VIDEO: SION International Freedom of Speech Congress, September 11th

Video of Pamela Geller, opening of the International Freedom Congress on
September 11, 2012, followed by Bev Perlson, Band of Mothers.

While we were conducting our hugely successful International Freedom
Congress on free speech, our embassies were being viciously attacked in
the jihadists' war on ….. free speech and freedom of conscience. The
bloody irony is not lost on us. The Obama administration's apology for "religious incitement" and
"hurting the feelings of Muslims" crystallizes the battle set before us.

On the 11th anniversary of the jihad attacks that murdered
3,000 people, a group of freedom fighters from all over the world
gathered to tell the truth about Islam, jihad, and the mainstream
media's war on free speech and honest reporting and analysis of that
jihad. Speakers from the U.S., England, Europe, India, Israel, and
Australia spoke to a standing-room-only crowd about the
media's craven complicity in whitewashing the reality of jihad and
demonizing those who fight for freedom.

The crowd (much thanks to Mike Grambush for sending me these photos)

The program ran a bit long, and
was packed to begin with — yet for four and a half hours, the crowd
remained riveted, and no one left. The downside was we had no time for a Q & A.

One key highlight of the afternoon was the surprise appearance of EDL
leader Tommy Robinson, who was not allowed into the U.S. by quisling
officials when he tried to attend our Ground Zero freedom rally in 2010.
Tommy and his partner Kevin Carroll spoke powerfully about how they
have worked to defend freedom and human rights in the UK, and yet are
repeatedly and viciously maligned by a compromised media. Muhammad
cartoonist Lars Vilks (who seemed to have a Swedish media swarm about him at all times) delivered a wonderful, clever presentation with humor art and aplomb. He had the house rolling with laughter with his
dryly witty presentation about his adventures with his cartoons of
Muhammad in the leftist art world. Other notable speakers were my
lawyer, AFLC's David Yerushalmi, who has represented me in a number of
free speech cases; Israeli scholar Dr. Mordechai Kedar, who held up the
Palestinian jihad to the light of reality beyond jihad propaganda; Bev
Perlson of Band of Mothers; my European partner Anders Gravers of SIOE;
and so many others — Pamela Hall is uploading the videos. Watch this space.

Swedish artist (and famous Muhammad cartoonist) Lars Vilks

Debbie Robinson, Q Society, Dr. Mordechai Kedar, Bar Ilan University, and Pamela Geller

David Yerushalmi, AFLC

Anders Gravers talking with reporters

Audience applauds Kevin Carroll and Tommy Robinson, EDL Leadership

Mingling

Geller, Ramaleh, Vilks and Spencer

Ashraf Ramaleh, Voice of the Copts, and Mordechai Kedar

Pamela Hall

Flags (thanks to Tom)

Posters of the work

Marion ds Dreyfus wrote of the event:

The event on Wednesday, 9/11, at the UN Plaza Millennium,
SION (Stop Islamization of Nations), featured a 5-hr (it ran over an hour)
global look at the injured and historical run-up to where we are today. How
spooky that the attacks and murder of the American Ambassador in Libya, Chris
Stevens, and his staff, as well as the storming of the Cairo Embassy, were both
on 9/11–the symbolism ought not escape our notice.

The SION event was organized by activist and author Pamela
Geller and historian/author Robert Spencer.

The speakers (all save NYS
Senator David Strobin) were fierce and data-rich, often eloquent (especially
George Igler of the UK’s Discourse Institute, and Mordechai Kedar from Israel).
A Hindu speaker (Babu Suseelan) and a Copt speaker (Ashraf Rameleh) recounted
the atrocities to their respective peoples and nations, deaths in the millions
upon millions. Cliff Kincaid (Accuracy in Media) and brilliant pioneer in
shari’a, David Yerushalmi (Center for Security Policy, with whom I have worked
with great delight) spoke on freedom of speech and its efforted compromises by
the islamists and shari’a; Kevin Carroll (UK, Eng. Defense League) gave
hair-raising examples of lawsuits and islamic demonstrations and jail terms
for  absurd trivia that impacted on the delicate sensibilities of the
apparently unhinged Brit contingent of muslims out of control. Igler added to
the horrors, and amplified the infection of PC and oblivious madmen who are
unfazed as the muslims take over law and living in the UK, despite the alarmed
minority who see the dangers. For all speakers, the media colludes in this
civilizational jihad in a mighty and frightening way, per the two Brit speakers.
Debbie Robinson (Q society, Australia) and Nelly Braginsky (9/11 family
member) spoke on free speech here and in Oz. NYS senator strobin rambled on
somewhat incoherently until Spencer gently thanked him and indicated he might
now take his seat again.

Humor was brought in by Swedish Cartoonist Lars
Vilks, who takes his death threats for drawing dogs with muslim contexts in a
sardonic and almost affable way; he is surrounded by bodyguards ‘round the
clock, he allows. His slide-assisted talk was risible, and provided the audience
a needed chance to express laughter… although the eruption of ugliness toward
this mostly mild and inoffensive cartoonery is, again, unbelievable. Tall and
lank and blond, he is a good spokesman for the reversal back to sanity in his
country, where rape and crazy protests are now the new normal. Anders Gravers
(partner in Europe with Spencer and Geller), and Danish Lars Hedegaard on free
speech in Denmark brought up the rear.

The event was solid, though it,
again, lacked a TO-DO list or a debate that would have brought to light aspects
of these issues that might have been unexplored in the unitary approach of 
podium addresses. There were four panels on freedom of speech here and in the
UK, defense against jihad and the ongoing battle for free speech in Europe.
Though appealing and credible, each evinced speakers without back and forth or Q
& A.

 

More video, pictures and commentary to follow. Check back.

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Walter Sieruk

11 years ago

Yes ,it’s freedom of speech. Just as part of it this the freedom to wear a button the reads “Remember September 11,2001 on September 11, 2011 I know a guy who did that last Tuesday on the job and a Muslin shook his finger at his and told him off saying “You need to be ‘nutural’onthe job.” Since when when is a person supposed to be “nutural”on the subject of murder ,and worse yey mass murder ?. Then he went to the office to his boss and complained about him. Later, this boss came and told that him to take off that September 11, 2001 botton because it offended that man and if on the job he ever wears any politcal again he will be fired. WOW! Since when is a “Remember:Septerber 11, 2001” botton “politcal.” This seems to PC gone extreme. This is just more Islamic intolerance.

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Brandy

11 years ago

Thanks for the video. Can’t wait to see the rest! I’m sure it was very productive and we’ll all learn from it.
Love that Bev too! So sincere and so well spoken. Wish we could clone her. We need her voice especially now.

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Asadi

11 years ago

Did ali sina speak? I thought his name is written in the poster as one of the speakers.

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