Creeping Sharia

[Julian]

So if they discover that the sexual assaults were commited by someone Muslim is this going to be used as a cultural defense by the lawyers?

No doubt.... they couldn't control themselves... it wasn't their fault! There was a female in the streets that wasn't wearing a tent..... what else could he do, she was begging for it!!

[styky]

Women's groups react strongly to street preacher

By Jenny Yuen ,Toronto Sun

First posted: Monday, July 16, 2012 04:50 PM EDT | Updated: Monday, July 16, 2012 04:59 PM EDT
TORONTO - A law forcing women to dress conservatively to prevent sex assaults would “push the blame onto victims,” women’s groups said Monday.

Calling Muslim street preacher Al-Haashim Kamena Atangana’s proposal of changing Canadian laws to require women to cover themselves “offensive,” the executive director of Nellie’s said how a woman dresses has nothing to do with sexual assaults.

“I would like to find out the stats in the Muslim countries,” said Margarita Mendez, who heads the abused women’s shelter in Toronto. “The issue is the violence against women, power and control and it has nothing to do with how women dress. I find his views very oppressive and it’s blaming the victim when we don’t have control over men who are abusive.”

Atangana has been criticized since he publicly announced his views Sunday for women to have a “dress code.” The preacher also commended Const. Michael Sanguinetti for advising a group of York University students last year women should avoid “dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized.”

But many women claim those views are out of line.

“Who’s going to be passing a law like that in Canada?” Mendez added. “This is against women’s right to safety and women’s right to say no, regardless of how they’re dress. No means no. Don’t try to force me dress in a way that’s not within my culture or beliefs.”

Harmy Mendoza of the Woman Abuse Council of Toronto recalled her “blood boiling” after reading Atangana’s stated beliefs in the Toronto Sun.

“Women are not to be blamed in this country or any other country in the world,” she said. “These ideas have to be challenged.”

The York Federation of Students couldn’t be reached for comment.

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[styky]

A guy on the street told me I’m going to hell. Would the Sun like the scoop?

Matt Gurney Jul 16, 2012 – 3:29 PM ET | Last Updated: Jul 16, 2012 6:03 PM ET
Part of living and working in a big city is occasionally having odd encounters with your fellow citizens. Most can be dealt with by keeping your eyes staring straight ahead and plowing forward. Sometimes, though, you’re just plain trapped.

A few weeks ago, one of my closest friends found himself in one of those awkward situations. He had ridden the subway home from his downtown Toronto law firm and upon coming up out onto the street, found himself face to face with a Muslim street preacher, who was yelling at passing women that they needed to cover their bodies. “Have some respect!” he was yelling. “Be modest! Cover yourselves! Be decent!” But when my young, professionally attired (and, I must point out, Jewish) friend came face to face with the preacher, the preacher reacted as if faced with a miracle. “You!” he said in awe. “You’re a saint, man. Get a robe!”

At the time, it was just a funny story we had a laugh about — one more weird incident during life in the Big City. How could we have known that one of Toronto’s big daily newspapers would actually consider that to be front-page news?........................http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/201 ... the-scoop/