The University of Toronto's student newspaper, the Strand, has published a cartoon of a gay Jesus kissing Muhammed. The cartoon was published as part of a debate over whether to show images of Muhammed from Danish papers. The image shows the face of Jesus, but does not show the face of Muhammed. Jesus is also seen disrobing Muhammed.

The same newspaper has refused to publish the Muhammed cartoons which have sparked worldwide riots, murders, and calls to impose the death penalty on all who blaspheme by misunderstanderers of the Religion of Peace.

Here is how they hypocritically defend not showing the Muhammed cartoons, but showing big gay Jesus:

But was it really freedom of the press, or a case of media martyrdom? Publishing these cartoons seems to do little more than fan the flames of already-existing controversy. Is it the press's responsibility to decide what people should absorb, or is providing an option more important? Articles are somewhat different; you can decide whether or not to read something based on the headline - which, admittedly, is questionable on the subject of giving audiences agency. A graphic or photograph, however, is much more intense: you don't really have the choice to view it or not.

More at Exposed Agenda with hat tip to Greg at Rhymes with Right.

Related from Publius Pundit via Michelle Malkin. Incidentally, I lived in Russia for a time and the newspapers often contain nude women. So, it's okay to have a centerfold in your newspaper but it's not okay to offend Muslims?

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The Canadian Islamic Congress, which supports sharia law in Canada and elsewhere, is claiming that the new Conservative government is about to usher in a police state. Ironical.

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What's a 'Canada', anyway? INDCent Bill has the answer.* more...

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How come the Moonbats aren't protesting Canada over that countries holding of Hassan Almrei, an al Qaeda linked terrorists, for the past four years without being charged? But I thought it was Bush-Hitler that was the only one that did that? The terrorist in question has been on a hunger strike for 65 days. It's not so much his impending deportation to Syria that's bugging him as much as it is the lack of TV in his cell......

Missaugua News:

His closest friends say a Cooksville man accused of being a terrorist is near death as he enters the 65th day of a hunger strike.

A fading Hassan Almrei, 31, spoke to The News yesterday afternoon from the Metro West Detention Centre, where he has been held on a national security certificate for the past four years without being charged. The federal government and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) allege Almrei is linked to terrorist kingpin Osama bin Laden....

Almrei, a Syrian refugee who came to Mississauga in 1999, is protesting provincial correctional services rules that allow him just 20 minutes a day outside of his cell, and no television or radio in his solitary confinement cell.

"I've been here for four years without charge and under these conditions," he said. "This is something I would expect in Syria or Iraq, but not Canada, the country I came to for freedom. All I am asking for are simple human rights."...

Almrei said he wants an hour a day of fresh air, as well as a radio and television in his cell.

The government's decision to deport Almrei has already been upheld by the federal court.

Now the immigration minister must decide whether the risk Almrei poses to Canada outweighs the risk of Almrei being tortured upon return to Syria.

Meanwhile, Almrei is fighting to be let out on bail.

Several prominent public figures, including Alexandre Trudeau, the son of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and former federal New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Alexa McDonough, have offered to put up Almrei's bail.

File under hunger strikees we'd like to see succeed. This story is a couple of days old. It will be interesting to see if he chickens out at the last minute and eats.

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Ok, every once and awhile you have to ignore our usual Blame Canada attitude and give our neighbors in the Great White North some credit where credit is due.

First this from The Toronto Star (via James Joyner):

The RCMP and Canadian military believe they've discovered a vital cache of information on Al Qaeda that includes the whereabouts of wanted members and details of attacks on coalition forces in Afghanistan.

The information is allegedly contained in a laptop, dozens of DVDs, audiocassettes and the pages of diaries, seized by the RCMP officers who met Zaynab Khadr at Pearson airport with a search warrant as she arrived back in Canada in February, court documents state.

Zaynab Khadr claims she didn’t know that terrorist Osama bin Laden would attend her wedding in Pakistan....

