THE Canadian Human Rights Commission has dismissed a Muslim group’s complaint against Maclean’s magazine.
The long-running case came before the Commission after the Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC) complained that the highly-regarded magazine published an article in October 2006 likely to expose Muslims to hatred and contempt.
The article, entitled “The Future Belongs to Islam,” by Canadian writer and commentator Mark Steyn claimed that Muslims were on the verge of taking over Europe and the West because of demographic shifts.
The article said that their greater numbers will eventually allow Muslims to dominate Western countries, pointing out that:
Muslims are reproducing like mosquitoes.
In January this year, Steyn, writing in the Calgary Herald, said:
That line certainly appears in my text, but they’re not my words. Rather, they were said by a prominent Scandinavian Muslim, Mullah Krekar, to a respectable Norwegian newspaper. The imam was boasting at how Islam would outbreed Europe . . .
This is the nub of the complaints against Maclean’s: They’re objecting to a Canadian magazine quoting accurately the statements of leading Muslims. And at least two of Canada’s ‘human rights’ commissions, to their shame, have accepted their absurd proposition that accurately quoting leading Muslims is somehow ‘Islamophobic’.
According to this report, The CHRC concluded last week that the views in the article:
When considered as a whole and in context, are not of an extreme nature, as defined by the Supreme Court.
But The Commission noted that Steyn’s writing is:
Polemical, colourful and emphatic, and was obviously calculated to excite discussion and even offend certain readers, Muslim and non-Muslim alike.
Nothing wrong with that, in any country that values freedom of expression!
Faisal Joseph, a lawyer for the CIC, disagreed with the commission’s finding. He said there was “compelling evidence of hate and expert testimony” to support their case, had it been allowed to move forward.
The complainants have filed a similar complaint with the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, which finished hearing the case earlier this month, but has yet to make a ruling.
Maclean’s has released a statement noting satisfaction with the CHRC decision:
Though gratified by the decision, Maclean’s continues to assert that no human rights commission, whether at the federal or provincial level, has the mandate or the expertise to monitor, inquire into, or assess the editorial decisions of the nation’s media.
And we continue to have grave concerns about a system of complaint and adjudication that allows a media outlet to be pursued in multiple jurisdictions on the same complaint, brought by the same complainants.
Steyn and others – including editors at Maclean’s – have said the issue is not the article’s merits nor its viewpoint. They are concerned that such human rights tribunals could suppress free speech.
Commenting on the decision, Matthew Sheffield, Newsbusters editor, said that the Commission’s decision went:
Against everything in their DNA … the sooner they can get the public scrutiny to go away, the sooner they can go about prosecuting their less well-heeled targets, people who can’t afford Canada’s best lawyers and command the attention and affection of the country’s literati.
That is the true danger of speech regulations. Those who can fight them often escape them. Most cannot, however.
• The photo of Mark Steyn was taken by Deborah Gyapong who was at a party with Steyn the day the decision was announced.
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July 13th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
I HATE MUSLIMS They are taking over in the part of London I live in but they will not even try to include what is left of British Culture into their own.
They dont speak English, I have been spat on by Muslim women because they push in front of you boarding a bus with their numerous children and I had the cheek to comment on this. They take the ” Queens pound ” ie: benefits/jump housing list queues/ and
then slag off the hand that feeds them. I HATE THEM! I’m sick and tired of political correctness They are leeches in our society Send them back from where they came along with their new found English bred buddies !
October 20th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
fuck you and youre socioty bitch, if you cant do nothing about it then just shut the fuck up and swallow it. Happy?
October 20th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
british culture? what culture? teen pregnancies? alchaholisim? murderers? Racisim? White scum sitting around their lazy asses all day watching Britians spoken mother tounge being spoken better by foreigners of non-english origin? Wow you have some culture to preserve keep it up buddy!!!!
November 28th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
I have to agree with the whole anti-islam vibe.
I am a british hindu, and I am so sick of seeing my local park which I played in as a child, destroyed, so a mosquie can be built. And my primary school now has all signposting in Urdu. We are in the UK, act like a british person, and make an effort to contribute to the country which has given you so much.
If you fel angry, meditate like a hindu, dont go about being an extremist.
December 2nd, 2008 at 11:49 pm
if you don’t like english culture and people then go back to your own country simple, or don’t you get anything free there fucking parasites.
January 29th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
omgggg i fink id say that white people mate like bunnies, if u dnt like england move. Englands a multicultural society GET USED 2 IT
February 15th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
I absolutely agree with the last comment. I also saw the movie called fitna. It unbelievabl how violent and sucky their religion is. Muslims go home!!!!
March 4th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
seriously something needs to be done about these inbred bastards.
