Category: AFDI/SIOA “Leaving Islam” Bus Campaign

This should be a Trump campaign ad.

It’s all about Islam. The sharia-compliant media will NEVER report it – but that’s the root cause of it all.

It took over well a decade…..but we won! Background: In 2008, I was in Florida covering the Rifqa Bary court hearings to return her to her devout family, which had promised to kill to her because the teen had left Islam. I was waiting on my ride to the courthouse when I saw this ad…

Here’s the latest on our lawsuit against SMART in Detroit. First a recap: back in 2009, Detroit Transit and SMART transit refused to run our AFDI ads. We sued, we won, and they appealed. SMART was refusing to run outreach ads that might help Muslims living in dangeorus households. You might think that the Muslim…

It's astounding, isn't it? Detroit transit and SMART transit refused to run our deposed for six hours by some profane blowhard hack attorney — all billable hours to fight an ad created to help Muslim girls excape honor violence. Outrageous. This is America — everyone has the same right to a free life. And for…

Christian "Sh*t" Hildebrandt before the three B's: Bald, Belly, and Beard I just finished a grueling six hours in the kindergarten sandbox with the neighborhood bully. You'd think this was a criminal case and I was the defendant; in reality, I was the plaintiff, being deposed today in my three-year legal battle for free speech…

I flew into Michigan late last night after spending a good part of my afternoon and evening yesterday on the tarmac. I am being deposed today in my three-year legal battle for free speech against Dearborn SMART transit for refusing my ads to help Muslim girls living in dangerous and violent households. Longtime Atlas readers…

The Wall Street Journal on the Sixth Circuit Court's ruling that Islam is political, hence our "Leaving Islam?" bus ads designed to help Muslims in danger cannot run on Dearborn buses: "When the Side of a Bus Isn't a Public Space" Wall Street Journal, October 28, 2012 Does the First Amendment protect our right to…

Don't miss my take-down of the 6th circuit court in my first amendment hearing in Cincinnati. The fight for free speech blows up. Government argues that Islam is 'political' WND,  August 1, 2012 Exclusive: Pamela Geller gives blow-by-blow account of trial over Detroit ads What began as a clear First Amendment issue has exploded into…

Fresh on the heels of the landmark ruling of our first amendment lawsuit agains the city of New York, I find myself trekking halfway across the country to argue yet another free speech lawsuit against the city of Dearborn. This is a years-long battle (Geller vs. Detroit, June 2010) to get our pro-freedom bus campaign…

 Fighting Shariah in Dearborn Pamela Geller, WND over a year ago, the human-rights group American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), of which I am executive director, filed a lawsuit in Michigan against the transit authority, SMART, for the egregious violation of free speech in its banning of our bus ads for Muslims in need of…

"The Constitution does not permit government to decide which types of otherwise protected speech are sufficiently offensive to require protection for the unwilling listener or viewer." AFDI/SIOA motion previously filed and won Well over a year ago, we filed a lawsuit in Michigan against the transit authority, SMART, for the egregious violation of free speech…

  Back on April 2,  I happily announced that we had won in our year-long struggle against the violation of our first amendment rights in Detroit, Michigan. It took a year, but we won our free speech lawsuit in Detroit for their refusal to post our Freedom ads on Dearborn buses. And the week our…

As you know, we won our lawsuit against Detroit SMART (transit) to run our bus ads helping Muslims living in dangerous domestic situations. Our "Leaving Islam?" bus campaign was designed for girls like Rifqa Bary and Jessica Mokdad and Noor Almaleki and Amina and Sarah Said and any one of these individuals.… Apostasy is punishable…

Back on April 2,  I happily announced that we had won in our year-long struggle against the violation of our first amendment rights in Dearborn/Detroit after they refused AFDI/SIOA's bus ads offering assistance to apostates under death fatwas. Thousands of Muslims who have left Islam have been murdered under the sharia (Islamic law). We have…

      I thought Atlas readers would get a charge out of the dhimmedia's take on our win for free speech and for apostates in fear of their lives. Of course, the media ran to Muslim Brotherhood-tied CAIR for comment, not to apostates. Every news report cited Hamas-tied CAIR; not one asked aposates or…

Freedom buses will run in Detroit! We won in our free speech lawsuit against Detroit. Huge props to our stealth legal team David Yerushalmi and Robert Muise.  Prideful plaintiff here. Legal warriors nonpareil. This is a huge win, not just for us, but for the First Amendment. Geller Vs. Detroit While there are technical aspects…

"[T]he Constitution does not permit government to decide which types of otherwise protected speech are sufficiently offensive to require protection for the unwilling listener or viewer." AFDI/SIOA motion filed today   New York City Freedom Bus Back in May of last year, I filed a lawsuit against the city of Detroit Transit SMART Geller Vs….

