“The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) issued a guidebook for ‘Islamic Heritage Month’ that includes a definition of ‘Islamophobia.’ As pointed out by B’nai Brith Canada, the definition was disturbingly broad, including defining ‘Islamphobia’ as ‘fear, prejudice, hatred or dislike directed against Islam or Muslims, or towards Islamic politics or culture.’”
Dislike of Islamic politics. That means dislike of the Sharia denial of the freedom of speech and the freedom of conscience, and of the equality of rights of women and non-Muslims. That means dislike of Sharia Jew-hatred. That means dislike of stonings, amputations, honor killing, female genital mutilation, and the rest.
“And while the TDSB backed down when people got angry about their dangerous definition, they only did so when they got caught. They were obviously trying to sneak that ‘Islamic politics’ line through so they could suppress speech later on – exactly as M-103 supporters want to do.”
Indeed. This is by no means over. Leftists and Islamic supremacists have for years now claimed that dislike of or opposition to Sharia oppression was exactly the same thing as hatred of Muslims. Now Canada is on the way to enshrining this vicious and false conflation into law.
“Toronto District School Board’s Dangerous ‘Islamophobia’ Definition Shows Why Canadians Oppose M-103,” by Spencer Fernando, October 9, 2017 (thanks to Blazing Cat Fur):
When M-103 was first introduced, it sparked a strong and sustained backlash from Canadians. As I reported in March, a poll showed that an overwhelming majority of respondents thought M-103 should have been changed to either remove the focus on one religion (40%), or mention all religions (31%). Just 14% wanted it kept as is, a clear rejection of M-103 by the Canadian people.
Yet, the Trudeau government ignored the will of Canadians and pushed ahead, and continued their effort to not only pretend Islamist terrorism isn’t a threat, but suppress the ability of Canadians to speak out against it.
That’s why so many Canadians were opposed to M-103. Not just because of the wording of the Motion, but because of the attitude of the Trudeau government and the politically correct elites. We know that they want to use the power of government to stop Canadians from being able to speak freely, and M-103 is only a stepping stone towards their goal of using “political correctness” to destroy freedom of speech.
Now, a recent controversy in the Toronto District School Division shows yet again why Canadians have every right to be worried about M-103.
The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) issued a guidebook for “Islamic Heritage Month” that includes a definition of “Islamophobia.” As pointed out by B’nai Brith Canada, the definition was disturbingly broad, including defining “Islamphobia” as “fear, prejudice, hatred or dislike directed against Islam or Muslims, or towards Islamic politics or culture.”
That is exactly what opponents of M-103 feared. That any criticism of Islam (which must be open to critique in a free society), would be called “Islamophobia” and suppressed. As B’nai Brith pointed out, the TDSB definition of “Islamophobia” as including “Islamic politics” could mean that someone who criticized the oppression of women in Saudi Arabia or the persecution of gay people in much of the middle east could be seen as “Islamophobic.”
And while the TDSB backed down when people got angry about their dangerous definition, they only did so when they got caught. They were obviously trying to sneak that “Islamic politics” line through so they could suppress speech later on – exactly as M-103 supporters want to do….
Linde Barrera says
I hate no Muslim person, nor do I wish any Muslim harm or death.. But I do hate the evil ideology of Islam and I think it should be banned. I would be happy to be called an “Islamophobe.” ?
PRCS says
Well, I can think of quite a few Muslims whose deliverance to their very own 72 virgins is long overdue.
JonnyJonny says
And given the country located West of India where the worlds largest number of searches for gay porn comes from I get an idea what sex they would like them to be!
Benedict says
What a glaring indictment of a religion it is anyhow, when it craves the protection of motions, courts and politics, not to speak about police and military.
J D S says
I once thought that ISIS and other terrorist groups would be the downfall of Islam, as a so called religion, because they show the truth of mohammad’s teachings….but I now see that these groups seem to have empowered islam….but showing also the stupidness of its followers as well as the stupidness of those in a position to have but the brakes on the advancement of this murderous trend.
Westman says
If Canada gets away with imposing M-103 on the citizens, how long will it be before the same demands arise in Dearborn and Detroit?
Does anyone think the trail of mosques from Dearborn through Ontario’s Chatham-Kent, London, Hamilton, and Oakville, to Toronto, is some unfathomable coincidence? And who thinks the Muslims on each side of that border consider themselves patriotic nationalists first and muslims, second – or even respect the border as anything but a nuisance?
eduardo odraude says
Muhammad affirms that those who do not follow him will be slaughtered
On page 222 (326 in the Arabic) of the earliest Muslim biography of Muhammad:
quotingislam.blogspot.com
eduardo odraude says
Let everyone in Canada announce their dislike for and disgust at the above aspect of Muhammad and Islam, and at so many other similar actions and statements in the core Islamic texts, which lead to authoritarian and theocratic states and enable an aggressive, expansionist, totalitarian program for the whole world.
