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Allah is Greatest Cultural Enrichment vibrates in Toronto City Hall

10 January 20227 February 2022Renu

Political Islam in Toronto. Before the call to prayer filled Toronto City Hall chambers proclaiming Allah is the Greatest, John Tory gave a welcome speech. Speech & Prayer

On the occasion of the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan… I think many of you here are members of the Islamic faith, but I do want to thank those who are joining from churches across the city and showcasing their support for this community… I don’t want to make a big deal of it, but for the first time ever in my life I fasted from when I went to sleep last night until now.

Many Toronto mosques to broadcast call to prayer during Ramadan amid COVID-19 restrictions over loud speakers.

Alhaj Abubakar, the imam Masjid Omar Bin Al-Khattab, a mosque on Parliament Street just south of Dundas Street East that broadcast its first call to prayer on Wednesday said:

The reason why this time it’s so important for us [is] because the [city] is allowing us to say the Azan publicly.
“We are very, very happy.”

Prayer filled Toronto City Hall

Down Town Ottawa Enriched with Islamic Call to Prayer. Working together with Political Islam in Toronto.

Non-Muslims will or may view the following teaching about the importance of prayer from Imam Mohammad Hablos, as disturbing; however, we must remember that spiritual religions conviction in the West is considered a private matter never to be denigrated but respected.

My brothers and sisters let me tell you something and understand this fact. So far as sin is concerned and, please understand this message very clearly… Of course it’s all sin. It’s all haram. None of it is good and accepted. But for the sake of understanding… Because many of us, we see our brother who is selling drugs, we see a brother who maybe murdered another brother and we say “look at these people, look how rubbish they are.” My friend, let me tell you something. In the eyes of Allah, as far as sin is concerned… The one who sells drugs – good or bad? – Just very quickly, good or bad? Bad. How about the murderer? How about the one who commits adultery, fornication? What about the one who rapes a child? What about the one who drinks alcohol? What about the one who does the biggest of the major sins, good or bad? This person, one person, who commits all of these sins, he commits all of these sins on the daily basis but he prays is better in the eyes of Allah than the one who doesn’t commit any of these sins, but doesn’t pray. So you and your brother say “yeah I’m a good guy”… Habibi, go and pack that up because, it’s not going to work on the day of judgment. Any person who misses one prayer, one not two… One prayer – you miss one prayer for no reason… You are worse than a murderer, you are worst then a rapist, you are worse than a terrorist, you are worse than a pedophile in the eyes of Allah.

Edmonton heard the Islamic call reverberate over the city:

Across Canada, cities are allowing the call, or adhan, during the COVID-19 crisis, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Ottawa, Toronto, Hamilton, London, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and other major cities have all made exemptions to the usual rules.

However there will be people that are not favorable to Islamic cultural enrichment.

Netherlands: Mosque’s neighbors complain of loudness of call to prayer on loudspeakers, mosque says “get used to it” There are similarities with Political Islam in Toronto

Other benefits to prayer were keenly felt by non-Muslims in the early expansion period of Islam. Some senior scholars are of the opinion that such protections should be granted today.

The prophet used to order the invasion of every land which did not submit to the Muslims. The prophet would not raid except in the morning. If he heard the Adhan he would refrain. If he did not, he would invade after dawn”. Narrated by Essam Almusny, who said; “the prophet told the expeditions he sent if you have seen a mosque or heard a call for prayer do not kill anybody.”

Islam Q&A is an academic, educational, da‘wah website, which aims to offer advice and academic answers based on evidence from religious texts in an adequate and easy-to-understand manner.

What is the ruling on interrupting prayer in event of an earthquake or fire?

Toronto City Hall vibrates with Allah is Greatest

Political Islam in Toronto Propelling Forward the Cause of Allah

Canadian Human Right Activist & Observant Muslim calls for Cancelling Pride Month

7 July 202115 February 2022Eric Brazau

Firas Al-Najim, who self identifies as a Shia Muslim, is a leading pro Palestinian Canadian activist and a founder of the organization, – Canadian Defenders For Human Rights, – who vociferously supports the Iranian Régime, did as the leader of CD4HR tweeted on July 3 2021

Cancel #PrideMonth

Is the call, by Firas Al-Najim, a self proclaimed, defender of Human Rights, and a proclaimed ally of marginalized people, call to cancel pride month, which is a month set aside to empower queer people and to remember and celebrate their contributions to humanity, in keeping with Islamic values as portrayed by the Islamic leadership in Canada?

