Canada Christian College will place posters in Toronto subway.

Canada Christian College will place posters in Toronto subway.(TS).Toronto - A prominent Christian group will attempt to counter controversial Islamic posters currently placed in TTC stations by putting up its own religiously-charged advertisements. Canada Christian College director Charles McVety confirmed Monday that the college has been granted permission by the TTC to place as many as 50 posters in yet-to-be-determined stations.
The posters, which McVety plans to have up as of May 1, quote a Biblical passage of Jesus saying, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” The approval of the Christian posters comes after controversy generated by ads put up in some subway stations in January by a Toronto-based Islamic group. The ads — posted by Walk-in Islamic Infocentre — state: “There is no god but Allah.” The posters have drawn criticism from other religious groups which charge the posters promote intolerance. McVety had recently been in talks with both the Canadian Hindu Advocacy and the Jewish Defense League on how to collectively counter the message of the Islamic posters.McVedy called the approval of the Christian ads a “game changer” in his battle against the Islamic placards, and a victory for free speech. “My push was freedom of speech ... We (Christians) had not had freedom of speech,” McVedy said. “But we have tested that, and we’ve been approved.”
Meanwhile, the other two groups will continue to fight to have the Islamic posters removed from TTC property. Ron Banerjee, of the Canadian Hindu Advocacy, and Meir Weinstein, of the Canadian chapter of the JDL, confirmed they’ll work together to campaign against the posters, which Weinstein branded as “grossly offensive.”Last week, the Canadian Hindu Advocacy sent an e-mail to TTC chair Karen Stintz, requesting an “urgent meeting ... to discuss the issue.”Hmmmm......“Violence does not build up the kingdom of God, the kingdom of humanity. On the contrary, it is a favorite instrument of the Antichrist, however idealistic its religious motivation may be,” ~ Pope Benedict XVI .Read the full story here.