The Huff Pos Jihad:
“What Pamela Geller Can Teach Us on Christmas”

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The Huffington Post continues to wage its jihad against freedom and its champions. The Puff Ho's editorial bias is almost indistinguishable from that of the designated terrorist news outlet, al Manar.

No holiday reprieve from the Islamic supremacists at the Puff Ho. No, today on Christmas, Sarah Sayeed of the "Interfaith" Center of New York attempts to teach us about freedom, what's wrong with it, and how we can adhere to the sharia so that Islamic supremacists won't get all angry and violent and kill people, which, of course, is their right because we said something that violated the sharia and upset them. Sayeed explains  "that individual freedom need
not compromise collective well-being" and that freedom of speech should be "responsible." Responsible? According to whom? Sharia advocates? She goes on to preach to us that each one of us is "not truly independent." Not under Islam, Sayeed, but under the Constitution I am.

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It pains me that Sayeed is not railing against the oppression, subjugation and slaughter of non-Muslims living in Muslim countries. Or battling the quranic verses that inspire jihad. Instead, she perverts the murder of 3,000 Americans on 9/11. Sayeed contends that by pointing out the ideology behind the over 20,000 deadly Islamic attacks since 911, I am "boost[ing] their message and potency." As if the slaughter of hundreds of thousands wasn't "potent" enough. Does she condemn that? Uh, no.

Sarah Sayeed should be fighting for the rights of non-Muslims under the sharia. She should be fighting for the rights of women under the sharia. She should be fighting against forced marriage, FGM and child marriage. Instead, she is fighting ….. me.

It's not just Sayeed: no Muslim group anywhere has any program or initiative for
teaching against the ideology that inspires jihad (here).

Our ads are going up on every clock in the NYC subway system the first week of January. The ads are imperative in light of the unending deception and perversion of the reason we were attacked and continue to be the target of jihadists across the country and the world.

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 "What Pamela Geller Can Teach Us on Christmas" Huffington Post, December 25, 2012

A new set of ads by Pamela Geller
show the Twin Towers in flames next to a passage from the Quran warning
that "fear that shall strike the hearts of unbelievers." Many see the
message as Islamophobic and intended to provoke fear about Islam
in
America. But what if it was possible, in the season of Christmas, to
see the appearance of the ads not as a thorn in the side but as a gift
and a chance to learn? Here are some possible teachings to receive:

1. The ads can deepen our understanding about conflict.

We already know that conflicts have victims and aggressors. What we
may less easily remember is that in order for the conflict to continue,
the parties swap roles. Side A is a victim to Side B, Side A
retaliates, and Side B now becomes a victim. In addition, parties in a
conflict create a story about their own victimization, and these stories
are circulated and absorbed into culture and community. Violent
extremist see themselves as victims of the United States, and argue that
they must defend themselves. As shown in the Geller ad, they justify
their stance by invoking Muslim sacred texts on jihad.
Re-circulating
this violent extremist narrative through her new ads, Geller
inadvertently boosts their message and potency. An additional sad
outcome of her misstep is the likely re-traumatizing of every day New
Yorkers who see the towers in flames.

2. Geller remind us that 9/11 happened to America, a country
of liberty and rights that people around the world have long admired and
continue to do so.

The attacks on 9/11 were contrary to our understanding about how
America is seen in the world. By displaying the anti-American
narrative, the ads reinforce the idea that America is hated and a victim

— an image that helps neither our international standing nor our
collective sense of strength.

3. Geller's ad calls on us to revive a public discourse about balancing freedom, responsibility and the collective good.

Freedom of speech is a foundational principle for Americans, and a
value for millions around the world. Yet freedom and responsibility are
different sides of the same coin, and it is only a responsible
exercise of speech
that can diminish the power of the violent extremist
message. We can find ways to demonstrate that individual freedom need
not compromise collective well-being
and the public good. That we can
exercise free speech, free assembly, free belief, with the full
recognition and awareness that each of us is not truly independent;
rather, we live in a collective web of humanity. Our interconnectedness
means that the repercussions of my choice, any choice, as independent
as it may be, will be experienced by many. To exercise freedom
responsibly, we can ask how choices and exercise of freedom impact the
lives of others within our country who, just like us, seek to live
freely and democratically. Does our exercise of freedom promote
liberation from chaos or does it produce a cacophony where citizens of a
democracy can barely hear one another
? As we purposefully strive for an
artful balance of freedom and collective good, we are more likely to
regain and maintain the respect that we as a nation definitely deserve.

