Canadian pundit Spencer Fernando calls this “disgusting,” and it is, but it is no surprise. It has been clear for years which side the establishment media is on. It is not on the side of the people in the nations where it operates. It is not on the side of the victims or foes of jihad terror. It would have been far more surprising if the CBC had featured someone who stands up against jihad terror and Sharia oppression of women and others. But if it had done that, there would have been much more of an outcry than there has been in this case: CBC would have been inundated with charges of “Islamophobia.” Such is the moral inversion of today’s public debate.
“DISGUSTING: Taxpayer-Funded CBC Puts Omar Khadr On Easter Sunday Show,” by Spencer Fernando, April 22, 2019 (thanks to David):
An appalling slap in the face to the Canadian People.
The argument for defunding CBC got another justification, as the forcibly taxpayer-funded CBC invited Omar Khadr onto their Easter Sunday show.
Khadr was featured on Tout le monde en parle, a show funded by the Quebec division of CBC.
A video of Khadr being welcomed by a bunch of pathetic fools can be watched below:
This is disgusting.
Omar Khadr already got $10.5 million in taxpayer dollars, and now the government controlled CBC is using our tax dollars to put him on TV in front of a cheering audience?
The timing is also horrendous.
CBC put him on TV on Easter Sunday, and even after the Sri Lanka terror attacks against Christians, still decided to run the segment.
So, not only did they fail to have the common sense to not invite him in the first place, but they couldn’t even show the most basic and minimal respect to Canadian Christians by cancelling the segment….
Martin says
video 1 – CBC – Omar Khadr – Welcoming applause
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpMoZ6_fiCY
Martin says
video 2 – A guest on CBC fawns over Omar Khadr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rlDdZPvNyU
gravenimage says
Thanks for those disgusting links, Martin.
CRUSADER says
Ooohhhh!
Omar Khadr is “so…. zen”….!!!
mortimer says
He is unrepentant. He still believes in the jihad doctrine. And the Marxists in the audience encourage him, believing he shares their ‘revolutionary’ spirit.
gravenimage says
Yes–disgusting that he is being fawned over.
Michael Garant says
I never watch radio cadenas and certainly not GA Lepage called the pope of the ”Plateau” kingdom of the rich left….those who will never have to mingle with islamists……I will not watch the video either, cannot stand to see people applaud and stand up for khadr whose sister lived in Ben Laden’s compound in pakistan.
As you say a bunch of useful idiots.
Rob Porter says
You missed nothing other than a load of nauseating, fawning rubbish, but never mind, this is contemporary Canada and its utterly contemptible media.
Charles Lutz says
The this latest CBC scandal (I keep monitoring their hourly radio “news” presentations for non-stop bias) fits right in with scandal-ridden Justin Trudeau’s escapade with Big Business SNC Lavalin. And to think that some of my taxes goes into these leeches’ pockets !!
gravenimage says
Canada: Taxpayer-funded CBC puts jihad murderer Omar Khadr on its Easter Sunday show
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Just sickening. I hope every patriotic Canadian complains.
tamlhen62 says
Raise your hand if you found this somewhat surprising. That’s what I thought, NO HANDS
Seth says
Wow. Is it a French thing? This is especially depraved, even for Canada.
Rarely says
No it’s not a French thing. The CBC has been so far left that it makes the rest of the MSM look like a right wing thing. The French language branch has been the worst…but not by much. It should stick to it’s cultural shows and Mr. Dress-up.
Michael Garant says
Exactly. But they already have mr dress-up…… our own so called feminist in chief.
Renate says
You can largely thank Justin Trudeau for this because he’s the one who hands out all the money to keep CBC going. Otherwise, the CBC would have been toast long ago.
Johane says
I am disgusted and like it says in the article, it feels like a slap in the face. On easter Sunday , after what happened in Sri Lanka. I feel like writing to Radio Canada (CBC) but I’ll proably get called Islamophobe. And they have him on the french channel. Like I said to somebody, it feels like they did it on purpose to try and divide French and English.
CRUSADER says
So, we have another Spencer as a patriotic freedom fighter?
Well, Canada….
www. ACT for Canada .ca
DanC says
CBC are VERY biased + pro-Liberal: I’ve been ‘disabled’ for 3 days, 3 times so far. No matter how polite your message is, if it’s against Prime-Moron Trudeau or against Leftist crap, the comment will be disabled and after 2-3 of these, you’re ‘disabled’. And Yes, this is on taxpayers’ money, on my money as well.
Terry Gain says
CBC is Pro Muslim.
gravenimage says
There is nothing liberal about Jihad terrorism.
somehistory says
In all likelyhood, they meant it to be a “slap.”
