Ezra Gets The Jihad Bit, But It's Party Time For Steyn

Ezra Levant actually calls the lawsuit against him by Canadian Islamic Congress' Khurrum Awan a "'soft jihad' against me -- a malicious use of our western laws to censor my criticism of radical Islam in the West." He takes it seriously and for what it is. Almost.

There is no "radical" Islam. Even self-proclaimed moderate Muslims, when brought to task, cannot produce a concrete, influential body of "moderate" Muslims. They finally have to concede that Muslims are Muslims.

Still, at least Levant isn't going on about freedom of speech and expression here, since it so clear who, and what, his antagonist is.

So what is Levant going to do about Awan, and the multitude of Awans that are waiting on the sidelines? Because these lawsuits, and other forms of hostility by Muslims, are going to continue ad infinitum, as long as Muslims feel they have the strength and the numbers to do so. (Hint at tackling the problem...).

It seems like Levant is getting it, but I wouldn't bet on it just quite yet.

Meanwhile, it's party time for Mark Steyn, who's doing a fundraiser for Ezra Levant. He titles his fundraising post "Socktacular!" after the name given to Awan as a sockpuppet to the Canadian Islamic Congress. More Steyn word gymnastics as he starts his post with: "In the dying moments of our Socktastic Sockquidation Socktacular…"

But, Steyn gets it too, as he adds:

Khurrum Awan is the last sock in Mohammed Elmasry's drawer - and, as one reader put it earlier today, "Awan is the loneliest number." But he's symptomatic of the larger struggle - of the freakshow alliance between Islamist intolerance and statist social engineering.

Almost. He finishes off with:

If [Awan] ever sincerely wanted to "start that debate" he's always on about, he must know by now that he'd lose. So all he has left is semi-illiterate litigious bluster.

Actually, Awan is not losing. He got Levant all flustered again, only a year after Levant's three-year ordeal under the HRCs (the case was dismissed in August 2008). All Awan and his ilk need to do is file a  suit - after all, those Muslim agencies can foot the bill. And  Levant has to start all over again raising funds, and sounding off his battle cry.