Bob Barrigar


Victoria, British Columbia
Bob
Barrigar
retired patent attorney
We live in a world divided by beliefs and opinions. Even in our western world, division rules.... more
By Bob Barrigar
August 31, 2016
Islam
Racism
Hate-speech
Critic
critical thinking
tribe
Muslim
Aga Khan
Stephen Harper
cdnpoli
We have now had several years of stories and opinions on so-called “gay marriage”. I continue to be... more
By Bob Barrigar
April 10, 2016
Gay Marriage
Canadian law
religion
homosexual
same-sex marriage
Pope Francis
Catholic Church
I take no position on this particular case. But I am troubled by the chronic failure of the law and... more
By Bob Barrigar
March 19, 2016
Hate-speech
law
hate-law
Canadian law
Human Rights Tribunals
Geert Wilders
Muslim
religion
Holland
Morocco
Canada
As someone who has served in the Canadian Army, worked for the Defence Research Board, and followed... more
By Bob Barrigar
February 13, 2016
ISIS
Air Strikes
Canadian Armed Forces
Canadian defence policy
Middle East
Chamberlain
Churchill
Islamic State
Saudi Arabia
military training
Korean War
Harjit Singh Sajjan
US military
Canada
Dr. Tawfik Hamid is an Islamic thinker and reformer, and one-time Islamic extremist from Egypt. He... more
By Bob Barrigar
February 1, 2016
Islam
Muslim
Religious extremism
radical Islam
Jews
Israel
Prophet Mohammad
Bin Laden
Hijab
France
terror
Terrorists
Muslims
Israel-Palestine
Middle East
polygamy
paedophilia
slavery
religion
Violence Against Women
Palestine
The trouble is that we have two competing objectives, viz reversing the global and particularly the... more
By Bob Barrigar
January 30, 2016
Demographics
Canadian population
Women
Children
child rearing
child care
subsidized child care spaces
Feminism
Canada
First, let me get the obvious out of the way: I do not expect anyone to agree that it is a wise... more
By Bob Barrigar
November 6, 2015
John Gallagher
ISIS
Terrorism
Canadian Armed Forces
soldier
Kurds
Iraq
Muslim
Islam
Christianity
The perpetual debate about multiculturalism has received new life from the migrant crisis in Europe... more
By Bob Barrigar
September 10, 2015
Elections 2015
Multiculturalism
Refugees
Syria
David Cameron
Britain
Holland
Poland
Estonia
Czech Republic
migrants
Christian
UK
Europe
EU
When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, fellow Gulf states raced to shelter thousands of displaced... more
By Bob Barrigar
September 8, 2015
Elections 2015
Syria
Refugees
Arab states
Turkey
Lebanon
Qatar
Kuwait
Bahrain
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
immigration
European Union
When I was a small boy, the terms “politically correct” and its negative “politically incorrect”... more
By Bob Barrigar
July 5, 2015
politically correct
politically incorrect
manners
free speech
hate speech
University
The Economist
Bill Mayer
California State Polytechnic University
Concordia University
Macleans Magazine
Yale University
New York Times
The Guardian
Muslim
Jewish
Over the centuries, Russia has attempted to control Ukraine as a fore-post or buffer against... more
Crimea
Russia
Ukraine
Europe
NATO
Vladamir Putin
Germany
Hitler
Stalin
Tatars
Khrushchev
Black Sea
Belarus
Politics
war
Those of us who distinguish between Islam (the religion) and terrorist jihadism (manifesting the... more
By Bob Barrigar
March 24, 2015
Muslim Association of Canada
Moderate Islam
Muslims
Hamas
Muslim Brotherhood
Muslims in Canada
Canadian government policy
Israel
Jews
Islam
Islamic terrrorism
Jihad
jihadism
Terrorism
Halal certification
Halal
Koshur
Pages
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