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Toronto anti-Islamophobia rally opposes war against the Islamic State

Mar 5, 2017 11:08 pm By Robert Spencer

“No to war in Syria and Iraq” means no war to dislodge the Islamic State. It means allowing the Islamic State to continue to brutalize and oppress women, non-Muslims, and gays, and to incite jihad massacres in Europe and North America. Now we see that opposing even the bloodlust and aggression of the Islamic State is “Islamophobia.”

“Toronto pro Islam protest opposes the war on the Islamic State (ISIS),” by Jonathan D. Halevi, CIJ News, March 5, 2017:

The anti-Islamophobia, anti “white”-supremacy and anti Justin Trudeau protest at Toronto’s Nathan Philips Square on Saturday, March 4, 2017 highlighted also a message of opposition to the wars against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (aka ISIS, Daesh, Caliphate) and Yemen’s pro-Iranian militias.

A sign on the central stage read the following:

  • Refugees welcome
  • (Fascists not)
  • Yes to refugees
  • No to Islamophobia
  • No to war in Syria and Iraq

The first speaker on behalf the Organizing Committee Against Islamophobia (OCAI) accused Justin Trudeau Liberal government among other things of espousing white supremacist policy, committing ongoing “genocide” against the Indigenous people, arming the Islamic regime of Saudi Arabia that bombed Yemeni children and exploiting refugees and immigrants. She called the federal government to repeal the Barbaric Cultural Practices Act that criminalizes forced marriage and tackles ‘honour killings’. To read the transcript of her speech and watch the video click HERE.

The Canadian flag was not displayed and the National Anthem was not played at the protest. For a photo gallery from the event click HERE.

One of the speakers at the rally was Syed Hussan, who is affiliated with the organizations No One Is Illegal-Toronto, Toronto Community Mobilization Network and Migrant Workers Alliance for Change.

In his speech, Syed Hussan portrayed Canada as a rogue state accusing Justin Trudeau Liberal government of implementing a colonial policy, taking part in wars and criminally neglecting indigenous people. Hussan said that anti-islamophobia motion is not enough calling for an orchestrated popular struggle to make sure that “racists” cannot gather and to “cut off the head of racism.”

The following are excerpts from Syed Hussan’s speech:

Colonialism… continues on these lands…

We need to come to terms with the fact that we live in a country, we live in a society, we live in a community, that is racist (crowd: shame).

We live in a country, in a community in a society that goes to war (crowd: shame)…

We are not going to simply be ok with this motion to study the possible effects of Islamophobia and racism in this country. Are we? (crowd: no). We are not here to just defend a motion in Parliament by the same government that is breaking, that is breaking its promise to indigenous people, that sends more weapons to Yemen (sic. meant to Saudi Arabia)… that is not the government that we are supporting. This is not the policy that we can support…

[We gathered in a] symbolic protest to show that these racists cannot gather, will not gather. We need to commit to something more important, something more critical… if there is any work that you do, in your neighbourhood, in your community racism raises its ugly head and your job, our job is to find it and cut its head off….

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  1. gravenimage says

    Mar 5, 2017 at 11:14 pm

    Toronto anti-Islamophobia rally opposes war against the Islamic State
    ………………….

    Yes–because what could be more Canadian than crucifying teenagers, throwing gay people off buildings, stoning women to death, and burning families who try to escape?

    Surely, we wouldn’t want Canadian “colonialism” interfering with this, now, would we? sarc/off

    • Robert says

      Mar 6, 2017 at 1:11 am

      It is incomprehensible that one is not allowed to critize the dark sides of Islam, like the position of women and the absolute horror of the jihad and Sharia law. We are allowed to critize the Vatican for their laissez-fair attitude towards pedophilia among some of their priests but we are not allowed to critize that children of age 6+ on are forced to marry adult men up to into their 70s? Amazing…. why do we not speak of Catholicphobia when we critize (often justified) the Vatican?

    • David says

      Mar 6, 2017 at 7:22 am

      Just another kook with a microphone.
      What contribution does this individual make to society other than spewing nonsense.

