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Protesters to target Liberal offices over book on Islam

Posted By: Siobhan Morris · 3/20/2013 2:31:00 PM

Protestors are taking aim at Ontario Liberal Party offices Wednesday night.

Organizer Eric Brazeau with Canadians United Against Terror says they want to call attention to a what he says is a provincial cabinet minister supporting Islamic books that advocate the beating of women.

At the root of the protest is a letter of congratulations penned by Labour Minister Yasir Naqvi. The letter appears in the reviews section of the book "Islam: Balancing life and Beyond". The book says the faith allows husbands to discipline their wives for “serious moral misconduct” by pulling them by the ear, slapping them or hitting them with stick.

Naqvi says his letter appeared without his permission. He has apologized & chalked the mistake up to a lack of due diligence. Naqvi says he "strongly, absolutely" condemns violence against women.

Brazeau believes Naqvi should step down from his post or be fired. 

Canadians United Against Terror are also taking issue with Premier Kathleen Wynne's support of Islamic prayer at TDSB schools, where boys are separated from girls.  Ron Banerjee with The Canadian Hindu Advocacy believes these are signs of "a systemic problem" with the Liberal party.

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  1. Angela posted on 03/20/2013 02:42 PM
    Don't try to pin every wrong on Kathleen Wynne. She cannot change the way religion practice their prayers. It's like me trying to quesiton why can't a woman be a Pope! That's the way it is. So get over it! Some Muslim places of worship are slowly starting to put men and women side by side into 2 separate segments to pray. However, there is a lot of merit by not putting a woman to prostrate at the front of a line, while men are directly behind her (pardon the pun).
    1. CoffeeCon posted on 03/21/2013 09:53 AM
      @Angela I appreciate your comment, and it makes perfect sense. The thing is that this isn't about how people pray, this is about a badly written book that says beating your wife a little bit is ok. In civilized society, this is not ok; and it has nothing to do with how people pray.
  2. Brandon posted on 03/20/2013 02:48 PM
    Yes. A lesbian at the highest political power point in her party is a misogynist.

    Idiots....
    1. alec posted on 03/20/2013 04:00 PM
      @Brandon Right, being a lesbian and being a bad person are mutually exclusive; it's impossible for one person to be both things!

      Other things a lot of people don't know about lesbians:
      - If a lesbian sees her shadow on February 2nd, Home Depot will have a sale within six weeks.
      - If you catch a lesbian, she has to grant you a wish or else tell you where her pot of gold is.
      - If you can guess a lesbian's secret true name, she'll help you spin straw into gold.
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  3. Murray_2008 posted on 03/20/2013 03:16 PM
    Just replace the religion with a Christian one and the guy would have been turfed from caucus. She is not a misogynist, but for politically-correct Liberals like her, there is one religion that is above criticism, even if it is one that considers death a just punishment for people of her orientation. No one ever said being a Liberal meant you had to make sense.
    1. Angela posted on 03/20/2013 03:37 PM
      @Murray_2008 Well, not really Murray_2008. You said "even if it is one that considers death a just punishment for people of her orientation". There are very, very many Muslims here who are tolerant and open minded of gays...I work with many such Muslims. Gays and Lesbians are a minority in the workplace, just like Muslims are. Yes, there will always be religiously conservative Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, etc. who will condemn gays. But more and more society is shifting. Kathleen Wynne is about making our society fair and inclusive. Too bad other politicians are not.
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