Jawed Anwar is the founder of the Islamic Party of Ontario, based in Scarborough.
On February 1, 2013 Jawed Anwar published an open letter to Kathleen Wynne, then the Premier of Onatrio. Here are excerpts from Anwar’s letter:
Dear Ms Kathleen Wynne
FIRST of all, accept my congratulations for being elected the leader of Ontario Liberal Party and Premier of Ontario…
I noticed from your speeches that you have been continuously expressing your feelings of pride being the first openly gay/lesbian politician of Ontario…
As a progeny and believer of the last Messenger of God, Muhammad (peace be upon him), I want to draw your attention to what he (peace be upon him) brought as a warning from God [through the angel Jibril (Gabriel)]…
The Quran addressed the issue of homosexuality at different occasions with reference to the nation of a prophet of God, Lot (pbuh), the first nation (people of Sodom ) in the history who adopted this lifestyle. Lot (pbuh) has been sent to this nation to warn them…
Explanation of these Quranic verses by Late Sayyid Abul A’la Mawdudi (b.1903 – d. 1979)… 2. The Qur’an refers elsewhere to the many evil deeds of the people of Lot . Here the Qur’an confines itself to mentioning that most ignominious of crimes which invited God’s scourge upon them. The hideous act of sodomy, for which the people of Lot earned notoriety, has no doubt been committed by perverts in all times…
Now, the crime of the person who commits sodomy in flagrant opposition to this scheme of things is not limited to that act alone. In fact he commits along with it a number of other crimes…
God decreed that they be wiped out altogether. When the collective life of a people becomes totally bereft of goodness and purity, it forfeits the right to exist on earth. Their example is like that of a basket of fruit. As long as some fruit remains firm, there is some justification to keep that basket. But the basket has to be thrown away when the fruit becomes rotten…
Ms Kathleen Wynne! I pray for you for the change of heart and soul. If you change yourself, you will find me your biggest supporter, a full-time volunteer without asking any worldly reward in return. I am not looking for any job in your constituency and Queens Park office as are most of your “Muslim” supporters.
Liberal
Kathleen Wynne
17,802
38.89%
-18.12
Progressive Conservative
Jon Kieran
17,621
38.49%
+7.86