Each of us can decide whether we will feed conflict or feed peace.
American Muslims will remember that it was Prophet Muhammad who, before
revelation started and while the Kaaba was undergoing reconstruction,
forged a creative way for Quraish elders to collectively place the black
stone into the eastern wall. When tribal leaders were on the verge of a
serious rift over who would have the honor of replacing the stone, he
proposed that each one hold onto a big cloth that held the rock. As
they lifted the sheet up high, he shared the labor and placed the rock
into the wall. As Americans, we can play the role of bridge-builder,
innovator, bringing together parties in conflict — to listen to the
pain and grief that are embedded in stories currently in circulation. We
can nurture an inner patience, presence and a grace that will ease
ourselves and others towards a broader vista.

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Patti
Patti
11 years ago

In order to see things her way, well I can’t cram my head deep enough in the sand to accomplish that.

Mullah Lodabullah
Mullah Lodabullah
11 years ago

Is the same Sarah Sayeed who put her name as a signatory to the following defence of free speech in September 2010?
http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/a_defense_of_free_speech_by_american_and_canadian_muslims/0018241
A DEFENSE OF FREE SPEECH BY AMERICAN AND CANADIAN MUSLIMS
[… Sarah Sayeed, President of One Blue …]

rundel
rundel
11 years ago

The mixed up and contorted stream of consciousness of a mind now confronting the horrors of her heritage thanks to Pam and others.
…..bridge building… suuure!

Wonderin1
Wonderin1
11 years ago

Ah, yes. Sayeed reminds me why I quit reading the PuffHo… years ago. But who says we can’t get Verizon to stop sponsoring such fishwrap?
Leave it to the ever hopeful and beloved Pamela Geller to suggest that anyone on the PuffHo staff could experience a Christmas miracle and become real journalists – defending the truth and building bridges – instead of selling out to sharia under the cover of defending the “collective well-being”. Sarah Sayeed would make Orwell blush.
I wish for Ms. Sayeed that she may enjoy the remainder of her Christmases in Egypt (or Pakistan) and I look forward to NOT reading her whimpering reportage of her own experience with FGM. But I hope it happens soon.
KAFIR AND PROUD!!

fern
fern
11 years ago

Bridge building? Yeah right, bridge to Islam. Pathetic woman………next

Remco Kimber
Remco Kimber
11 years ago

“As Americans, we can play the role of bridge-builder, innovator, bringing together parties in conflict — to listen to the pain and grief that are embedded in stories currently in circulation. We can nurture an inner patience, presence and a grace that will ease ourselves and others towards a broader vista.”
What meaningless twaddle.
We KNOW how Muslims build bridges. Here’s an example. Lets all recall how Muzzammil Syed Hassan, a Muslim, built his “Bridges TV” whose aim, in the cobbled-together twaddle of Sayeed,was to “bring[] together parties in conflict.” Ha! In 2009 Muslim Hassan, in conflict with his Muslim wife, decapitated Aasiya Zubair Hassan who had begun learning some real American values such as how American law respects and protects females from abusive men. The law might come up short in many ways, but at least effort is made. That Muslim husband couldn’t stand an uppity wife.
Our way or the highway. That’s the Muslim way of building bridges.

Sandy
Sandy
11 years ago

We should take it as encouragement that the ads hit such a nerve and keep donating!

KKKK
KKKK
11 years ago

i’d like to now what THEY can teahc us about Christmas? did she complain when jihadists murdered lots of Nigerian Christians in five churches (Christmas 2011)? i assume she complained hwen the jihadists carried out 20100+ deadly terror attaks since 9/11, right?

ApolloSpeaks
ApolloSpeaks
11 years ago

Islam is a bridge to hell for anyone who wants to burn with rage and hatred against unbelieving mankind.

MJ
MJ
11 years ago

Teach your own selves that you can fly to your Muslim land of choice and stay there, we wish you peace.

