Mohammed Hashim is a Founding Advisor of Progress Toronto, a Senior Organizer for the Toronto and York Region Labour Council, a Board Member of the Urban Alliance and a crisis communications consultant for the Muslim community. He co-founded the Muslim Youth Fellowship.
On January 2, 2019 Mohammed Hashim posted on his Facebook page:
Here we go again. Tarek Fateh doing his usual batshit crazy routine. I have no idea how he can say, calling him an ‘enemy of Islam’ definitively equals a death threat – as somehow that labels him an apostate and therefore makes killing him the responsibility of every Muslim out there. He’s nuts. Who cares what you are man? Do you crazy routine as you want but to claim yourself as being threatened here in Canada is just nutters.
Equally nutters is this Javed Anwer guy creating an Islamic Party of Ontario. He’s a Doug Ford supporter! and to call someone an ‘enemy of Islam’?? Who made you God? But beyond that, I don’t know where he gets this idea that implementing sharia law on everyone is a good idea. It’s a mostly secular democratic system buddy, that strives for universal human rights. His platform is homophobic, misogynistic and surely does not represent my Islam.
Although I do think that if we could ban all alcohol and drugs, we’d have a lot more sober thinking. I worked at MADD for many years, I have no tolerance of irresponsibility from alcohol. Sorry.
But also to me a big problem is that this is coming at the time of conservative nominations. Which means Islamophobic candidates will use this as an issue to sell memberships and potentially even win nominations. And if the CPC has openly Islamophobic candidates win nominations then the party has to defend them. Especially if there is a critical mass of them. Which means the DNA of the party goes from covert Islamophobia (arguable I know) to open Islamophobia. Which it is inclined to do anyways because of the Bernier factor dragging them further to the right. Anyways, this is all very stupid and bad news. Happy new year to everyone except Fateh and Anwar – I don’t like either of you.
Here are the highlights of political platform (“Principles and Policy”) of the Islamic Party of Ontario:
- The Islamic Party of Ontario believes in “Supremacy of God” and understands that it is our constitutional requirement to make all the rule of laws of Provinces and Federal in obedience and according to the will of God..
- Believing in God’s Supremacy means believing in His Oneness, His Authority, and His Obedience in all spheres of life…
- We understand and believe that Islam is the native DEEN of Ontario and Canada…
- To achieve the objective, Islamic Party of Ontario will follow the peaceful and democratic means provided by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom…
- Neither right nor left, Islam is the straight path. It balances human life…
- The sexual relationship is only between men and women…
- Allah has created two genders: men and women. Any physical defect in any organ of a person doesn’t change one’s gender identification and sexual orientation. All the communities of all the faiths believe in it; modern science proves it. The concept of “gender identity” or “seven-colour gender” is a false concept…
- No artificial and irresponsible approach to stop the birth of children at any stage should be allowed. We believe in a complete ban on abortion except in a situation when a mother’s life is in danger.
- Measures should be taken to stop suicide, including doctor-assisted suicide of patients…
- Obscenity, vulgarity, nudity, and perversion must be checked.
- Liquor, drugs, adultery, gambling, etc. should be banned in society…
- Interest-free economy: Interest is the main source of exploitation. It sucks the blood of the poor (labor, worker) to establish a class of super-rich. Islamic economy facilitates to balance it and provides a culture of charity and human brotherhood and sisterhood…
- A strict law will be suggested to ban blasphemy of any religious (all) symbols and personalities…
- The rights of animals are to be maintained… They have the right to be slaughtered in the halal fashion.