Shooting sportsmsn? for gods sake the cousin shagging cowards need to
be kicked out of the country. as for a multicultural society… well i’m all for it except that islam brings nothing but pain and bloodshed to the table. outlaw this religion and let the clensing begin.
And this is coming from a british born Hindu that has been warning everyone he knows about the perils of the islamic inbreds for years.
The time is right the time is now kick Islam into touch and start life with a new peaceful world. After all they are hated all around the world, lets do something about it NOW !
March 24th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
hi i love u people.i was just begining to think there was only me left to have the balls to slag [them]off.they have a cheek the scum. they come over here preaching there bollucks/.have the cheek to slag off are soldiers.they are not worth shit.go home youy slags and get a shave you scruffy fuckers
March 29th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
So what the left is saying is that superstitous belief is more important that freedom of speach & expression? hmmmm… don’t think so. I despise Islam just like I despise all forms of superstious belief that place magical spells (known more often as prayers) above human dignity. I despise how Islam 1) treats women; 2) treats gays (although gay ‘acts’ are quite common in islamic societies); & 3) makes no apology for its involvement in the Africa slave trade. Of course there are those on the left that will call me a “islama-phobic” fascist hate-monger but I scoff at the critism of those who refuse to see logic & bow to true tyranny.
March 31st, 2009 at 10:57 pm
these comments are a breath of fresh air. Why our government makes more effort to accommodate hate preaching lunatics wearing tea coseys than their own citizens beggars belief. I fucking hate this multicultural bullshit, you mention the word Christian in Islamic countries and they’ll cut your balls off
May 3rd, 2009 at 3:25 pm
u need to shut the fuk up what kind of bullshit is dis? british culture my ass the only culture in britiain is the achoholism!!! mayb u deserved to get spat on
May 12th, 2009 at 11:37 am
right on brother i totally agree with you man!
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:53 pm
GEt them out. I dont care how just out. I wouldn't mind if they could chill out like all the other cutlures that have come here but they cant. So take your women beating, racists asses back to pakistan where you have now manged to scare the government into giving you your own little hole of the world.
June 3rd, 2009 at 1:48 am
i dont mind forgieners however i do mind britain becoming a use! A use for forgeiners to come, breed and then shit on. Our parliment seem's to ignore this matter whilst there sitting in thier private estates, whilst the working class man has to find a job due to the fact that the man from another country has taken his with no effort. I dont belive in racism, but i do belive in patrisom i think that charity stars at home and not abroad! (just think has anyone other country ever gave money to britain, as we are one of the leading nations in charity funding for the helples forgeain or not ENGLAND!
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:57 am
wow …its amazing to see such comments. you guys really dont get it do you? Muslims and Islam isnt down to one race or one colour. We have white english muslims, italian muslims, spanish….laods of ethnically EUROPEAN muslims… alongside the arabs and africans and jamaican muslims…
now for you to say 'go home to where u come from' to my mate- an english…yorkshire lass (white- for those who want more detail) is completely idiotic and jsut shows how ignorant you all are.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:57 am
As for your claim that they are leeches sucking on the free handouts our british govt. gives out — seriously dudes…majority of the muslims i know….and majority of the muslims i come in contact with are all in jobs….all pay their taxes…all are law abiding citizens. like in all societies they are ppl who try to evade the law etc… not pay taxes on benefits when they can obviously get a job …. and alot of those people i have met are white folk … and dont say 'they've taken all our jobs' … some of these Muslim/ ethnic people do the most low-paid jobs….just to earn a living not wanting to live of benefits.
so maybe you should all give up your prejudices for one day and go find out what muslims and islam is all about. i did….and im none-the-worse for it…
June 4th, 2009 at 1:43 am
Not a problem !
Any traitorous whites who have decided to embrace the scum called islam can fuck off to the middle east with the arab scum.
Simples
June 4th, 2009 at 1:46 am
Your none the worse for it so long as you havent become a freakin muslim !
I dont care how many people you know who are muslim and work and pay taxes and blah blah blah – if they are muslim they vote muslim – if they are muslim they vote sharia law – if they are muslim they are commanded by the quran to overthrow the west
have a nice day y'all
June 4th, 2009 at 7:48 am
Muslims belong in the desert where they can get up to their deranged behaviour with minimal impact on others. There is no place for them in 21st Century Europe and especially London. Send them all back I say
June 4th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
I have no problem with Muslims… I have a problem with extremists.
I have a problem with the whole idea of, for example, me making a joke about the Islamic faith and then in response various people calling for me to be beheaded… That sort of thing, you know ?
Generally I have a problem with people who want to cut my head off… You get the idea.
