech" of which, for 27 years, he had been entirely unaware:

"Soharwardy is a charmer.[Yes, how many charmers have we all run across, among smiling imams at Mosque Outreach Nights, and all kinds of Muslm spokesmen]. He convinced me that I must have misread his columns. But relistening to the tape of our meeting and rereading his original texts, one thing is clear: he cannot be believed.

To us, he said he lodged his complaint with the AHRC because he felt Muslim "youth were getting alienated" not because the cartoons subjected him to hatred.

This man with two master's degrees in engineering, who has lived in North America since 1980, now says he has just realized how important free speech is. For a fella who practises outrageous forms of it -- you would hope so.

To the CBC's The National on Wednesday, however, Soharwardy gave a different reason for dropping his complaint against Levant, who has spent two years and $100,000 in legal fees fighting this Orwellian battle: "People were looking at Ezra Levant as a martyr of freedom of his speech . . . taking this into a different direction that I did not want."

Soharwardy wanted to be the hero and martyr in his campaign against Levant.

It backfired on him.

Now he's the subject of a human rights complaint by women claiming sex discrimination at his mosque, Levant is planning an abuse of process lawsuit against him and he's being scrutinized on CNN and across Canada.

Soharwardy fell into his own trap. Changing his words, as is his way, won't likely be the salve to his reputation that he's looking for this time."

Posted by: Hugh at February 17, 2008 7:24 AM

Canuckistan: Lying Scumbag Imam Falls Into His Own Trap

http://sheikyermami.com/2008/02/16/canuckistan-lying-scumbag-imam-falls-into-his-own-trap/

Posted by: sheik yer'mami at February 17, 2008 8:17 AM

People were looking at Ezra Levant as a martyr of freedom of his speech . . . taking this into a different direction that I did not want."
truer words have never been said, I guess he did not realize. Even though Canadians are very laid-back. We do question things, most Canadians dislike getting into Wars or fights, but do not tend to back down. And I guess he did not realize, because we are laid-back and the peaceful people. That his abuse of the Canadian human rights system would be questioned by Canadians and would backfire on him. When we found out he had lied

Posted by: doglover at February 17, 2008 8:34 AM

The usual practice of taquiya, and kitman at work by a Muslim who must believe that he is in the mode of the dar-al-harb even living out in the middle of North America.

Muslims are caught in lies all the time, even denying evidence caught on video (Sami Al Arian) for example. The practice of lying is so prevalent and acceptable in the Islamic culture when it comes to interacting with non believers that their credibility should always be strongly tested in any court case.

Posted by: Mackie at February 17, 2008 10:12 AM

Soharwardy himself has been taken to the HRC. What for? Abusive treatment of women.

http://ezralevant.com/2008/01/inside-syed-soharwardys-mosque.html

Posted by: Sounder at February 17, 2008 12:51 PM

"In our meeting, he said the above quote was taken out of context,..."

We've taken some Imam's quotes out of context again? This happens with alarming regularity. You'd think that we'd have figured out the doublethink required to understand these people by now.

(this post brought to you buy heaping tablespoons of sarcasm)

Posted by: Canadian Christian at February 17, 2008 2:21 PM

"In our meeting, [Soharwardy] said the above quote was taken out of context, that he has numerous Jewish friends and holds a Hanukkah celebration at his mosque, the Al Madinah Calgary Islamic Centre."

In other words: "Some of my best friends are the sons of apes and pigs!"

Posted by: cantor at February 17, 2008 2:25 PM

Oops, you mean someone was going to check up on what I said?

I am an Iman, only Allah can hold me accountable!

This wouldn't happen to me, if Canada was ruled by Sharia law!

Oops! Did I say that?

Posted by: tanstaafl at February 17, 2008 6:42 PM

Imagine that, he's a lying sack of shiite.

Posted by: MP at February 18, 2008 11:47 AM

Full marks to the reporter, Licia Corbella: for taping what the imam said he'd said, then comparing it with what he'd really said, way back when, as documented in the public record; and then checking it again, and believing exactly what her common sense told her, despite the charm that had led her to initially doubt her own perceptions.

A procedure recommended to all police, and all journalists, and all lawyers, who have to do with people like Syed Soharwardy who change their stories at will. And, perhaps, every Infidel who has to do with plausible, voluble Muslims, under almost every circumstance? All those shocked, tearful Muslim parents and community members, after the latest round of Infidel arrests of wannabe jihadis - all those protestations of 'we never suspected!' 'he was such a nice, kind, pious boy', all those imams vowing and declaring he had never been near their mosque...I think, perhaps, we know exactly what to think.

(IIn fact, if I were Licia Corbella, I would be hieing me off straightway to check with the Jewish community in Calgary - the statement "that he has numerous Jewish friends and holds a Hanukkah celebration at his mosque, the Al Madinah Calgary Islamic Centre" has a certain quality of unreality to it. All sorts of interfaith follies have been, and are being, committed; the thing is not impossible; but this particular deceiver is such an inveterate liar, I would not be surprised if he'd made the whole thing up on the spot, for Ms Corbella's benefit, gambling that she WOULDN'T check.)

'Mohammed told such dreadful Lies, it made one gasp and stretch one's eyes'...and far too many of his devoted imitators lie just like Mohammed did.

Posted by: dumbledoresarmy at February 19, 2008 2:47 AM

CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Channel should revise their famous 'Little Mosque on the Prairie' show that tries to white washes islam. I wish CBC should make a show about Christians, 'Little Church in the desert'.

Posted by: Crusader at February 19, 2008 9:54 AM