The Last Crusade

The Last Crusade reminds our readers: The United States has far more Moslems than does the United Kingdom.

Think about it.

IN VOGUE: BEHIND THE VEIL

GALA ISLAMIC EVENT GETS UNDERWAY TODAY

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She might be nubile and nude beneath the niqab or a withered old hag.

Few will know when Islamic women gather today in Winnipeg to demand the right to wear their form and face concealing niqab.

The event takes place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Carol Shields Auditorium at the Millennium Library.

It will feature the latest in Islamic fashion, including the burquini which is sure to capture more attention on the beach than the scantiest bikini.

“It’s a woman’s choice to wear a miniskirt or niqab,” says event organizer Shahina Siddiqui, president of the Islamic Social Services Association.

A niqab is a full-body garment that covers the hair and face, except for the eyes.

For Canada to be truly inclusive, people need to have a better understanding of each other, Ms. Siddiqui maintains, even if they cannot see the person with whom they are trying to communicate.

The organizers of the event are fearful that Canada and other Western countries might follow France in banning the wearing of hijabs and religious head scarves in public schools.

“People said, ‘There’s no way it’s going to happen here,’ ” Ms. Siddiqui says.

But in the last two months in this country, two women in Quebec have been ejected from class for not removing their religious head coverings. That’s too close for comfort for the Islamic Social Services Association

“Where does it end?” Ms. Siddiqui asks.

She wants Islamic women throughout Canada to voice their protest against “religious intolerance,” such as the demand that they remove their facial covering for the purpose of security.

Thousands of Muslim women are expected to join here although few will be possible to recognize.

Manitoba’s Muslim population is growing as the province increases its annual immigration targets.

In 1991, there were 2,805 Muslims in Manitoba. In 2001, there were 5,100.

Today, there are more than 7,000.

By 2015, the Muslim population is again expected to triple.

SEX OKAY WITH INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN

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One of the world’s largest Islamic organizations has issued a religious ruling stating that Muslims should feel free to marry prepubescent girls as young as six or seven.

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) further ruled that Muslim men may have intimate relationships, including intercourse, with such young children “as long as they are able.”

The organization boasts a membership of 30 million throughout Indonesia, including Java, where President Barack Obama lived with his mother and stepfather, Lolo Soetoro.

Mr. Soetoro, who served as an army geologist and government relations consultant in Jakarta, reportedly remained a member of NU until his death in 1981.

Cholil Nafis, NU’s secretary of the committee for religious issues, made the announcement sanctioning pedophilia at the conclusion of the organization’s 32nd Congress.

Sacred Islamic verses, Mr. Nafis said, do not stipulate a minimum age for a young girl to marry or a certain age for connubial sexual activity..

“They can get married at any age, even girls who haven’t started menstruating,” he announced. “And they can have intimate relationships and intercourse, as long as they are able.”

Cholil said Islamic law only suggested that marriages would be better after a woman had her first period.

“As long as the objectives of the marriage are positive, it is allowed,” Mr. Cholil continued. “Mind you, we don’t encourage people just to get married to fulfill their desires, no.”

The edict drew immediate criticism from Komnas Perempuan (KP), the National Commission on Violence Against Women in Jakarta.

KP Vice Chairwoman Masruchah said the edict violates the Law on Child Protection, which defines children as being younger than 18 years old.

Girls can begin to have their periods as early as the age of 9, but their reproductive system is still fragile and they are “not ready to be a sexually active person,” Ms. Masruchah maintained.

MUSLIM PEDOPHILIA THRIVES IN CANADA

NOT ILLEGAL TO WED PREPUBESCENT GIRLS

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Canadian immigration officials say there’s little they can do to stop the “child brides” of Muslim men from gaining entry into the country.

Canadian Muslim men, often 60 years or older, often marry young girls – - some prepubescent – - in arranged marriages abroad. They then serve as sponsors for their “child brides” to gain Canadian residency and citizenship.

Canadian authorities say they cannot prevent the practice and can only request an official delay upon the approval of sponsorship until the girls turn 16.

The marriages of men to young girls – - even children who are premenstrual – - are sanctioned by Sharia Law. The Prophet Muhammad wed Aisha, when she was six, and deflowered her at nine. The three year hiatus before the deflowering was precipitated by the fact that Aisha developed a serious skin condition.

The Canadian officials say some of the child brides, often as young as 10, are forced to marry in such Islamic countries as Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and the Palestinian Authority.

In classified documents, Canadian visa officer Steve Bulmer says he refused to allow one Pakistani man to sponsor his 15-year-old bride in August 2009.

“I can find no section (of law) that states the marriage is ‘invalid’ or ‘void,’” Bulmer wrote in e-mails obtained by lawyer Richard Kurland under Access of Information. “I am afraid the age does not invalidate the marriage even if it is illegal to marry.”

Mr. Kurland maintains there’s little that can be done to stop Canadians from marrying child brides. “A 15-year-old bride doesn’t void a marriage,” he says, arguing that the practice has been going on for years and represents “a concrete loophole that can’t be fixed.”

“A child marriage is punishable but it does not render the marriage invalid,” Abdul Hameed of the Canadian embassy in Islamabad says.

Canadian officials quoting an Afghanistan Law of Marriages say in some countries it is “customary for young females to wed men considerably older, especially if the man is in a position of financial or social power.”

According to the Afghan law and similar Islamic laws, it is not uncommon for marriages between first cousins or extended family members

It Is Allowed to Marry a Girl at the Age of One

Aired on LBC TV (Lebanon) – June 19, 2008 – 00:03:08 :

Dr. Ahmad Al-Mub’i, a Saudi Marriage Officiant: It Is Allowed to Marry a Girl at the Age of One, If Sex Is postponed. The Prophet Muhammad, Whose Model We Follow, Married ‘Aisha When She Was Six and Had Sex with Her When She Was Nine :
Following are excerpts from an interview with Dr. Ahmad Al-Mu’bi, a Saudi marriage officiant, which aired on LBC TV on June 19, 2008:

Child sex normal in Islam and Quran

Sahih Bukhari Volume 7, Book 62, Number 65:

Narrated ‘Aisha:

That the Prophet married her when she was SIX years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old.