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Montreal muslims show support for shooting civilians in Syria

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From the Montreal Gazette. (H/T Blazing Cat Fur)

Excerpt:

Montreal had its own version Wednesday night of what some in Syria are calling “loyalty marches” – demonstrations in support of Syrian strongman Bashar Assad. Dozens of flag-waving Syrian nationals and Syrian Canadians, including many students, shouted pro-Assad slogans at the corner of Guy St. and de Maisonneuve Blvd. denouncing what they decried as “biased media reports” about unprecedented anti-regime protests that were virtually unheard of during the past 11 years. While protesters in Syria are demanding the end of 50 years of emergency rule, the Montreal demonstrators voiced support for Assad.

Blazing Cat Fur has links to photos of the rally. Scary.

I blogged before about the violent actions of the Iran-backed Syrian government.

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Mother arrested for attempted murder of daughter

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Story from CTV News. (H/T Blazing Cat Fur)

Excerpt:

A Montreal mother will appear in a provincial court Monday on charges that she tried to kill her teenaged daughter, in what police suspect could be an attempted honour killing.

[…]CTV Montreal’s Rob Lurie reported that the mother was apparently upset that her daughter had stayed out very late at night on Saturday.

“It appears that the mother allegedly stabbed her daughter in the head, face and shoulders,” Lurie reported from Dorval on Monday.

In a separate report on CTV News Channel, Lurie said the family is originally from Afghanistan and is relatively new to Canada.

Neighbours told CTV Montreal that the 19-year-old victim sometimes wore a hijab when leaving the house, while not wearing a hijab on other occasions.

Lapointe said the mother will face charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault and possession of a weapon.

The secular left often says that we should not judge other cultures morally, and some say that there should even be a parallel system of justice for Muslims based on sharia law, as in the UK. After all, they say, who are we in the Judeo-Christian West to judge others? What makes us any better than them?