Syed Soharwardy apparently has had a change of heart. This is the Imam that first went to Calgary police when Ezra published the Mohammad Cartoons, then filed a human rights complaint against him. Suddenly he has decided that the commissions are too heavy handed. It took over 20 years of living in Canada and two years of harassing Ezra Levant for him to come to this conclusion. I smell taqiyya, but perhaps - just perhaps - he is sincere.

When I initiated my complaint against Mr. Levant, I saw human rights commissions as a non-violent means of resolving differences among Canadians.

I was not aware of the controversies between the commissions and Canada’s faith communities. I am thinking specifically of my friend Fred Henry, the Roman Catholic bishop of Calgary.

Upon learning about the difficulties he and other faith communities have encountered with the commissions, I withdrew my complaint against Mr. Levant.

One of the reasons I chose Canada as my adopted homeland is because of our country’s great respect for religious freedom.

In Canada, I am free to be good Canadian and a good Muslim. There is no contradiction between the two.

In listening to the experiences of Bishop Henry and Pastor Boissoin, I realized how precious religious freedom is to our country and how easily freedom is lost.

Syed Vicious has not only decided to withdraw his complaint against Ezra, he’s now talking like it was nothing but a misunderstanding.

On lefty site Straight Goods today, he regurgitates the same media piece he’s been running for a couple of weeks now, ever since Ezra came out and made him look like the moron that he is, but for all the world to see.

Having no previous experience with any Human Rights Commission (HRC) [I am just a poor ignorant immigrant with a couple of Master's Degrees from Western universities... I had no idea how the big scary world worked!], I was unaware of the ongoing debate about whether such commissions should have narrower or broader mandates, or of the doubts many Canadians have about whether such Commissions are the right venue in which to argue questions about hate speech.

Subsequent discussions with several Muslim leaders, and more particularly with some of my Christian and Jewish friends [Some of my best friends are infidels!], have led me to conclude that my complaint was beyond what I now believe an HRC’s mandate should be. I now am of the view that this matter should have been handled in the court of public opinion.

Consequently, I intend to withdraw my complaint [Didn't he say that a few weeks ago? Why hasn't he done it yet?] with the Alberta HRC against Levant’s decision to publish the offensive and hateful drawings. I believe his decision was irresponsible and was intended to cause strife, but I now appreciate that it may not fall outside the limits of free speech.

Listen Sid, you tried to have him arrested for publishing the cartoons! Why haven’t you spoken to that? Suddenly now that you are an international laughingstock, you have decided you want to chat with Mr. Levant and let bygones be bygones, but it doesn’t work that way. Unless you want to cut both him and the Canadian taxpayers a check for the time and money wasted dealing with your hurt feelings.

You should be laughed right out of Canada the same way you were laughed out of that Calgary police station, Sid. You are a discgrace.