Concerned Christians Canada has said they will launch a Human Rights Complaint against the Alberta Tories.
Slap Upside The Head has the details.
Craig Chandler’s candidacy was rejected in November.
I wrote about Chandler tossing his hat in the ring a few months ago.
Chandler was not rejected because he is a Christian. He was rejected for his history of opposition to the human rights of GLBT.Â
Ezra Levant, formerly of the defunct Western Standard has been told the Alberta HRC complaint will be withdrawn.
Calgary Muslim leader Syed Soharwardy says he is withdrawing his Alberta Human Rights Commission complaint against former Western Standard publisher Ezra Levant.
The complaint was launched in February 2006, after the Western Standard and the Jewish Free Press reprinted cartoons from a Danish newspaper that many in the Muslim world felt insulted the prophet Muhammad. The cartoons sparked violent protests in a number of countries.
“Over the two years that we have gone through the process, I understand that most Canadians see this as an issue of freedom of speech, that that principle is sacred and holy in our society,” said Soharwardy, president of the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada.
Levant says withdrawal is not sufficient.
Mr. Levant said he isn’t buying Mr. Soharwardy’s promise, calling it a “temporary, tactical truce.”
“I don’t believe him. He thought this would be easy to do, just sic the human rights commission on me and it would be done. But I decided to fight back,” said Mr. Levant.
“He’s hurting right now. . . . What he’s now saying he is going to do is not a true reflection of his feelings.”
Mr. Levant said he plans to launch a civil lawsuit against Mr. Soharwardy to recover the tens of thousands of dollars he said he has spent battling the complaint.
“I put in at least 100 hours fighting this guy. He may want to run away from this issue, but I’m not going to. His values are out of sync with Canadian society.”
Ezra Levant – blog post: Syed Soharwardy wants a “hudna”
Ezra Levant - wiki