"I mean we don’t even write invitations for weddings," Khadr told the Toronto Star in a sympathetic interview shortly after her return to Canada. "We just say there’s a wedding and everybody’s invited and everybody passes it on."

Now the 25-year-old says she didn’t know clips of bin Laden’s voice calling for the killing of Americans were on the laptop computer seized by the RCMP at Pearson airport when she returned to Canada last February.

And check out what else is on her computer. I mean, is it possible that she somehow broke into my office and swapped out my C drive? Cause, it's like a freakish coincidence that we have all the same files on our computer:

Alleged to be among Khadr’s RCMP-confiscated possessions are downloaded clips of bin Laden’s voice and songs–one entitled "I Am a Terrorist". On the laptop is also a video clip of a 2003 attack on a compound used by Westerners in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and cassettes about insurgent attacks in Afghanistan. Canada, Khadr’s adopted country has troops stationed in Afghanistan.

Oh, and about all those innocent victims down there in Guantanomo. Yep, how could this not be an al Qaeda post without some sort of reference to Camp X-Ray?

When a chador-clad Khadr quietly slipped back into Toronto on February 17, 2005, she said she had returned to Canada to lobby for the rights of her two brothers, 18-year-old Omar, who is Canada’s only known detainee at Guatanamo Bay and her brother, Abdullah, whose whereabouts have been unknown since October, 2004.

Oh, and it's not just her brother. It seems jihadism runs in the family:

Her father, the late Ahmed Said Khadr, officially identified as Canada’s highest-ranking member of Al Qaeda, was sprung from a Pakistani prison when former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien successfully intervened on his behalf through then Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto

Oh, and just in case you want to e-mail Zaynab Khadr you can reach her at: zak79up@yahoo.ca

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By Matt from WMD:

Some startling news about our neighbor to the north was reported in the Hindustan Times among other sources.

Canadian intelligence experts believe that converts to Islam in the country are becoming a major source of Al-Qaeda combatants and pose a risk to security.

An intelligence report from Canada's spy service, released to a daily said "there is a direct threat to Canada and Canadian interests from Al-Qaeda and related groups," and that those groups are attempting to expand their support in Canada.

"Converts are highly prized by terrorist groups for their familiarity with the West and relative ease at moving through Western society," the recently declassified Canadian Security Intelligence Service report said.

"The perception that the West is attacking Islam on multiple fronts continues to anger the Muslim world and contributes to support for radical views. Converts in particular are prone to extreme views because of their new-found zeal."

When CSIS Director Jim Judd testified recently before the Senate committee reviewing Canada's anti-terrorism legislation, he noted there were now suspected terrorists in Canada that "have had no discernible previous link of any kind with the terrorist networks."

Visit Matt's home blog: Weapons of Mass Discussion

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According to the Toronto Star:

Minutes after she arrived for a job interview at a holistic health centre last fall, Michelle found herself naked from the waist up, giving a customer a full body massage in a back storage room filled with mops, dirty laundry and cigarette butts.

"I had no idea what it was going to be like," the petite 22-year-old recalls. "I kind of had to learn on the job."

Michelle learned quickly. By the end of the day, she had earned $300 providing services routinely offered in most of Toronto's city-licensed holistic centres - "nude reverses," "body slides" and "hand releases."

However, one probably needs to consider that maybe the city of Toronto just wants to develop a new image. If so, a few hundred whorehouses will likely do it.

By the way, to allay any mistaken impressions, it's beyond me as to what is involved in the holistic center routine services. I've heard of a "naked bootleg" in football, but "nude reverses" has me stymied. I guess I haven't been around the block enough times.

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Here is a link to the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa's Visa services for Canadian citizens just in case you wish to escape before it is too late.

But I thought it was the other way around? Bush=Hitler, neocon cabal, Patriot act gulags, etc....?

Wrong. The name Michael J. Bryant should send more chills up your spine than John Ashcroft ever did. Captain Ed has the goods.

UPDATE: Either the Canadians have gotten to Ed or he's way over his bandwidth limit. His site is down. Here is the article in question.

