June 4th AFDI to Protest Justice Department’s Attempt to Criminalize Criticism of Islam

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Today, Tuesday at 5:30 pm at the Manchester-Coffee County Conference Center, 147 Hospitality Blvd, in Manchester, Tennessee.
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AFDI to Protest Justice Department's Attempt to Criminalize Criticism of Islam 
Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, June 4, 2013

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NEW YORK, June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ —
The human rights organization American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI)
is holding a demonstration for free speech in Tennessee, at the site of
a Justice Department initiative advising the application of civil
rights laws to shut down criticism of Islam.

AFDI Executive Director Pamela Geller said in a statement: "This is
Sharia law. This is imposing the blasphemy laws under the Sharia in
contradiction to our fundamental First Amendment rights."

The demonstration and press conference will be held on June 4 at the
Manchester-Coffee County Conference Center, 147 Hospitality Blvd, in
Manchester, Tennessee, at 5:30 p.m. It is in response to an event at the
same place that evening at 6:30, hosted by Bill Killian, U.S. attorney
for the Eastern District of Tennessee, and an unnamed FBI special agent.
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The event hosted by Killian, "Public Disclosure in a Diverse Society,"
will advise Muslim groups about how some criticism of Islam may violate
U.S. civil rights laws.

"We need to educate people about Muslims and their civil rights, and as
long as we're here, they're going to be protected," Killian said.

This follows the Obama Administration's endorsement of the UN Human
Rights Council's Resolution 16/18, which calls on member states to
criminalize "incitement to religious hatred."

Geller's statement continued: "They call 'incitement to religious
hatred' any truthful speech about Islam's violent doctrines. That means
that this effort to criminalize criticism of Islam robs us of our
ability to defend ourselves against the global jihad. They have declared
war on our very freedoms. While we still have freedom of speech, we
must use it."

Robert Spencer, AFDI's Associate Director, said: "This Justice
Department initiative is an egregious violation of the First Amendment,
but it is also furthering the willful ignorance about the jihad threat
that renders us all less safe."

Geller advised demonstrators to come to the event with signs calling for
the defense of the freedom of speech. She added: "Note to the Justice
Department — we will fight you on this every step of the way, even to
the Supreme Court. This is Sharia enforcement, and we are not going to
stand for it."

AFDI stands for:

— The freedom of speech – as opposed to Islamic prohibitions of
"blasphemy" and "slander," which are used effectively to quash honest
discussion of jihad and Islamic supremacism;

— The freedom of conscience – as opposed to the Islamic death penalty for apostasy;

— The equality of rights of all people before the law – as opposed to
Sharia's institutionalized discrimination against women and non-Muslims.

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Walter Sieruk
Walter Sieruk
10 years ago

The AFDI demonistration for fre speech on June 4 is both good as well as necessary. Furthermore, the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson applies very much to this and the activities of other likeminded likeminded American patriotic groups. Which is “A conviction that we are right accomplishes half the difficulties of corecting wrong.” and “Our part then is to pursue with steadiness what is right…assured that the public approbation will in the end be with us.” Moreover, it also should be remembered that Mr, Jefferson stated the truth when he declared “Fortitude… teaches us to meet and surmount difficulites; not to fly from them.”

Simon Says
Simon Says
10 years ago

We as citizens of America, have the right and moral obligation to disregard any law that goes against The Constitution. Let them say as they might, I will still use my free speech anywhere and everywhere. Civil Rights be damned!

Mackie
Mackie
10 years ago

If the DOJ so much as dares to try and implement any UN resolution against free speech, all hell should break out. Of course I can’t speak for the UN Guidelines of resolutions but in our US Congress resolutions have no basis in law. There is nothing more precious then our Ist Amendment. It is what Americans died to protect for over 200 years in our nation.

