‘Long live the Taliban” might seem an unlikely thing for a prominent anti-war figure to declare, but that’s to-day’s peace movement for you. Stranger still, the man who recently uttered those words, Azzam Tamimi, is being promoted by a new Toronto-based institute that says it is embarking upon a national campaign to cultivate wholesome, faith-based civic virtues among Canada’s young Muslims.
The Mississauga, Ont.-based Al-Fauz Institute for Islamic Thought claims its purpose is to teach young Muslims how to apply Islamic ideas to Canada’s pluralistic society and “prepare young minds that will take up the mantle of the Muslim community.” But Tamimi — who currently has top billing on the Al-Fauz website, and is listed as a member of the institute’s “faculty” — has loudly renounced democracy. Indeed, he recently proclaimed: “I don’t believe in democracy anymore,” explicitly praises suicide bombers, and says he is willing to blow himself up in Israel: “It’s the straight way to pleasing my God and I would do it if I had the opportunity.” He distinguishes good Muslims from their adversaries this way: “We love death. They love life.”
via Toronto’s newest speaking star: a would-be suicide bomber.
h/t BCF.
What an education this guy is going to give the children!!
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“What an education this guy is going to give the children!!”
Indeed, and what’s more worrying is that there will be very few in Canada with the balls to haul him out of the country and keep him out.
I would be pleased if these guys were sentenced because of arising hatred and supporting terrorism. One thing is to support some kind of positions, one another is to support people who use violence to obtain political profits.
Precisely some days ago I blogged about the complaints counterterrorism experts have made about Indonesian policy:
Loos like this can be said of more countries…