Politics
Friday July 11, 2008
Imam Who Launched Human Rights Complaint Now Confronts Commission for Threatening Religious Freedoms
TODAY'S HEADLINES
E-MAIL
PRINT
By Pete Vere
SAULT STE. MARIE, ON, July 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Syed Soharwardy, the Calgary-based Imam who launched and later withdrew a human rights complaint against Ezra Levant and the Western Standard for having published the infamous Danish cartoons depicting Mohammed, issued a statement today expressing deep concern over how Canada's human rights commissions are treating Christians.
"In listening to the experiences of Bishop Henry and Pastor Boissoin, I realized how precious religious freedom is to our country and how easily freedom is lost," Soharwardy said in a statement to SooToday.com.
The Imam cited the Alberta Human Rights Commission's recent investigation of Bishop Henry as one of the main reasons for withdrawing his human rights complaint against Levant.
Soharwardy also stated that mutual-understanding between cultures "can only be accomplished in a society that respects freedom of expression, freedom of religion and all of our other democratic freedoms."
Soharwardy is currently walking across Canada as part of a Multi-Faith Walk against Violence.
While he initially feared that ordinary Canadians might reject him for reasons of race or religion, he said that so far all of the responses have been nothing but positive.
"Canadians of all races, colours, religions, and ages have welcomed me, a Muslim man with brown skin, into their homes, their neighbourhoods and their communities," Soharwardy said.
Canadians have simultaneously expressed to him a strong concern for ending violence in our society, and a strong concern for preserving civil liberties.
To read the full text of Soharwardy's statement, please click here:
http://sootoday.com/content/editorials/details.asp?c=23988
See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
Human Rights Complaint Now Lodged against Ezra Levant's Accuser
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jan/08011604.html
Prominent Canadian Publisher Denounces Human Rights Commissions at HRC Hearing
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jan/08011401.html
Human Rights Law Pioneer: Human Rights Tribunal Restricting Freedom of Speech
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/mar/06033102.html
Back to TopLatest Headlines
- "Manhattan Declaration" Embodies U.S. Christian Pushback against Abortion, Same-Sex "Marriage"
- Hoffman Loses Final Tally of NY-23 Race; Alleges ACORN Tampering and Fraud
- Abortion Activist Judge Hamilton Confirmed with Help of Ten Republican Senators
- CDC Reverses Gardasil Vaccine Requirement for Immigrants
- Germany Faces Economic Downturn with Plummeting Birth Rate and Aging Population
- CCHD in Archdiocese of Chicago Says it is Working to Fix Problems
- Rejection of Washington DC Marriage Referendum Challenged With Legal Suit
- Obama-Supporting Homosexual Activist to Out Sexually Involved Priests Unless they Support Gay 'Marriage
- Austrian Catholic Bishops Issue Bland Response to Govt's Homosexual Partnership Bill
- Interim Report on Catholic Sex-Abuse Says "Homosexual Identity" Not a Predictor of Sex Abuse
- LSN NewsBytes - US Health Care Reform
- LSN NewsBytes - Climate Change/Global Warming
- Pro-Abortion Lawmakers Shower Praise on Senate Bill's Phony Abortion Compromise
- 59 Bishops Contributed Financially to Maine Bishop's Effort to Oppose Maine Same-Sex "Marriage" Law
Most Read this Week
- Largest U.S. Homosexual Publisher Shuts Down, Closing Major Gay Newspapers
- Italian Mayors Order Crufixes Put in Classrooms in Revolt against European Court Ruling
- EWTN's Arroyo Hosts Reform CCHD Reps Who Reveal Shocking Evidence Against USCCB Anti-Poverty Arm
- Nat'l Organization for Marriage Responds to Miss California "Sex Tape" Scandal
- Obama Evades Questioning on Stupak Amendment in FOX Interview
- French Judge Finds Hospital Guilty of "Unreasonable Obstinacy" in Saving Newborn's Life
- EU Leaders to Choose President today in Secret "Soviet Style" Meetings
- Hoffman "Unconcedes" Battle for NY-23: Recount Provides Hope for "Miracle" Victory
- CCHD Responds to Reform Movement
- White House Advisor Indicates Obama Will Work to Abolish Pro-Life Health Amendment
MORE NEWS: 
LifeSiteNews.com Home Page Last 10 Days Archives Special Reports
Copyright © LifeSiteNews.com. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives License. You may republish this article or portions of it without request provided the content is not altered and it is clearly attributed to "LifeSiteNews.com". Any website publishing of complete or large portions of original LifeSiteNews articles MUST additionally include a live link to www.LifeSiteNews.com. The link is not required for excerpts. Republishing of articles on LifeSiteNews.com from other sources as noted is subject to the conditions of those sources.