In “Standing for Religious Liberty – No Matter What: Our bus ad campaign draws fire from Muslims (and the uninformed)” in this criticism of our religious liberty bus ad campaign: As we run ads on buses around the country offering help to Muslims threatened by other Muslims for leaving Islam, the reaction from Muslim spokesmen […]
Ripping the UN Human Rights Council for its double standards
The great Hillel Neuer of UN Watch (thanks to Steven).
Sanity in the UK: Islamic supremacist hate preacher banned from entering country
A welcome reversal of Reuters, June 18 (thanks to Raman and Mukund): LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Friday banned from entering the country an Indian preacher who has expressed radical views about Islam, including some that appear to justify acts of terrorism. Conservative Home Secretary (interior minister) Theresa May said she had barred Zakir Naik, […]
Photos: SIOA freedom rally against Islamic supremacist mega-mosque
SIOA’s leaders Robert Spencer (left) and Pamela Geller (second from right) Looking At the Left has a marvelous photo-essay of our SIOA freedom rally June 6 against the Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero. There are many more photos there. You can see the variety of speakers and the large size of the crowd (contrary […]
Geller: “Hate speech? It’s love speech, baby”
In “Pay Pal’s Jihad Against Journalistic Liberty and Freedom of Thought” at Big Journalism today, Pamela Geller recaps the PayPal imbroglio: Last Friday, the PayPal accounts for my blog AtlasShrugs.com and my organizations Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) and the Freedom Defense Initiative (FDI) were suddenly and without warning “restricted.” After a recent review of […]
Oklahoma set to ban Sharia, to laughter from the galleries
They’re laughing because everyone knows Sharia could never, ever come to Oklahoma, right? Actually, Americans in general are getting used to a lot more Sharia, bit by bit, piece by piece, than they realize. Preemptive strike: “Islamic Sharia Law to Be Banned in, ah, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Calls Ban on Islamic Law a ‘Preemptive Strike,’” by […]
SIOA Applauds PayPal’s Decision to Reinstate Pro-Freedom Sites
We win a round. From Yahoo News: NEW YORK, June 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The human rights group Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) today applauded a decision by PayPal, the leading online payment service, to reinstate the accounts of AtlasShrugs.com, Freedom Defense Initiative (FDI), and SIOA itself, after briefly suspending them over spurious and politically motivated […]
Barcelona plans ban on Islamic face veil
“It should not be possible that someone enters into a place without being identified,” or, for that matter, only identifiable as the possession of someone else, which is what the niqab reduces a woman to in public. “Barcelona plans Islamic veil ban,” from Expatica, June 14 (thanks to Sr. Soph): Barcelona plans to be the […]
Huge victory for freedom in the Netherlands: Wilders in line for Dutch Cabinet role
A roadblock on the road to Eurabia. “Election triumph puts anti-Islam Wilders in line for Dutch Cabinet role,” by David Charter for The Times, June 10: The Freedom Party of the anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders emerged as the third force in Dutch politics last night, more than doubling its number of seats in Parliament in […]
10,000 throng to protest Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero
“10,000 throng to stop Ground Zero mosque: Group vows to sue federal government: ‘3,000 good Americans didn’t die in vain,’” by Chelsea Schilling in WorldNetDaily, June 7: As many as 10,000 protesters from across the country – including family members who lost loved ones on Sept. 11, 2001 – took to the streets in New […]