Imam warns Ottawa to back off Muslims

Imam warns Ottawa to back off Muslims

By COLIN FREEZE

Monday, July 25, 2005 Updated at 11:15 PM EDT

A controversial Toronto imam warned Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan at a closed-door meeting to stop "terrorizing" Canadian Muslims.

"If you try to cross the line I can't guarantee what is going to happen. Our young people, we can't control," Aly Hindy, the head of Scarborough's Salaheddin Islamic Centre, recalls telling the minister at the May meeting she held in Toronto with dozens of Muslim leaders.

The meeting was part of an effort by Ms. McLellan to reach out to Canadian Muslims amid complaints that the RCMP and Canadian Security Intelligence Service are engaging in racial profiling.

The minister and her officials have been meeting community leaders to explain they are not targeting Muslims generally, only individuals with possible terrorist links.

By many accounts, the meetings have been positive and are contributing to a thaw in relations between Muslims and security agents, even if the exchange in May was a little heated.

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Here we see what happens with the continued influx of Muslims into Western nations. This is a threat to the Canadians. The question is how will the Canadians deal with theses threats?

U.N. Slams Zimbabwe on Slum Destruction

Glad to see that the UN is doing something worthwhile. However, as usual they are a day late and a dollar short. There is evidence that this is not only occurring to slums.....

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Roy Bennett Released From Prison

For many of us who follow the Zimbabwean situation this is wonderful news.








Roy Bennett was released from Chikurubi Prison this morning after spending eight months of his 12 month sentence in custody. It is standard prison procedure to commute a third of any sentence for good behaviour.

The former MDC Member of Parliament emerged from his incarceration unbowed and undaunted in his struggle for justice for all Zimbabweans.

"I am more determined than ever to continue to strive for a better Zimbabwe for all Zimbabweans, the current oppression cannot continue for much longer and sooner, rather than later, the people will assert their rights", he said.

There were emotional scenes outside the prison when Roy was reunited with his wife two children and other family and friends.

"Nothing that I have ever read or seen prepared for the hell that are Zimbabweans prisons", said Bennett.

"The inhumanity with which the prisoners are treated and their total lack of recourse to any representation or justice combined with the filth and stench of daily life is something I will never forget and I will not rest until their conditions are improved," he added.

He also stated that if the opportunity arose and the people for Chimanimani asked him to, he would stand as their representative again.

Bennett was sentenced to a year in jail by the Zanu-PF MPs after pushing the Minister of Justice, Patrick Chinamasa, to the ground during a parliamentary debate. Chinamasa had derided the court orders that Bennett had been awarded that should have seen his property returned after it had been seized by the State and on top of this he had insulted Roy's forefathers.

The sentence was condemned by local and international human rights organisations.

Speaking after the tearful reunion, Heather Bennett said she was proud of her husband and the sacrifice he has made for the betterment of all Zimbabweans.

"I knew Roy would emerge from this ordeal strong, but I am shocked by exactly how determined he to continue to struggle for a new Zimbabwe.", she said.

"But first we are going to spend some time together as a family".

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