The Tale of Two Religions

The Tale of Two Religions | Michael Coren | Catholic World Report



The West abuses Catholicism but remains too intimidated to stand firm against Islamic extremism.

In
late September I went along to what was described as an “anti-blasphemy” rally
in the middle of Toronto. It was in response to the notorious “Innocence of
Muslims” movie trailer, which was shown on YouTube but watched by very few of
the Muslim fanatics who murdered people, destroyed property, and generally fell
into paroxysms of theocratic angst as a result. The demonstration took place
opposite the US Consulate, and most of the manic yells consisted of condemnations
of the United States and Israel, with one genius holding a large poster
announcing, “Islam Condones Racism.” Actually it does, and Islamic societies
are often grotesquely racist, but he had intended to say “Islam Condemns
Racism.” I considered correcting him, but it was much more fun not to, and he’d
probably have only said that language was part of a Zionist or Christian
conspiracy.

As
I was there with a film crew and covering it for my television show, there was
a certain, if limited, safety. Nevertheless, I was barged, abused, and
threatened. I spoke to dozens of the perhaps 2,000 people who were there. They
called for laws protecting Islam from offense, wanted to arrest people who
insulted Muslims, and screamed for the death penalty for the man who made the
film. They denied that there was such a thing as a blasphemy law in Pakistan,
claimed that no Muslim had ever said anything ill about a Christian or
persecuted Christians, and generally displayed an invincible ignorance and
malice. The brother of Omar Khadr was there. Khadr is the terrorist who killed
an American medic in Afghanistan, and was then imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay. As
he was born in Canada, Islamic and leftist activists were demanding he be
brought back. His brother told me that he was proud of his sibling, who had
done nothing wrong, and that he was a good Muslim. There were endless cries of
Islamic triumphalism, anti-Semitism, and calls for violence.

Oddly
enough, little of this was reported in the mainstream media in Canada, when there
is ample evidence on film of what happened.

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