Pamela Geller: ‘Jihadists won’ war on Charlie Hebdo

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When the Charlie Hebdo capitulators were asked about our cartoon and art event, they rejected the comparison. They said, “She Is obsessed by Islam.” Not so. I am obsessed with freedom. And the biggest threat to our freedom is jihad and sharia. Charlie Hebdo cartoonists and writers were obsessed with insulting people and religion. But I don’t put them down for that. Freedom of speech for all, I say.

They’ve surrendered and attack me — how brave and honorable.

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Pamela Geller: ‘Jihadists won’ war on Charlie Hebdo

The decision by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo to stop publishing any further cartoons of the Islamic prophet Muhammed has been described by some as a “cave,” but Pamela Geller said it was something worse – an outright victory for terrorism.

“The jihadists won,” Geller told WND. “We need more cartoons, not fewer. We must stand against this violent intimidation to impose the Shariah.”

The internationally renowned critic of Islamic extremism and author of “Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance,” expects there will be more terrorism as a result of Charlie Hebdo’s decision to back away from criticism of Islam.

“By surrendering, Charlie Hebdo is showing terrorism works,” said Geller, a WND columnist.
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Following the murderous attack on the publication’s Paris office on Jan. 7, 2015, protests took place around the world in support of free speech and against the use of violence to enforce Islamic prohibitions on depictions of the Islamic prophet Muhammed. The hashtag #JeSuisCharlie was widely used to show solidarity with the French magazine.

However, other protests broke out in Islamic countries denouncing the magazine for its criticism of Islam, and they included hundreds of thousands of people in Pakistan, Turkey and Chechnya. The French government took no action to repeal its own legal prohibitions on “insulting” Muslims, described by one Washington Post contributor as “leading the Western world in a crackdown on free speech.”

Just over a month after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, legendary French actress Brigitte Bardot was placed on trial by the French government for the fifth time for purportedly insulting Muslims and “inciting racial hatred” with her comment, “I am fed up with being under the thumb of this population which is destroying us.”

Such gestures have done nothing to stop acts of Islamic terrorism in the country, as only last month a French man was beheaded and had his body dumped at a chemical company in Grenoble.

The shadow of the terrorist attack at Charlie Hebdo also made it difficult for the magazine to continue operating as fearlessly as it once did. In May, Renald “Luz” Luzier, the only cartoonist at Charlie Hebdo to survive the shooting, quit because the strain of working at the magazine was “too much to bear.” Luzier had previously stated he would no longer draw caricatures of Muhammed because he had grown “tired” of making them.

According to G.M. Davis, the author of “House of War: Islam’s Jihad against the World,” France and the West are engaged in a losing struggle by trying to change Islam into something other than what it is. This is especially true, he says, when it comes to trying to eliminate depictions of the Islamic prophet Muhammed.

“The sensitivity Islam has to depictions, any depictions, any image of Muhammed, is very deep rooted. It goes right back to the core teachings of Islam with respect to idolatry. And there’s a terrible phobia of idolatry or really images of any kind. That’s why when you go into a mosque you really don’t see images.”

Davis, who holds a Ph.D. from Stanford and is director of the documentary “Islam: What the West Needs to Know,” says the Islamic faith has always promoted violence to prevent criticism.

“Islam and its prophet Muhammed himself are extremely sensitive to criticism, or satire,” he observed. “In many ways, what happened at Charlie Hebdo is similar to multiple incidents right out of the life of Muhammed. Once he had the upper hand, Muhammed was quite willing to order people killed for creating ‘insulting’ poetry about him, or making fun of him.”

“The logic of what those gunmen did in Paris in January 2015 is, unfortunately, right out of Orthodox Islam,” Davis said.

Robert Spencer, a critic of militant Islam and author of “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam and the Crusades,” wrote at his website Jihad Watch: “Charlie Hebdo stood for free speech. Now it is surrendering, and proving yet again that violence and terrorism works – a lesson which will only ensure we will see more violence and terrorism.”