Quoting Islam
eduardo odraude says
Oops, that link does not work.
Here’s one that should work Quoting Islam
Tom says
This is how the Sharia creep happens and before we realize it we are prisoners of our own language. Our freedom to have thoughts and to express those thoughts will become a criminal act.
Never, never, never ever should we be prevented, by threat of criminality, from speaking our mind about ANY religion or pilitical system. There are current hate laws in Canada that can deal with hate speech and thete is NO need for m-103 to become law.
Trudeau et al will be committing political suicide if they make such censorship law.
John Hawk says
Why don’t they just surrender already. Bow down to Allah and smooch the rug. These people are worse than dhimmis. True dhimmis probably chafed at being subjugated by Islamic rule. These people seem to be salivating at the prospect.
Japetto Donatelli says
“Islamphobia” as “fear, prejudice, hatred or dislike directed against Islam or Muslims, or towards Islamic politics or culture.”
The whole purpose of this definition is to spread fear, prejudice, and hatred against we who speak against the crimes and problems of islam. Somehow in this twisted state of affairs people who express their concerns about the fear, prejudice, and hatred of islam are blamed for creating fear, prejudice, and hatred against islam. Nothing creates more fear and hatred than the facts about islam. One only need consider islam’s 1400 year history of violence to be filled with justified hate and fear, it would be abnormal if we didn’t feel this way considering the genocidal death and suffering it causes. We who speak against islamic jihad aren’t causing fear and prejudice, we are protesting the fear and prejudice islam brings to our nations. The degree to which our western politicians are distorting reality for islam is a good measure of their perverse intentions. Resolutions and laws like this are designed to codify the bigotry and hatred these appeasers have against freedom and conscionable morality. The islamic religion is hateful and bigoted against us, their liberal appeasers are hateful and bigoted against us, and their only response to our concerns is to falsely accuse us of acting hateful and bigoted against them. These traitors are willing to sell us out for a misogynist, hate-filled religion that threatens our peace and security as free nation(s). We are fast approaching that Kristallnacht moment when our hard won liberties are crushed and broken forever, and our hearts and minds shackled by the fear, hatred, and prejudice of islam. And our politicians are helping them do it.
We know who these traitors are. They stand convicted before the world. They might evade justice for now, but they can not escape the monumental ignominy they heap upon their own heads.
carol says
Excellent comments Japetto.
Here’s another great offering by Dr. Bill Warner. Every Canadian adult, schoolchild, politician and MUSLIM needs to be sat down in front of it and pay very serious attention. In the last minute Dr. Warner warns that It is our duty to sort through the confusing DUALITY of Islam and learn the truth:.
Dr Bill Warner The true nature of Islam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr6SOshGoJ8
LeftisruiningCanada says
Incredible that they went so far as to include the clause about “dislike”……
Its truly a land of dhimmitude when folk can write stuff like this, and perhaps without even noticing how extreme it was.
Wonder if the board is packed with Muslims , or maybe justice few who influence the majority of silly lefty air heads?
Lydia says
I strongly dislike and also hate all of islamic politics and culture!
In other words, if you like what is bad for everyone and hate what is good for them,
then they’re ‘okay’ with you.
You must resist people!
Don’t be a coward, RESIST!!!
Ethel Red says
I have been to a few rallies, gone to the Islamaphobia:Cure or Sharia conference in Toronto last month, donated to the Conservatives and am waiting for the rest of my citizens of Canada to resist and show this Dictator Trudeau he will not succeed. I am disappointed more people are not getting involved. The Liberals are trying to get a motion passed about supplying arms to countries that use them against there own people. All the Conservatives want is an addition that Firearms owned by licenced non-criminal Canadians will not be affected. We will wait and see, what have the Liberals got to worry about?
Nettleneesox says
They are only loyal to Shartria (intentional spelling) and no country. Barbarians.
JFKAR says
I don’t hate Muslims but I have the right to hate anybody I want to hate, no matter what these tyrannical Leftards think.
And I do hate them and everything they stand for and believe in.
Miggy says
Islam is their biggest problem..it conditions both men to be misogynists and believe themselves above all other men on the earth as the chosen people of God and therefore with the sole devine right of killing a non believer…and their women due to mens influence have become slaves to their patrons…not out of love but for necessity…their life hangs on a line.
Sick political organisation claiming to be a religion that is anything but a religion and more a cult.
Islam must be stopped
AJewTooFew says
Apparently the change was instigated by a small number of Jewish teachers in the TDSB who had serious concerns and approached B’nai Brith with them. That said, the guide was revised and not only published, but shared with other school boards as a resource for Islamic Heritage Month. Working in the YRDSB, we received the guide as well. While it no longer includes the dangerous definition of Islamophobia, it contains other choice nuggets like:
“Islam is both a religion and a complete way of life that leads one on a path towards peace, mercy and forgiveness (Winter & Williams, 2002)”
“Do all Muslim girls/women wear the Hijab?