It is pass time to speak out
It is pass time to speak out
10 years ago

I have already contacted Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee by e-mail about this matter. I asked for a response.
The e-mail reads as follows.
To: Senator Lamar Alexander
I am contacting you today because of information I received through public media that a “Public Disclosure in a Diverse Society” will be held in Tennessee with Special speakers for the event Bill Killian, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, and Kenneth Moore, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Knoxville Division.
The information that I received about Killian and Moore is that they will provide input on how civil rights can be violated by those who post inflammatory documents targeted at Muslims on social media.
If this is true then this concerns me a great deal and is a federal constitutional & civil rights issue in regards to mine and other American citizens rights to free speech being silenced and held hostage by another’s religion. The establishment clause of the 1st amendment clearly states that government/ congress shall make no law to establish a religion. This law is being thwarted it seems via silencing free speech of criticism of another’s belief system or religion as in this particular situation the Muslim religion which would mean they are being given special immunity from constitutional law that allows them to establish their religion thru government channels via congress, the executive branch(by executive order) and other government agencies.
This sir would be a treasonous act on the part of all branches of government.
If true this is a most egregious offense to our 1st amendment rights & civil rights under the federal constitution.
I would appreciate your feedback in regards to this matter.
Thank you for your time & salutations.
P.S.
I will leave you with final thoughts & words of one the United States founders George Washington.
“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”

Charles
Charles
10 years ago

Excellent letter. We should all contact our useless representatives in Congress, and hope for the best.

Marta
Marta
10 years ago

Pamela, you are unique. God bless you and your work.

hells-religion
hells-religion
10 years ago

Its beyond the time of writing letters to our Senators & Representatives. Beyond worn out demonstrations; our leaders are into serving their own interests. I’d say take legal action now; but there is already freezing of cases & Judicial blackballing going on in cases-denial and ignoring of appeals, banks illegally messing w/ finances. But if groups pocket & hit them in all 50 states-they can’t stop them all. I urge also contacting our local city & state representatives as this also violate each state rights; each state has its own Constitution as well. Some states are already moving to ban Sharia law. Therefore we should iniate the State as well as citizens in suing the Fed for this. The anti-Federlists warned of this (not saying everything they said was 100% correct tho) But the Fed has grown too big.

Paul
Paul
10 years ago

Surely the Koran is full of material that “incites religious hatred” against Judaism, Christianity, animism, etc? Pamela, would it not be possible for AFDI to announce that should any of these laws be passed, then you would instigate an immediate legal case under them to have the Koran and reading from it banned in all public places (eg mosques)? I realise that goes against freedom of speech and I don’t really advocate it for that reason, but it seems to me that the threats are all going one way on this at the moment.

Vickie
Vickie
10 years ago

Thank you!!!

Debi Brand
Debi Brand
10 years ago

Amen. Well stated.

Patti
Patti
10 years ago

I would give just about anything to be there, instead I will be near my laptop, waiting to make any and all videos and images go viral.

satanislam
satanislam
10 years ago

Islam is nothing more than a paedophile worshipping cult of foul smelling deviants.Their Qu’rans are to be used for target practice,feeding to pigs & wiping after using the toilet.If muslims have a problem with free speech then let them go back to the septic tanks of countries from which they came.If Americans here in the U.S.A have converted,then you are nothing more than traitous scum.How’s that for free speech ;).

mzungu writes
mzungu writes
10 years ago

“some criticism of Islam may violate U.S. civil rights laws”
I wish someone would please just give me 1 example of this! But they won’t because it isn’t defensible. Or is it one of those hypocritical one way streets where its okay to call me a pig, infidel, white trash but not okay for me to label them ‘sand niggers’ if I wanted to. I have more respect for myself than to lower myself to their level. So if I had a blog entry titled “Sand Niggers R Savages” where I criticized Mohammed then I could be put in jail or fined or both is that it?

No dhimmi tool
No dhimmi tool
10 years ago

Islam is evil, and those who are trying to shove it down our throats against our will are committing evil, including Bill Killian.
SHAME ON HIM. He is a DISGRACE.
I will never submit to evil Islam. This guy needs to be drummed out of office. I wish you success. Alas, I am not well-heeled, lest I might join you.

