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Israr Ahmad, the Pakistani Muslim fundamentalist preacher initially defended and then ceremoniously dumped by VisionTV after viewer complaints about his pro-Jihad messages, insists he does not hate Jews.

Asked to respond to VisionTV's decision to ban him from the multi-faith religious channel, Israr Ahmad "strongly refuted the impression that he hated the Jews or he held anti-Semitic views."

Mr Ahmad has written lots of statements showing how much he loves Jews.

In his books, he compares Jews to "parasites," calls them "revengeful," "malicious," and "diabolical," and says they have a "deeply ingrained tendency to conspire." A sample of his writings: - "It is gratifying to learn that we Muslims enjoy two-fold superiority over the Jews." - "It is apparent to any careful observer that the Jews have continued to suffer the floggings of Divine punishment in the present century — the Holocaust during the Second World War being a case in point."

He does rave on: Jews are going to be exterminated by Muslims.  The United States is controlled by a “small Jewish minority” and Jewish bankers have taken over the world financial system through usury.  For good measure, he also says Hindus are prejudiced and intolerant.

This bizarre comment about Christianity turns up as well:

[H]e dismisses Christianity, saying "there is hardly any thing in this religion that can be described as 'Christian.'"

So, what does he say about people he does hate?

More about VisionTV’s duplicity in this controversy here and here.

h/t: National News Watch

In early May, one James Bone was arrested following a break-and-enter at a Whitehorse gas station.  After serving 83 days in remand, he had his day in court and was sentenced to four months.  His lawyer thinks the territory owes him some time.

Bone, charged with breaking and entering and theft under $5,000, was sentenced to four months in custody.

His lawyer argued that, having served 83 days already since May 5th in Yukon’s correctional centre — most of it in 23-hour-a-day lockdown — Bone should be issued a two-for-one time-served credit.

The usual credit in the Yukon is one-and-a-half to one for time served.

Additionally, Bone’s lawyer wanted to ensure his client could keep the extra 23 days on credit.

As is often the case in Yukon, the presiding judge was hired from outside to fill in for local judges on vacation, etc.  He seemed baffled at the lawyer’s request.

“Well that’s the way they do it in the Yukon, is it?” the visiting judge inquired.

“Strange things are done,” said Bone’s lawyer.

Strange?  Yeah, sometimes.  Insane?  No.