Bangash Hits the Big Time--Coverage in the Toronto Star

The dogged local Khomeinist has finally hit on the formula for getting the Toronto Star to pay attention to him--drop the "free, free Palestine" stuff and rant about "insults" to Islam:

Zafar Bangash stepped off his makeshift stage across the street from the U.S. consulate Saturday to hugs and kisses from his Muslim brothers. 

Bangash, director of the Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought in Toronto, led a crowd of roughly 1,500 in chants against the anti-Islamic film, Innocence of Muslims. 

“The Muslims, united, will never be defeated,” yelled Bangash, the crowd following suit. “Shame, shame, U.S.A. Shame, shame, U.S.A.” 

Bangash, the organizer of the protest, told the crowd to rise up against the inaction of the U.S., and the Canadian government as well. 

“Harper, Harper, shame on you,” said Bangash, the crowd of men, women and children roaring his words back at him. 

“Islamophobia has now become the official policy of the U.S. and Canadian governments,” Bangash said once offstage. He said that neither government has taken enough action against the film. 

“Not a single Canadian politician has uttered a single word about this scandalous and filthy movie,” said Bangash, adding the statement issued by the U.S. government is not enough...

Dear Zaffy: Shall we bring back drawing and quartering, or would a simple beheading suffice?

 

Update: What the heck is the Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought? Wikipedia describes it as

an international intellectual centre of the global Islamic movement.^[1] It consists of individual activists, journalists and academics from around the world who share a common commitment to developing the social and political ideology of Islam, and promoting their ideas and analysis as an alternative worldview to that of the western civilization. ICIT was established in 1998 to continue the work initiated by the late Dr. Kalim Siddiqui (1931–1996), who was Director of the Muslim Institute in London. Following his death, Dr Kalim Siddiqui's closest associates advanced the work of ICIT. These include Zafar Bangash of Toronto, Canada, who is now Director of the ICIT, Imam Muhammad al-Asi and Imam Abdul Alim Musa of Washington DC, and Iqbal Siddiqui of London, now the editor of the Crescent International newsmagazine.

The ICIT also has affiliates all over the world. These include organizations and contacts in Canada, the US, South Africa, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Australia, and numerous other countries. Many of these are contacts who have been working with the Muslim Institute for over two decades. ICIT activities can be divided into the following six categories: Media; Internet; Publishing; Conferences and Seminars; Teaching and Lecture Courses; and Research.

In a nutshell: it's a beachhead of zany Khomeinism here in the West--and Zafar is its leader.

Gotta love that "multiculturalism," eh?