We first learn from Sunni Street Dawah Toronto, who for the last decade has been spreading the message of Islam at a portable Islamic booth called “Free Info on Islam” in downtown Toronto (Dundas Square).

On June 28, 2019 Street Dawah Toronto issued a statement on the Pride Parade and the LGBTQ community:

LGBTQ lifestyle goes against what Islam permits, The Facebook post also makes reference to the Prophet Lut. Complete and utter destruction of the city Gomorra and all inhabitants because of homosexuality

We learn more about the Islamic view on homosexuality from a book that is distributed from this Islamic Booth Clear Your Doubts About Islam.

Islam considers homosexuality to be the result of human choice. Inclinations can exist toward natural acts and unnatural ones such as rape, pedophilia or bestiality. AIDS was first observed among the homosexual communities. Later, it entered the heterosexual community through so-called bisexuals. Islamic teachings emphasize the distinctions between male and female.

For further elucidation on the Islamic view of Homosexuals we learn from senior respected Sunni Imam Wael Shehab from the Toronto Masjid, that is promoted by Toronto, Mayor John Tory, as a place to learn about authentic Islam

Words of Imam Wael Shehab

Islam has a clear stand on this issue, as it emphatically forbids homosexuality and lesbianism. It states clearly that same-sex marriage poses a serious and dangerous threat to human societies and communities.
Same-sex marriage endangers true faithful family atmosphere where children should be soundly and morally raised. Gay and lesbian marital relationships pose serious dangers to the family institution. Same-sex marriage, moreover, threatens the existence of human species.

Often invited to lecturer in Canada. American Imam Hamza Sodagar shares his wisdom on the diversity of methods concerning Homosexuals.

If there’s homosexual men, the punishment is one of five things. One, the easiest one maybe, is cut their head off. The second is, burn them to death. Third, throw them off a cliff, fourth tear down a wall on them so they die. Fifth a combination of the above.

We learn from Canadian Shia Imam Zafar Bangash

We cannot live in coexistence with such people. Brothers in Islam now is the time to pick up the stones and stone these people to death for the abomination they are committing. Video

We end this segment of Islam Moving forward in Canada with the words of two Canadian world renowned Sunni Scholars Hakim Quick & Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips

They asked me what is the punishment for homosexuality. And I said put my name in the paper, the punishment for homosexuality is death. We cannot change Islam. Video

Imam Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips

The punishment for homosexuality in Islam is execution. That is the law. Execution. Video

In conclusion we learn Sunni and Shia Muslims unite under the banner of the ONE True Religion in their position on the need to eradicate Homosexuality. Further more According to Muslim leaders the punishment should not be viewed as cruel to the individual homosexual but a blessing from Allah MHNBE, in guiding the Muslim community along the straight path that leads to Jannah (Paradise)

Before ending this episode of Islam Moving Forward in Canada I share Islamic wisdom from the book Human Rights in Islam And Common Misconceptions distributed in Toronto at Dundas Sq. Toronto Islamic Booth

All the above punishments in Islam are to preserve human rights and dignity of law- abiding citizens. They are a demonstration and illustration of absolute divine wisdom, and justice.

John Tory instructs Muslims to cancel religious gatherings during Ramadan

11 April 202021 January 2022Eric Brazau

On Friday Apr 10, 2020 Toronto Mayor John Tory addressed the Muslim community in an online speech that was broadcast after the sermon by Sheikh Ahmad Kutty of the Islamic Institute of Toronto.

Tory instructed the Muslim community to abstain from religious gatherings during the month of Ramadan (April 23 – May 23) because of the Corona virus pandemic (COVID-19). During Ramadan Muslims gather every evening for the iftar, breaking the fast meal, and later for the tarawih, the recitation of the Quran and night prayers in the mosques.