      • mortimer says

        Mar 6, 2017 at 7:56 am

        They’ve exposed what they want: UNOPPOSED JIHAD AGAINST ALL WESTERN COUNTRIES.

        This is not about bigotry. No, it’s about ISLAMO-ESTABLISHEMENTARIANISM or ISLAMO-HEGEMONY.

      • gravenimage says

        Mar 6, 2017 at 4:05 pm

        David, there are lots of kooks with microphones. Not all of them are whitewashing this kind of savagery. The Muslims and their apologists are, though.

    • Charles Martel says

      Mar 7, 2017 at 12:01 am

      Big crowd…..5 liberal idiots….probably all the guys are only there because they are trying to make it with the cute chick in the parka…. Seriously….does ANYONE think this deserves news coverage!!??

  2. Patty says

    Mar 5, 2017 at 11:23 pm

    They sure have these people “hook line and sinker “

  3. Santa Voorhees says

    Mar 5, 2017 at 11:42 pm

    “Now we see that opposing even the bloodlust and aggression of the Islamic State is “Islamophobia.”

    I just don’t get it.

    We’re always told that Isis has nothing to do with Islam. Therefore it can’t be considered “islamophobic” to oppose them. Or am I wrong? Now we see that opposing them is “islamophobic”. This implies that Isis is islamic, and this goes against the Left’s narrative…

    And on top of that, we saw Dubai’s head of security supporting Trump’s ban. We saw Saudi Arabia deporting 40,000 people from Pakistan over terrorism concerns.

    Is there some sanity left in the western world? It seems not.

    • frederick King says

      Mar 6, 2017 at 3:33 am

      It’s western liberals that say ISIS is not islamic. Muslims know there are islamic. what do the liberals have to say about his one ?

    • mortimer says

      Mar 6, 2017 at 7:57 am

      Bingo. They are in a mass hysteria of West-o-phobia.

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 6, 2017 at 4:07 pm

      Spot on, Santa Voorhees. If ISIS *really* were not Islamic, wouldn’t Muslims want them confronted?

  4. mortimer says

    Mar 5, 2017 at 11:50 pm

    THEY EQUATE ‘TOLERANCE’ and ‘RESPECT’ with ‘SURRENDER’. However, now here this, you fragile snowflakes!

    TOLERANCE IS NOT SURRENDER! … not by a long shot. Nor is ‘RESPECT’ the same as SURRENDER.

    No… ‘respect’ must be earned through consistently noble conduct. Muslims who are good citizens of Canada and staunchly defend FREE SPEECH (that was paid for with rivers of Canadian blood) will earn the respect of other Canadians, but they must EARN it, because RESPECT cannot simply be DEMANDED. RESPECT IS COSTLY.

    Meanwhile, TOTALITARIAN THUGS from Canadian Trotskyist organizations have made an unholy alliance with TOTALITARIAN Islam, though many Muslim immigrants to Canada FLED from such TOTALITARIAN regimes!

    You can easily spot the TOTALITARIANS … they wear masks, they shout slogans to ‘SMASH’ those who disagree with them, and they punch and physically threaten and DROWN OUT those who want FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.

    The TROTSKYISTS and the ISLAMISTS agree that FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION is their enemy.

    THAT IS WHY THEY BOTH SUPPORT M-103 to BAN the FREEDOM TO CRITICIZE ISLAM.

  5. mortimer says

    Mar 5, 2017 at 11:51 pm

    Correction: Now hear this.

  6. Joe McDonald says

    Mar 6, 2017 at 12:47 am

    If I had known of this protest things would have gone down a little differently.
    These feces spewers are going to be questioned on camera and their inane, absurd rhetoric and bigoted, racist hate speech is going to be outed and these scum are going to learn to shut up or leave Canada.
    This hussan cretin is right however (for all the wrong reasons) that trudolt is a hypocrite & tyrant, funny how this typical isLIEmic zealot doesn’t realize who his best friend is, duh!

