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Canada Gov Terror Threat Report Removes “Islam”, Mentions “Islamophobia”

May 3, 2019 4:00 pm By Daniel Greenfield

When you can’t define the problem, then solving it becomes impossible.

Canada’s current regime, like America’s former administration, like the governments of so many European countries, is determined not to address the problem so that it never has to be solved.

And so the the “2018 Public Report on the Terrorism Threat to Canada” has removed all mentions of Islam, but takes care to warn of the dangerous threat of Islamophobia.

The introduction contains a note which states, “As per the Minister of Public Safety’s statement on the 2018 Public Report on the Terrorist Threat to Canada, a review of the language used to describe extremism has been undertaken and is ongoing. The Government’s communication of threats must be clear, concise, and cannot be perceived as maligning any groups. As we continue this review, it is apparent that in outlining a threat, it must be clearly linked to an ideology rather than a community. The Government will carefully select terminology that focuses on the intent or ideology.

The intent is Islamic. That much the report must concede because its only remaining mentions of Islam are in the names of Islamic terrorist groups.

The government has again revised a report that is supposed to update Canadians on the major terrorist threats they face, removing all references to Islamist extremism.

While the report, first released in December, had initially identified attackers “inspired by violent Sunni Islamist ideology” as the main terrorist threat to Canada, that line has now been cut.

All mentions of “Sunni” and “Shia” extremism were also taken out of the annual report, along with section headings on both types of terrorism.

There is however a box zooming in on “right-wing extremism”.

Although the majority of recent global terrorist attacks can be attributed to individuals inspired by terrorist groups such as Daesh and AQ, other recent events around the world are bringing attention to the threat of violence from individuals who harbour right-wing extremist views.

Right-wing extremism (RWE) is traditionally driven by hatred and fear, and includes a range of individuals, groups, often in online communities, that back a wide range of issues and grievances, including, but not limited to: anti-government and anti-law enforcement sentiment, advocacy of white nationalism and racial separation, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, anti-immigration, male supremacy (misogyny) and homophobia. The threat of violence from any individuals, including those holding extreme right-wing views, may manifest in terrorist activity or other forms of criminal violence.

If they’re not going to mention any community, why mention right-wingers or men?

But then we learn that, “In 2018, the government also updated the name of listed terrorist entity Jabhat-al Nusra (JN) to Hay’at Tharir al Sham (HTS), including their aliases. The name change occurred in January 2017, when JN (which had changed its name from Jabhat Fateh al-Sham) merged with four smaller groups. HTS’ objective is the overthrow of President Bashir al-Assad’s regime and the establishment of an Islamic state under Sharia Law.”

An Islamic state is the objective. Sharia law is the objective.

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  1. Steven E Pielacha says

    May 3, 2019 at 5:13 pm

    Just like Nancy Pelosi and the Dems did when Ilhan Omar was caught for her anti-semitic statements. They said islamophobia is the problem. Why this world wants to submit to islam is beyond me.

    • mortimer says

      May 3, 2019 at 6:41 pm

      They are shielding Islamic terrorism from criticism. It is politically acceptable to criticize all white males, since they have been turned into a ‘class’ that is reputed to be ‘enemy oppressors’ and thus they are now ‘non-persons’.

      White males are non-persons unless they are politicians in Leftist parties and then they magically change their gender and race and become ‘global’ persons on the right side of all issues and thus above criticism.

      • Michael Garant says

        May 3, 2019 at 8:17 pm

        white hetero sexual male, the only race and gender against which discrimination is allowed and even seen as ”positive”.

      • tgusa says

        May 4, 2019 at 12:16 am

        Who cares, I don’t. White men don’t need the rest of the world for anything. If the rest of the world ceased to exist we would continue to build, advance, move forward with our lives. The rest of the world exists as it is as a result of the white mans ideas. The rest of the world would be driving through life in donkey carts without white men. There would be a lot fewer people in the world without the white mans medical advances. The rest of the world would be an even greater hell hole without the white mans money and ideas and the rest of the world steals both of those from white men. We don’t need the rest of the world. They want a world without white men? If white men didn’t care about the world the worst thing they could do to it is just leave.

        • gravenimage says

          May 4, 2019 at 3:45 pm

          There are a lot of white men in Canada–they are apt to be harmed by this dhimmitude, as well.