Female Muslim students may or may not wear the hijab, based on individual choice.” It goes on to state: “Many identity and societal factors are at play with regards to wearing the hijab – including parental pressure. In a popular Marvel comic titled, “Ms. Marvel”, one of the Muslim characters expresses her frustration when asked if her father forced her to wear the hijab, stating, “Actually, my dad wants me to take it off. He thinks it’s a phase” – an experience shared by some Canadian Muslim women.”
I know of a small number of conservative teachers who are quite disturbed by the school board’s adoption of the social justice and liberal tropes of the day (micro aggressions were included in the board’s definition of bullying as presented to students in a safety assembly!), but we are a rare breed as most teachers are quite liberal.
Finally, I would argue that we should simply reject every kind of special month or honorary day (which we have in such abundance that they mean next to nothing anyways). This is particularly true of these heritage months celebrating specific religions. After all, this is supposed to be public education, and outside of a world religions class, religion should have no place in public schools.
John Forbes says
I STILL FIND IT AMAZING THAT CANADIANS OVERALL WOULD STILL RE ELECT MUSLIM JUSTIN & HIS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD LIBERALS !
EITHER VERY VERY WELL CONNED OR VERY VERY STUPID ????
HOPEFULLY IT IS CONNED & THEY WILL WAKE UP IN TIME TO KICK THIS LOT OUT BUT GREAT DAMAGE IS BEING DONE IN THE MEAN TIME THAT WILL HAVE TO BE UNRAVELLED AT A LATER DATE !!
Ethel Red says
This is going to be a tough wait.
Politicianphobia says
Does anyone out there think The Canadian Liberal Broadcasting Corporation has covered the M-103 story? I urge all Canadian to send an email to all Canadian members of parliament saying no to M-103 and tell them to deport Imam Mazin Abdul-Adhim, head of the terrorist group, Hibz ut Tharir living in London, Ontario. He is saying we need Shari’ah law which supercedes Canadian law. That is treason. They may look on line and read his plans or listen to one of his youtube rants. Remind them this is still a Christian country. I sent information regarding Mazin to Carol Hughes, NDP member of parliament for Algoma, Kapuskasing, Manitoulin, who supported M-103, and did not hear back from her. Imagine that, a Canadian politician knowing there are traitors amongst us and doing nothing about it. Perhaps tomorrow I will see her stand up in the house and demand he be charged and deported. Meanwhile in London, Ontario the council is seeking to have a hate speech law. Scary just how damn stupid or evil elected officials can be. WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW WILL HURT YOU.
mortimer says
The Toronto District School Board has shown the members are unfit to run for dog catcher. The are perfect idiots.
When you disallow the criticism of anything, you immediately make it the OFFICIAL DOCTRINE.
When you disallow the criticism of a religion it becomes the OFFICIAL RELIGION.
When you disallow the criticism of a POLITICAL IDEOLOGY, it becomes the OFFICIAL IDEOLOGY.
These dolts are in a position ABOVE THEIR COMPETENCE and should all be fired.
RICHARD CANARY says
So, where did this month-long program about islam come from? Is that a national bit of treason or was it developed by local morons?
And if the most controversial ideology in the world (islam) rates an an entire month of attention, where is the month for Christianity or Judaism or Church of Scientology?
I’m just guessing, but it looks like some imam at some mosque came up with this scheme and used it to convince a slew of liberal scialists to jump on board in the name of “multiculturalism”, the bane of all morons.
JonnyJonny says
My mothers generation had nothing but praise for the Canadian people, for their fairness and openness and their steadfast opposition to oppression. What the heck went wrong?
Politicianphobia says
When you have Iraq Khalid, a Muslim, who introduced M-103 and Omar Alghabra, a Muslim who when he won said “This is a win for Islam” and tried to implement Shari’ah in Ontario, pro Shari’ah members of parliament and all the Liberals and NDP supporting them, I really do not know what the hell we Canadians are supposed to do. Canadian people could demand they be charged with sedition. Ya, Trudeau will follow up on that. Now are list for deportation is getting longer: Khalid, Monsef, Alghabra, Imam Mazin Abdul-Adhim and many other Imams. “Freedoms just another word for nothing left to lose”.
Tom Billesley says
“Islamic Politics”? There’s no such thing. It’s Islam.
Oppression of women and persecution of gays is undeniably a part of Islam. It’s in their playbook.
Politicianphobia says
Why is the M-103 committee not letting Russ Cooper address the committee? Call you member of parliament and insist he be heard. Stand up for Canada and free speech.
Petey says
The civil servants are rumbling in Canada, ALL 3 levels of government, there is hope