Ottawa Should Support Canadian Muslim Groups That Condemn Hamas, Instead of Funding Anti-Semitic Ones
The government's indulgence of Muslim leaders' demands for "phobia" parity with Jews exacerbates Jews' concerns. Despite the chasm in gravity between the two problems, Justin Trudeau almost never condemns anti-Semitism without condemning Islamophobia in the same breath. Moreover, what nobody in government has the spine to mention is that while Canadian Jews are not harassing or beating up Muslims, the alarming uptick in hate crimes against Jews is almost entirely due to escalating aggression by the many extremists among Canadian Muslims. It is, of course, considered Islamophobic to mention this inconvenient reality.
A loss of "civility" is the least of Jews' plausible fears for the future. The Muslim leadership made a considered choice in their refusal to commiserate with Jewish suffering, a silence that speaks volumes. My own reading of this subliminal shot across the cultural bows is: 'From here on, we won't fake adherence to the Canadian values of pluralism and mutual respect. If that looks like anti-Semitism, we don't care.