ChickenShiite
ChickenShiite
10 years ago

It’s not criticism. They’re criminalizing telling the truth about islam.

Chris Wolf
Chris Wolf
10 years ago

obama LIED when he swore under oath to preserve, protect & defend our Constitution.
He LIED and HE KNEW HE WAS LYING.
muslim POS.

Bezelel
Bezelel
10 years ago

to defend against enemies, foreign and domestic.I keep hoping the joint chiefs will arrest him. obamud belongs in Gitmo.

Debi Brand
Debi Brand
10 years ago

When will the printable details of this “Public Disclosure in a Diverse Society” be available for us?
I’m eager to see them.

NoGroundZeroMosque
NoGroundZeroMosque
10 years ago

A fitting video for the AFDI demonstration tomorrow. This… will touch you America.
Col. Chamberlain’s moving talk to the troops before the battle of Gettysburg.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZpQ5W1AV0g

Liberal USA
Liberal USA
10 years ago

I am a LIberals and this website is too
Anti Islamic.. You try to stop the mosque in Tennessee
And now you try to spread lies about Islam.
I am an American like you bread and a liberals
Who support our Obama what he do.
He is saving you all American so that Muslim
Can live in peace… If you stop ISlam .. You
Are stoping free speech too.. I have many
Islamic friends who are patriotic and their desire
To Islamised the world is a religious thing.. Just
Like Christian wants to spread Jesus shit.. Why
Can “t the Muslim spread their holy word s too.
Save yourself less ISlam will have to save you.
The mosque shall be built in Tennessee and
I will see to it that ISlam and liberals and democrats
Shall rule over you conservatives and replliblicans
.. Which was so detest by all demkcrte and
Peace loving Muslim..
Muslim and liberals .. Stand united and fight
For freedom against free speech to speak ill
Of islam

prestigio
prestigio
10 years ago

if
pro-truth
pro-liberty and
pro-constitution
is anti-jizzlamic
then everyone who likes this site
is to be congratulated for having the spine
to stand up to the jizzlamic pigs
and their queer-ran
this is in diametric opposition
to the lying ravings of the left
who suck up to
satanic jizzlamic cult

Polymath
Polymath
10 years ago

Pam,
It is the Anniversary of Tiennaman Square along with that of the beginning of the Midway Campaign.
I do hope, you include reciting the First Amendment in your presentation. It would be most effective to have a large sign with it,
so it could be in all the still and video shots. It would be most instructive to explain it, and thereby, driving it home for the press and the spooks. The history of why the pilgrims fled to these shores to get away from religious persecution would be ‘informative.’
chanting it would be a great vocal refrain for protest.
The US Attorney apparently does not know it.
Sharia has no place here. The government , nor an individual, may impose their religious tenets on this nation.
The Truth marches on.

Edward Cline
Edward Cline
10 years ago

Want to know how anti-life Islam is? Here’s a column about a major critique of the nihilist ideology of Islam:
http://ruleofreason.blogspot.com/2013/05/islams-reign-of-terror-excerpt_2731.html

SSmith
SSmith
10 years ago

Can muslims slander Christianity, blaspheme our faith by denying Jesus died on a cross under free speech ? Can they criticise and slander Hinduism, Buddhism etc ?
It willl work both ways once we have all woken up. We will demand calling us infidels be criminalised ! We will demand protection for our faiths.
There are still more of us. Never underestimate the power of the masses.

Mama Hari
Mama Hari
10 years ago

OK If Killian wins the day – and that argument unfortunately is not to be ruled out – then Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Budhhist etc. groups should absolutely swamp the courts with lawsuits of their own (aimed principally and truthfully against guess who) Playing around with teh First is like playing with fire.

Jack Hampton
Jack Hampton
10 years ago

Yea could tell right off you’re merican. Lolol Wink Wink.