Johane says
That’s what I think too. Plus make Trudeau look good in the process I suppose.
tgusa says
Why don’t all these non-muslim white guys and gals on the board of directors at the cbc go all the way and move in to a no go zone? Show us your big bad virtue signal lefties! IMO, not one of them should be welcome in any other community. Come on Rob Jeffery, lead by example! Today it is voluntary.
mortimer says
Who are the idiots that give this unrepentant terrorist a standing ovation?
Johane says
I have the same question!!!
mortimer says
This traitor’s faith in Allah’s command to hate and fight the dirty kafirs and subjugate them has been ‘a big part’ of his ‘survival’.
This traitor still believes he was right to fight against Canada. Who are these morons?
CRUSADER says
4015 Christians killed, on average per year, at a daily rate of 11 Christians….
So, since Obama’s 2nd Term in office….over 24,000 Christians killed due to their faith…
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OpenDoorsUSA.org
Christian persecution we read about in Scripture and history books is not a thing of the past. It still exists.
Today, in the 21st century, we are living in a time when persecution against Christian believers is the highest in modern history. According to Open Doors’ 2019 World Watch List—an in-depth investigative report focusing on global Christian persecution—persecution is increasing at an alarming rate. Research for the List indicates that each day, a staggering 11 Christians are killed for their faith in the top 50 countries ranked on the World Watch List.
Below, we look at the world’s 10 most dangerous places to be a Christian—countries where saying “yes” to following Jesus is truly a life-or-death decision.
1. IN NORTH KOREA, CHRISTIANITY IS THE NO. 1 ENEMY OF THE STATE
For three generations, everything in this isolated country has focused on idolizing the leading Kim family. Christians are seen as hostile elements in society that must be eradicated. There was hope that new diplomatic efforts in 2018—including the 2018 Winter Olympics—would mean a lessening of pressure and violence against Christians. But so far that has not been the case. In fact, reports indicate that local authorities are increasing incentives for anyone who exposes a Christian in their community. If Christians are discovered, not only are they deported to labor camps or even killed on the spot, their families to the fourth generation share their fate as well. Communal worship is non-existent. Daring to meet other Christians for worship is a risky feat that must be done in utmost secrecy. Yet Open Doors estimates the number of Christians in North Korea to be 300,000 strong—believers who are defying the unjust regime and following Jesus.
2. AFGHANISTAN—WHERE CHRISTIANITY IS NOT PERMITTED TO EXIST
Afghanistan is once again a close second behind North Korea on the 2019 World Watch List. An Islamic state by constitution, the country does not permit any faith other than Islam to exist. To convert to a faith outside Islam is tantamount to treason because it’s seen as a betrayal of family, tribe and country. Very often, there is only one possible outcome for exposed and caught Christians: death. In Afghanistan converts are considered literally insane to leave Islam. As a result, some may end up in a psychiatric hospital and have their homes destroyed. In addition to communal pressure, the security situation continues to deteriorate due to the influx of foreign militants who have pledged allegiance to ISIS. And the radical Islamic Taliban have also increased in strength; at least half of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces are either ruled or contested by the Taliban. Afghan Christians (mostly those with a Muslim background) are in hiding as much as possible.
Watch the 2019 World Watch List video
3.CHRISTIANS ARE HIGH-VALUE TARGETS IN SOMALIA
Estimates suggest that 99 percent of Somalis are Muslims, and any minority religions are heavily persecuted. The Christian community is small and under constant threat of attack. In fact, persecution of Christians almost always involves violence. Additionally, in many rural areas, Islamic militant groups like al-Shabab are de facto rulers who regard Christians with a Muslim background as high-value targets—often killed on the spot when discovered. In recent years, the situation appears to have worsened. Islamic militants have intensified their hunt for people who are Christian and in a position of leadership. An attempt to reopen a church in Hargeisa, Somaliland, failed; the government was forced to shut it down due to pressure from the local Islamic population. In the World Watch List 2019 reporting period, Christians in Somalia remained so vulnerable to attacks by Islamic militants that in the interests of security, Open Doors could publish no specific examples of persecution.
4.BELIEVERS IN LIBYA FACE DEADLY VIOLENCE
After the ouster of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi, Libya plunged into chaos and anarchy, which has enabled various Islamic militant groups to control parts of the country. Libyan converts to Christianity face abuse and violence for their decision to follow Christ. The country is also home to many migrant workers who have been attacked, sexually assaulted and detained, which can be even worse if your Christian faith is discovered. Libyan Christians with a Muslim background face extremely violent and intense pressure from their family and the wider community to renounce their faith. Believers from other parts of the continent are also targeted by various Islamic militant groups and organized criminal groups. Few will forget the horrifying video of Egyptian workers martyred by ISIS militants on the coast of Libya. The level of violence against Christians in Libya is very high, and Christians in Libya are subjected to violent, inhumane and degrading treatment.
