As long as they rail against freedom, they weaken the means by which they are no longer dominated by corruption. For the freer are those who are less corrupt.

This complaint was centered around the offense of just speaking about the cartoons in the media and offending Allah.

Heather

So the people who insulted Mohammed were actually Moslem agitators. Where are the fatwahs and lawsuits and complaints against them?

The world of Islam is a frothing sea of delusions.

Of course, in actuality they are man-made rules, dressed up with some pretty words to make them sound divinely-ordained, so I don’t disagree with you. The chance there is an angel named Gabriel who spoke to a man named Mohammed about the wishes of a deity named Allah is nil. Anyone who tries to start a conversation with me about how his laws are the laws of God and my laws are the laws of men is in for a long night, because I would never agree to that statement.

The only reason I can speak about what Muslims believe is that I read their diatribes on Sharia, and all of those diatribes reference the divinely-ordained nature of the Sharia laws.

My hat is off to you for standing for freedom. A country that does not even pretend to recognize property rights, as is true in Canada, is not a government of freedom. Canada does not recognize rights as God given and inalienable, but sees them granted at the pleasure of the Crown. But then again my adopted homeland is no better, and in fact perhaps even worse in some ways. Here they pretend to recognize rights, but use the same ways to abrogate them. Here medical star chambers try, convict and punish physicians in kangaroo ‘courts’ with complete disregard for the constitution, in absolute secrecy, with no governmental oversight due to absolute privilege and immunity. The Supreme Court turns a blind eye and those cowards won’t even address the issue head on. Courts routinely misinterpret the plain meaning of the constitution and are moving to adopt concepts of international law in direct violation of the Constitution they are sworn to uphold.

Freedom is a precious commodity. It is under attack everywhere.

I thank God there is another Albertan who is not afraid to stand. I just hope I don’t meet you in jail.

Sharia has certain laws which are regarded as divinely ordained, concrete and timeless for all relevant situations (for example, the ban against drinking liquor as an intoxicant). It also has certain laws which derived from principles established by Islamic lawyers and judges (mujtahidun).

I can’t speak for what all (or any) Muslims “believe”. I consider all such kinds of rules and regulations “of men”.

Keep in mind that this is a provincial commission. It’s the ALBERTA Human Rights Commission.

What Ezra wants is for him to be convincted and have the appeal go to the Supreme Court of Canada because it simply will not stand up in that court.

So it’s not Canada that is screwed up (well, not entirely), it’s the faulty quasi-judicial set up of the Alberta Human Rights Commission.

Heather

No, Muslims consider Sharia “divine” and the law code God wants all humanity to follow. They worked out the details of some debatable prescriptions made or implied in the law codes of Muhammed, but they all believe that junk about the divinity of Sharia.

Yes, the amount of breath I’ll be holding while I wait for Muslims to repudiate the stuff in their religion that is harmful to non-Muslims is zero.