ApolloSpeaks
ApolloSpeaks
10 years ago

THE NEW BEGINNING THAT NEVER WAS
Four years ago today Barack Obama in Cairo gave his historic Moslem outreach speech which he hoped would mark “A New Beginning” and era in US/Islamic relations reversing seven damaging years of Bush’s War on Terror. But four years later with the Middle East in turmoil and thousands dying in Syria the “New Beginning” has yet to begin as US/Islamic relations are worse then ever-despite all of Obama’s attempts at butt kissing appeasement.
Now as I look back on that flattering speech which praised Islam effusively for its achievements real and imaginary it is obvious to me that it was doomed to fail because of its blatant hypocrisy. For if Obama sincerely believed what he said about the faith, that it was so wonderful and great-a force for peace, justice and progress in the world-then why is he an infidel? Why isn’t he Moslem? Many believers upon hearing this speech must have concluded the same thing and weren’t deceived by Obama’s rhetoric, ‘If he truthfully believes in the greatness and goodness of Islam then why isn’t he one of us?’ they must have asked themselves.
By 2010 sensing that his New Beginning Initiative was failing, and that Moslems on the Arab street weren’t exactly enamored with him, Obama hatched a ridiculous plan to change that and convince the faithful that he was really one of them. What did he do? He told then Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Gheit (as reported by Gheit himself) that he was a crypto Moslem and partial to the Moslem agenda. As Obama’s religion is secular progressivism (he might even be agnostic) this of course was a lie that fooled no one as Obama’s popularity with Moslems continued to dive.
Now here we are on the 4th anniversary of his historic speech and Obama is still trying to curry favor with the Moslem street by attempting to shred the Constitution and outlaw anti-Islam speech. And we must see to it that he doesn’t succeed.

Bezelel
Bezelel
10 years ago

Definitely Not the “Midas” touch

Liberal USA
Liberal USA
10 years ago

Stupid fellow Americans..
Liberals Ideal is the way to progress for true
Americans.. All you must be conservatives and replliblicans
who cannot accept defeat by our great Libetal
Obama who champion Islam.
I am
Not a Muslim but I love Muslim because of what
They stand for justice.. All over the world.. The Muslim
Was killed by bin Muslim from every corner
Of the earth ..by repllubicans such as bush 1 and 2 and Reagan
For attacking Libya .. I hail Clinton bill and now greatest Obama
The true American who speak the truth and
Protect all Muslim.. I heard him saying how wonderful
Islam is and contribute to world science. Navigation
Paper .. Medicine .. Mary’s.. Law.. Banking.. Arts…
Etc. you all take for granted.. Give due to Muslim
Who earns it.. We left will fight alongside our Muslim
Brothers so that ISlam
Can utter its cause.. I am confident that ISlam
Will protect all Jews such as pamela and all Christian here
.. All Buddhist will be protected and all Hindus will be
Protected by Islam.. Made no mistake about it.
So lay down your weapon of hate and confirmed
What Obama and DOJ shall do..
If necessary .. The amement needs to be
Modified upon sharia law as it is the only law
That is just and truth which protect all faith..
Look around the minority in Muslim country.. They
Prosper under the guidance of Islam..
Don’t let other s tell you otherwise..
Lebrals for Islam and Islam for humanity

ThisObamaNation
ThisObamaNation
10 years ago

Mark Steyn Weighs In On The Blatant Favoritism IRS Official Lois Lerner Gave To Malik Obama (Barack Obama’s Half-Brother) By Granting His Foundation Tax Exempt Status In Record Time.
Lois Lerner Granted Malik Obama’s Foundation Tax Exempt Status Despite Malik Obama’s Apparent Ties To Islamic Terrorists.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/06/mark-steyn-american-taxpayers-are-subsidizing-obamas-brother-to-party-with-the-genocidal-butcher-of-darfur/

ApolloSpeaks
ApolloSpeaks
10 years ago

Everything he touches turns into fool’s gold and crap.

MItch
MItch
10 years ago

There is no God named Allah.

