[BartSimpson]

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/20 ... 11216.html

Quote:

A newly released survey suggests a large number of Muslims living in Canada will not disown Al-Qaida.

The study, conducted by the MacDonald Laurier Institute, found 65% of Muslims questioned said they would “repudiate absolutely” the terrorist organization, while 35% would not do so.

“From a security perspective, it is difficult to know if a 65% rate of repudiation (of Al-Qaida) is re-assuring or a 35% failure to repudiate troubling,” wrote study authors Christian Leuprecht, associate professor of the Royal Military College of Canada and Conrad Winn, Carleton University professor and president of COMPAS, a public opinion research firm.

“The most radical political views tended to be expressed by relatively secular people, often equipped with higher education in the social sciences, while devout Muslims were sometimes the most articulate advocates for Canada and democracy.” According to the Ottawa based think tank, only a small minority of Muslim newcomers to Canada reject Hamas, Hezbollah, or the Iranian regime.

The survey, which was released Tuesday, found 62% wanted some form of Shariah law in Canada, 15% of them saying it should be mandatory for all Muslims.

The report also states support for extremism is just as high among Muslims born in Canada, or other Western countries, as it is among those hailing from oppressive dictatorships.


The survey involved phone interviews with 455 Muslims in Ottawa, between May and July 2008, with a margin of error of five percentage points. The study was funded by the University of Maryland for the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. The institute could not find funding for the study in Canada.

65% of your Muslim neighbors want to impose Sharia Law. Still think that multiculturalism and tolerance still such a good idea?

Can't wait to see stores banning pork products because the Sharia crowd is offended by it. It'd be kind of ironic that a Canadian in the future might have to go to the USA in order to buy some Canadian bacon.

[Brenda]

Not MY Muslim neighbours. I don't live in Ottawa.

[andyt]

BartSimpson wrote:

It'd be kind of ironic that a Canadian in the future might have to go to the USA in order to buy some Canadian bacon.

That doomsday is here. We don't have Canadian bacon in Canada. Also, nobody knows wtf American cheese is.

[SprCForr]

Sure we do.

It's that yummy processed crap.

[andyt]

I've never heard it called that in Canada. Just processed crap. Yummy is optional.

[bootlegga]

I'm not very surprised, but as long as the rest of us say no, it's ain't gonna happen.

[saturn_656]

Title of the article is inaccurate. Should read "Strong Support for Sharia among Muslims in the City of Ottawa".

Doesn't grab your attention the same way though, does it?

[martin14]

saturn_656 wrote:

Title of the article is inaccurate. Should read "Strong Support for Sharia among Muslims in the City of Ottawa".

Doesn't grab your attention the same way though, does it?

Only if you think Ottawa is some kind of special Islamic black hole in Canada...

I'll bet you could get the same results anywhere in Canada.

They are already using public schools as prayer centers.


Bootie's idea is only dependent on time and numbers.. I have seen the result of that.



But please, continue to bury your heads in the sand, it's easier that way.

[Zipperfish]

Another reason to get rid of freedom of religion in the Constitution I think the Jews already have their own law in Canada.

[sandorski]

"found 62% wanted some form of Shariah law in Canada, 15% of them saying it should be mandatory for all Muslims. "

Don't see any "Impose" here.

[Proculation]

sandorski wrote:

"found 62% wanted some form of Shariah law in Canada, 15% of them saying it should be mandatory for all Muslims. "

Don't see any "Impose" here.

mandatory ?

[Brenda]

Proculation wrote:

sandorski wrote:

"found 62% wanted some form of Shariah law in Canada, 15% of them saying it should be mandatory for all Muslims. "

Don't see any "Impose" here.

mandatory ?

15% of 62% of 455 Muslims in Ottawa. That is 42 people.

C'mon now people...

[BartSimpson]

Brenda wrote:

15% of 62% of 455 Muslims in Ottawa. That is 42 people.

C'mon now people...

That's in the neighborhood of 55 people and everyone knows that a mere 42 or 55 people can't make any significant differences in the world.



Or even a baker's dozen of religious nutbags isn't going to do much.



And we all know that a mere handful of Muslims are no threat to anyone.

[Proculation]

Brenda wrote:

Proculation wrote:

sandorski wrote:

"found 62% wanted some form of Shariah law in Canada, 15% of them saying it should be mandatory for all Muslims. "

Don't see any "Impose" here.

mandatory ?

15% of 62% of 455 Muslims in Ottawa. That is 42 people.

C'mon now people...

I don't think you understand the statistical concept of a survey. Sure, 455 is not a lot and it gives a quite high margin of error, 5%, but that means you can extrapolate that number within that margin of error to the whole muslims population of Ottawa. It could be 10% of 62%, so 6.2% of muslims or 20%, 12.4% of muslims.

That's not a lot theoretically. But we are always told that extremists are marginal in the muslim population. 10 muslims in 100 is not that marginal.

But, like bootlegga said, they can say what they want, it won't happen from their initiative. What's disturbing is that some groups, leftist groups, seems more interested in the demands of those few than the muslims themselves.

A Quebec muslim woman from Algeria released a book last month that condemned furiously those groups. She gave in examples Quebec solidaire, a socialist party in Quebec so anti-american that they embrace islam, and the Fédération des Femmes du Québec, "Federation of Women of Quebec", a feminist organization that said that childcare employees should have the 'right' to wear a burqa.

She had an interview last week end on the "Big show" of Quebec, Tout le monde en parle. You can watch it here with subtitles in English (I picked the link from Google): http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2011/ ... allah.html

[commanderkai]

Zipperfish wrote:

Another reason to get rid of freedom of religion in the Constitution I think the Jews already have their own law in Canada.

I thought those were related purely to internal squabbles and had no legal standing in civil court? Same with how Catholics are able to get divorced civilly, but still need an annulment from the Church to remarry as a Catholic.