Mounties instructed to avoid ‘inflammatory’ Islamist terms

While some degree of cultural sensitivity is important, it’s equally important to recognize who is engaging in terrorist activities and why. When a militant Islamic cell is raided, it doesn’t mean that all Muslims are co-conspirators; most people can figure that out, and the rest need to be reminded.

So why have Canada’s Mounties been directed not to use “the J word” or “the I word”?

There is new trouble for the RCMP over a manual that tries to wash out terms like "Islamist" and "jihad" from officers’ mouths when they talk about terrorism.

"Distorted and inflammatory linkages between Islam and terrorism can serve to convince Muslims — both in the West and in the larger Islamic world — that the West is, in fact, their enemy," the manual says.

That doesn’t impress anti-terror expert David Harris, of Insignis Strategic Research.

"This is, if I may be blunt, an Islamist’s wet dream," Harris said. "It misstates fundamentally the established history, and undermines warnings of many moderate Muslims about jihad and its possibilities."

The manual, called Words Make Worlds, dates back to 2009 and also tells Mounties not to fear organizations like the Muslim Brotherhood, despite its terrorist links.

American anti-terror expert Brian Michael Jenkins says cultural sensitivity is often appropriate, but the RAND Corporation advisor adds that terms the RCMP dislikes are needed to analyze security threats.

"The term ‘jihad’ is on the banner of al-Qaida," says Jenkins. "If they use it, I can use it."

If the motivation of a terrorist cell is Islamic jihad, then that should be the explanation given. This provides a chance to bring in local Canadian Muslim leaders, who may be happy to provide quotes to the press denouncing terrorist activities, and offering to engage more with the surrounding community.

Instead, by bowing to the god of political correctness, the RCMP throws away opportunities to work together with and build better relations with local Muslims, many of whom would love to be seen first as Canadians instead of potential terrorists.

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