        • tgusa says

          May 4, 2019 at 6:05 pm

          Absolutely.

  2. CRUSADER says

    May 3, 2019 at 5:15 pm

    Sounds easy enough….just add “racist!” or “caucasian!” or “–phobia!”
    to anything you disagree against, and there you have proper policy!

    To counter this,
    ACT for Canada .ca
    and
    Canada Free Press
    exists….

  3. owensgate says

    May 3, 2019 at 5:15 pm

    If Canada loves islam so much, perhaps they should make it the State Religion.

    • Joe@joemail.com says

      May 3, 2019 at 5:29 pm

      You think the entire nation of Canada “loves islam so much” ? If so, you are misinformed.

      The problem is the leadership, as is the problem in many countries. We shall see if that corrupt leadership can be changed soon.

      So please don’t generalize. It’s insulting.

      • gravenimage says

        May 3, 2019 at 6:41 pm

        True, Joe–there are still lots of patriots in Canada.

        • mortimer says

          May 3, 2019 at 6:47 pm

          A lot of ordinary Canadians are very upset and grumblinlg that the Lib-Jihad Party is treating them as second-class citizens while migrants are being given brand new apartments, full health care, etc. The opposition to the Lib-Jihad Party is coming out in the open.

  4. CRUSADER says

    May 3, 2019 at 5:32 pm

    I’ve heard of Canada Dry before, but this matter makes it seem as though Canadian minds have become desiccated….in that northern vast frozen tundra desert.

    Thank goodness for some free speech:

    https://canadafreepress.com/categories/guns-crime-terror-security

    FLORIDA’S CRACKDOWN ON SANCTUARY CITIES BEGINS
    America needs a bigger NATO to stymie Russia’s ambitions
    RENT-A-CHILD SERVICES THRIVING AT THE BORDER
    Thousands of Illegal Aliens from Terrorist Nations Live in U.S. after Being “Deported”
    ‘THREE FOR THREE GUN RIGHTS COURT WINS IS GOOD NEWS FOR 2A,’ SAYS SAF
    Coptic Orthodox in Al Minya, Egypt celebrate Holy Friday over ashes

  5. Palladini says

    May 3, 2019 at 5:52 pm

    Islam is a Cancer, as thus it must be Eradicated, Worldwide ASAP!
    Islam is NOT a religion, maybe a cult at most, but more of a Political system then a Religion
    Since the start of islam, 270 million People have been killed by muslims Worldwide, it is not a religion of peace.
    To back up my facts watch this video and see for yourself – https://youtu.be/t_Qpy0mXg8Y

    • gravenimage says

      May 3, 2019 at 7:08 pm

      Islam is both a religion–an evil one–and a political system. The two are inseparable.

    • Wellington says

      May 3, 2019 at 7:19 pm

      With respect, Palladini, Islam is most definitely a religion. I as an American lawyer assert such. Robert Spencer himself has said that Islam is a religion countless times.

      Pursuing the “route” that Islam is not a religion only AIDS Islam. It only contributes to its trying to portray itself as a victim of hate even though it is itself steeped in hate.

      Time is WAY OVERDUE for all who cherish freedom (and other good things like equality under the law, women’s rights, romantic love, a true Golden Rule for all, etc.) to fully realize that mankind was capable of developing a major religion which is evil to its core. Mankind did. Mankind (or a sorry-ass portion of it) developed Islam.

      Truly, pursuing the “Islam is not a religion” avenue only DELAYS, actually impedes, dealing with Islam in an optimal fashion. I mean where is it written that a religion cannot be wicked and highly political as well?

      Reconsider. The fate of mankind may rest upon an accurate description of Islam and I would vigorously argue that asserting that Islam is not a religion is the wrong road to take. Big time. Mankind MUST acknowledge that a religion can be evil. This is the best path to take when dealing with Islam. It is fraught with many perils to be sure, but I would contend that contending that Islam is not a religion is fraught with even more.

      • mortimer says

        May 3, 2019 at 9:59 pm

        Responding to Palladini:

        Islam is the ‘Platypus of Religions’; 51% of Islam’s source texts are political and
        concern the problem of the evil kafirs and how Arabs must control them and take their wealth. The rest of the source text is about the personality cult of Mohammed and only 18% is about Allah.

