Fear Not Sharia in Ontario

The National Post ^ | September 9, 2005 | Editorial

[crail]

This was really inevitable from a fairness point of view. The Ontario government already sanctions Christian arbitration, or Jewish arbitration, and now their being asked to sanction Sharia. Of course they are... from they day they decided to name sanctioned religions in their arbitration act, it was inevitable that they would have to sanction everything. Scientology will probably be coming up soon, or maybe the Raelians. Adding Sharia is just an additional mistake following the arbitration act... a perfect example of why government should stay out of religious affairs, and religions out of government affairs.

[jalisco555]

Orthodox Judiasm doesn't sanction wife beating, polygamy, child marriage, honor killing, clitoridectomy, the list goes on and on. What a deluded fool this writer is.

[NorthOf45]

Personally, I find the Sun chain of papers to be more supportive of the Conservatives. Yes, the National Post used to be THE Conservative periodical. However, I don't believe that is completely true anymore.

[Tribune7]

It really is about values.

Individual liberty before God vs. rule by those who claim to speak for God.

[Asfarastheeastisfromthewest...]

Personally, I find the Sun chain of papers to be more supportive of the Conservatives. Yes, the National Post used to be THE Conservative periodical. However, I don't believe that is completely true anymore.

The Post was bought a few years ago from Conrad Black by the Aspers (bigtime Liberal party supporters). The changes in the beginning were subtle but it has been a steady decline since. Bye the way, this is why Steyn left - virtually coincided with the day the Aspers took over.

[NorthOf45]

The Post was bought a few years ago from Conrad Black by the Aspers (bigtime Liberal party supporters).

Yes, sadly, that was the beginning of the end.

[jocon307]

"Four years ago, most Westerners saw Islam as just another major world religion."

Then we woke up, and came to realize it is actually a Cult of Oppression and Death.

[philetus]

Muslims should enjoy the same legal rights as everyone else."

They do. They want extra rights.

[AmericanVictory]

No harm comes from a legal code attempting to return us to Arabia circa 600 and something? Gee, we didn't know. We mean, just look at all those prosperous countries under Sharia law. What, you mean if you take away the oil, their collective GDP is less than that of Finland?

[Amalie]

Your statement is correct, and unfortunately is symptomatic of the problems that Western culture is faced with in trying to be tolerant. We are setting up the bowling pins for the rise of the most fascist/totalitarian regimes in history to arise and come and fill the vacuum that has been left by believing that everything should be equal. Would we choose a Hitler over a Muhammadan; Germany chose him over a Stalinist...

[NZerFromHK]

The Post was bought a few years ago from Conrad Black by the Aspers (bigtime Liberal party supporters).

Any chance Rupert Murdoch is interested to start a major broadsheet in the great white north? This Australian bloke does have his actue business sense to start conservative alternatives to the leftist groupspeak among the established media in many Western countries. A new national paper with an editorial stand essentially similar to The Australian will attract some new readers (Hey, it even has Mark Steyn!) although I do know it will be a redneck paper outside Alberta.