Canadian Muslim Group Wants Burkas Ban Part2 Video

This is the Michael Coren Show, his guests are Tarek Fatah, he is the author of "Chasing a Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State". Fatah is the founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress. Fatah's advocacy for a separation of religion and state, opposition to Sharia law, and advocacy for a liberal, progressive form of Islam have been met with considerable criticism from various Canadian Muslim groups, such as the Canadian Islamic Congress.Tareq Fatah says he has been attacked for his views, verbally at an Islamic conference in 2003 where dozens of young Muslim men mobbed him while a cleric shouted out that he had insulted the Prophet Muhammad's name and in 2006 when he was accosted on Yonge Street in Toronto by a man who accused him of being an apostate. His car windows have also been smashed. On August 4, 2006, Fatah announced his resignation as the MCC's communications director because of concerns for his safety and the safety of his family, stating that "it's not just for me. It's for my wife and my daughters." Claire Hoy is a freelance writer and Broadcaster and Laura Babcock is a Broadcaster and Communications Consultant.

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The Muslim Canadian Congress (MCC) is asking Ottawa to introduce legislation to ban the wearing of masks, niqabs and the burka in public.

In a statement, the MCC said, not only is the wearing of a face-mask a security hazard and has led to a number of bank heists in Canada and overseas, the burka or niqab are political symbols of Saudi inspired Islamic extremism.

The MCC dismissed the argument that wearing of a face-mask by Muslim women is protected by the Charter's guarantee of religious freedom. The MCC said, there is no requirement in the Quran for Muslim women to cover their faces. Invoking religious freedom to conceal one's identity and promote a political ideology, is disingenuous.

The MCC pointed to the the recent decision by Egypt's highest Muslim authority, Sheikh Mohamed Tantawi, dean of al-Azhar university, who said he will issue a Fatwa (religious edict) against the niqab and burka.

The Egyptian newspaper al-Masri al-Yom quoted Sheikh Tantawi as saying the niqab was merely a cultural tradition and had no connection to religion or the Quran.

The MCC said if there is any doubt about the religiosity of the burka, one should take a look at the holiest place for Muslims — the grand mosque in Mecca. For over 1,400 years, Muslim men and women have prayed in what we believe is the House of God, and for all these centuries, female visitors have been explicitly prohibited from covering their faces.

Farzana Hassan, communications director of the MCC said, "Islamists are defending the burka as if it was the central pillar of Islam. They consider Muslim women who do not cover their heads and faces--the vast majority -- as sinners or lesser Muslims.

"It is of utmots impritance that the Canadian government take the lead and end this medieval misogynist practise once and for all," Ms. Hassan added.

The MCC statement regretted that while the rest of the world is moving toward the goal of gender equality, right here in Canada Islamists are pushing back the clock, convincing educated Muslim women, they are no more than sexual objects and a source of sin, if they reveal their faces in public.

The World Muslim Congress Says:
Canada should not ban Burqa.
We must support freedom over imposition.
To save the women from oppression of one kind,
The Muslim Canadian congress is pushing the other oppression;
denial of the right of women who genuinely want to wear the Burqa.

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HawkEyeBlue: Tareq Fatah (Lanat-ul-Allah) is totally OWNED

akstube: lol i argue with him on facebook everyday he is a total idiot

summenpari: this is so sad, subhanAllah, a muslim goes against Muslim rights....and a nonmuslim is actually thinking twice before making that decision.....*sigh*

UmmObadah: you seem like an intelligent person (meant seriously not sarcastic!).

8aMa8: OH please bank robbing. Ppl who rob a bank wear masks. Let's ban halloween!!!

8aMa8: I think but line shorts are demeaning and make you look ridiculous. I think but line shorts debase you and takes away the virtue and value of a women. Oh man guess we gotta make a law banning but line shorts!!!!!

BrittanyCeleste88: Why is he the founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress..!? Is there anyway we can get a new man in there!?

BrittanyCeleste88: Alhamdulilah I'm glad the one man sad he doesn't want Tareq being the arbiter of Muslim women

PuffDaddy786: The women should have the right to wear a burqa or not to wear a burqa People should make their own choices about what they wear

Mariamxx: This guy is absolutely absurd. He mentions that the muslim community can be laughed at due to the burka... I think the muslim community can be laughed at because of HIM.

brokenbrainz1: Lol really, next thing you know he is going to be calling for a banning of the Koran.

Darmokjaladtanagra: wow white non muslims talking about the right to bear burka is like a fascist dictator trying to win an election in a democracy on a platfomr on freedom of speech.

Darmokjaladtanagra: "give me an argument to wear a black tent" ROFL so fucking true, burkas need a ban!

Darmokjaladtanagra: seriously tho, white women non muslims on the left in particular feminists are retarded... she is arguing that women (shes a woman) has the right to be imprisoned to not make men jealous (shes a feminist) and thats a good thing for religion and freedom (she is not muslim and shes white.) WOW YOU WOMAN IS A RETARD lol she is so smart she just won an argument in the right to be a slave to man...

Darmokjaladtanagra: and all your arguing that bank robber example is retarded, let me give you an example, in Sweden TV stores have been getting robbed by burka wearing women AND men and they cannot be searched because that would be violating integrity even when spotted putting things between their legs. Second they can not get speeding tickets on speed cameras since they cannot be identified, ride busses free and they all in freedom of religion refuse to take it off and they are even free to swim in it and worse

BrittanyCeleste88: what does but line mean?

jsvjuggernaut: Mr. Tarek has a point but he should be a little calmer while arguing in my opinion. he gets carried away

DaRazviMan: OMG LOL!!! PAUSE IT AT 3:41

empebro: Tarek Fatah is an idiot and he does not represent Islam. Michael doesnt have an idea about islam Why can't the media bring knowlegable scholars to talk about Islam.

DaPlay2006: The Indian guy in the pink tie is suppose to be smart? His comments make no sense. Why is he talking about India?? Loser!, Learn to debate correctly before making an ass of yourself on television.

anonymous18715: he is pakistani

kretinkooper: Awesome Pakistani guy that Tarek Fatah.

humanman65: The example in india is: someone has used the full cover to conceal their identity and purpose. USA: A muslim woman wearing a black and white hijab(if i have that right?) was asked to do her banking in a room and not at a teller station so she wouldn't worry the other customers. Concealed identities post 911 make for tense situations. As americans we have to remove sunglasses when entering convenience stores so the cameras can get a good look while we buy over priced disposable soft goods.

jlockuptj: To the point TKS

hexiss: The next time i want to rob a bank ill just dress in a Burka. I wont get stopped by police or the public on the way. When i Enter the bank all the clercs will just think "ohh its another muslim Woman" and then ill pull my Uzi out, rob the safe and go back home a rich guy and not once have been seen on CCTV. Job Done.

Author: kretinkooper; Uploaded: Oct 17, 2009; Duration: 8:35; Views: 2712

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