        Islam is an imperial system of government including an established state religion. Every Muslim is a citizen in the hypothetical Islamic Empire.

        Thus, Islam is a DUALISTIC ‘system’ … a ‘deen’ (governance) that is highly political, imperial and inseparable from its justificatory religious cult.

        Author Rebecca Bynum confronted the idea that Islam is ‘just’ a religion in “Allah Is Dead: Why Islam is not a Religion”. She shows that Islam is like a platypus which is dualistic. In fact, a platypus is both a mammal and a bird at the same time, having DNA from both sides.

        The DUALISM of Islam has been noted by many scholars, such as Dutch Islamologist Dr. Hans Jansen (book: “The Dual Nature of Islamic Fundamentalism”).

        He noted that Islamic fundamentalism rejects a CORE BELIEF of modernity―the SEPARATION of religion and politics―and so, according to Jansen, Islam always has an antimodern or REACTIONARY basis. Jansen showed how fundamentalist Islam is religion narrowed down to an ideology, but is still a religion, albeit one concerned with earthly power.

        Our motto: ‘It’s the IDEOLOGY, stupid.’

    • CRUSADER says

      May 3, 2019 at 8:18 pm

      Certainly as Bill Warner illustrates, Political Islam is what affects us Non-Muslims / Kafir.

      Who are we to care if somebody wants to think of jinns, believe in Mohamhead who said demons reside in our nose nostrils and need to be washed out each morning, or who recommends that men should wash their testicles daily with three distinct handfuls of water, or who wants believers to pray on a rug five times a day.

      It is the imposition of Shariah as a legal/political mechanism which is meant to replace and subvert our own systems that we must pay attention to and fend off and crush.

      Political Islam – Islam’s ideology about unbelievers, Kafirs

      https://www.politicalislam.com/

      Our mission is to educate the world about political Islam, its founder Mohammed, his political doctrine and his god, Allah.

  6. Wellington says

    May 3, 2019 at 7:07 pm

    Yes, when you can’t define the enemy, there is no way you can defeat the enemy.

    • mortimer says

      May 3, 2019 at 10:11 pm

      Our politicians are unable to understand Islam because they under a very modern PRESUPPOSITION and rigidly-held NOTION that religion and politics are separate. They see Islam through those glasses, rather than understanding Islam as MUSLIMS understand Islam … as Allah’s deen (a divine-political empire).

      Muslims cannot imagine that religion and politics are separate. To accept such a modern notion is to leave Islam.

      Jesus said, ‘My kingdom is not of this world’, whereas Islam is almost entirely of this world. Westerners cannot understand why Muslims are so medieval and assume they will ‘snap out of it’.

      Muslims cannot leave their medieval mindset without leaving Islam.

  7. gravenimage says

    May 3, 2019 at 7:13 pm

    Canada Gov Terror Threat Report Removes “Islam”, Mentions “Islamophobia”
    …………………….

    More suicidal denial from Trudeau.

  8. Max says

    May 3, 2019 at 7:28 pm

    The sooner the girl Trudeau and his socialists are kicked out of office, the better.

  9. Abraham says

    May 3, 2019 at 7:40 pm

    I believe we are very close to all out war with Islam especially since there is no resistance in Europe to the crimes under Islam like rape. The men in Europe seem weak and too afraid to speak their minds and do something about the serious problems that exist throughout Europe.
    China has 2,000,000 Muslims in re-education facilities and will never allow this religion to take control of anything. Yet in Germany judges have refused to prosecute Muslims for rape and other crimes.

    Remember Islam tells all Muslims that anyone who is not Islamic is to be treated as a second class citizen. European leaders are happy to bow down and kiss their feet.

    This time around, the US won’t come to their aid since they brought all of this on themselves. We may need to take a great deal of European refugees at the rate Islam is taking over.

    The southern border must be completely shutdown with 100× more money than the 5-25 Billion that we had thought we would need. We have been infiltrated by more than 10,000 Islamic Jihadists who came through Mexico and that is the number our government will admit to. I believe the number is much higher.

    Anyone who votes for a Demonicrat is a traitor to this country. Strong Conservative values and an attitude of no longer worrying if someone is offended must be the wave of the future.

