Canadian PM calls "Islamicism" biggest threat

"Islamicism", "Islamization", "Islamic fundamentalism"... Whatever you call it, what we fear most is having a bunch of ragtops, tentheads, camel jockeys or whatever take over our country and turn it into Afghanistan.

Who says so? Certainly not Hussein "Al" Obama. Surprisingly, it was none other than Canadian Prime Minister "Call me Steve" Harper, speaking in an interview with CBC News. The interview will air tonight, September 7th. Tune in to "The National" and you will hear Mr. Harpoon tell Pete Mansbridge that "the biggest security threat to Canada a decade after 9/11 is Islamic terrorism."

Canada's Dear Leader goes on to say that the country is safer than it was on 9/11, when al-Qaeda attacked, errr, a country to the south, but that "the major threat is still Islamicism.... There are other threats out there, but that is the one that I can tell you occupies the security apparatus most regularly in terms of actual terrorist threats."

Harper warned that terrorist threats can "come out of the blue". It is not clear whether he was referring to a political party or something else. The example he gave was the recent outrages in Norway, where a lone gunman who hated Muslims killed 77 people. Why this qualifies as an act of Islamic terrorism was not explained, but Harper said terrorism by Islamic radicals is still the top threat, though a "diffuse" one. [It must be defused! Ed.]

"When people think of Islamic terrorism, they think of Afghanistan, or maybe they think of some place in the Middle East, but the truth is that threat exists all over the world," he said, citing terrorism in Nigeria, where (as Walt pointed out recently) Muslim extremists have fallen into the habit of burning Christian churches, often with the believers still inside.

The PM said "home-grown Islamic radicals in Canada are also something that we keep an eye on." Harpoon said his government will bring back anti-terrorism clauses that were brought in in 2001 but were "sunsetted" in 2007 because... well... because the Mounties never found any Islamic radicals, home-grown or otherwise, to use them on.

No word yet on when the Prime Minister will be prosecuted under section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act for inciting hatred against a religious minority. Don't hold your breath.