Barbara Kay: Canada needs to have a serious talk about the Muslim Brotherhood
The U.S. is proposing to list it as a terror organization. Why aren't we?
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In 2014, Tom Quiggin, a former Privy Council intelligence analyst and court-recognized expert on terrorism, authored a study that “intended to focus public attention on the requirement to have a national level discussion on the Muslim Brotherhood and its role in Canada.” It was not welcomed by the Liberal Party under Islamo-reverent Justin Trudeau, who came to power shortly after its publication. Attacked as a smear against Canadian Muslims by the National Council of Canadian Muslims (formerly CAIR-CAN), the report’s recommendation for an investigation into the Brotherhood was quickly subsumed under the general heading of “Islamophobia.” References to the group gently sank beneath the bar of permissible discourse.
This Salafist organization is at the root of al Qaeda, ISIS and Hamas - and many other groups that have troubled the world.