5.CHRISTIANS IN PAKISTAN LIVE WITH OPEN DISCRIMINATION AND CONSTANT THREAT OF MOB ATTACKS
Under Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy laws, Christians continue to live in daily fear they will be accused of blasphemy—which can carry a death sentence. The most well-known example of these laws is the case of Asia Bibi. After sitting on death row for more than 10 years, the Christian wife and mother was acquitted of blasphemy charges in October however her life is still in grave danger from radical Islamists that have gained increasing political power in the world’s sixth-largest country. For that reason, the new ruling government must maintain good diplomatic relationships with some radical groups. Christians are largely regarded as second-class citizens, and conversion to Christianity from Islam carries a great deal of risk. An estimated 700 girls and women abducted each year are often raped and then forcefully married to Muslim men in the community, usually resulting in forced conversions. While traditional, historical churches have relative freedom for worship, they are heavily monitored and have regularly been targeted for bomb attacks (for example, the Quetta attack in December 2017 on Bethel Memorial Methodist Church). In Pakistan, all Christians suffer from institutionalized discrimination. Occupations seen as low, dirty and derogatory are officially reserved for Christians. Many Christians are very poor, and some are victims of bonded labor. On the other hand, many Christians belong to Pakistan’s middle class; however, this does not save them from being marginalized or persecuted.
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somehistory says
CRUSADER
This is somewhat like Raymond Ibrahim posts regularly. Thanks for posting. It’s always difficult to read, but it proves that Jesus spoke the Truth, and that fact, gives assurance Christians can ‘endure to the end.”
CRUSADER says
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6.CHRISTIAN CONVERTS IN SUDAN TARGETED FOR PERSECUTION
Sudan has been ruled as an Islamic state by the authoritarian government of President al-Bashir since 1989. Under his charge, the country offers limited rights for religious minorities and places heavy restrictions on freedom of speech or press. The last year has been difficult for Christians in many ways. There have been arrests; many churches have been demolished and others are on an official list awaiting demolition. And many Christians are attacked indiscriminately in areas like the Nuba Mountains where there is an ongoing conflict between government forces and rebel groups. Christian converts from Islam are especially targeted for persecution. So to keep from being discovered, converts will often refrain from raising their children as Christians because this might attract the attention of the government and community leaders (since children might inadvertently reveal their parents’ faith).
7. CHRISTIANS IMPRISONED IN SHIPPING CONTAINERS IN ERITREA
Since 1993, President Afwerki has overseen an authoritarian brutal regime that rests on massive human rights violations. During the 2019 World Watch List reporting period, government security forces conducted many house-to-house raids and imprisoned hundreds of Christians in inhumane conditions, including small shipping containers in scorching heat. Protestants, in particular, face serious problems in accessing community resources, especially social services provided by the State. Christians from non-traditional church groups, such as evangelicals, face the harshest persecution. In 2018, Eritrea embraced an end to hostility with both Ethiopia and Somalia. How that agreement will play out for the situation of Christians remains to be seen. This extreme pressure and state-sanctioned violence are forcing some Christians to flee Eritrea–often called “Africa’s North Korea”–and seek asylum.
8. BELIEVERS IN YEMEN ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE IN CIVIL WAR AND FAMINE
An ongoing civil war in Yemen has created one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent memory, making an already difficult nation for Christians to live in even harder. The chaos of war has enabled radical groups to take control over some regions of Yemen, and they have increased persecution of Christians. Even private worship is risky in some parts of the country. Christians are suffering from the general humanitarian crisis in the country, but Yemeni Christians are additionally vulnerable since emergency relief is mostly distributed through Islamic organizations and local mosques, which are allegedly discriminating against all who are not considered to be pious Muslims. Converts to Christianity from Islam face additional persecution from family and society. In Yemen, the small church is composed mostly of Yemeni Christians with a Muslim background who must live their faith in secret. They face persecution from the authorities (including detention and interrogation), their families, and radical Islamic groups who threaten converts with death if they don’t denounce Christ and re-convert.
9. ILLEGAL TO CONVERT, ILLEGAL TO PREACH IN IRAN
In this gateway to the Middle East, Christians are forbidden from sharing their faith with non-Christians. Therefore, church services in Persian, the national language, are not allowed. Converts from Islam undergo persecution from the government; if they attend an underground house church, they face the constant threat of arrest. Iranian society is governed by Islamic law, which means the rights and job possibilities for Christians are heavily restricted. The government sees them as an attempt by Western countries to undermine Islam and the Islamic regime of Iran. Leaders of groups of Christian converts have been arrested, prosecuted and have received long prison sentences for “crimes against the national security.” In December, to crack down on Christians sharing their faith, Iranian police arrested 100 Christians in one week, making a blatant statement to both Christians and Muslims. Iran is also infamous for its prisons and inhumane treatment of Christians in places like Evin Prison where well-known house church pastor Yousef Nardarkhani is serving a 10-year sentence.
