Newspaper cartoon a hate crime, Islamic group claims

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Police in Halifax are investigating a complaint about a political cartoon that some members of a local Islamic group claim is a hate crime.

The cartoon, published April 18 in the Chronicle Herald newspaper, depicts a woman in a burka holding a sign that reads, "I want millions," and she says, "I can put it towards my husband's next training camp."
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The cartoon by Bruce MacKinnon is a reference to Cheryfa MacAulay Jamal, a woman from Nova Scotia whose husband was arrested in 2006 in an anti-terrorism raid. Qayyum Abdul Jamal was released from jail after charges against him were stayed on April 15.
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In an interview with the Herald before the cartoon ran, Jamal said she wanted to sue the federal government for what her family has gone through and told the reporter, "I want millions," Leger noted.

"[MacKinnon] depicted her exactly the way she looks and used her own words, and that's the genius of cartooning that you're able to do that," he said.


ok, so someone acted like a total buffoon, and you've decided commenting on it is a hate crime ? It might engender hatred towards muslims ?

Maybe you need to get your people to stop acting like buffoons instead ?



The cartoon is aimed at a single individual , so your case won't fly. Rather like us making fun of the prime minister.

Your reaction to the cartoon is most interesting, however. You seem to believe Muslims should be untouchable no matter what they do. And thats not gonna fly either.