Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Major media--only the Toronto Star seems to have covered this: "Toronto Rally Against Taliban Atrocities"

Further to Babbling's post, and good on the Star; Terry Glavin provides details (Star story is first link at his post--and Rob Breakenridge of CHQR 770 Calgary also noticed Mr Glavin's post):
Introducing Islamic law into the Swat Valley of northwestern Pakistan will only encourage the Taliban to terrorize a wider region than they do, Pashtun Canadian leaders told demonstrators at a Toronto rally yesterday [Feb. 15].

The news out of NWFP overshadowed everything. More here. More photos here.

The rally was enthusiastically endorsed by the Canada-Afghanistan Solidarity Committee. Said CASC's Lauryn Oates: “Canadians must urgently confront the commonplace and bigoted misconception in this country that the Taliban are somehow a legitimate expression of Pashtun or Afghan culture or politics.”

UPDATE: For all those numpties who greet the news of this rally by asking stupid questions like 'Why haven't they raised their voices before?', as though they haven't, read this: Taliban Threats in Pakistan Are Heard a World Away. Plus, my comrade and CASC member Jim Monk was on hand and here are some of his photos (the first is one that someone took of our Jim):










More here.

And more from Atlas Shrugged, also with photos.

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