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[HasbiAllah]

come on, this man has good intentions. this IS canada and people say what they want, all we can do is remain true to ourselves and not be bothered by opinions of others- we are not all like minded, not everybody will agree and THAT OK

[HasbiAllah]

furthermore, what is a true and serious blow to human rights, is guantanamo prison. i agree that the comment about cheryfa jamal paying for training camp was hurtful, but it's simply not enough to take it to court- we should be trying to build bridges and focus on the larger issues.

[prophetsnotprofits]

It is true that Guantanamo is a large issue. Although I feel it is important to challenge people's stereotypes on smaller issues as if we just wait until the small becomes big we will have no one to blame but our own lack of addressing hurt and prejudice when they occur.

[prophetsnotprofits]

This man has good intentions? To squeeze my freedom of speech while he exercises his. What intentions are these that are good? People can say what they want but atleast gove the other side a venue. When McLeans posts trash about ISlam and then does not allow the Muslims to reply then we have a problem.

[CheryfaJamal]

So, if I take the cloth off my head and 'be white' again, do you think I would be worthy enough for you to tolerate my view and opinion?

Does being a 'normal white person' make me more of a human? Does being a Muslim make me less?

Who really is the intolerant one here?

[CheryfaJamal]

Yea, I'm UmmTayyab.

[UmmTayyab]

What exactly about me did you find so unCanadian that you felt the overwhelming urge to teach me how 'you' behave here in the West??

Wasn't I white enough for you?

What, did a piece of cloth draped over my head take my whiteness or my Canadianess away???

So whose the one freaking out?

[UmmTayyab]

My father's family came here from Scotland, and landed in Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1812, and migrated to St. Anne's Cape Breton to join the congretation of Rev. Norman MacLeod, and has owned land there until today.

My mother's father founded and owned Sagadore Cranes, the largest crane and construction company in the province of Nova Scotia.

[UmmTayyab]

My grandfather, Alexander MacAulay, is in the original photo of the first landing of the very first fixed wing aircraft in the British Empire; the Silver Dart, on the bay below the Alexander Graham Bell House. He's one of the boys skating on the ice behnd the plane.

He was also an RCMP officer in the Yukon Territories, and fought in Paschendale in WWI.

[UmmTayyab]

My grandmother was knighted by Queen Elizabeth as Dame Isabel for her work with St. John's Ambulance.

She also helped create the first Canadian regional tartan, The Nova Scotia Tartan, had it registered with Lord Lyons as an official tartan and held the rights to it for 50 years.

My father served in the Reserves, Halifax Rifles, and the Intelligence Corps as a young man. He also carried the torch for the 1988 Olympics at the age of 52.

[CheryfaMacAulayJamal]

How stereotypical that just because I dress as a modest Muslim woman, I must be stupid and need to be Canadianized. My family built this country.

Being a Canadian does not mean one has to think and act and dress in only one specific way. If it's a WASPY country you want, sorry, wrong century.

But if you commit a crime against me, don't expect me to turn the other cheek, I WILL try to prosecute.

It's MY country and I WILL exercise my rights (what is left of them).

[UmmTayyab]

As a child, I pinned a rose on the lapel of the newly elected Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau at the opening of the 1967 Gaelic College Mod.

I represented Canada in the 1986 International Military Tatoo in Stuttgard Germany, as a drummer in the CFB Lahr Drums and Pipes.

While struggling my way through college as a mother of three children, I worked for GreenPeace Canada.

My brother worked as a sailor aboard the Schooner (you know, the one on the back of the Canadian dime).

[UmmTayyab]

I DON'T APPRECIATE THIS CARTOON!

Listen Mr. Buddy What's Your Face, tolerate my opinion and my view.

YOUR COUNTRY???!!!