Quebec Premier: “You cannot disconnect…terrorism from Islam in general”

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This is simple common sense, but of course Couillard is in hot water from the enemedia and deceptive Muslim spokesmen for saying it. He should stand his ground. He is right. It is absurd that so patently obvious a fact would be so controverted.

“After Michigan attack, Quebec Premier calls on Muslim community to play role in preventing terrorism,” by Graeme Hamilton, National Post, June 22, 2017:

MONTREAL – When Islamist terrorists strike in the West, it has become standard for political leaders to stress that the actions of a few should not tarnish an entire community. On Thursday, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard chose a different approach.

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Responding to the arrest of Amor Ftouhi of Montreal after a terror assault in Michigan, Couillard said the province’s Muslim community needs to do more to prevent terrorism.

“Unfortunately, you cannot disconnect this type of event – terrorism – from Islam in general,” Couillard said in Quebec City when asked if he was worried the attack would fuel anti-Muslim sentiment. He said he shares the position French President Emmanuel Macron expressed this week in a speech to Muslim community leaders.

“He told them, it’s also your responsibility to act on the theological front, to explain to your people that this (terrorism) is not part of the religion, that it is contrary to the teachings of the religion. There is a dual responsibility,” Couillard said….

Couillard said his government is “completely against” intolerance and discrimination, but there are fears among Quebec Muslims that the latest attack and the premier’s reaction will feed a backlash.

“With remarks like this, saying Islam cannot be disconnected from terrorism, Mr. Couillard is pouring oil on the fire,” said Eve Torres, co-ordinator of a group that works to integrate Muslim women into Quebec society. “He is premier, and not only is he saying Islam and terrorism are inseparable, he says the responsibility for terrorism falls also on the Muslim community. It endangers communities that are already stigmatized.”

Haroun Bouazzi, co-president of the Association of Muslims and Arabs for a Secular Quebec, said community members have for years been working to combat radicalization. When young Quebecers seeking to join the jihad are arrested, it is usually an imam or family member who has tipped off police, he said.

But expecting the community to detect a lone wolf who buys a knife and travels to Michigan is asking a lot, he said.

“This person had an understanding of his faith that allowed him to kill people. That is obviously the reality, and we cannot bring back the words of ‘Allahu akbar’ inside his mouth. He actually yelled that,” Bouazzi said.

“But to link this fact and the responsibility of Muslim communities to play a special role more than any normal citizen is actually stigmatizing.”

Couillard was inspired by a speech Macron gave before the French Council of the Muslim Faith Tuesday night at a meal to break the Ramadan fast.

“It is up to you, religious leaders, to fight toe to toe on theological and religious terrain, to expose the usurping of your values, the appropriation of your religion’s history, the negation of 15 centuries of interpretation work done by your scholars,” Macron said. He added, “The battle of thought and faith must be fought on the ground, especially among the younger generations.”

Last week, Statistics Canada published data showing a sharp increase in hate crimes against Muslims in Quebec — even before taking into account the January attack on a Quebec City mosque that killed six. Bouazzi and Torres were among a group of Muslim activists who called on the government to deliver promised programs to combat racism.

Bouazzi said that instead of dwelling on the responsibility of Muslim leaders to prevent extremism, Couillard’s government should be tackling the exclusion of young Muslims that can lead to radicalization. “If somebody has to take responsibility for prevention, it’s the government,” he said.

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Michael Copeland
Michael Copeland
6 years ago

Haroun Bouazzi asserts that it is “the exclusion of young Muslims that can lead to radicalization”.
No.
It is Koran 2:191: “Kill them wherever you find them”.
The Koran, all of it, is part of Islamic law. Denying any verse is punished with death. The killing can be performed vigilante-style by anyone: it is penalty-free “since it is killing someone who deserves to die”.
As Bouazzi knows well, muslims “exclude” themselves in their deliberately carved out no-go zones, as instructed in the mosques.

Michael Copeland
Michael Copeland
6 years ago

Just a point of “interpretation”……….
“Kill” means kill.

Muhammad Rashid
Muhammad Rashid
6 years ago

Islamophobe bigot.

All non-muslims have one strength – They feel morally superior when they believe that everyone must have equal rights, no one should be discriminated against, and everyone must have the right to practice his faith. Believing this makes them feel good about themselves.

And this is why they will always support muslims’ right to practice islam, they will always believe that muslims should have equal rights and muslims should not be discriminated against.

How intelligent are these non-muslims. They want to feel morally superior, and they want to feel good about themselves, and so they always give us muslims complete protection of their laws and complete freedom to practice and grow islam.

Inshallah, islam will conquer the west.

