(In keeping with Rabble policy, I am posting part of the letter and putting in the link to the website where it can be found):
www.hccanada.com
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Ontario right to reject Sharia

Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Re: Ontario Rejects Sharia Law, Sept. 12.

In disallowing Sharia law, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has correctly prevented Ontario from proceeding down a slippery slope. The suggestion by Sharia supporters that Muslim women must "opt into" Sharia tribunals ignores the reality that immigrant women from nations such as Saudi Arabia and Pakistan -- conditioned by subservience and centuries of male oppression -- would inevitably be pressured to conform to judgments.

Ontario does not have the resources to monitor every decision stringently to ensure that abuses are not occurring, nor does it have a plan in place to ensure that radical imams are excluded from becoming Sharia judges.

For a good example of the results of kowtowing to a radical Islamic minority, one only needs to look at democratic India. In June, 2005, Imrana Ilahi was raped by her father-in-law, and Sharia courts ordered her to marry her rapist. This type of incident is rampant because in the interests of "secularism" and appeasing the Islamic minority, India has allowed Muslim personal laws to be applied rather than a Uniform Civil Code.
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The Hindu Conference of Canada, in its relentless commitment to freedom and democratic values, is continuing to defend the rights of women.

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Mr. Magoo, in his infinite wisdom and enlightenment, finds your tireless and unwavering cheerleading for the HCC persistently and unfailingly funny.

I'm not suggesting they aren't. Just saying that it immediately makes your post look a bit biased. Why the need for the "spin"? Why not just post the letter?

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immigrant women from nations such as Saudi Arabia and Pakistan -- conditioned by subservience and centuries of male oppression

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Oopsies.

When one sees greatness, it is hard to resist pointing out that it exists.

As for that line skdadl picked out, all I can say is that was the content of the letter, and since it was published in a mainstream, highly respected, and unbiased publication like the National Post, there can be little wrong with it. I hardly think the National Post would allow the publication of anything terribly offensive or insensitive.

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When one sees greatness, it is hard to resist pointing out that it exists.

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Or impossible, evidently.

But if this greatness is so swooningly overwhelming, why don't you trust the rest of us to clue in to it ourselves? I mean, would you feel the need, standing at the lip of the Grand Canyon, to tell any who'd hear you "look how BIG that thing is! It sure is BIG!"? I mean, when it's that big, you don't really need to point it out anymore, do you?

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Originally posted by rban:
As for that line skdadl picked out, all I can say is that was the content of the letter, and since it was published in a mainstream, highly respected, and unbiased publication like the National Post, there can be little wrong with it. I hardly think the National Post would allow the publication of anything terribly offensive or insensitive.

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