Category: AFDI

I appeared on 'Up Close' with Diana Williams, WABC-TV’s public affairs show. I debated Rev. Jim Wallis of Sojourners, who is launching his own ad campaign on the subways, "hitting back" at ours. It’s a pity that Rev. Jim Wallis didn’t get his group together to stand up when Christians, Hindus, and so many others…

And while I am no fan of Dershowitz, in this he is absolutely correct. "It incentivizes people to engage in violence. What it says to people, is that if they don’t like ads, just engage in violence and then we’ll take the ads down.” I just submitted another NY campaign to the MTA. It will…

Fantastic video over at you tube. I don't know who the YT user is, but major props.

Here is the sharia response to Judge Paul Engelmayer's ruling in favor of our First Amendment right to run our pro-Israel ad campaign in New York City. One would think that moderate Muslims like Mr. Hayat Masudi would stand with freedom lovers in opposing jihadi attacks. That's what we are always told by our immoral…

The Muslim Brotherhood figures that with their man in the White House, Islamic supremacism is the order of the day. Mona Eltahawy broke the law. She destroyed my property. And she will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The idea that Muslims get special treatment is a tenet of Islam, Islamic supremacism*…

Hamas-CAIR, seething with Islamic Jew-hatred, spewed vicious libel (unchallenged) on NY1's "The Call." Here is my response …… Hamas-CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case — so named by the Justice Department. CAIR operatives have repeatedly refused to denounce Hamas and Hizballah as terrorist groups. Several former CAIR officials have been…

I missed posting my column this week — if you missed it, go here. DEFENDING THE WEST I'm offending 'savages'? Guilty as charged Exclusive: Pamela Geller fights latest effort to censor her organization's anti-jihad ads After my organization, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), won a historic victory in our First Amendment lawsuit against the…

Contrary to the conventional "wisdom," the MTA board did not change its ad policy and block political advertising because of our anti-jihad ad. Despite critical media and the howling mob of miscreants, political, cause-related ads will run. The agenda of the MTA meeting was to "overhaul subway ad policies," according to big media (ABC, WSJ)….

The media's fascination with the defacement of our ads seems to be unending; they are rubbing their hooves in glee ….. this is but one of hundreds of articles. 'Racist' stickers plastered over controversial subway station ads Metro   These stickers appeared on at least six of the 10 ads paid for by the American…

Great piece over at WND: Obama's top faith adviser blasts anti-jihad ad Bob Unruh, WND Claims his campaign represents 'Christians across the country' It took only hours after the posting of a pro-Israel slogan in New York City for opponents to launch a violent spray-paint attack against the message and for a religious adviser to…

Jay Dow must have taken pointers from the Atlas take-down of his one-sided Hamas shilling segnment last week. My takedown here:  WPIX's Jay Dow Panders to Hamas in America — Atlas Shrugs His follow-up report is much better. Not great — but better.

Ahmadinejad says Iran under military threat by "uncivilized Zionists" VIDEO: Iran under military threat by "uncivilized Zionists": Ahmadinejad (0:12) (thanks to David) Sept. 26 – Iran is under threat of military action from ''uncivilized Zionists,'' a clear reference to Israel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tells the U.N. General Assembly, saying that such threats are designed…

I discuss our counter jihad campaign in New York on Ezra Levant’s show on SUN TV.

Mona Eltahawy was arrested and spent the night in jail. Her attack on Pamela Hall is vicious. The irony is thick on so many levels. Robert Spencer explains: "Beasts" — OK, "savages" — vile racism. Islamic supremacist logic is so complicated! Actually, as I explained here, I think Mona Eltahawy's fascist vandalism of our pro-freedom…

Good piece over at The Jerusalem Post criticizing the uber-left "Forward" for its biased attacks against our pro-Israel ad. "We need The Forward not to go backward" Yisrael Medad, Jerusalem Post  Over at the left-wing – or is it liberal? – New York Jewish radical weekly, The Forward, where some friends of mine get published,…

I did a ton of media today, all on the Islamic supremacists and leftist thugs who are destroying our ads. The media is fetishizing the destruction and defacement of our anti-jihad ads. The media calls our accurate ads "controversial" or "inflammatory." But they offer no such criticism of the criminals who are destroying them. This…

Pamela Hall went underground, hitting the subway stations in pursuit of our anti-jihad ads. And it wasn't uneventful. Dorothy was not in Kansas anymore, and like Dorothy, she immediately came face to face with a wicked witch. Al Jazeera, the MTA Ads, Donna Nevel and….me…. On the road again, wending my way thru the underground of…

