Imam Undercuts Himself By Twisting His Own Words

The founder of the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada (ISCC) asked for a meeting with the Herald's editorial board via an e-mail, arguing that Levant was "attempting to paint me as a hate-mongering, anti-Semitic, Wahabi radical who wants to see Canada governed under sharia law. Nothing could be further from the truth." While preparing for the meeting, a quick search on Canwest's library system showed a Jan. 17, 2004, column written by the cleric. In it, he wrote: "Sharia cannot be customized for specific countries. These universal, divine laws are for all people of all countries for all times." In the same column he also boasts: "I am one of the founding members of the Islamic Institute of Civil Justice. The mandate of the institute is to resolve disputes within existing Canadian laws by using the principles of conflict resolution from Islamic Law, or sharia." His column is clear. He wanted to bring sharia to Canada and even helped found the organization that spearheaded the drive to do so. But in our meeting, Soharwardy denied his own column. "I never asked to bring sharia in Canada," he now insists. http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/columnists/story.html?id=5162d29c-ffe4-4f4a-8d25-fe5e097c0963&p=1 In Related news, one of the women who brought a Human rights complaint against this Imam was attacked in her own home, by masked intruders. http://www.canada.com/components/print.aspx?id=aef197b6-f9ae-4456-9944-81807363be06

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