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I dare you: Captain's Quarters. Captain's Quarters. Captain's Quarters. Captain's Quarters. Captain's Quarters. Captain's Quarters. Captain's Quarters. Captain's Quarters.

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U.S. Army deserter Jeremy Hinzman, 26, was denied refugee status by the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board. Hinzman did not prove his case that he would be persecuted if he returned to the United States. Hinzman's lawyer, Jeffry House, stated he will appeal the board's decision.

Hinzman's wife and son were also denied asylum by the board. It's interesting that they even applied since there's no apparent basis. If convicted of desertion in a court martial, Hinzman may be sentenced to five years in federal prison. Frankly, that seems like a light sentence for someone who deserts in a time of war.

Hinzman and his supporters argue that he is not a deserter, rather a war resister who traveled to Canada because the Iraq war was immoral and violated human rights. He deserted in January 2004, just before his unit, the 82nd Airborne Division, deployed to Iraq.

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In light of Canada's withdrawal for any more participation in the US missile defense program--an announced withdrawal, I might add, coming the same day a succesful test of the system was made--our friends over at Six Meat Buffet have come up with the following alternate missile defense schematics for the Canadians. Click the image for larger image.

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Check out this Canandian Islamic Congress letter in support of Syria's occupation of Lebanon. After condemning the US for ousting Hussein's model administration and calling the Syrian occupation of Lebanon a 'peace-keeping mission' guess what it blames the real motivation for the US invasion of Iraq? It's the Jews, stupid.

In a letter today to Prime Minister Paul Martin, the Canadian Islamic Congress said it endorses yesterday Martin's characterization that Syrian troops are in Lebanon as peacekeepers, not invaders. "The withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon should be left up to those two countries to negotiate," said the CIC....

To date, the American-led invasion of Iraq has resulted in the deaths of more than 100,000 Iraqis and thousands of Americans. Iraq has been transformed from country with 100% employment and a stable public service infrastructure, into an impoverished nation in disarray, with more than half of its adult workforce jobless. From being one of the leading Middle East states in administration, education and health care, Iraq has fallen to one of the world's most disadvantaged societies.

The CIC is charging that America's aggressive Middle East policies are designed primarily to shore up Israel's military power and economic advantages in the region, while attempting to divert world attention from Israel's territorial expansion into the West Bank through illegal Jews-only settlements.

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Sharia at out borders...(via Llama Butchers)

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Listening to the elite media, one might get the impression that the number of people deserting the U.S. Armed Forces and going to Canada will soon exceed the number of conservatives in the country. As indicated by this report, that's not what's happening. In fact, based upon best available information, deserters arriving in Canada total no more than a few handfuls. Nonetheless, desertion to a foreign country has international political implications so the media clamps on the story like a lamprey. This is not to say that a stay-at-home deserter who wants headlines can't get them. The media will always oblige steaming piles of news.

The Canadian authorities are currently in the process of reviewing the applications for refugee status of a few deserters with a determination expected in the next few months. Those requesting to be classified as something other than criminals and cowards include Brandon Hughey, David Sanders, and Jeremy Hinzman. Deserter Daniel Felushko has dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship so he gets a pass.

Although there's no mass exodus of deserters, the exact number is unknown. According to a spokesman for the Immigration and Refugee Board, Serge Arsenault, privacy laws prevent release of that type of information. This seems odd. Whose privacy is being protected? The Canadian government?

All in all, the handfuls of deserters going to Canada seeking refugee status will have to prove that they have "a well-founded fear of persecution based on their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion." It's sure that they have fears, but not of persecution. It's fear of incarceration for violating the contractual obligations they have with the United States of America. Interestingly, based on a recent report, the deserters may have been able to avoid the entire bureaucratic process by greasing a few palms. Apparently, permanent residency status has been marketed for a mere $4,000.

In closing, it's probably prudent for people to remember the names of the deserters so that, if they apply for employment, they are not hired into positions requiring trustworthiness and strength of character.

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