    • CRUSADER says

      May 3, 2019 at 8:19 pm

      Demonicrat
      Dhimmirat

      😉

  10. Dayna says

    May 3, 2019 at 8:40 pm

    Everyone is being FORCED to tolerate

    • CRUSADER says

      May 3, 2019 at 8:58 pm

      Dayna,

      You expect me to believe that?

      😉

      Sort of like “Hurry Up and Wait!!!”

  11. Hale Hardy says

    May 3, 2019 at 10:04 pm

    Daesh, they are so low they can’t say ISIS

  12. Ren says

    May 3, 2019 at 10:12 pm

    Trudeau administration is doing now exactly what Obama administration did.

  13. Olli Hekkala says

    May 4, 2019 at 12:07 am

    Keeping public clueless in Democracy, what a bright idea from MSM and governments. If I would rationalize their thinking, maybe they think civilized society turns to savage mob on the second they start publicly talk about threat of ISLAM. They are maybe thinking that we the people are so uneducated savages that we can’t support or act with some civilized manners(like Jesus would) and that something like Hitler will emerge who will leads us people to holocaust of Muslims.(Leaving aside that this is the narrative/fear that is probably planted/cultivated by Islamic actors, they(MSM/Government) just believe it.) Don’t they(MSM/Government) are the ones who fuel distrust to them(MSM/Government) by not trusting civility of people and feeding them pro ISLAMIC narrative?

  14. Lydia Church says

    May 4, 2019 at 1:44 am

    The great Orwellian switcheroo!
    Call black white and white black.

    The counter-terrorists are now labeled the ‘terrorists,’ and the terrorists are now called the ‘counter-terrorists.’

    They are narrowing down the cross hairs.
    Conservatives
    Far right wing
    etc.
    etc.
    Christians

    Some interesting articles up today on Freedom Project Media and infowars about censorship and worse.

  15. Michael Garant says

    May 4, 2019 at 8:02 am

    ”Right wing extremism” the problem? Our liberal politicians either have their heads in the ground or are being bought by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other islamic states. I for one suspect they are being bought, nothing else adequately explains their attitude. And till they and or their families fall victim to islam terror, nothing will change. They do not care about us, just their pocket book…..in the Bahamas.

    Harper was the only one who wanted to bring in ”christian refugees” from Syria as they were the ones being persecuted…….our feminist in chief the waver to the ”laidies upstairs” changed that as soon as he took power.

  16. wtd says

    May 4, 2019 at 9:34 am

    Canada’s government is shamefully, suicidally dhimmified.

    On the other hand, 17 hours ago. POTUS Donald Trump retweeted “Deep State Exposed’s” tweet which provides a very enlightening video illustrating the concept of Islamic conquest & jizya …which suggests Trump’s comprehension of the threat.
    Transcript of video clip:

    “…and we conquer America, and we win over this Tyrant,” we tell the American people, we tell him give me Jizziat!
    If they say we will not become Muslims?
    We tell them pay the Jizziat! If they refuse, we kill them, and take their women and smash their churches! Let the whole world listen, this is Islam

    The ‘elite’ proclaim America must submit to Islam or else!!! #Trump2020
    https://twitter.com/DeepStateExpose/status/1124398061957079042

  17. lignoww says

    May 4, 2019 at 9:58 am

    Political Islam’s parallel societies and radicalizing tendencies have no place in a Demographic country.

  18. Elizabeth Thorne says

    May 5, 2019 at 12:28 pm

    Canadians are sick of Justine and the Liberal horse pucky. We will remove ALL of them in the next election. Conservative majority—Liberals, no status.

  19. No sharia says

    May 6, 2019 at 4:28 am

    As a proud white hetero male, I can say without doubt that white western apologists for islam are my worst enemy, more than islam itself.

  20. UNCLE VLADDI says

    May 6, 2019 at 8:16 am

    Re: “The Government’s communication of threats must be clear, concise, and cannot be perceived as maligning any groups. As we continue this review, it is apparent that in outlining a threat, it must be clearly linked to an ideology rather than a community. The Government will carefully select terminology that focuses on the intent or ideology.”

    Typical libocritical leftopathy!

    Without “community groups” (of criminals) “ideological intent” could not exist.

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