Police in Halifax are investigating a complaint about a political cartoon that some members of a local Islamic group claim is a hate crime.The cartoon, published April 18 in the Chronicle Herald newspaper, depicts a woman in a burka holding a sign that reads, "I want millions," and she says, "I can put it towards my husband's next training camp."
The cartoon by Bruce MacKinnon is a reference to Cheryfa MacAulay Jamal, a woman from Nova Scotia whose husband was arrested in 2006 in an anti-terrorism raid. Qayyum Abdul Jamal was released from jail after charges against him were stayed on April 15.
"You would not put a native American Indian with feathers and say I need money in order to cull white people's heads. You wouldn't do that. This would be libellous," he said.
Khan's group called police on April 21. He said the group also filed a complaint with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. Read more ...
Source: CBC News
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