Sam
Sam
6 years ago

Inshallah, islam will conquer the west, and after that the world will go back to the stone and dark ages, ie, the world will go back to the ages when camel, donkey and horse were the main mean of transportstion. There will no science, no technology, no electricity… etc. Congratulation for your Genius!!

Muhammad Rashid
Muhammad Rashid
6 years ago
Reply to  Sam

Who told you that islam prohibits science and technology? Islam does not prohibit science or technology save for that which defies the word of allah and the prophet (pbuh)

By the way, don’t forget to feel morally superior by believing that muslims should have equal rights, should not be discriminated against, and should have the right to practice islam. This is of course, the right thing to do.

And allah knows best.

Mark Steiner
Mark Steiner
6 years ago

No – Yahweh God knows best. Here is a warning to you from one of his servants, John the Baptist. Ignore to your peril.

John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

Your alla, police beat upon him is a slobbering idiot along with is wanker of a profit, mutgonad, police beat upon him.

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago

The sun sets in a muddy pool at the end of the day — islamic science in action.

Simba
Simba
6 years ago
Reply to  Sam

Thanks Sam for upvoting me for my comment on :Archbishop——. Here I beg to differ.Islam ,if it really rules the world,will not destroy science,technology and innovations.They will flog the locals to make progress only to appropriate the same.What are known as Islamic art and architecture,I am sure you are aware,were appropriated from Persia,Byzantium,Egypt,certain Central Asian states( they weren’t nations then) and India where these existed.The barbaric hordes destroyed what they could not /did not want to appropriate .Unfortunately,these very nations which had a rich culture are today fundamentalist Islamic. If you are aware,The Prophet did not want any monuments to be constructed even around his burial place.There was nothing of merit in Saudi Arabia.What Islamic Art and Architecture has Islam given to the world?It’s only propaganda of the liberals to force us to respect and accept them. Islamic Jihad by M.A.Khan gives all this.

Sam
Sam
6 years ago
Reply to  Simba

Thank you very much for your comment. I couldn’t agree more with you about what you said in your comments and replies. I upvote your comments because you are very knowledgeable about Islam. Unfortunately a lot of blood will be shed before civilization manages to defeat Islamic barbarism. I want to comment more on the articles but the barrier of the language keeps me from doing that, since English is a second language for me. However, my arguments with Muslims focus on how Islam destroyed civilization in our countries- The Middleast. In my arguments with Muslims I always qoute what the great fourteenth-century muslim jurisprudent, Ibn Kaldûn (1332-1406), said in his monumental work “The Muqaddima”, often translated as “Introduction”, about the demise of civilization in the countries conquered by Muslims Arab. This is a testimony from within islam which dumbfound Muslims, and makes them reconsider what they have been brainwashed about what so-called “Islamic civilization”. Finally, I hope to read more of your replies and comments in the future. With my best wishes and regards.

Simba
Simba
6 years ago
Reply to  Sam

Thanks,Sam for your appreciation.I have not known about this Ibn Kaldun and will try to get some information on him.As for,defeating Islam,it has become very difficult due to:(1)a systematic brainwashing that has been happening in the academics and media for funds and(2) Western women falling in love with and marrying them( I have been repeatedly stressing this issue,ad nauseam).M.A.Khan,a Muslim himself is an Indian and knows best.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

Bulllshitt, islam will rot in piles of ape manure. islam is criminally insane violence, it will not stand when people realize that it is demonic ignorance personified. islam demands the death of unbelievers, as it seeds thus it will harvest.

Robin Stone
Robin Stone
6 years ago

As the old saying goes “Those who hate the truth, hate even more those who dare tell it.”

Fern
Fern
6 years ago

Oh lookie, ballerina Justin Trudeau wears Ramadan themed socks at the LGBT pride parade in Totonto.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/06/25/justin-trudeau-wears-islam-themed-ramadan-socks-lgbt-pride-parade/amp/

Marlowe
Marlowe
6 years ago
Reply to  Fern

What a nutjob. Canada goes down the toilet.comment image

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago
Reply to  Marlowe

liberals are every bit as stupid as they look.comment image

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

At least Elmo would be bring some humor and honesty into the office.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago
Reply to  Marlowe

Yes, we need to diversify Canada’s economy with more welfare parasites sucking on taxpayers. What a brilliant economist.

Inmate of Diversityland
Inmate of Diversityland
6 years ago
Reply to  Fern

Btw, the Ramadan death toll for 2017 is 1,627. One of the bloodiest ever. Trudeau is basically a minimally functioning vegetable.

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago
Reply to  Fern

He has to have something to grab onto when he’s bending over.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago
Reply to  IzlamIsTyranny

liberal socks have epaulets on them to assist them in maintaining the bent over pose for muslims.

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago
Reply to  Mahou Shoujo

LOL, that was good.

