After a year-long hearing, costing half a million dollars, a Canadian Human Rights body has concluded that a man who reprinted the Danish “Mohammed cartoons” in his magazine did not incite hatred against Muslims.
The Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission’s hearing became a cause celebre as the defendant, Ezra Levant, posted videos of the hearings on Youtube. The Commission was considering a complaint from the Edmonton Council of Muslim Canadians against Levant after he republished the cartoons in his now-defunct magazine Western Standard.
Ezra Levant said: “I was let go because I’m in the media every day. I’ve been down to (the U.S.) Congress to testify, I’ve been on CNN, even. That’s why I was let go, because if I caused them this much pain just in an investigation, imagine what the trial would be like,” he said. He does not consider this a victory, though. For more information see this report from the Calgary Herald. Read more ...
The Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission’s hearing became a cause celebre as the defendant, Ezra Levant, posted videos of the hearings on Youtube. The Commission was considering a complaint from the Edmonton Council of Muslim Canadians against Levant after he republished the cartoons in his now-defunct magazine Western Standard.
Ezra Levant said: “I was let go because I’m in the media every day. I’ve been down to (the U.S.) Congress to testify, I’ve been on CNN, even. That’s why I was let go, because if I caused them this much pain just in an investigation, imagine what the trial would be like,” he said. He does not consider this a victory, though. For more information see this report from the Calgary Herald. Read more ...
Source: National Secular Society
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