Mosque that wanted ban on criticism of Islam holds funeral for Texas cartoon jihadist
Fitting. “Kansas City Mosque That Wanted to Ban Free Speech Will Hold Funeral for TX Jihadist Nadir Soofi,” by Patrick Poole, PJ Media, May 6, 2015: A Kansas City mosque that petitioned Barack Obama to ban free speech defaming Islam in 2012 will hold the funeral for one of the two jihadists killed in a […]
FBI, Homeland Security have not bothered to contact Pamela Geller after Islamic State threatens to murder her
Apparently the Obama FBI and DHS not only are unwilling to discuss Islam and jihad in connection with terrorism; they’re also unwilling to protect those who do: Hannity: “This is a serious threat. Basically a Fatwa, a death threat, has now been issued. Your reaction to that? Have you had any contact with the FBI?” […]
Video and transcript: Robert Spencer at Muhammad art exhibit
Why we did it, and what’s at stake, as explained in my talk at the notorious AFDI/Jihad Watch Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest. Transcript as published in FrontPage: Below are the video and transcript to Robert Spencer’s speech at the Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest, sponsored by the American Freedom Defense Initiative and held […]
Video: Robert Spencer on Newsmax TV on the Texas jihad attack
About an hour after our bout here, Newsmax TV’s Ed Berliner and I sparred another round on his Hard Line show.
Pamela Geller in Time Magazine: A Response to My Critics—This Is a War
A succinct and compelling statement from my colleague Pamela Geller on why we do what we do, and what is at stake. “Pamela Geller: A Response to My Critics—This Is a War,” by Pamela Geller, Time Magazine, May 6, 2015: Some are saying I provoked this attack. But to kowtow to violent intimidation will only […]
“Why Won’t Pamela Geller Shut Up?”
Here is a useful summary piece on the hypocrisy of the mainstream media in blaming Pamela Geller for the jihad attack on our Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest. “Why Won’t Pamela Geller Shut Up?,” by Rich Lowry, Politico, May 6, 2015: How dare Pamela Geller get targeted by terrorists bent on committing mass murder. […]
“What these people are trying to do is to enforce Islamic blasphemy laws across the entire world”
Here is a good explanation of why the world was saying “Je Suis Charlie” but isn’t rushing to say “Je Suis Pamela Geller.” “The Cartoon Wars,” by Douglas Murray, Gatestone Institute, May 7, 2015 (thanks to Inexion): ISIS appears to have inspired its first terrorist attack in the United States: in Garland, Texas. This item […]
U of Minnesota: Muslims enraged at Charlie Hebdo poster for free speech forum
The question is clear: are Americans going to stand for the freedom of speech and tell these offended Muslims that they’re just going to have to put up with being offended, as the rest of us do, or are we going to place cartoons of Muhammad off-limits, thereby submitting ourselves to Sharia blasphemy laws? “Poster […]
Feds overlooked Texas jihadi because “there are so many like him”
“There are so many like him that you have to prioritize your investigations.” But…but…it’s a tiny minority of extremists! “Texas Attacker Left Trail of Extremist Ideas on Twitter,” by Scott Shane, New York Times, May 5, 2015: WASHINGTON — Counterterrorism officials on Tuesday were studying the electronic trails left by two men killed by a […]
Robert Spencer in PJM: PEN members forget purpose of free speech
Over at PJM I discuss the strange spectacle of many members of PEN, which was founded to defend the freedom of speech, lining up in favor of Sharia censorship and submitting to violent intimidation: With every passing day I feel more like Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski: I feel like opening my office window […]
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