Carl Gallups, a Christian pastor, former law enforcement officer, and author of the upcoming book, “Be Thou Prepared: Equipping the Church for Persecution and Times of Trouble,” warns: “The general rule of thumb is that once you begin to negotiate with bullies (terrorists) or to capitulate your legal rights in order to appease their continued threats – the bully will ultimately demand more because you have proven that he can.

“Yes, I expect this move by Charlie Hebdo will only produce additional similar attacks. If it worked with Charlie Hebdo, they will reason, it will work with others as well.”

Davis expressed amazement at what he sees as the continued blindness of Western leaders to the Islamic threat even after several terrorist attacks.

“When people get killed, it opens the eyes of some people, of course,” he said. “But we’ve had repeated instances of Islamic terrorism for decades. And yet here we are still scratching our heads saying, ‘Where does this come from?’ Even something as horrific as the September 11 attacks didn’t persuade the right people that Islam was a danger.”

However, Davis believes that while the West needs to show it won’t be cowed, he argues that Islam should be confronted through “reasoned discourse” rather than mockery.

To that end, Davis advocates what he calls a “containment” policy that would “not permit Islam to grow indefinitely within the West while endeavoring to keep it from spreading to areas of greater strength abroad.”

Part of this strategy involves what Davis judges to be a more “realistic” analysis of American capabilities to “change the face of the Muslim world.”

Pointing to Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt and Syria, Davis warns Americans, “We keep getting burned, and the situation keeps getting worse. The idea of democratizing the Islamic world, as we understand it, is virtually a contradiction in terms.”

Davis suggests the Charlie Hebdo episode is further proof Islam is impervious to Western cultural norms and should be treated differently than other religions.

“Islam is not a private affair; it’s a public program for transforming a society,” he stated. “It’s analogous to communism. We recognized during the Cold War that Communism wasn’t simply another political choice that could coexist in a pluralistic democracy. It was subversive of that democracy, and that’s why it need to be contained at home and abroad.

“We need to reconsider our immigration policy. I don’t think an outright ban is the right thing. I think we should remain open to those who come in good faith. But I don’t think we should allow Islam to grow institutionally, especially when it is overwhelmingly funded with foreign money from nations like Saudi Arabia. Islam is a political ideology that cannot be extended the same rights as other religions as we understand them.”

Nonetheless, Pamela Geller’s advice on how to confront militant Islam is more direct.

“Draw more cartoons,” she said. “Show that we won’t be bullied into silence. Every mainstream media outlet should be running the cartoons.”

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jon jon
jon jon
8 years ago

We all know how France curled up in fright when a few German’s toddled over there.Gay parie ppfftt!

joker
joker
8 years ago
Reply to  jon jon

Ha ha ha, my mother was French and always told us to stay away from the French. In general the French are a bunch of looers!

IslamDownpressesHumanity
IslamDownpressesHumanity
8 years ago
Reply to  jon jon

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries France was slightly more ambitious and imperialistic — especially when led by a certain Corsican.

Benji0804
Benji0804
8 years ago

Democracy and Islam go hand in hand. With Islam it’s majority rule and screw minority
rights in a Islamic country or majority rights in a republic.

Doug Kursk
Doug Kursk
8 years ago
Reply to  Benji0804

Democrats won’t cut off your head if they disagree with you…yet.

TheSnapDude
TheSnapDude
8 years ago

Geller 2016! Stellar Geller would pull the TRUMP card on Trump!!!!!!!!!

Ajay
Ajay
8 years ago

French .. cowards as always.. Why are we not surprised at all

Charles Martel
Charles Martel
8 years ago

They are winning everywhere. That’s the truth. We are being delivered properly tied and gagged.
When I see my Jewish friends emailing requests to contact members of Congress to support the pact with Iran, all I can think is that they will be the first to go in spite of all the efforts they are making to support what they see as a path to peace. Poor fools!

Susan Merrifield
Susan Merrifield
8 years ago

I believe muhammed was in direct competition with Jesus Christ and therefore Christianity. He, like satan, did not want that anyone should know the truth about Jesus and His gift of redemption from sin for mankind. I believe that is why muslims today follow this barbaric system of life they call islam. They are completely deceived.