Gleaner1
Gleaner1
11 years ago

I don’t propose to waste my time with this Jihadist with a bag, so if you read this Sarah, take the hint:-
Rabid Sarah crosses street
motor car, potted meat.
Sorted.

Laura
Laura
11 years ago

“3. Geller’s ad calls on us to revive a public discourse about balancing freedom, responsibility and the collective good”.
……………………………………………………………
A veiled call to relinquish our individual liberties enshrined in the constitution to create a collectivist society. There has been an accelerated trend in recent years amongst certain quarters pushing for this, boosted no doubt by the election and reelection of Obama. The left and islam in cahoots to destroy America.

blinker
blinker
11 years ago

Sarah Sayeed bio: Muslim journalist AKA taqiyya slinger. Works for Interfaith Center, NY. [Muslims are so into “interfaith”] Likes to target Pamela Geller. Writes in a pseudo-psychology style AKA gibberish.

Arnella
Arnella
11 years ago

“The attacks on 9/11 were contrary to our understanding about how America is seen in the world. By displaying the anti-American narrative, the ads reinforce the idea that America is hated and a victim” I worked overseas for a decade; returning just before 9/11. I think I was the only one in my office that wasn’t that surprised. When I tried to explain that they all hate us but only show it to the degree that it profits them, they just looked at me blankly.

sheik yer'mami
sheik yer'mami
11 years ago

So much manure from a taqiyya slinging hijabee. Twisted and conflicted like Mona Eltahowitzer.
What does “balancing freedom, responsibility and the collective good” mean coming from an Islamic rodent like this?
It means give up freedom, replace free speech with ‘responsible’ speech and shut up and start working for the collective muslim ummah. My head hurts, I can’t put up with this tosh anymore.
Its causes brain damage. Just like this:
Abbas aide: No plans to outlaw ‘honor killing’ because it doesn’t benefit women
Only in the queer & twisted Islamic universe women ‘benefit’ from being murdered.
Just like female genital mutilation. Stopping it does ”not benefit women.”
http://sheikyermami.com/2012/12/25/abbas-aide-no-plans-to-outlaw-honor-killing-because-it-doesnt-benefit-women/

Chris Wolf
Chris Wolf
11 years ago

This Sayeed creep is so open minded her brains have fallen out.
Her base stupidity has made of her a full-fledged traitor to her country, giving aid and comfort to the enemy in a time of war which has been clearly declared against us in Islam’s name.
Pamela Geller is quite possibly the greatest living American for elucidating for us all how Sayeed’s prevailing doctrine of capitulation is riven with tragedy, self-loathing and foolishness.

Chris Wolf
Chris Wolf
11 years ago

Sayeed is basically a fifth-column shill for the Stockholm Syndrome victims who’s enjoying all the benefits of life in the country she wants to change into a bloody, brutal, ignorant, desperate, sub-human sharia tyranny.
Sayeed, you look like shit with that shit rag on your head.
Go back to the muslim shit hole you crawled out from.
Merry Christmas.
Low-life.
Same all goes to you Huffington Post liberal traitor chickenshits.
America is not for people who think their “religious feelings” are superior to our Constitutional Freedoms.

InfidelForLife
InfidelForLife
11 years ago

A bridge? Yeah, sure, a bridge to hell on Earth…

john jay
john jay
11 years ago

friends:
fuck the puff ho and s. sayeed.
no point in listening to the blandishments of evil. the are only designed to deceive.
i hope that i have not been indiscreet. i wouldn’t have tolerated goebbels on these shores in ww ii spewing his venom, either. nor the mufti of jerusalem.
all from the same stables.
john jay
milton freewater, oregon usa

john jay
john jay
11 years ago

p.s. pitching the same horse shit. natch. jjj

Northern Virginiastan
Northern Virginiastan
11 years ago

I see that our old buddy Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is a vice-chair of the Interfaith Center NY Board of Directors.

harbidoll
harbidoll
11 years ago

diminish the power of the extremist with “extream prejudice”

Mark
Mark
11 years ago

Too bad that among Americans there are too many idiots, other way ALL those who advocating CHANGE of American principles to rotten sharia would be deported or else…

Mart Callaghan
Mart Callaghan
11 years ago

Wow, you want this author to be subjected to FGM, or hit by a car? It’s clear to me now just who the savages are.

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