Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Social Planning Council

Muslim Population Dept: "Careless and reckless language can isolate and harm innocent minorities," the ad says in today's Free Press, calling on Canadians to speak up. Last month, Harper said in an interview that "the major threat to Canada is still Islamicism.", according to Winnipeg Free Press. "We, the undersigned, fear that many Canadians will not draw that important distinction and that the prime minister's words will scar the entire Muslim population across our land," says the petition, which can be seen online at http://respectcanada.tumblr.com Winnipeg community groups have taken out an ad and started an online petition in response to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's recent warning about "Islamicism." "There is a huge difference between the anti-Western terrorist creed of hate -- and Islam the faith that is practiced by close to a million Canadian Muslims," said the ad placed by 16 groups, including the Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg, the Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council, the Manitoba Japanese Canadian Citizens' Association and the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.