The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) is thrilled that it prevailed upon the Canadian government to fire Christine Douglass-Williams from the Canadian Race Relations Foundation. The NCCM used to be known as CAIR-CAN, the Canadian branch of the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations. Get the details about this unsavory organization’s Hamas ties here. Meanwhile, the Trudeau government is staying mum about the firing, aside from one email from a low-level flunky. Are they aware of how bad it looks for them to have now come down decisively on the side of the notion that opposition to jihad terror and Sharia oppression is “Islamophobia” and some kind of moral failing? Are they embarrassed at their conflation of opposition to jihad terror with racism, even though Islam is not a race and jihad mass murderers have been of all races? They’re probably incapable of embarrassment at this point, but could be aware of how weak and silly this firing makes them look in these days of the advancing jihad.
“‘Dared to criticize political Islam’: Federal government fires Canadian Race Relations Foundation board member,” Canadian Press, December 21, 2017:
"OTTAWA — The federal government has fired a member of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation board over comments about Islam. Christine Douglass-Williams lost her job this week at the arm’s-length government agency, whose mandate is to combat racial discrimination. Her termination follows a review begun last summer over concerns about her writings on the website Jihad Watch, including a post where she warned that people are being duped by seemingly moderate Muslims and another calling the passage of a House of Commons motion condemning Islamophobia a “victorious day for Islamic supremacists.” Douglass-Williams had first been appointed to the board in 2012, and was reappointed in 2015. Her term was to expire next year, but the government terminated it on Tuesday. “Why? Because I dared to criticize political Islam,” Douglass-Williams said in an email to The Canadian Press. “I make a distinction between those who practice Islam in peace and harmony with others, and those with an agenda to usurp democratic constitutions, demand special privileges over other creeds and who advocate the abuse of women and innocents as a supremacist entitlement.” She called her removal a “dishonourable decision” on the part of Heritage Minister Melanie Joly, who oversees the foundation, and accused her of acting “at the behest of questionable sorts.” Neither the Privy Council Office nor Joly’s office would comment directly on Douglass-Williams’ firing, citing privacy concerns. However, Joly spokesman Simon Ross said in an email: “The country’s leading organization dedicated to the elimination of racism and the promotion of harmonious race relations, the Canada Race Relations Foundation, must have a board that recognizes the importance of diversity and inclusion in our society.”… A spokesman for the board did not return a call for comment. Appointees to the foundation’s board, like many arm’s-length organizations, serve “during pleasure,” meaning they can be removed at the discretion of the government. The National Council of Canadian Muslims had been one of the groups that raised concerns about Douglass-Williams and they welcomed the government’s decision. “This is an appropriate corrective measure taken by government to address Ms. Douglass-Williams’ disturbing public record — a record that goes against the CRRF’s core principles and functions, as a federal Crown Corporation, of combating racism and discrimination in Canada,” Kashif Ahmed, the chair of the council’s board said in an email.
Several people had written letters to Joly in support of Douglass-Williams, including Robert Spencer, the founder of Jihad Watch. The website describes itself as “dedicated to bringing public attention to the role that jihad theology and ideology play in the modern world,” but critics routinely assail it for being anti-Muslim. Spencer has said his work is devoted to freedom of speech and human rights and that Douglass-Williams is being smeared by association. On his website in September he wrote that no solid proof had been offered that what she’s written isn’t true. “I invite you to read all of Ms. Douglass-Williams’ published writings at Jihad Watch, and you will see that there is no reason for anyone who is concerned about racism and about preserving pluralistic societies to be concerned.”
This article was originally published on the Jihad Watch website on December 21, 2017, and can be viewed on their site by clicking here. Media articles on Douglass-Williams’ firing: http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/race-relations-board-member-says-shes-been-fired-over-writings-about-islam http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/12/21/christine-douglass-williams-fired-from-canadian-race-relations-foundation-board_a_23314568/ http://canoe.com/news/national/dared-to-criticize-political-islam-federal-government-fires-race-relations-board-member https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/12/21/board-member-of-anti-racism-agency-fired-amid-accusations-of-islamophobic-commentary.html Christine Douglass-Williams on her firing: https://www.canadiancitizens.org/single-post/2017/12/22/Christine-Douglass-Williams-fired-from-Canadian-Race-Relations-Foundation-for-writing-for-Jihad-Watch