It's like adding water and sunlight to a seed.

Six Islamic groups are asking Canadian politicians to help them arrange a meeting of community organizations, youth groups and imams in an effort to prevent the radicalization of young people.

Alright. Sounds good so far (even though we know these things tend to be more political than useful).

The Muslim groups have proposed strategies that they say would undermine the radical elements within their community. They include direct dialogues with Muslim youth, easing the integration of newcomers, ensuring that security forces such as the RCMP and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service reflect the country's diverse population, outreach forums to teach Muslims about the role of those forces, and cultural and literacy training.

And basketball courts! Don't forget the basketball courts. They've worked so well in Rexdale, after all.

They also want more communication between Muslim groups and the police and well as public education to reduce what they call "Islamophobia."

Translation: They want us all to submit to indoctrination. They have spent the last 5 years preaching that Islam is the Religion of Peace(TM), and the terror around the world has continued to grow. More and more people, from the Middle East all the way to my own backyard have been sucked into a world of hate and extremism. Islamophobia is a word that truly resonates in a way that the other phobias do not.

Homophobia: Nope, not afraid of gays. They tend to be pretty harmless.

Xenophobia: Nope, not afraid of people.

Islamophobia: Yup, definitely afraid of Islam. Any culture or religion that calls for my death is pretty scary. Perhaps instead of holding conferences for which Christian Canada, they should hold lessons for Muslims in how not to bomb Canada.