John Tory’s message to the Muslim community

Assalamu Alaikum [Peace be upon you] and good evening. I’m so glad that I’m able to join you at the Friday prayer service. You know it’s interesting at times like this when people can’t get together. Technology allows us to be together to celebrate Friday prayers and for me to join you and to extend all my best wishes to you and talk a little bit about what’s going on in our city at the moment. You know the virtual prayers allows us to stay connected and that’s very important at the time like this. Perhaps more important than ever because it gives us an opportunity to hardness of the technology but also to harness the power of faith. And the power of faith right now is important to keeping the city together to dealing with some of these stresses were facing in our lives. Whether it’s people like yourself personally or your friends or your relatives that are anxious about their health it’s understandable anxious about financial security and jobs which is also understandable. I think these are all things that as people are going through right now but what’s really important for all of us is to remember that we have to be there for each other. And we’ve got to support each other. And I know that that’s a great tradition of Islam. That you would be there to contribute to the community and to strengthen the community and to support each other. And that’s a lot of what goes on at the mosque the day after day especially on Fridays. So I hope that you will do that today. I also hope you will keep in mind what I would telling people is the single most important thing they can do which is to stay home. Please stay home right now. Because the scientist tell us convincingly based on science that the best way this virus can spread. And of course we don’t want that to happen. Is person-to-person contact through droplets that come from your mouth. And if you’re not away from home those droplets are not going to spread. That’s why I am emphatic saying to people please stay home. It’s why there have been various orders and guidelines given to stop people from coming to the mosque on Friday or any other day. Because it’s just not going to help us to fight this battle against the virus. I want you to know that we are trying to do what we can as a city to make sure people are left with a degree of support and comfort. We’ve got all kinds of services for our most vulnerable citizens to make sure that the elderly and the homeless are looked after. As you would expect. And by the way Muslim association of Canada the Muslim welfare centre other organizations that are known so well in our community are doing the same thing. But I also want you to know to the extent that you can volunteer to help others in the community. That’s going to be good. And we are doing some things to deferral of tax payments, utility payments so on and so forth. As well other public services to make sure that people are kept comfortable and supported. Of course Ramadan will soon be here and we hope that a lot of this will be behind us. But we should prepare ourselves, for the fact that one of the things that is most important in your calendar each year, and all the iftar dinners that it that it has been my privilege to attend, with you. It’s a time when you are getting together with family and friends. And with of course each other. And that we may have to make some alterations to that this year. As well and, will find a way, as we have found a way with Friday prayers, to make sure that people have that sense of togetherness and that they feel that power of faith. And they feel that power of observance on one of the most important dates if not the most important date on the calendar. And I hope with the help of technology we will still be able to find ways to celebrate and commemorate something that I know is very important to me as the mayor of Toronto and very important to you as residents of the city of Toronto. We are all in this together. We have overcome many things in the city over time even before I was born. And we will overcome this too we will do it together with your help. And I thank you very much for all the effort you’re undertaking to keep the city together to look after each other. And I look forward to seeing you just as soon as that is possible.

On April 10, 2020 John Tory instructed the Toronto Police Service to take more strict measures to enforce social distancing:

Chief Mark Saunders, Toronto Police Services Mr. Carleton Grant, Executive Director Municipal Licensing and Standards
Gentlemen:
First of all may I thank you for your leadership which has helped us to have hundreds of police and bylaw enforcement officers at work this holiday weekend across the city helping us to educate and to enforce our physical distancing rules.
As you know, beyond the preferred option which is for people to stay home, physical distancing between people is the best way we will slow down the march of COVID-19 and thus save lives and get us back to our normal way of life as quickly as possible. That is the advice of all public health professionals including our Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Villa.
As you also know, despite very simple legal and health requirements, the most important of which is for people to remain two metres apart, there are still many people who are not doing what they must do to stay healthy themselves and to protect the health of others.
We have reports of everything from bonfires on the beach to hanging out in groups in parking lots to playing pickup sports in closed areas, all of which involve groups of people who don’t live with each other and thus could spread the virus.
While the vast majority of Toronto residents are keeping their distance and helping us fight COVID-19, your officers have given hundreds of informational talks, many warnings and some tickets to the worst offenders, which is the kind of enforcement we all wanted to see to the greatest possible extent.
It seems to me however, that when, after a week, we are still having informational chats with hundreds of people who don’t get it or won’t comply, the time has come for stricter enforcement and more tickets.
We are facing a deadly virus – tragically it has already claimed the lives of 77 Toronto residents – and we need people to realize as quickly as possible what they need to do to stay healthy.
As you both know, as an elected official I cannot direct law enforcement as to how they enforce the law, but I am by way of this letter offering my strong opinion and support as Mayor for stricter enforcement which would be in the interests of fairness to law abiding people and in the interests of protecting our city’s health and moving us faster to the day when life can return to normal.
I hope you will give this request every possible consideration as I believe it is entirely consistent with our collective efforts to save lives, protect health and the healthcare system and limit damage to our economy and our way of life.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Mayor John Tory