Much thanks to Big Fur Hat for ripping this clip of my appearance on the gutter-dwelling Geraldo Rivera radio show (his radio career will last all of five minutes, no matter how much Bull O'Reilly puffs him up).  This interview best exhibits the low state of the world, and how reason, logic and individual rights…

The blowback of these accurate, dead-on ads is indicative of just how pervasively the blasphemy laws under the sharia have already been imposed on Western countries. This story is not just national, it's all over Europe. France 24 reporting: I have no idea what they are saying, but you get my point. Une campagne islamophobe…

There is little reaction to the ads because most folks agree. I have received thousands of emails in support  — only the sharia enforcers and their media tools are on the warpath against free speech. Notice Hamas in America, CAIR, (who calld for the defacement of our ads is in the lede paragraph). We are…

Finally, a sweet breath of intellectual fresh air in what is otherwise a fetid, squalid cesspool of media bias and sharia-compliant tools (aka journalists). Kudos to Lori Lowenthal Marcus. Brilliant! Savaged For Daring To Name Savagery: Pamela Geller Attacked by Critics of Free Speech Lori Lowenthal Marcus  The Jewish Press, September 24, 2012 The ads…

“This lawsuit represents a clash between our American values and the fundamental right to freedom of speech on the one hand and those values espoused by sharia-adherent Muslims who want to suppress speech through violence on the other. In direct contravention of our Constitution, the WMATA is siding with the jihadists and silencing our clients’…

"We've reported some other controversies having to do with this particular woman" …. lol

These ads just went up on San Francisco MTA buses. SFMTA ran an unprecedented disclaimer, a first in outdoor advertising history, next to our pro-freedom, anti-jihad ads. Their disclaimer reads: “SFMTA Policy Prohibits Discrimination Based On National Origin, Religion and Other Characteristics and Condemns Statements That Describe Any Group As Savages.” Really? Were the Nazis…

Rebuking sharia demands by Islamic supremacist Hamas-CAIR for blasphemy restrictions on free speech, Mayor Bloomberg defended the law of the land (albeit in his signature craven style) and supported the running of our anti-jihad ads: "NYC mayor weighs in on provocative subway ad" Wall Street Journal, September 20, 2012 NEW YORK — New York Mayor…

Here is the video of my interview with Erin Burnett on CNN earlier. The video cuts off at the end of the description of the ADL. Here is a transcript of the portion that CNN didn't run. I secretly recorded my interview and included the audio of the missing portion in the video as well….

Now here's a candidate that freedom-loving people can get behind (vid tip Josh)

Fed Judge Rules In Favor Of Attack Ads At MTA Stations Targeting Radical Muslims This CBS news segment is the best of the bunch, if for no other reason than the fact that Hamas in America (CAIR) is not consulted as if it were a neutral authority. Every other news report cites them more than me,…

"Offensive Muslim Ad Going Up" Jay Dow, WPIX Jay Dow of WPIX News gets the Pig Foot Award for most biased, sharia-compliant reporting on our pro-Israel ads going up next week on NY subway platforms. And the competition was stiff, but dhimmi Dow was unrivaled in his uncritical adoption of the Islamic supremacist perspective —…

Of all the news reports, this was the closest to being even-handed; that's how bad the media is.

The accompanying NBC article is pathetic (here) — it could have been written by the blind sheikh. Hamas in America (CAIR) is in the subheadline, no mention of their Hamas ties, their role in the largest terror funding trial in US history, or their status as unindicted co-conspirator. Subway Stations to Display Controversial "Jihad" Ad…

Check out the coverage across the pond. "Anti-Muslim." So SKY News is saying all Muslims are jihadists. Wow. The Hamas group in America (CAIR) is cited in every article, but nowhere mentioned is their unindicted co-conspirator status, so named in the largest Hamas funding trial in US history, or that they were identified as a…

Hamas in America (CAIR) is demanding that the revenue from our ads be turned over to a sharia-driven "human rights commission." Wait, there are more Islamic supremcist demands. Hamas in America (CAIR) is demanding that the NYC MTA run diclaimers next to our ads. SFMTA tried that. Wait until you see the ads we are…

New York 1 News report on the AFDI pro-Israel ads — it always interesting to see what agenda-driven pull quotes they use. I love the folks on the street: most agree with us. The liberal sounds like an idiot liberal. It's not useful to call murderers murderers or rapists rapists, doncha know?

