Dallas Company Refuses Pamela Geller’s Billboards Offering Help to At-Risk Muslim Youths in Danger of Honor Killing
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The two girls were becoming too Westernized so their Muslim father shot his two daughters and left them for dead in his taxi.
Sarah Amina called the police after she had been shot by her father. “I’m dying.,” she said and the line went dead moments later.
It was the last time anyone hears from Sarah Yaser Said, 17, or her sister, Amina Yaser Said, 18.
The two sisters were found slumped over dead in their father’s taxi.
In February the Islamic Circle of North America posted a billboard on the respect, honor and strength of the hijab.
Pamela Geller decided to post her own billboard next to the ICNA’s with a call line to Muslim girls who are at risk of honor killing.
The billboard has a help line for Muslim girls to call if they feel they are under threat from their Muslim family.
The billboard company still won’t run Pamela‘s billboards.
It is quickly becoming impossible to criticize any aspect of Islam, no matter how violent or repressive, in the public square. My latest billboard battle is a case in point.
A month ago, a number of concerned Texans wrote me about a hijab promotion campaign on Outfront (previously known as CBS Outdoor) billboards running in Dallas. Local media wrote it up in glowing terms, of course.
KERA News ran a puff piece with the enthusiastic headline “Billboard Campaign In Dallas Aims To Dispel Misconceptions About Islam And The Hijab.” It featured a large photo of the billboard itself, which read “Respect – Honor – Strength. HIJAB. The Dress of Modesty.” It also offered a phone number for those with “questions about Islam and women.” Not a word, of course, about the many girls and women who have been threatened and even killed for not wearing the hijab in a practice commonly known as “honor killing.” This ad’s use of the word “honor” is especially cynical…
…This billboard is the handiwork of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA). Neither KERA News nor any other news outlet that ran glowing coverage of this billboard bothered to mention that ICNA, according to terrorism expert Steven Emerson, and a report by Discover the Networks, is linked to radial Islamic movements such as the Muslim Brotherhood, the pro-Sharia organization from which Hamas and al-Qaeda come.
My organization, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), on the other hand, is a human rights group dedicated to freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and individual rights. We have been targeted for death multiple times and escaped death in recent assassination attempts because of our work in defense of freedom.
AFDI submitted an ad to run on Dallas billboards right next to ICNA’s hijab “honor and respect” ad. But as of this writing, I have had to revise the ad over a dozen times to comply with Outfront (CBS) Outdoor’s constantly changing ad policy.
The first ad I submitted featured photos of a number of Muslim girls who were honor-murdered by their families for refusing to wear the hijab. Above the photos was the legend, “Muslim Girls Killed By Their Families Because They Refused Hijab,” and underneath, “Are you forced to wear hijab? Is your family threatening you? We can help. Go to FightforFreedom.us.”
Outdoor wouldn’t allow that; its General Manager Zack Danielson wrote me: “Good morning. I just received word that we cannot accept this copy due to the top tag line ‘Muslim Girls Killed By Their Families Because They Refused Hijab’. Is there any way you all can remove that line and leave everything else as is? Thank you.”
I responded: “But they were honor murdered by their families because they did not want to wear hijab – they wanted to be free. If I take that line out nobody understands who those girls are and by the way there from America and Canada. So what would be acceptable? ‘Honor killed by their families’ Would that work?”
To that, Senior Account Executive Sammy Tamporello replied: “I understand what you are saying, but as mentioned below whether I agree or not ultimately I cannot post creative that goes against our companies [sic] policy/approval process. Anything with the killed, murdered, or type of violence is not going to get approved.”
So I changed the top line to “Muslim Girls Who Refused the Hijab – R.I.P.” Tamporello responded: “Thanks for your assistance. If you all can eliminate the RIP, we will be good to go and I can send over the contract.” I said: “Sammy, I cannot eliminate the RIP – those girls are dead. How else would you have me convey that message? How about, ‘Rest in peace.’” Then I sent in a new ad reading: “In Memory of the Muslim Girls Who Refused Hijab.”
That was refused as well. Tamporello wrote: “Our corporate office just informed me that the top line needs to be removed or needs to not include a ‘death reference’ i.e. In Memory, RIP, or Condolences, etc.”
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RCCA
5 years ago
You could get the same message across by showing photos of women in the various expressions of the hijab from burka to head scarf. Honestly, if your message is to help Muslim women you don’t need to explain the threats to them. It’s their life.
“What’s the difference between a hijab, niqab and burka?”https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/24118241
Malsikcuf
5 years ago
What about something like “Feel threatened for hijab refusal”, “Freedom from hijab refusal abuse” or “Protection from hijab refusal”? Don’t end up like these girls
tom
5 years ago
He’s still out there.
tom
5 years ago
It is interesting to note that the sister’s scumbag father, Yaser Abdel Said is still at large and on the FBI’s ten most wanted list. He is thought to be living in a Muslim country or possibly still in America, being sheltered by the local Muslim community; people who think exactly like he does and condone him killing his daughters in the name of honor. There’s a $100,000 reward. Someone needs to turn this muderous coward in, if not for justice then for the money. He has no honor and neither does anyone harboring him
Wasn’t this the one whose dad was a taxi cab driver?
She called 9/11 during the murder of her sister and it was recorded.
If this is the same one, it was gruesome beyond words.
just rent a truck and wrap it, and have a muslim wrap company do the wrap work – a la gay cake Supreme Court ruling, come on Pam – you are not dealing with high IQ issues 🙂 stupid is as stupid does is the key to fighting islamist and their dhimmis
A letter? a boycott? That is weak compared to Arkancide threats from the leftists that US businesses face now.
Mark Huber
5 years ago
Pamela, we need another lawsuit and please make an EEO complaint as well. They are throwing young Muslim girls under the bus (literally) and are trampling on your rights. By liberal doctrine, they have no right to censor you anymore than a Christian business must serve all comers, including homosexuals, etc. This is an infringement and damages should be sought. Large damages.
This is my message left with the company:
I am outraged by the refusal to run Pamela Geller’s sponsored advertising intended to provide help to Muslim girls intimidated by Sharia law and death sentences. Shame, shame on you. I will write my Congressional reps and request your licenses be taken away in MN. Evil does not lurk in your hearts, it screams bloody murder!!!
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