June 16th, 2009 at 3:44 am
Hey i’m a muslim girl nd i’m from lebanon. look, not all muslims are what u think, like we’re human just like you guys, we eat, drink, hang out, fall in love, and so many more.. So it’s really unjustice to say that you hate all muslims and we’re unwelcomed, cuz in lebanon there’s alot of british people nd we treat them like we love to be treated.. And each person have there own beliefs whether we believe in the devil or god so try to respect our beliefs.. At last i would like to say that plz don’t judge without knowing what’s really true, nd if you hate the ones who r living in ur country for what they do, it doesn’t mean that all muslims r like that nd you should hate us.. I really hope u undestand what i mean nd don’t be hard on me ok plz
June 16th, 2009 at 11:23 am
not all muslims are good like you.there is a fraction of 1/250 that are good and others are ,i think, extremists,terrorists etc.so your thinking will not affect us
June 17th, 2009 at 1:59 am
Ok ur totally right, but all i’m trying 2 say that it’s really unrespectful from u guys to say dat u hate all muslims nd make fun of it, imagine someone making fun about ur beliefs nd culture..
Also for the record your judgement abt muslims is totally nd 100% wronnnnngggggggg. If someone is a terrosist or extremist then he’s not a muslim.. If someone makes fun abt gays nd doesn’t respect others opinion nd a critisize, it doesn’t mean that just muslims r like that cuz all kind of people may do these mistakes not only us..
The quran is abt forgiving, justice, be patient, love, sacrifice.. Nd do u know that some scientists have discovered things in our days that have already been written in the quran before they discovered it..
”PEACE”
June 17th, 2009 at 5:31 am
i tooooooooooooooooo.
June 17th, 2009 at 5:35 am
you are a good tinker like me.
June 17th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
"If someone is a terrosist or extremist then he's not a muslim" Ahh sara so HE'S not a muslim. Are muslims only male or something, or are you being gender biased and thinking that your breed of parasites the male ones are worse than the female ones. YOU SUCK!!!
June 19th, 2009 at 10:28 am
It's funny how many of you complain about the government pulling out all the stops for Muslims. Have any of you read the actual article? It talks about how the future population will be affected. The notion that Islam will be the dominant religion is based on FACT. Muslims have more children than non-Muslims ergo the majority will be a Muslim population. Simple mathematics for you simpletons. Perhaps if the other races weren't hell-bent on spreading hatred towards Muslims and Islam, your women wouldn't be afraid to carry your offspring. It's not that Muslims are making babies 24/7, it's that your ugly ideals turn your women off from carrying your demon seed inside her belly. Not that I can blame them either. You people are so tired and predictable. "I hate Muslims", "Fuck Islam", "Send them back." Those are basically your contributions to society, and you think you're somehow better then they are? You're either very stupid, or suffering from some sort of legitimate brain defect. Here's an idea; the next time you have a negative thought about a group of people, a race or a religion (whoever it may be), take a deep breath, shut your mouth, and walk away knowing that your silence has actually improved this already messed up world. God Bless.
July 5th, 2009 at 10:22 pm
i can see that you all were brainwashed by TV you judge on people based upon what certian of them have done (if they are really were behind that stuff )
July 9th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Just ask yourself, "Why am i a Moslem, Christian, Jew, Hindu, whatever? Because your parents were, right? Are your parents very bright? What were their parents? Odd coincidence, right? You really think your mum and dad were chosen?
July 19th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Go back to your motherland if you aren't happy with it. Fucking hypocrite.
July 19th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Learn to English, racist pig!.. And get out of the country if you're unhappy with it!.. Not like it'd be any better.
July 21st, 2009 at 2:52 pm
good on you .how refreshing it is to hear a true no nonsense view aired.i am surprised your comments haven't been removed yet though.i feel exactly the same and even went to the extent of leaving London where i was born and lived for nearly forty years.i just couldn't take seeing any more local pubs or other buildings being closed to then become mosques.this invasion has only just started but i am sure a lot worse is still to come.when will we stop being so politically correct and stop all this nonsense?
July 21st, 2009 at 3:03 pm
why are you still here??????????????????????????easy life?????????????????????????easy money?????????????????????????
July 21st, 2009 at 3:27 pm
i have just been on a website where a preacher i s telling muslims they need to breed more so they can take over england and the world.i like everyone else will be making this possible by working seven days a week to give the tax man my money to fund theese f**kers.how fair is that.it really sickens me to my stomach.i was always brought up proud to be english but now i hate what we stand for.weak!!!!!will we ever stop them or just keep giving them handouts for sprog number ten eleven and twelve.i always worked but struggled to bring up one child how many somalians do you see with less than three kids or even working. some maybe the majority never
July 21st, 2009 at 3:43 pm
nice 1 m8
July 21st, 2009 at 3:59 pm
bollocks about alcohol u muslim fuckers u make your women walk behind u teach your kids hate .maybe u should have a pint ps i saw 1 ov your women unveiled and fuck me she looked like your uncle.Koran i couldnt belive it…