Ms DD Posted January 31, 2007 No stoning, Canada migrants told Don't stone women to death, burn them or circumcise them, immigrants wishing to live in the town of Herouxville in Quebec, Canada, have been told. The rules come in a new town council declaration on culture that Muslims have branded shocking and insulting. Quebec is in the midst of a huge debate on integrating immigrant cultures. Montreal police are investigating an officer who wrote a song called That's Enough Already, which says immigrants are undermining Quebec culture. 'Not racist' Herouxville, which has one immigrant family in its population of about 1,300, is 160km (100 miles) north-east of Montreal. Its council published the new rules on the town's website. I was shocked and insulted to see these kinds of false stereotypes and ignorance about Islam and our religion Salam Elmenyawi, Muslim Council of Montreal "We wish to inform these new arrivals that the way of life which they abandoned when they left their countries of origin cannot be recreated here," the declaration reads. "We consider it completely outside norms to... kill women by stoning them in public, burning them alive, burning them with acid, circumcising them etc." It points out that women are allowed to drive, vote, dance and own their own homes. The rules ban Sikh children from carrying ceremonial daggers to school, even though the Supreme Court has ruled they can. The man behind the declaration, councillor Andre Drouin, told the National Post newspaper the rules were not racist. "We invite people from all nationalities, all languages, all sexual orientations, whatever, to come live with us, but we want them to know ahead of time how we live," he said. Mr Drouin said there had been a number of recent incidents of culture clashes that meant the new rules were needed. In one a Toronto judge ordered a Christmas tree removed from a court so as not to offend non-Christians. In another a Montreal gym installed frosted windows after a Hasidic synagogue complained the sight of adults exercising was offensive. However, the president of the Muslim Council of Montreal, Salam Elmenyawi, condemned the council, saying it had set back race relations decades. He told Reuters news agency: "I was shocked and insulted to see these kinds of false stereotypes and ignorance about Islam and our religion." A poll in a Montreal newspaper this month revealed that 59% of Quebecers admitted to some kind of racist feelings. Montreal police are considering disciplinary action against the 37-year-old officer who wrote the song urging immigrants in Quebec to assimilate. The song includes the lines: "We want to accept ethnics, but not at any price... if you're not happy with your fate, there's a place called the airport." Police spokesman Yan Lafreniere said the song did not uphold the values of the Montreal police force and that the officer would be questioned as to his motives. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/americas/6316151.stm Published: 2007/01/31 10:09:12 GMT Seems like the town of Herouxville in Quebec is having no truck with Muslims/Sikhs/Whatever wanting to live there. It's drawn up a declaration stating that.. ""We wish to inform these new arrivals that the way of life which they abandoned when they left their countries of origin cannot be recreated here," the declaration reads'' Does anyone find it slightly hypocritical that descendants of a bunch of French immigrants are now posting rules like the above? It just amused me to see a bunch of immigrants nailing up a notice on how immigrants should behave. It is not like they are bombarded with flood of immigrants when the article mentions how they have only one immigrant family in the town. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Strawberry_Xu Posted January 31, 2007 Uhh.... what are the statistics on the number of live burnings and public stonings of women in Canada? :eek: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ms DD Posted January 31, 2007 Where does it happen in the world nowadays? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baluug Posted February 1, 2007 Originally posted by XulaXu: Uhh.... what are the statistics on the number of live burnings and public stonings of women in Canada? :eek: Actually, i went to a public stoning yesterday in the park. Round here, we call them "whorefests". But seriously, this is a small town in Quebec, and they really don't come more racist than the French, especially small-town French. They basically think that all immigrants are savages and barbarians. I'm surprised that they even let immigrants in their town in the first place, even if it is just one family. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