Tommy Guns
Tommy Guns
8 years ago

Susan Merrifield, you have to remember who mohammed appealed to. He appealed to the ignorant masses who believed mohammeds fairy tale about receiving 72 virgins. Muslims aren’t the cleverest people on this earth so I can see how they could be fooled by a fairy tale. Muslims are so hung up on sex that a woman must cover her head because muslim men go nuts at the sight of a womans’ hair. In the muslim mind the sight of hair or ankles makes muslim men lose their hold on reality and must rape that woman. Funny how they take sex so seriously but aren’t concerned about pedophiles and rapists.

IslamDownpressesHumanity
IslamDownpressesHumanity
8 years ago
Reply to  Tommy Guns

But what do women get in izlamic heaven? Rivers of wine? Pearly-eyed boys? Or the opportunity to be kept as part of a 72 women harem?

Yan
Yan
8 years ago
Reply to  Tommy Guns

So Islam is a fairy tale but your Christianity is divinely inspired?

Dump fucks…

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richardlhartig
8 years ago

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marthadclary
8 years ago

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Daniel Diamond
Daniel Diamond
8 years ago

“Davis, who holds a Ph.D. from Stanford and is director of the documentary “Islam: What the West Needs to Know,” says the Islamic faith has always promoted violence to prevent criticism.”

You can say that again.

and not only violence to prevent criticism but violence for any reason at all.

Bonnie Prince CharlieD
Bonnie Prince Charlie
8 years ago

Whoever called the French cheese-munching surrender monkeys in WW2 was 100% correct, and their legacy lives on. But they can’t help it. They’re French. It’s in the blood.

IslamDownpressesHumanity
IslamDownpressesHumanity
8 years ago

France declared war on Germany along w/the UK. France used to supply Israel w/cutting edge military hardware. They weren’t always decadent surrender monkeys. Then again, isn’t the entire Western world going down the same road as France? If places like New Zealand or AUS (maybe even Canada) were to import the same numbers of muslums as France it would be game over for either of those two countries — but especially New Zealand.

NYgal
NYgal
8 years ago

You are absolutely right. Show me another country where Mohammad cartoons are shown, aside from Pamela’s show in Texas? And we all know what support Pamela got from our media and our politicians.

John Cunningham
John Cunningham
8 years ago

France has been loosing wars and battles since Joan was burned at the stake. Now America has been loosing ever since January 2009 or since Barack Obama was worn in. Maybe we could litigate the swearing in of Obama by John Roberts and claim it wasn’t legal. They had to give him the oath twice.

ted
ted
8 years ago

Wrong, the frogs surrendered in WW2 also. That doesnt mean we have to lose the war, although the way we are going with our PC society, who knows.

IslamDownpressesHumanity
IslamDownpressesHumanity
8 years ago
Reply to  ted

But it’s not just France that’s surrendering to izlamic-nazism in the 21st century — it’s practically the entire civilised world.

Louise from Canada
Louise from Canada
8 years ago

And that’s why it is very scary when the “civilised” world is surrending. But I keep asking myself: WHY???? Who is behind is just as spooky!

IslamDownpressesHumanity
IslamDownpressesHumanity
8 years ago

Who would figure Brigitte Bardot would be championing freedom in France and worse yet being persecuted for it?

joker
joker
8 years ago

What did the great Mussolini do to Hitler?

joe blow
joe blow
8 years ago

“It’s analogous to communism. We recognized during the Cold War that Communism wasn’t simply another political choice that could coexist in a pluralistic democracy. It was subversive of that democracy, and that’s why it need to be contained at home and abroad.”

Mr.Davis, who’s this “We recognized” group? Certainly NOT the Liberals I know because, to this day, they refuse to “recognize” any such an animal as a Communist Party which can’t “coexist in a pluralistic democracy. It was subversive of that democracy.”

And, as for “Islam is a political ideology that cannot be extended the same rights as other religions as we understand them”…. It is to laugh!!

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