Canada Christian College Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Muslims=== In 2011, Canada Christian College invited and hosted [[Geert Wilders]], an anti-Islam politician<ref name=hume/> who has called for the banning of the [[Koran]]. During his speech, Wilders said that moderate Islam does not exist,<ref>{{cite book|title=Islam on YouTube: Online Debates, Protests, and Extremism|author=Ahmed al-Rawi|page=72|publisher=[[Springer Publishing|Springer]]}}</ref> and that Canadian Muslims were a danger to democracy.<ref>{{cite news|author=JOHN MICHAEL MCGRATH|title=Five stupid things Geert Wilders said during his stay in Toronto|url=https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-politics/five-stupid-things-geert-wilders-said-during-his-stay-in-toronto/}}</ref> Charles McVety, president of the Canada Christian College, has said: <blockquote>''Islam is not just a religion, itโs a political and cultural system as well and we know that Christians, Jews and Hindus donโt have the same mandate for a hostile takeover.''<ref name=hume/></blockquote> The Toronto Muslim community rejected the above comment, stating they had no intention of any hostile takeover.<ref name=hume>Jessica Hume, [http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/05/05/anti-islamic-political-leader-geert-wilders-comes-to-canada/ Anti-Islamic political leader Geert Wilders comes to Canada], ''National Post'', May 5, 2011.</ref> The [[Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations]] also expressed concern at the remarks made by McVety.<ref name=can>[http://www.caircan.ca/aa_more.php?id=3119_0_3_0_C Ask Federal Leaders to Condemn Anti-Muslim Views of Visiting Politician Geert Wilders] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706171152/http://www.caircan.ca/aa_more.php?id=3119_0_3_0_C |date=July 6, 2011 }}, ''CAIR-CAN'', May 06, 2011.</ref> In December 2017, the auditorium of Canada Christian College was rented to host [[Pamela Geller]], who is known for her [[Criticism of Islam|anti-Muslim]] views, to speak at an event.<ref>{{cite news|title="World's top Islamophobe," Pamela Geller, to speak at Jewish Defence League event in Toronto|url=https://nowtoronto.com/news/worlds-top-islamophobe-pamela-geller-to-speak-in-toronto/|publisher=[[Now Toronto]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Bernie Farber and Mira Sucharov|title=We must overcome Islamophobia in 2018|url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2018/01/02/we-must-overcome-islamophobia-in-2018.html|publisher=[[Toronto Star]]}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page