As Per Usual It's All About Them

CAIR-CAN gets out its smoke and mirrors so as to turn a press statement about a hate incident against Jews into a lesson about "Islamophobia" and "Abrahamic" similiarities:

(Ottawa, Canada – August 5th, 2011) - The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) today condemned the recent vandalism of the Robbins Hebrew Academy which is attached to the Beth Tikvah synagogue in Toronto and calls on police to swiftly bring the perpetrators to justice. According to a report, vandals spray-painted a swastika and the words “Islam will rule.”

“CAIR-CAN stands firmly with all Canadians in denouncing this act of hate and intimidation. We wish to unequivocally voice our support for all victims of such intolerant and divisive acts. It is clear that the individual(s) responsible are deeply ignorant of the basic tenets of mercy, understanding and compassion inherent in the Abrahamic faith traditions.

“In January of this year-CAN issued a Statement on the Sanctity of Sacred Spaces which complements our earlier Statement on the Sanctity of Sacred Texts. The latter was released in September 2010 as a response to the proposed Qur’an burning in Florida,” said Ihsaan Gardee, CAIR-CAN Executive Director.

“CAIR-CAN urges local politicians and security officials in Toronto, as well as provincial and federal governments, to work together to continue to relentlessly combat all forms of racism including anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. We call on the authorities to prosecute the perpetrators of these acts to the fullest extent of the law to send a strong message against hate crimes and intolerance.”

“We also urge the synagogue and community leaders to remain vigilant and to immediately report suspicious behaviour to the proper authorities in order to establish a clear record of such incidents.”

CAIR-CAN is a national, non-profit, grassroots organization striving to be a leading voice that enriches Canadian society through Muslim civic engagement and the promotion of human rights.

Reading the above you'd never know that one and only one "Abrahamic faith tradition" subscribes to the jihad impertative and the primacy of sharia.

Update: Andrew Bostom calls sharia "both a means and an end."

Update: Re "Islamophobia" and anti-Semitism, the latest stats reveal that one is declining while the other is on the rise:

Gleaned from police data across the country, the numbers show that hate crimes motivated by religion increased 53 percent.

As in previous years, about two-thirds of religiously motivated hate crimes were committed against Jews. There were 165 hate crimes targeting Jews in 2008, an increase of 42 percent over the year before.

Twenty-six incidents were reported against Muslims, representing a slight drop from 2007.

One thing these stats don't (or won't) reveal: how many of the hate crimes targeting Jews were committed by Muslims.