As Canadians get ready to host the world’s political leaders for the G8 and G20 summits, Islamic fundamentalism in Canada is once again rearing its head with the annual Islamic mega-fest known as the Journey of Faith conference.

The conference, which is billed as North America’s largest Islamic conference, and will be taking place in Toronto from July 2nd to 4th, was originally scheduled to be spotlight Dr. Zakir. Naik, who is quoted as saying that “every Muslim should be a terrorist”. An India-based Islamic preacher, who is known for his antisemitic, anti-Western, homophobic and pro-terrorist statements, he was recently banned from Britain and there are numerous reports circulating that he will also be turned away from our borders if and when he tries to enter Canada.  While the decision to ban Naik should be applauded, there are still many reasons to worry if you are a Canadian.

The Journey of Faith Conference will be chaired by Imam Saed Rageah, the now infamous imam who was caught in a video posting ranting against Christians and Jews from his Toronto-area mosque.  Rageah also called on Allah to “destroy” the enemies of Islam in the video.  According to reports, several of Imam Rageah’s young congregants have disappeared from Canada. They might well be fighting alongside a Somali terrorist organization closely affiliated with Al-Qaeda.

Abdullah Hakim Quick will also be speaking at the so-called conference, as will British-based Islamic lecturer Abdur Raheen Green.  According to the New Zealand Broadcasting Standards Authority, Quick has called for capital punishment for homosexuals.  Green, for his part, has rallied in favour of jihad in his video lectures and has called American and Jews the real “terrorists.”

Malaysian-based President of the Al Khadeem Organization, Sheikh Hussein Yee, will be another one of the speakers participating.  In a video lecture, Yee has stated that Jews are eternally damned to hell and are the “most extreme nation in the world”.

Just these past few weeks, we have seen fundamentalism in action in Canada. Canadian Muslims have been convicted of murdering their own children in the name of “honour”. In the Toronto 18 case, home-grown terrorists were plotting to truck-bomb Canadian high-rise buildings and behead our Prime Minister in the name of worldwide jihad.  We also continue to lose our finest men and women on the battlefields of Afghanistan to Islamic extremists who take offense to girls going to school and the modernization of their society.

While some commentators in Canada, including Jonathan Kay of the National Post, suggest that the decision to ban Naik from Canada was ill-advised, I strongly disagree.  In my opinion, every Islamist speaker on the Journey of Faith’s conference agenda who is known for support of terrorism, derogatory comments towards people of other faiths, or disregard for Canadian values, should be banned from this country.  We as a society must come to the conclusion that to enter or live in our country is an honour and a privilege, not a right.

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