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They are strictly a threatening and violence based group. And arresting them is the mildest form of what should be done.

The police won't follow up on this as it is not worth their time. But, especially now that he is exposed, this guy is going to rip off the wrong person or the wrong person's wife or the wrong person's grandmother or the wrong person's [......] ..... and will become a statistic. It's Detroit.

LOOOOL You must be related to Pol Pot!

"She is accused of blasphemy, instigating violence, illegally acquiring property, insulting the country's dress code and encouraging young people to commit corruption." = fashion blogger (?) "one tweet sarcastically suggesting she should have indulged in less incendiary pursuits, such as embezzlement and murder." looool

Actually, she did not fly. https://www.independent.co.United Kingdom/environment/climate-change/greta-thunberg-new-york-yacht-climate-change-boat-a9083026.html

The police report states that she was threatened. http://torontopolice.on.ca/newsreleases/44190

There was no blaming of a school of thought. don’t know how you come up with this.

I disagree. It is important for the Shia community to know about this and not to hide it, in case there are people out there who have been afraid to come forward and need help. The OP is posting this on a Shia forum not on a general forum.

One of the charges is threatening her life which is also very serious. I agree that one should not be tried in the media but also, for charges to actually be laid in Canada they evidence would have to be very solid. I have worked in cases where it is seems obvious that there is an abuse situation and there is a disclosure made but one person's testimony is not enough as it comes to he-said she-said situation. The prosecutor needs solid evidence. Probably recorded communications of some kind. It is way too late to try and hide this. CBC is not the National Enquirer and does not post stuff with which they could be charged with liable.. If he is guilty of this, there are probably other victims and they should not be discouraged from coming forward with the thought of protecting the greater good of the community as it is very much doing the opposite. It is really hard to come forward for victims as they have to go through lots of disbelief and personal attacks. If he is innocent, let him be cleared and not left as a memory of someone running for the airport.

I have thought of that before. These people were forcibly kidnapped and sold to traders and not just for the American slave market. Seems more than obvious but is usually not addressed. Why do some idolize their African roots when they were so seriously betrayed by their kinsmen?

Agreed. This is a bit of an overreach! but I agree that you cannot build a strong community tainted with blind ignorance and bigotry. Something we do need to be aware of so as not to inadvertently perpetuate an archaic style of demean and diminish as a (flawed) means of establishing ourselves, and as you say, with the potential to go backwards.

If someone publicly stated a broad, judgemental and prejudicial, negative stereotype about Muslims, we would quickly condemn it as Islamophobia. What is it called when someone writes a post stating a broad, judgemental and prejudicial, negative stereotype about non-Muslims?

Kashmir escalation: Pakistan 'shoots down two Indian jets' https://www.bbc.com/news/world-Asia-47383634

I can see the purpose of this tax if the country has a government sponsored health care system. Smokers "tax" the health care system big time.

She WAS a 15 year old girl - she is now a hardened fanatic, with great connections, who stated she was totally OK with the inhumanities committed by ISIS. Despite struggling in the last few months and losing her children, and having just given birth in a camp, she still has the cold superior arrogance of those who gave themselves the right to completely destroy the lives, livelihoods and homes of all those who did not share their beliefs. Think for a moment with what she she agrees. A lot of this took place in her Raqqa community while she played house and then participated or promoted in these horrors in ways she has no intention of sharing. I feel sorry for their kids too. I also feel sorry for the thousands of kids that witnessed horrors many of us cannot even watch on screen from the safety of our Western home, for the little girls who were beaten and repeatedly raped while calling out for their murdered fathers, and of course for the many orphans who managed to find enough food and shelter to survive and whose lives will remain uncertain. I don't think we should be cherry picking which children deserve help more, based on the acts of their parents. I did not sense any true remorse from either of them. They both were pretty clear that they only wanted to come back for what the state could do for them. There was not one word about what they could do for others. Not one. When you have people in such a compromised position still bolstered and strengthened by their murderous ideology, how strong do you think they will be once fed, and housed in a secure situation? They are both a huge threat. I am not in favour of using innocent lives as a therapy mat to determine if they will or will not reconnect with what are now, since their "diaspora", global connections. These people are fanatics. The ONLY reason they want to return is that they want to be taken care of and will tap any resource to get it. To willingly put innocent lives in danger to gamble with what these two will do, puts the lives of many at great risk, including children.