A spokesman for moderate Muslims has resigned from the Muslim Canadian Congress, citing death threats and safety concerns.
Tarek Fatah said his wife and daughters encouraged him to step down as communications director for the organization following an alarming number of threats and harassing phone calls.
“I’m just exhausted, it’s too much,” he told CBC.
“I’m physically drained and fatigued and disappointed by how much leverage these extremists have,” he said.
Fatah said he has been assaulted both verbally and physically, including an incident in which he was attacked at an Islamic conference in Toronto by dozens of young Muslim men.
CBC
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Another voice:
While some in the United States take great pride in declaring America a Christian nation, Muslims in the Middle East view American Christianity as synonymous with hypocrisy, a Lebanese Baptist seminary professor said in a lengthy interview with EthicsDaily.com.
America today has blurred the lines between its own political and economic interests, on the one hand, and divine justice on the other,” said Martin Accad, academic dean at Arab Baptist Theological Seminary.
Accad said he reacts with “stupefied disbelief” when American Christians and political leaders speak of U.S. foreign policy as just, fair and “doing God’s will on Earth.”
“Muslims, who do not naturally separate religion and faith from the social, political and economic realms, automatically understand American politics as an expression and extension of America’s proclaimed Christianity,” he said. “The whole conflict thus takes on an entirely religious dimension.”