10.UNPRECEDENTED CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IN INDIA
In the world’s second most populous country, Christians saw unprecedented persecution on numerous fronts from both the State and general Hindu society. For the first time, India enters the top 10 on the World Watch List, jumping one spot from No. 11 in 2017. Home to more than a billion people, even an incremental rise in persecution yields an exponential impact. Since the current ruling party took power in 2014, Hindu extremists have fueled a crackdown on Christian house churches and have attacked believers with impunity—believing that to be Indian is to be Hindu. So any other faith is viewed as non-Indian. In rural areas, Christians were told that one church would be closed down every week because they have been “destroying” local tradition and culture by “luring” others to convert to Christianity. And it is common for Christians to be cut off from local water supplies and be denied access to government-subsidized groceries. In India, saying “yes” to Jesus has become a risky decision that costs you and your family greatly.
Read more about these countries and the remaining 40 countries on Open Doors’ 2019 World Watch List:
http://www.OpenDoorsUSA.org
Or says
The Left has become the most unintellectual body of our lifetimes.
Watch CNN, CBC, MSNBC, BBC and lose IQ points.
Still reporting fake news….still selling lies….still covering up/making excuses….still withholding information.
Propagandists all.
na says
Paying tax is haram. Many terrorists do not want to pay car insurance and tax, house tax, professional tax etc Because house , car etc are gift of alla. But they are allowed to utilize Kuffars tax.
gravenimage says
All true, na.
CRUSADER says
Every so often, Na makes a very interesting input for conversation which comes from logic.
Very good points Na made on this aspect. Slip and dodge, while the Kafir pays taxes for Muslims, as justification….
Mario Alexis Portella says
It’s so typical. Could you imagine had it been a Christian or Jewish conservative. Meanwhile, Robert Spencer is not allowed to enter the UK, our freedom of speech is being curtailed, the pope insists that we should take in illegals, the Communist trio of Obama, Hillary, and Bernie refuse to say the word Christian when it comes to the Sri Lanka bombings, and we’re supposed to expect that Islam is a religion of peace?
CRUSADER says
Cannot imagine such.
By the way, what is the status of Eritrea and Ethiopia in terms of them being further
intruded upon by Islamism?
Folks, be sure to purchase:
“Islam: Religion of Peace? The Violation of Natural Rights and Western Cover-Up”
Book by Mario Alexis Portella
gravenimage says
Ethiopia is still majority Christian–it is 33% Muslim. Eritrea is between 36% and 50% Islam.
CRUSADER says
Mario wrote a book on the two E countries….
Both are in trouble, however.
I recall noting how in the movie “THE MESSAGE” the early Muslims had gone to Ethiopia for assistance, and the dear sweet Christians there were duped enough to take them in, thinking that the same God was being worshipped, and that the Muslims believed in Christ when really they believed in a Satanic form of a cracked mirror imagery of Isa, rather than Jesus.
Ethiopia has been fighting the specter of Islam in their midst ever since.
UNCLE VLADDI says
A soft-sell Q&A puff piece interview with Young Omar is being run in today’s leftist Ottawa Citizen too.
It’s nauseating – headings such as “on finding work” (after getting $10 million of taxpayers’ money)!
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/this-settlement-is-not-only-for-me-its-for-every-canadian-the-highlights-of-omar-khadrs-appearance-on-quebecs-most-popular-talk-show/
UNCLE VLADDI says
The CBC’s annual budget is $1.5 BILLION of Canadian taxpayers’ money. (Who needs hospitals)?
EACH AND EVERY YEAR. And all it does is pimp victimology, to infantilize the populace and make them more in debt and beholden to Big Government and the globalists who own scum like Justin Turdeau.
J D.S says
Just another instance of Juniors Canada falling into the pit of despair…What has happened to our northern neighbors…..They are allowing the un-allowable.
Flanders says
Time to defund the CBC over this!!!
James Lincoln says
I had to wait an entire day, by some antacids, and get myself in the proper “frame of mind” to watch these beyond disgusting videos.
But I thought that it was important to be informed, at any cost.
I didn’t think that it could be done, but the CBC has moved further left than the BBC.
Beyond insanity.
gravenimage says
Awful. This is not just positing Islam as a “religion of peace”–this is much worse–actually lauding of Jihad terror.
ninetyninepct says
This Khadr POS claims his millions are for all Canadians. Almost identical words from that related POS, Trudeau.
Bernice Korman says
Since the $10 million is for all Canadians, I await my cheque. Meanwhile, I keep in memory the picture of “little” Omar sitting around a table building explosive devices with other solid citizens of the world, just like a group working on a jigsaw puzzle. How many Canadians died because of him? And him almost 16. In his society 16 is a married man with at least 2 kids! Thanks, CBC. We remember gestures like this.