Comments on: ATW on Islamic countries http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/08/18/atw-on-islamic-countries/ English, Rationalist and Liberal Conservative Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:06:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: http://islam-controversy.blogspot.com http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/08/18/atw-on-islamic-countries/#comment-24266 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:21:18 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/08/18/atw-on-islamic-countries/#comment-24266 <strong>Islam Controversy...</strong> Check out this Islam Controversy Blog. http://islam-controversy.blogspot.com... Islam Controversy…

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]]> by: Tony Martin http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/08/18/atw-on-islamic-countries/#comment-12638 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 04:56:27 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/08/18/atw-on-islamic-countries/#comment-12638 Britain did not attack a secular country(USA) that happened to support(Noraid) terrorists(IRA) who were against its vey being. Britain did not attack a secular country(USA) that happened to support(Noraid) terrorists(IRA) who were against its vey being.

]]> by: Gav http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/08/18/atw-on-islamic-countries/#comment-12621 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:39:45 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/08/18/atw-on-islamic-countries/#comment-12621 So Canada did not attack a secular country that happened to produce terrorists who were against its very being...? I'm not sure what we've learnt here. The countries in ATW's statistics were almost entirely Islamic politically... So Canada did not attack a secular country that happened to produce terrorists who were against its very being…? I’m not sure what we’ve learnt here.

The countries in ATW’s statistics were almost entirely Islamic politically…

]]> by: Tony Martin http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/08/18/atw-on-islamic-countries/#comment-12582 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 03:15:00 +0000 http://www.gavpolitics.co.uk/blog/2006/08/18/atw-on-islamic-countries/#comment-12582 "In 1985,air India flight 182 was blown up while flying from Toronto to London.All 329 people aboard were killed.Proportionate to their respective populations,the scale of loss of life due to one terrorist attack for Canada was similar to that of 9/11 for America.And we knew almost immediately who the culprits were:Sikh terrorists seeking independence from India. "Now consider what Canada did not do:it did not dispatch its military forces to India to drain the swamp of terrorism in Punjab,nor declare a global war on terror, nor demand that Washington carefully screen all Sikh migrants and visitors henceforth. "Rather,it increased and improved airport security measures, launched a criminal investigation, and prosecuted the alleged perpetrators in court. The court action failed ultimately,but that is a price we accept in democracies:it is called the rule of law,where prosecution by the government does not entail presumption of guilt and certainty of conviction. "Yet the menace of Sikh terrorism has more or less disappeared,from India as much as in Canada,and the Sikhs are valuable and valued members of modern Canadian society steeped in the ethos of muticulturalism." Prof Ramesh Thakur,keynote speech 'Peace and Social Stability:The Role of the UN in Defeating Terrorism by Promoting Tolerance.' given at World University Presidents Summit July 2006. “In 1985,air India flight 182 was blown up while flying from Toronto to London.All 329 people aboard were killed.Proportionate to their respective populations,the scale of loss of life due to one terrorist attack for Canada was similar to that of 9/11 for America.And we knew almost immediately who the culprits were:Sikh terrorists seeking independence from India.
“Now consider what Canada did not do:it did not dispatch its military forces to India to drain the swamp of terrorism in Punjab,nor declare a global war on terror, nor demand that Washington carefully screen all Sikh migrants and visitors henceforth.
“Rather,it increased and improved airport security measures, launched a criminal investigation, and prosecuted the alleged perpetrators in court. The court action failed ultimately,but that is a price we accept in democracies:it is called the rule of law,where prosecution by the government does not entail presumption of guilt and certainty of conviction.
“Yet the menace of Sikh terrorism has more or less disappeared,from India as much as in Canada,and the Sikhs are valuable and valued members of modern Canadian society steeped in the ethos of muticulturalism.”
Prof Ramesh Thakur,keynote speech ‘Peace and Social Stability:The Role of the UN in Defeating Terrorism by Promoting Tolerance.’ given at World University Presidents Summit July 2006.

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