Osman Azizov, who allegedly hunted women, has been released on bail. How warped are our values in the name of accommodation and diversity

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Are our values being so warped in the name of accommodation and diversity that we can no longer stand up for what is right?

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Osman Azizov is out on bail, National Post has confirmed with police. Azizov is only 18 but he is one of three men charged with 79 offences, including kidnapping, conspiracy to commit sexual assault and hostage taking. They are accused of plotting to terrorize Jews and kidnap young women, according to the charges from Toronto police, following investigation by the RCMP-led Integrated National Security Enforcement Team. The alleged leader, Waleed Khan, has been linked to ISIS.

Coming days after another ISIS-linked atrocity in Australia, where 15 Jewish victims were murdered while celebrating Hannukah at Bondi Beach, with another 30 gunshot victims still in hospital, it seems rash in the extreme to allow Azizov to wander the streets.

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Have we learned nothing from the atrocity at Bondi? The intelligence brief provided by the Canadian government’s Integrated Threat Assessment Centre (ITAC) in the wake of the attack makes for sober reading. It states that there is no indication of “an imminent, credible threat” targeting the 2025 holiday season in Canada.

Yet, in Australia,........

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