National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) is the same group that had input on the TDSB's decision to included criticism of the politics and culture of Islam in the definition of "Islamaphobia" so the position taken by the author is hardly surprising, the NCCM at a minimum shows deference to ideas of political Islamism (the idea of society governed by Islamic law). There is a reason that Ataturk implemented strict rules of secularism in the founding of modern Turkey, because Islamists are never satisfied until they have absolute control. Turkey was an exception among majority Muslim countries as a beacon of secular progress for over 90 years, it has taken one Islamist government under 10 years to regress Turkey into an effective Dictatorship - no free press, hostility to liberal (western) values of gender equality and LGBT right, and unapologetic support for conservative fundamentalists. The Globe is inexcusable silent on the social regression synonymous with political Islamism.