Canadian Professor Mohamed Elmasry is the latest Islamic personality to come under scrutiny for incitement. Appearing on Michael Coren Live, the national president of the Canadian Islamic Congress said terror attacks against any Israeli over the age of 18 were justified. Said Elmasry:
“But they are not innocent if they are part of the total population which is part of the army. … From 18 on, they are soldiers, even if they have civilian clothes.”
Although Elmasry is backtracking from his comments, Canadian federal authorities are already reviewing tapes of the show.
In other Canadian news, the leader of a Vancouver mosque, Sheikh Younus Kathradra is also being investigated for calling for an “offensive jihad,” and calling Jews “brothers of monkeys and swine.” Kathradra’s lectures were taped and made available on the Dar Al-Madinah web site, where the sheikh now claims his comments were taken out of context.
If so, at least one person who frequented the mosque this year didn’t understand Kathradra’s context. Rudwan Khalil Abubaker, a Vancouver native, was recently killed with three other Chechen gunmen in a shootout with Russian special forces.
