-- TORONTO -- It was easy. He simply found an imam willing to break a Canadian law, in exchange for upholding an Islamic one.See folks... if you're willing to toss out the thousands of years old definition of marriage as a union between "one man and one woman"... you can't, in good conscience, throw up barriers to other forms of matrimony.
"Polygamy is happening in Toronto; it's not common, but it's happening," said Hindy, imam at Salahuddin Islamic Centre.
Hindy, hardly a stranger to controversy, is well known for his friendship with the family of Omar Khadr, the young Canadian detainee at Guantanamo Bay, and his outspoken views on the implementation of Islamic law.
In the past five years, Hindy said he has officiated or "blessed" more than 30 polygamous marriages; the most recent was two months ago. Even some imams in the GTA have second wives, he added.**********
FROM THE COMMENTS:
"Does the government have any balls to deal with this issue and this imam in specific who has openly admitted to breaking the law and expressing his contempt of Canadian law?"Uh... that's some sort of trick question, right?
A controversial Toronto imam warned Public Safety Minister Anne McLellan at a closed-door meeting to stop "terrorizing" Canadian Muslims."**********
"If you try to cross the line I can't guarantee what is going to happen."
"Our young people, we can't control."
RELATED: In other urban crime news...
A man is in serious condition after being shot twice and left for dead in a field.And he's not just the victim. Turns out this dickhead is wanted for a string of robberies.
Police were originally notified of the shooting on Driftwood Ave. in the Jane St. and Finch Ave. area by Peel police, said Staff Sgt. Steve Tedford.
The victim, believed to be in his 20s, called his mother, who lives in Peel, after being shot. His mother reported the shooting to Peel Regional Police who in turn notified police in Toronto.
Bright lights, big city.
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