By New Delhi Times Bureau
Canada is a key ally of the United States of America in the war against
terrorism in general, and ISIS in particular. In Afghanistan, Canadian
forces were engaged for nearly a decade countering Al Qaeda’s threat and
helping to establish Afghanistan’s return to normalcy. Canada also has
been an important constituent of the Western forces combating the ISIS
terrorism in Iraq and the Middle East. However, the Canadian military
involvement in these Islamic majority regions has also led to a manifold
rise in religious extremist leaders. In a concerning revelation,
several mosques in Canada have been found to incite hatred against the
Canadian government’s involvement in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Middle
East, for assisting the US in killing fellow Muslims. In recent times,
there has been a proliferation of extremist Muslims becoming the
religious in-charge of Mosques in Canada. Most of Muslim religious
leaders in Canada openly say that their religious affiliations are much
superior to their nationality and openly speak of an Islamic
brotherhood. Such Islamic leaders with communal and fundamentalist
dispositions have made easy inroads into a number of mosques in Canada.
An apt example of such a figure is Imam Aly Hindy of Salaheddin mosque
in Toronto. The Toronto imam has long been known for his controversial
comments. He called the 9/11 attacks a joint CIA operation, refused to
join other imams in signing a statement condemning the 2005 London
bombings and referred to the Toronto 18 terrorists as good people...Continue reading...
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