September | 2013 | Multicultural Meanderings

Colby Cosh on the real reason to fear Quebec’s charter of values

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Just two articles today. Colby Cosh noting the perverse impact of English Canada negative comment on the proposed Charte des valeurs québécoises in terms of inflaming Québec-Canada tension and helping the PQ’s political objective of creating a wedge issue. While he has a point, the nature of the proposed measure is xenophobic at best, bordering on racism at worst, with the worst political motives behind it.

Colby Cosh on the real reason to fear Quebec’s charter of values – Colby Cosh, Opinion – Macleans.ca.

And Warren Kinsella in the Sun, noting the history lessons from the 1936 Oldenberg degrees against the Catholic Church, and how they were overturned by popular pressure, given how central faith is to their identity.

Quebec can learn from Nazis

Filed under Multiculturalism

Islamic conference cancelled by Montreal convention centre

2013/09/01 Leave a comment

While I find many of the comments of the speakers as reported repulsive and bordering on hate speech, I do not favour banning such speech, whether from Islamic or other fundamentalists, or extremists on the other side of the debate (e.g., the Ann Coulters and Pamela Gellers of the world). Better to have the ideas out there, debated, denounced, criticized, demonstrated against. Our democracy is strong and vibrant enough.

While I agree with Imam Salam Elmanayi on letting people speak, stronger language than distasteful would be more appropriate for a leader in the community.

Islamic conference cancelled by Montreal convention centre – Montreal – CBC News.

Filed under Multiculturalism, Religion Tagged with Ann Coulter, Entre Ciel et Terre, human-rights, islam, Pamela Geller, Salam Elmanayi