Canadian “Human Rights” Commission flunks objectivity test
Last April, Marc Lebuis of the excellent Quebec blog Point de Bascule filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission against Montreal Muslim imam Abou Hammaad Sulaiman Dameus Al-Hayiti. Imam al-Hayiti had written a book, published in Canada and available for download here (in French), containing nasty slurs against many groups in Canadian society, including homosexuals, Christians, Jews, infidels (i.e., all non-Muslims), women, infidel women, etc. For good measure, the imam also condemned freedom and democracy and praised jihad and Sharia.
The purpose of my complaint was to test the objectivity of the Commission. My complaint relates to the imam’s book L’Islam ou l’Intégrisme ? À la lumière du Qor’an et de la Sounnah (Islam or Fundamentalism ? In light of the Qor’an and the Sunna), (2006/2007), 3rd edition corrected. Imam Abou H., who is fluent in Arabic, attended universities in Saudi Arabia where he studied Islam and the science of Hadiths. His teachings can therefore be perceived as authoritative with respect to Islam.
My complaint under section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act (the “Act”) claims that the writings of the imam are supremacist and expose persons belonging to the following groups to hatred or contempt : homosexuals, Infidels (non-Muslims), women, Jews, Quebecois (as an ethnic group and national minority).
The results of the objectivity test are in: The CHRC flunks.
On December 5, I received a letter fom [sic] Stéphane Brisson of the Commission informing me that they will not proceed to investigate my complaint. In the opinion of the Commission, the writings of the imam are not likely to expose persons from identifiable groups to hatred or contempt.
“Not likely to expose persons from identifiable groups to hatred or contempt”? Did they even read the book? Check out these colourful remarks from Imam al-Hayiti:
- Homosexuals and lesbians should be “exterminated in this life”
- “Homosexuals caught performing sodomy are beheaded”
- Most Infidels “live like animals”
- “they [infidels] are evil people, they love perversity”, and “they are our enemies”
- “men are superior to women and better than them”. In general, “men have a more complete intellect and memory than women”
- “It is because of this religion of lies [Christianity], which goes against human nature, that the West is now full of perversity, corruption and adultery”
- Jews “spread corruption and chaos on earth”
All of the above quotations were translated into English by Marc Lebuis. See his post for many more odious examples.
Christian pastor Stephen Boissoin said far less offensive things about homosexuals and was ordered not to say another word about them for the rest of his life.
Why does the CHRC give hatred a free pass when it’s uttered by a Muslim?
h/t: Kathy Shaidle
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[...] Last April, Marc Lebuis of the excellent Quebec blog Point de Bascule filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission against Montreal Muslim imam Abou Hammaad Sulaiman Dameus Al-Hayiti. Imam al-Hayiti had written a book, published in Canada and available for download here (in French), containing nasty slurs against many groups in Canadian society, including homosexuals, Christians, Jews, infidels (i.e., all non-Muslims), women, infidel women, etc. For good measure, the imam also condemned freedom and democracy and praised jihad and Sharia. for more click here [...]