John Tory Picture Islamic Institute of Toronto YouTube Channel

Toronto Mayor Tory calls to ban feminist Meghan Murphy after welcoming anti LGBT Imam

25 October 201921 January 2022Eric Brazau

Toronto Mayor, John Tory, supports banning Vancouver-based feminist journalist Meghan Murphy from speaking at the Toronto Public Library because of her views on transgenders.

Murphy was invited by Toronto-based group Radical Feminists Unite to speak on an October 29 panel at the Toronto Public Library – Palmerston Branch called “Gender Identity: What Does It Mean For Society, The Law And Women?”

Founder of Feminist Current, a blog and podcast, Murphy hase criticized third-wave feminism, male feminists, the sex industry, exploitation of women in mass media, trigger warnings, and transgender legislation.

In May 2017, she appeared before the Canadian Senate to oppose Bill C-16, which encoded gender identity and gender expression into Canadian law. She told the Senate: “Treating gender as though it is either internal or a personal choice is dangerous and completely misunderstands how and why women are oppressed under patriarchy as a class of people … The rights of women and girls are being pushed aside to accommodate a trend.”

Describing her views as “offensive”, Mayor Tory said that Meghan Murphy should not be given a platform in any premises of the City of Toronto. The Toronto Star reported,

“Mayor John Tory meanwhile, a former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, has voiced his disappointment with the library’s position, saying officials should use the “highest of standards” to ensure that public buildings not become a place where “offensive commentary” is permitted.”

John Tory’s position in Meghan Murphy’s case stands in stark contradiction to his stance regarding Wael Shehab, the head Imam of Toronto Masjid Mosque who is known for his anti LGBT statements.

Tory stated he visited Wael Shehab’s mosque “many times” and on May 7, 2019 he hosted an Iftar dinner (breaking the fast of Ramadan) in the Council Chambers with the attendance of Imam Wael Shehab.

Imam Wael Shehab wrote,

“Homosexuality is a sinful act in Islam… we should not associate with them and should not take them as friends… In Islam, changing one’s sex is not permissible if the person (male or female) has ‎complete male or female sex organs… Given the above, it’s my advice for him to return back to his original sex and go through professional counseling and treatment to lead normal happy life.”

On 10 May 2012 Wael Shihab issued an Islamic ruling (fatwa) titled “Same-Sex Marriage and Objectives of Shari`ah”. Shihab’s Islamic ruling reads in part:

“Like all the world’s major religions and traditions, Islam has a clear stand on this issue, as it emphatically forbids homosexuality and lesbianism and regards them as a violation of the commands of Allah. It states clearly that same-sex marriage poses a serious and dangerous threat to human societies and communities… So it’s clear that the Islamic concept of marriage is totally different from “gay or lesbian” styles of marital relationships… Same-sex marriage endangers true faithful family atmosphere where children should be soundly and morally raised. Gay and lesbian marital relationships lack social acceptance and impose serious dangers to the family institution. Same-sex marriage, moreover, threatens the existence of human species. Such relationships could not build human communities or secure the existence of humans… same-sex marriage imposes serious social dangers that destroy the basic foundations of families, societies, and human communities… Same-sex marriage, on the other hand, imposes serious dangers to the family institution, lacks social support, endangers the real lovely family life, and breaks the social order of the human community.”

