Could reporting on this get the National Post in trouble?

In the spirit of "cutting out the middleman," I wonder if National Post investigative journalist Stewart Bell might face human rights complaints for the interview and news story dominating page A3 this morning.

Bell writes:

TORONTO -- Naeem Muhammad Khan wants everyone to "Support Our Troops," but he's not talking about the Canadian Forces in Kandahar.

From his apartment in Toronto, Mr. Khan has been posting messages on the Internet calling Osama bin Laden a "hero" and "champion of Islam."

The 23-year-old fundamentalist's on-line logo combines the black Taliban flag and the outline of an AK-47 above the Support Our Troops slogan.

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Mr. Khan is an Islamist, not a terrorist, but what most disturbs moderate Muslims like Tahir Gora are his harsh comments about those who do not subscribe to fundamentalist beliefs.

In his online postings, Mr. Khan calls Tarek Fatah, Irshad Manji and other moderates "apostates" and says that under Islamic law the punishment for apostasy is death. The same goes for those who insult Islam.

"Behead her!!! And make a nice video and post it on YouTube," he writes about one so-called "Islam basher." As for "Jews who support Zionism and Israel...since they are killing Palestinians...killing them is not bad...they deserve to die."

From the interview:

Q You reject democracy, you support the Taliban and you believe that fundamentalist Islam is the only way to live. So why do you choose to live in Canada, a democratic nation with freedom of religion that is at war with the Taliban? Isn't it hypocritical to say you believe what you do, while you sit in Toronto enjoying all the benefits of Western society?

A Yes, I reject democracy and all other forms of governance except Islam. Yes, I support the right of Taliban to live freely and to defend themselves from any invasion based on lies and deceit. And yes, it would have had been hypocritical of me to stay in the West had there been an Islamic state … but since there is no state in the entire world which has a complete Islamic system … Therefore, it is better to be in the West, where at least one can openly preach what he believes in, unlike the so-called Islamic countries, where you can be jailed, tortured and even killed for speaking the truth against the government. Besides, I was forced into coming to the West as my parents shifted here and I was not self-sufficient enough to provide for myself back home. And believe it or not, me and many Muslims like me are willing to migrate ASAP to an Islamic state as soon as it emerges.

I wonder. Will those--like the bright, articulate and moderate-sounding Imam Delic-- who insist Islam is a "Religion of Peace" complain about Bell's reporting the way they have about Steyn's quoting of radical imams as Islamophobic? Or will they denounce this Islamist loudly and publicly? I hope so. PLEASE!!!!! Or ---chilling thought--are they scared of him and those like him?

Too bad Canadians aren't an "identifiable group" that can be exposed to hatred and contempt.

I dunno, once upon a time there used to be a crime of treason. What happened to it?