Editor's Note: Alnoldy Bahari was sentenced to five years in jail and fined the equivalent of $7200 for a Facebook posting deemed offensive to Islam. While Canada is unlikely to subject anyone to such draconian measures any time soon, Motion M-103 and the reinstatement of Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act (which the current government is contemplating) are steps in that direction – away from freedom of speech. JAKARTA: An Indonesian was jailed for five years Monday

Editor's Note: Is it numbers like that which cause the “Islamophobia” that the government of Canada condemns in Motion M-103? Instead of passing motions to “quell” hate and fear, the government might focus on its immigration policy. A US report just released by the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security reveals that 73% of those convicted of international terrorism charges in US courts were foreign-born. US Attorney General Jeff Sessions says that the report reveals tha

Editor's Note: Dr. Felix Klein, Germany’s first special envoy for Jewish life and combating anti-Semitism, said that German Jews have legitimate fears for their safety following the influx of one million mostly Muslim immigrants in 2015. Even Chancellor Angela Merkel has admitted that anti-Semitism is coming from refugees of people of Arab origin. Is it “Islamophobia” to be having this discussion? Maybe it’s a good thing for Dr. Klein and Chancellor Merkel that there is no Mo

Editor's Note: What is the UK government thinking – or is this just more appeasement on its part? That fact that radical left-wing and known Islamist groups were invited to help draft a definition of “Islamophobia” certainly suggests appeasement. Why does the UK even need a “working definition” of Islamophobia ? Don’t Muslims already enjoy the same protection as all other UK citizens? And aren’t all citizens free to criticize any religion or ideology as they see fit? The fact

Editor's Note: Raymond Ibrahim describes the continuing efforts of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), an intergovernmental organization comprising all Islamic countries and second in size only to the United Nations, to silence criticism of Islam in non-Islamic countries by promoting the criminalization of “defamation of religions,” by which of course they mean Islam. Other Islamic organizations, national and international, are actively pushing for the criminalizat

Editor's Note: The narrative surrounding the Quebec City mosque attack of January, 2017, that left six people dead is that it was a random act of hatred against Muslims reflecting Canada’s problem with “Islamophobia.” Although the shootings were the action of one man, Alexandre Bissonette, whose motives were unknown, the Heritage Committee mandated by Motion M-103 to study systemic racism and Islamophobia recommended that January 29th, the day of the shooting, be designated

Editor's Note: This Gatestone Institute article by Canadian security expert Tom Quiggin highlights how the concept of “Islamophobia” has deleterious real-life consequences. Pakistani Muslim rape gangs in British cities, most famously Rotherham, operated with near-total impunity because authorities did not want to appear racist or “Islamophobic.” Imams who preach hatred and jihadi violence, including Syed Muzaffar Shah Quadri who is banned from preaching in Pakistan, are allow

Editor's Note: The assertion by Mohamed Yangui that it was “anti-Muslim rhetoric” by the media that drove Alexandre Bissonnette to kill six worshippers at a Quebec City mosque on January 29, 2017, is a fine example of the victimhood narrative often used by those promoting an Islamist agenda. Yangui was president of the mosque at the time of the shooting. Bissonnette had suicidal thoughts and was fixated on terrorist attacks around the world. He told police that Prime Minister

Editor's Note: In this follow-up to an article that we posted on April 17th, Christine Douglass-Williams describes MP Iqra Khalid’s attempts to distance herself from the virulently anti-Semitic Palestine House after having attended its “Land Day” event and hobnobbing with it leadership. Palestine House was defunded by the Conservative government of Stephen Harper for “its pattern of extremism.” But it seems that for MP Khalid, embracing diversity overrides shunning extremism:

Editor's Note: Tom Quiggin discusses the appalling, male supremacist attitude of Toronto Police Services chaplain Musleh Khan. The appointment of Khan is all the more disappointing given that police forces during the last several decades have made great strides in recognizing domestic violence as a serious criminal matter. The appointment of Khan raises the question of whether the judgement of the Toronto Chief of Police, the Toronto Police Services Board, and the Canadian As