Toronto Mayor John Tory with Imam Wael Shehab at Masjid Toronto Mosque. Picture: Twitter/John Tory

Preacher: “Women Get Raped Because they Dress Provocatively”

18 October 201921 February 2022Eric Brazau

Fighting Hate in Canada sent a letter to Toronto Mayor John Tory and the Anti-Hate Network (Bernie Farber and Evan Balgord) about Al Haashim Atangana Kamena, a Muslim street preacher ):

In recent years Al Haashim Atangana Kamena also condemned homosexuality, justified death penalty for gays and spoke against immodesty:

In the summer of 2012 LINK

I blame women for getting raped because they dress provocatively. The reason why Muslim women gets raped in Muslim country is because there is no shariah implemented as a system of government. If the shariah was implemented in Muslim countries people would not dare to do it because the punishment for rape is death. We Muslims are not pedophile and Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was the best man that ever lived on this earth and he was not a pedophile. By the way I was born in Canada. Why does Muslim women who wear long dress and covers her head aren’t targeted for sex attacks in Toronto? Why is it that Rapists and sexual predators only target women that dress so provocatively? Because Muslim women have nothing to show in regards to her body.

Imam Shabbir Ally Women that are covered & Recognized will Not be Molested LINK

…so that they will be recognized and not molested… And yet, in some interpretations it’s very common to find in the classical exegesis of the Quran that scholars have said the woman must cover her face when she goes out of her house…

Imam Karim abuZaid Seems to Endorses Taliban’s Policies on Women’s Face

Is the hijab an element of Islam? Yes it is. Hijab is mandatory upon every women who attains the age of puberty.

Conclusion

The Arabic Muslim culture accepts as normal that men are sexual predictors.

Women in Islam

There are, as we all know, wicked minded, evil and violent men who lurk about and seek to take advantage of women whom they find susceptible, gullible or traveling alone. Such wicked-minded men are of course either interested in robbery, trickery, seduction, or rape

If a woman is completely invisible or practically invisible she will not attract any attention from men. If she is not sufficiently covered she risks provoking a male to rape her.

Balancing Life & Beyond

Needless to say, dress represents her modesty, and through it she commands the respect in the society. Whereas when a woman chooses to show her body in one form or another, the message is only one: she wants attention and possibly much more.”

Muslim prayer recited at Toronto City Hall’s plaza

27 September 201921 January 2022Eric Brazau

The Muslim Association of Canada (MAC) partners with the United Way Greater Toronto “to raise funding for anti-poverty initiatives to fight homelessness, social isolation, and hunger.”

On Friday September 20, 2019 both organizations held an “open community event” at Nathan Philips Square. The fundraising event included a Muslim Friday prayer at Toronto City Hall’s plaza. John Tory, Mayor of Toronto, Ahmed Hussen, Minister of immigration Daniel Zanotti, CEO and President of United Way of Greater Toronto, were in attendance.

The Muslim Friday prayer recited at Toronto City Hall’s plaza included the recitation of the first chapter of the Koran four times:

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
All praise is for Allah, the Sustainer of every creation
The Most Merciful and the Ever Merciful
Master of the Day of Compensation
It is only You who we worship and only You Who we seek assistance from
Guide us to the straight path
The path of those you bestowed favours upon, not those who have incurred [Your] wrath and those who have deviated

According to senior Canadian imams and scholars, “those who have incurred [Your] wrath” are the Jews, and “those who have deviated” are the Christians and people who behave like them.

On May 7, 2019 Toronto John Tory hosted an Iftar dinner (breaking the fast of Ramadan) in the Council Chambers with the attendance of Wael Shehab, the Imam of Masjid Toronto mosque, and Hamid Slimi, the Imam and founder of Sayeda Khadija Centre in Mississauga, Ontario.

An Imam chanted the adhan, the Muslim call to prayer:

Allah is the Greatest. (Recited four times)
I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah. (Recited twice)
I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. (Recited twice)
Come to Prayer. (Recited twice)
Come to success/salvation. (Recited twice)
Allah is the Greatest.(Recited twice)
There is none worthy of worship except Allah.