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Archive for January 30th, 2009

Detroit Muslims want Botros banned

January 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment

A Detroit-area radio station is broadcasting messages by Father Zakariah Botros, and local Muslims claim he has “repeatedly defamed” Muhammed. So, do the protestors want to broadcast rebuttals of Fr Botros’s statements? Do they want to organise a public debate with the elderly Coptic priest? No, they just want to shut him up. Muslims and [...]

Uzbek cleric rejects hijab as “foreign influence”

January 30th, 2009 | Comments Off

More evidence that Islam does not require women to wear the hijab. An Uzbek cleric is urging women not to wear the Muslim hijab, or head scarf, as the number of women wearing religious dress has significantly increased in Uzbekistan, RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service reports. Anvar Qori Tursunov, the imam of Tashkent’s Central Mosque, told women [...]

And not a moment too soon

January 30th, 2009 | Comments Off

Cartoon by Steve Nease, Oakville Beaver

“You have two cows” updated

January 30th, 2009 | Comments Off

It’s a very old joke, I know, but a British-born blogger who lives in Poland has added some hilarious updates. This has been around for years in one form or another but I always enjoy it. Here’s a version that was in the Spectator recently: Socialism – You have two cows. The State nationalises one [...]

Conservative MP calls for minimum sentence for human traffickers

January 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Joy Smith, Conservative MP for Kildonan-St. Paul, Manitoba, has tabled a private member’s bill imposing a minimum five-year sentence on those convicted of human trafficking involving children under eighteen. Last year, a Niagara man was convicted of human trafficking. He made over $350,000 off of a young 15 year old girl by sexually exploiting her [...]

NWT HRC orders payment for hurt feelings

January 30th, 2009 | 2 Comments

In three recent discrimination claims, the Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission has ordered businesses to pay over $38,000. Of this, $17,500 has been paid out to compensate for injuries to feelings and dignity. The most recent case involves a wheelchair-bound man whose feelings were hurt by being required to pay for a cab company’s handi-van [...]