  7. Joe McDonald says

    Mar 6, 2017 at 12:52 am

    If I had known of this protest things would have gone down a little differently.
    These feces spewers are going to be questioned on camera and their inane, absurd rhetoric and bigoted, racist hate speech is going to be outed and these scum are going to learn to shut up or leave Canada.
    This hussan cretin is right however (for all the wrong reasons) that trudolt is a hypocrite & tyrant, funny how this typical isLIEmic zealot doesn’t realize who his best friend is, duh!
    This p.o.s. & trudolt are peas in a pod, they both have a severe case of TRUTHOPHOBIA!!

  8. Expat88 says

    Mar 6, 2017 at 5:38 am

    Why is he living in Canada if it’s so horrible?

    • Dan says

      Mar 6, 2017 at 7:00 am

      To spread Islam and the Caliphate.

      That’s it. Plain and simple.

      It’s what those “Loyal to The (any) Cause” do.

      • mortimer says

        Mar 6, 2017 at 7:59 am

        Anyone who doesn’t love FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION should move to one of the 50 or more SHARIA PARADISES where dictators tell you what to think.

      • gravenimage says

        Mar 6, 2017 at 4:08 pm

        True, Dan.

  9. Dan says

    Mar 6, 2017 at 6:50 am

    [We gathered in a] symbolic protest to show that these racists cannot gather, will not gather. We need to commit to something more important, something more critical… if there is any work that you do, in your neighbourhood, in your community racism raises its ugly head and your job, our job is to find it and cut its head off….

    And what part of that are we not supposed to take LITERALLY?

    • mortimer says

      Mar 6, 2017 at 8:09 am

      Agree with Dan. Their speech is filled with verbal threats. Threatening is a crime in Canada. Justin has shown where his ‘Islamophobia’ ban is going to lead… to goon squads attacking people without warning when they merely express opinions. The result will be societal disharmony and as a result, many will buy firearms for self defense.

      Justin is a mere child with childish ideas. He has stirred up a hornets’ nest of trouble. He is without a knowledge of the history of free speech or its value or importance to a free, democratic society.

      This is what Canadians get for voting for ‘hair’, rather than what’s between the ears.

      • gravenimage says

        Mar 6, 2017 at 4:27 pm

        His father was a fan of tyranny, and regularly hobnobbed with tyrants.

        Not everyone, certainly, follows their parents’ philosophy–but so far, Justin Trudeau certainly appears to.

  10. Crusades Were Right! says

    Mar 6, 2017 at 8:00 am

    “racism raises its ugly head and your job, our job is to find it and cut its head off”

    Let’s see:

    “racism” is code for anyone who opposes Mohammedanism or Islamic immigration

    “job” is code for trouble-making

    I wonder what “cut its head off” is code for? Any ideas?

    ; ¬)

  11. patriotliz says

    Mar 6, 2017 at 9:09 am

    See what the Leftists have done w/ their appeasement and for being apologists for Islam…they have emboldened IslamoFascism so much that now the proverbial crocodile that they have been feeding is coming after them. Way to go!…and the Lefties thought they could dominate the IslamoNazis…HA! The Progressive Communists better wake up and smell the Jihad. But they are MORE afraid of being labeled Islamophobic or white racists…as perfectly illustrated by this cartoon:

  12. Kadok says

    Mar 6, 2017 at 10:27 am

    You better Wake up folks, the suppression of freedom of speech, has been going on for quite some time now, DO NOT LET THIS BILL PASS M-103 to BAN the FREEDOM TO CRITICIZE ISLAM. You notice not a single person has stepped forward and said IT SHOULD BE THE SAME FOR CHRISTAINITY, if you can not openly criticize a religion that stones women to death, cuts the extremities off of children, burns people alive, beheads adults, has public whippings, uses torture tools as barbaric as the biter and throws people off of buildings, THEN you are doomed, your country will be ISLAMIC controlled, SHARIA LAW will be the law of the land. I can not believe the women of your country or for that matter anywhere else in the world would even begin to allow this to happen. Those of you who think you are doing something good have really NO IDEA of the HELL you are about to have released upon your selves.