James Linnstrom
James Linnstrom
10 years ago

One reason could be that he is a very lazy guy. He never wants to work himself hard. He prefers to play golf or have a Motown party in White House. In the past, his air of superiority worked wonders as as a law student and as a political candidate. But once he has a real job to do, he turns out to be a dud.

anne
anne
10 years ago

Hey Moldy Mohd islam is that you? Your incoherent rant is familiar to us…go back under your rock. Satan is looking for you

Walter Sieruk
Walter Sieruk
10 years ago

The only real reason the the forces of Islam are attempting to criminalize any criticism of Islam is because the foundations and doctrines of Islam are so weak that it can’t stand up to or hold up to criticism.

James Linnstrom
James Linnstrom
10 years ago

Well said. Most Islamists are in dreadful fear that truths about Mohammed would be openly known. If many more muslims find out about Mohammed – that he was an angry, violent, and sexual pervert – they may soon conclude that this was no prophet of Holy God. In reality the guy was a prophet of Satan!
In Pakistan, they enforce ‘blasphemy law’, namely criticizing Mohammed is a form of blasphemy! So these idiots are equating Mohammed with their god, Allah. ( Hey, I thought that was against Islam! LOL )
But why do they have such idiotic law that even goes against Islam? It is because Mohammed cannot be openly criticized. If you allowed that, the whole Islam would collapse!

James Linnstrom
James Linnstrom
10 years ago

For a muslim, lying to ‘infidels’ is a much praised strategy. Mohammed was in perpectual war against ‘infidels’. And he appreciated that deception is a key weapon in warfare.
There is a story of how a Mohammed’s follower engratiated himself to a rival warrior. He spewed out hatred against Mohammed, how Mohammed was a piece of shit, etc. So the rival was amused and took him into his confidence. While the warrior slept, the muslim guy crept into his tent and cut off his head. When he brought the head of the rival to Mohammed and told his tactic, Mohammed had a big laugh and he commended the follower’s clever action.
So for a guy like Obama, lying under oath is no big deal. The guy doesn’t believe in the Constitution anyway.

James Linnstrom
James Linnstrom
10 years ago

If this Killian guy’s retirement account is guaranteed by Saudi foundation money, is he going to listen to you? Or to his Saudi masters?
You can call him a disgrace. But he would rather have a comfortable retirement….

NoGroundZeroMosque
NoGroundZeroMosque
10 years ago

lol… That must of taken a long time for you to write. Do you work? Are you off your medication again?

Isabellathecrusader
Isabellathecrusader
10 years ago

Yeah, you’re not a Muslim. I’d recognize that can’t-spell-can’t-speak Muslim cadence anywhere. Yep, you’re definitely a Libetal, or a Lebral, or whatever the hell else you said.
Silly Muslim.

paula rutland
paula rutland
10 years ago

Obama: ‘The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam’.

prestigio
prestigio
10 years ago

truth is not slander
regardless
of how damaging the truth
might be
truth is an absolute defense
to any form of defamation

Arlie
Arlie
10 years ago

You are a FOOL. The Globalists are using Muslims to fight for them for FREE. They no longer need to pay an army when useful idiots think they are fighting for jihad. The Globalist make money off war no matter who is fighting, and a plus for their greedy minds is that it reduces the population too. What do you think will happen when the Globalist Banking Elite have redefined the whole world like the want it? They will know who you all are and there will be nowhere to hide. The muslims are being used for genocide, for global dominance of the elite and it will not end the way they think it will. So, keep fighting for Satan, just know this EVIL does not win.

Cassandra Clearwater
Cassandra Clearwater
10 years ago

Are you for real? I cannot believe the CRAP you Dare spew on this blog. Go and live in Saudi Arabia where you belong.

FloridaGirl
FloridaGirl
10 years ago

I’m sad to admit that Muslims masses will much bigger that Christians, Jews and all others together very soon. Muslims are breeding like ants. I do not see in Christian families birth average rate is 8.1 kids, like in Muslim family. Islam allows to have 4 wives or more as well. So prepare yourself, guys, to be a “cuffars” minority in Islamic United States of America soon. Especially after to Obama’s administration opened doors for heavy Muslim immigration last years. There are already some regions in US, where Sharia law is the only law and US police is scary to go in.

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