Mark Steiner
Mark Steiner
6 years ago
Reply to  Fern

He’s crazy as a hoot owl – strictly a political opportunist.

brock marks
brock marks
6 years ago

can he please run for prime minister?

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago
Reply to  brock marks

That would be a very good thing, he has the right attitude.

Dave Mc
Dave Mc
6 years ago

Just saw SCOTUS reinstated the muslim ban. Thanks Canada, Sweden, UK, Germany. Enjoy yourselves.

Mark Steiner
Mark Steiner
6 years ago

Well, Quebec, as is most of Canada east of Winnipeg, tends to think and act liberal, so time will tell if the Premier’s statements are sustainable if there are Muslim attacks in that part of Canada.

Gunga
Gunga
6 years ago

Are they obedient to the Koran ? Do they follow koranic law ? What is the difference between sharia law and quranic law ?

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

He is absolutely right, muslims are responsible for most terrorism activities, their refusal to assimilate into Canadian life is their problem. It is not up to any government at any level to pander to young or any muslims to accommodate them into North American life style. It is up to immigrants to lean how to be North Americans, failure to comply within a year, should lead to immediate deportation. muslims are not “the best of all people” they are the “worst of all parasites”. Get over your selves, we have had more than enough of ignorant arrogant islam. muslims that allow themselves to be radicalized should be deported immediately upon being identified.

Mariaca
Mariaca
6 years ago

The Crusades were Islamophobia ‘hate crimes’ that kept this dangerous cultlike theocracy from decimating Western values for the next thousand years.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

““If somebody has to take responsibility for prevention, it’s the government,” he said.” To that, the reply must be “bulllshitt” it is the responsibility of the individual to accept for their actions. A criminally insane murderous muslim that commits a crime did so because they wanted to. not because of some social pressure. If muslims cannot show self control, then society will put them in cages to control them until they develop that skill. No one cares about what muslims did in the gutters before they came from. In Canada or the United States , muslims are expected, to behave and assimilate. This is not open to discussion, there is no exemption for shari’a.

Teresa Scott Bolen
Teresa Scott Bolen
6 years ago

When Imams stop preaching death to the infidel and start condemning terrorist acts pigs will fly. It is their Islamic civilization at stake. And with taqiyya….. who would trust them to tell the truth anyways.

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
6 years ago

At least one Canadian is not afraid to speak the truth.

freewoman
freewoman
6 years ago

A Canadian premier speaking common sense, I’m amazed. So that muslim twit they talked to doesn’t want to influence their kids not to perform jihad, and it should be the government’s job? Sure, outlaw islam and it’s texts, then reading that stuff won’t go to their heads. And shut down the mosques, and arrest the imams, deport the “refugees”, and then we’ll be getting somewhere.

Sainte Jeanne d'Arc
Sainte Jeanne d'Arc
6 years ago
Reply to  freewoman

That would be far FAR too much sense to expect from the govt. I love fairy tales, but alas, they don’t come true though.

M. Marsares
M. Marsares
6 years ago

And still I wonder who really did the shooting in the Quebec mosque? Why was the investigation so fast and opaque? The whole thing seemed to be sanitized.

Sainte Jeanne d'Arc
Sainte Jeanne d'Arc
6 years ago
Reply to  M. Marsares

They haven’t let us find out a darn thing about the court case every since. Faith Goldie from Rebel Media tried to do a follow up and went to his court case and was able to find out virtually nothing and she’s a dog w/ a bone and couldn’t even get a splinter this time.

Grant Woodside
Grant Woodside
6 years ago

There is an e-petition by James Bezan, CPC MP Manitoba
e-909 (Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms)
http://www.parl.gc epetitions
You must be a Canadian citizen to sign
Has to do with never allowing any form of Sharia in Canada
54,462 so far, open until July 5 2017, 4:29 PM (EDT)
E-411 became M-103 (lots of petitions on site)

b.a. freeman
b.a. freeman
6 years ago

good for mr. couillard! mainstream muslms *do* have a responsibility to nip terrorism in the bud, but sadly, he got a large part of it wrong when he suggested, like mr. macron, that mainstream muslims need to make sure that all muslims understand that islam is peaceful towards non-muslims. it most decidedly is *not* peaceful, and teaches in countless places in its “holy” literature to kill kufr (non-muslims), lie to them, rob them, and rape and enslave kufr women and children.

mainstream muslims – especially devout muslims – need to be thrown out of the country.

IzlamIsTyranny
IzlamIsTyranny
6 years ago

How does islamic terrorism usurp the values of islum again descendant of Fwench Surrender Monkeys?

Nicolas
Nicolas
6 years ago

“to explain to your people that this (terrorism) is not part of the religion” SINCE WHEN Mr. Couillard???????

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