  13. Vyx says

    Mar 6, 2017 at 11:08 am

    “Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.”

    Be tolerant Canada. Welcome evil.

    And if you want all the jihadi’s in the US, please take them. You’re welcome to support them for the rest of their lives, while we ponder a Northern Great Wall.

  14. BLC says

    Mar 6, 2017 at 11:47 am

    Is the Left happy now that we’ve imported all the problems of the Middle East into Canada?

  15. Dustin says

    Mar 6, 2017 at 12:36 pm

    Stupid liberals- Islamo-Nazis ARE THE FASCISTS!!
    liberalsbackwardsthink.com

  16. mark says

    Mar 6, 2017 at 1:37 pm

    Now canadas leaders have show their cowardly nature ie calling exposing what islam really teachs islamophobia and criminalising it, they will get more demands/

    It will only escalate from here on out.

    • David says

      Mar 6, 2017 at 3:22 pm

      The camel’s nose is in the tent!

  17. Angemon says

    Mar 6, 2017 at 1:49 pm

    In his speech, Syed Hussan portrayed Canada as a rogue state accusing Justin Trudeau Liberal government of implementing a colonial policy, taking part in wars and criminally neglecting indigenous people.

    Seeing how this is more or less as Trump is being portrayed (and by “more or less” I mean “cries that he is literally Hitler”), I’m going to go on a limb and say that for this kind of people “rogue state”, “colonial policies” and “criminally neglecting indigenous people” doesn’t mean what it means for the rest of us…

    We live in a country, in a community in a society that goes to war

    If someone wages war on you should y0ou roll over and die? Or go to war and fight back?

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 6, 2017 at 6:12 pm

      Yes–that you are finding this absurd rhetoric *against Canada* shows just how this is a tactic intended to guilt trip, and has nothing to do with reality.

  18. Richie says

    Mar 6, 2017 at 2:00 pm

    why. not just divert all of the Muslim migrants coming to the US to Canada? Canadians want them, give Canada all of them

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 6, 2017 at 6:13 pm

      Canadians don’t deserve these scum, either.

  19. WTF is wrong with people says

    Mar 6, 2017 at 3:44 pm

    Lol, what a joke this guy is. Maybe if he and his friends got jobs they would have less time to be facists and racists. Talk about projection at it’s finest. Disgusting excuses for human beings. Ungrateful beyond belief and will spend their whole lives whining about everyone else being the root of their eternal misery. People like this create their own misery with no help from anyone else. Good luck to him on his mission, there will be resistance.

  20. Carole Kotkiewicz says

    Mar 6, 2017 at 5:48 pm

    Looks like Canada has been welcoming all of the something for nothing bunch. Good luck to the Canadians who have lived there for generations, and developed their land into a thriving community. It will soon go down the sewer, and degenerate into a welfare state. Freedom will be gone, and the ability to thrive with it!

  21. Voytek Gagalka says

    Mar 6, 2017 at 6:36 pm

    I wonder how long it will take this lunatic Trudeau to recognized Islamic State and send his “ambassador” to Al-Raqqa. From lack of volunteers, I propose, he should go there himself and save us from trouble of seeing him around: ANOTHER TWO YEARS!!

  22. Matthieu Baudin says

    Mar 6, 2017 at 9:03 pm

    It’s worth pondering whether the various groups comprising ‘militant Islam,’ even including ISIS, have become the foot-soldiers of the dreamy eyed antidemocratic new left. It wouldn’t be a surprise given the extreme impatience of this scion of the 70’s generation to remould society to match its various fixations and millenarian goals.

  23. Rossnhoj Rossnhoj says

    Apr 19, 2017 at 6:48 pm

    Islamic destruction of the commonwealth by stealth lies and falsehoods—1n 1967-68 Justin(Name given to resemble JUSTICE) his farther was a tyrannical political lover nutter .
    Now Canada lives with it all again .

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