G&M Apology-Demander Is the One Who Should Really Be Apologizing

In a Globe and Mail op-ed, a Canadian Muslim dons his victimhood cloak, mounts an immensely high steed, and demands an apology of behalf of his co-religionists from Prime Minister Stephen Harper:

Each time there is a terrorist attack or a mass killing – the Norway massacre, the Sandy Hook killings, the Boston Marathon bombings – the Canadian Muslim feels a gnawing pang of anxiety that loudly screams, “Please, don’t let this be one of ours, not again.”

With so many media depictions of Muslims as little more than bearded or veiled monsters, the reflexive reaction is unsurprising. It is almost a pathology now, evidenced by the ritualistic throat-clearing that precedes a Muslim’s comments on politics or religion, that yes, Israel has the right to exist, and no, suicide-bombing is wrong, and no, we should not impose Sharia, and no, that verse from the Qur’an is being misinterpreted. So, when the Prime Minister’s Office recently attacked the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) as being tied to Hamas, my ears shot up.

Before Stephen Harper and his large entourage left on for a trip to Israel last month the NCCM, a prominent civil liberties and advocacy organization (with which I have no affiliation), objected to the inclusion of Daniel Korobkin, a Toronto rabbi who had allegedly spoken warmly of two prominent anti-Islam activists, Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer. It is no secret that Geller and Spencer are part of the increasingly energetic anti-Islam industry in the United States. Both have made repulsive accusations and have not limited their inane opprobrium to Islam. The Prime Minister’s spokesman rebuffed the NCCM, stating the government would “not take seriously criticism from an organization with documented ties to a terrorist organization such as Hamas.”

In fact, Mr. Aziz, Rabbi Korobkin didn't say much of anything that was terribly complimentary about Geller and Spencer. What he did say was that he himself had studied Islam in university, and that, all in all, he thought it was a pretty swell religion. He even gave kudos to his Muslim prof, from whom he learned these pearls of wisdom. Given that, I'd say that you're the one who owes Rabbi Korobkin an apology--a big one.

As for Geller and Spencer being  "anti-Islam" activists, that, too, is false. The twosome are anti-jihad and pro-truth. If you want to call what they do part of an energetic "industry," know that it's largely an industry of two, and thus hardly in the same league, both numbers-wise and energy-wise, as CAIR, ISNA, and all the other Islamic outfits, some of which have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. As such, you also owe Geller and Spencer an apology.

And just because you're incapable of documenting the entity formerly known as CAIR-CAN's ties to Hamas, that doesn't mean that others are similarly feckless. Blogger Point de Bascule, for instance, has done yeoman's work in that area. So perhaps you should apologize to PdB, too.

Update: Raheel Razza sheds light on the NCCM "victimhood narrative."