Here's a glimpse of the enemedia coverage of our anti-jihad ads. New York Magazine snarks at the "timing," as if there were a good or better time to blaspheme. When, then? After the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, when there were no "provocations"? After the Cole bombing? After 7/7 in London? After 3/11 in…

No, I am not referring to the obvious savages who plague civilized peoples. I am talking about use  of the word savage. Has anyone else noticed the sudden proliferation of the use of word savage when describing jihadists? Hillary Clinton has adopted it, rather frequently. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the Libyan militants a…

Don't miss my fierce column today at The American Thinker: Leftist Protesters denounce AFDI Islamorealism Ads, Call for Censorship Pamela Geller, American Thinker  Last week, protesters gathered in White Plains, New York to denounce hatred. Were they protesting against murderous Islamic jihad terror attacks against innocent civilians in Israel and elsewhere? Were they protesting the…

Mark Tapson has a contribute here (we can't do it without you). Siding with Savages Mike Tapson, FrontPage Magazine, September 6, 2012 Atlas Shrugs blogger Pamela Geller, lightning rod for the hateful fury of the unholy alliance of Islamists and the radical left, is under attack again for daring to run a pro-Israel advertising campaign…

Last week I was on Robert Spencer's show on abnsat.com, discussing the controversy over our AFDI's pro-Israel and Islamorealism ads. If you missed it, here it is.

Paul Schnee, President of the ZOA, Western Division, sent this letter to the Mayor of San Francisco, the board of the SFMTA and the San Francisco Chronicle. It also went to the L.A. Times, the L.A. Jewish Journal and the Santa Monica Daily Press — media outlets that slammed our pro-Israel ads. My tiny ad…

Judicial Smackdown: NY Judge slams NYC MTA in AFDI free speech ruling Good piece in The NY Times on our victory in court yesterday: "Judge Criticizes M.T.A.’s Delay in Ad Case" Benjamin Weiser and Matt Flegenheimer, NY Times Most people who get frustrated at delays caused by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority have little recourse, other…

The courageous and singular Paul Schnee is the President of the Zionist Organization of America, Los Angeles Chapter. He has penned a brilliant opinion piece supporting our pro-Israel ads running on the San Francisco buses (and soon to run in other cities) and exposing the cowardly and weak for condemning them. Pity no American newspaper…

Muslims are slaughtering Christian children for perceived insults to the Quran). Fight this pox on humanity. Here is one reader on the Hastings-on-Hudson line: (thanks to Fresh via Jeannie) The writing says:  “Muslim communities have prevented 2 out of 5 terrorist attacks since 9/11, and 1 out of 2 since 2009. All religious texts contain…

Here's the million dollar question. Scores of anti-Israel ads ran in cities across the country for years. Why didn't those anti-Jewish ads cause the transit authority to review its policy? But one ad, our ad, citing a fact, the tens of thousands of deadly attacks since 911 all in the cause of Islam, is the…

Read the latest on San Francisco's pro-jihad ad policy on its transit systems. The disclaimer that San Francisco Muni ran next to my ads was clearly anti-semitic and sharia-compliant. My counter ad (above) to their disclaimer ad (below) has still not been approved to run. The delay is telling. San Fran Muni had their disclaimer…

FrontPage Magazine Interview: Pamela Geller "Unprecedented Sharia Enforcement by City Governments" August 21, 2012 Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Pamela Geller, the founder, editor, and publisher of AtlasShrugs.com. She is the executive director of the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) and Stop Islamization of America (SIOA), and is a regular columnist for World Net Daily,…

"A Special Place in Hell." Indeed. That is the title of a second front page article on me at the uber-left, viciously anti-Israel newspaper, Haaretz, attacking me for my pro-Israel ads. The piece itself bears the equally absurd title, "Islamophobia, not Islam, will be the end of Israel." The long knives are out. And such…

Amrit Pal Singh ‘Amrit,’ a pre-eminent leader in the Sikh community, has issued the following statement in support of our pro-Israel ads: What is more offensive? Amrit Pal Singh ‘Amrit’ What is more offensive, calling a country ‘a cancerous tumour’, or calling a violent movement ‘savage’? Is calling Israel ‘a disease’ not offensive? When President…

In an unprecedented move, the city of San Francisco is placing craven ads right next to every one of our pro-Israel ads on San Francisco Muni buses. This is unprecedented in the history of outdoor advertising. This is the manifestation of Sharia in Western society. Any war on innocent civilians is savage. They are reading…