SIOA FREEDOM BUS CAMPAIGN HITS LA TIMES

Thirty little NYC buses…..my, how they roll. Funny how the LA Times says that "Muslims are calling the ads a smoke screen for an anti-Muslim agenda." It was CAIR that said that. So is the LA Times saying that the unindicted co-conspirator, Hamas-linked CAIR is representative of all Muslims? Is the LA Times actually saying US Muslims are haters, extremists and terror tied? Wow.

Islamic (sharia) law is very clear: apostasy is punishable by death. Why does CAIR equate being pro-freedom with being anti-Muslim?

Leaving Islam? Bus ads in New York are offering help LA Times

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Muslims are calling the ads — paid for by a
conservative activist and the organizations she leads — a smoke screen
for an anti-Muslim agenda.

New York —The questions on the ads aren't subtle: Leaving Islam? Fatwa
on your head? Is your family threatening you?

A conservative activist and the organizations she leads have paid
several thousand dollars for the ads to run on at least 30 New York
buses for a month. The ads point to a website called RefugefromIslam.com,
which offers information to those wishing to leave Islam, but some
Muslims are calling the ads a smoke screen for an anti-Muslim agenda.

Pamela Geller, who leads an organization called Stop Islamization of
America, said the ads were meant to provide resources for Muslims
fearful about leaving the faith.

"It's not offensive to Muslims; it's religious freedom," she said. "It's
not targeted at practicing Muslims. It doesn't say 'leave.' It says
'leaving' with a question mark."

She said the ads cost about $8,000, contributed by the readers of her
blog, Atlas Shrugs, and other websites. Similar ads have run on buses in
Miami, and she said advertisements were planned for other cities.

Faiza Ali, of the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic
Relations, said the ads were based on a false premise that people faced
coercion to remain with Islam. She said Muslims believe faith that is
forced is not true belief.

"Geller is free to say what she likes, just as concerned community
members are free to criticize her motives," Ali said.

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Geller has a history of speaking out against Muslims, and the ads are "a
smoke screen to advance her long-standing history of anti-Muslim
bigotry," Ali said.

Geller said she had no problem with Muslims, but was working to
"maintain the separation of mosque and state." She is also among those
speaking out against the building of a mosque and cultural center near
the site of the former World Trade Center.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said the ads had been in place
since May 14 and were scheduled to come down in a couple of weeks.
There are about 6,000 buses in the MTA fleet.

MTA spokesman Aaron Donovan said all ads are screened. Most are reviewed
by the company that handles the MTA's advertising opportunities, but
some are sent to the MTA for ultimate approval.

Geller's ad was sent to the MTA for assessment, he said.

"We reviewed it and found that it did not violate the MTA's ad
guidelines," he said.

The agency had received no complaints since the ads went up, Donovan
said. The 30 or so buses with the ads pass through all five boroughs of
the city.

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