UPDATE: Thanks to the many Atlas readers for clearing this up. The link to the Foreign  Office was generating the authentication code but I could not remove the box without removing the post – despite whatever image edits I made. Post removed, box removed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ As you know, I maintaingreat deal of consternation in the…

Apparently there is a new bus campaign to counter my freedom bus ads that were designed to save the lives of converts out of Islam.  I didn't  know it was a contest. I also didn't know that "40 Muslim leaders" in San Francisco signed a letter demanding my bus ads come down. Anyone opposed to…

Anyone who is against the Leaving Islam? bus ads supports the death penalty for apostates (converts out of Islam.) It's just that simple. The suggestion that I am urging Muslims to leave Islam is fallacious. The ads do not say "Leave Islam!" The ads read "Leaving Islam?," and are directed to Muslims in danger. Are…

This is an open and shut case of free speech. Judge Hood told us we could expect a decision by the end of the week — this is post-America. No decision yet in Detroit ad dispute Chad Groening – OneNewsNow  A national public interest law firm that defends and promotes America's Christian values says it…

American Thinker has my latest piece on the battle for free speech playing out in a Detroit courtroom: Read the whole thing here: Fighting for Free Speech in Detroit Pamela Geller, American Thinker When I tried to put ads on Detroit buses offering help to Muslims threatened by their families or communities for leaving Islam…

I thought Atlas readers might enjoy the following observations from self described "Grateful "Girl-illas" Linda and Sue, who were in the courtroom when I testified Tuesday. I would call them "great-ful," I am grateful for their activism and patriotism: SMART is as SMART Does …………. We were proud to be at the hearing in support…

Another day at the circus in the upside-down world of the left; the only difference is that the real circus is far more entertaining and the animals are far more intelligent. I was sorry to miss another Bloomberg meaningless dog and pony show (landmarks hearing) in NYC for the Ground Zero mega mosque site. But…

Crucial Federal Court Hearing Tomorrow on Controversial "Leaving Islam" Bus Ad ANN ARBOR, MI – Federal District Court Judge Denise Page Hood will hold a hearing  on Tuesday July 12, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. to determine whether refusal by the SMART bus authority to run a controversial paid-for ad passes constitutional muster. The “Leaving Islam”…

I gave Atlas readers a sneak peek into the recent developments in our lawsuit against the city of Detroit transit system for refusing to run our freedom ads, claiming they were political. Islam is political? Well, then it rightly loses its "religious freedom" protections and status, and becomes the domain of legally subversive foreign law…

New York City Freedom Bus Freedom bus, Miami Beach In the coming weeks I will be testifying in the suit I have filed against the city of Detroit for violation of free speech for refusing our pro-freedom bus ads that are currently running in New York City and Miami. I thought Atlas readers and SIOA…

New York City Freedom Bus Freedom bus, Miami Beach I wanted to give Atlas readers an update on the SIOA/FDI lawsuit against the city of Detroit. Despite the crying need for resources for Muslims under threat for leaving Islam, the city of Detroit refused to run our freedom campaign on the Dearborn and Detroit buses….

Thousands of people have responded to the "Leaving Islam" bus ads. We have helped hundreds to get help and have increased the number of safe houses for Muslims leaving Islam. I thought Atlas readers should see this latest missive. Reaching those in need: Dear Pamela, I want to commend you for the work that you…

Amazing …..if it were any other religion it wouldn't even register. What happened to religious freedom?

Dhimmi MSM Stenographers Get Talking Points from Hamas-Linked CAIR Thirty little buses in New York City…my, how they roll. Through our organization Stop Islamization of America, Robert Spencer and I have placed ads on New York City buses, offering help to Muslims wishing to leave Islam. Our ads ran previously on buses in Miami, but…

I was on FOX news tonight. Kimberly Guilfoyle was subbing (thank gawd) for Geraldo the clown. They had me on to discuss the 911 mega mosque at Ground Zero, and who was my adversary? Niwad Awad, Hamas supporter and founder of the unindicted co-conspirator, Hamas-linked, Muslim Brotherhood front CAIR. Awad was quoted as saying at…

More pure derangement from unindicted co-conspirator, Hamas-linked Muslim Brotherhood front CAIR. Worse, it seems as if is they are writing Daily News headlines and copy (there's a reason why the Daily News is third in this market.) Why don't these shills for Islamic supremacists step back and think? Their headline blares, Detroit bus system rejects…

“This kind of campaign and Americans support of it could assure these frightened Muslims that they have the rights that every other American has, that they will be protected, not abandoned or exposed to their leaders should they act upon their desire to be free,” the Dearborn teacher said. There is a story today in…

The thirty little  buses that could…..  have gone transatlantic. The Freedom buses hit the UK. Ask yourself, why is this such a giant story? Perhaps because the UK suffers an epidemic of Islamic honor killings, as well as apostate issues. Check out the fear that devout Muslims "might bomb buses." Got that? Religious freedom might…

This is still America and we mean to keep it that way. Hat tip to our founding fathers. Stop Islamization of America is filing suit against SMART, the government agency that handles advertising for bus ads in Detroit, for refusing to run our religious liberty bus ads. SMART's guidelines guarantee the freedom of speech, and…

Thirty little NYC buses…..my, how they roll. Funny how the LA Times says that "Muslims are calling the ads a smoke screen for an anti-Muslim agenda." It was CAIR that said that. So is the LA Times saying that the unindicted co-conspirator, Hamas-linked CAIR is representative of all Muslims? Is the LA Times actually saying…

Why doesn't Khan stop calling me names, and start calling out the jihadists? The Jewish star in her office (on the bottom of the picture at right) was rich. And while she calls me ignorant, she didn't refute, either here or on the Behar show, my charge that her husband, Feisal Abdul Rauf, said that…

The only thing worse than the twisting are the dhimmi socialists at the ADL. "It's just a place for apostates and people leaving Islam to go. It's not meant to offend anyone. It's an issue of religious freedom." They don't even know they are dhimmis. What I resent is all the misinformation: NYC Woman's Ad…

Look at the media frenzy a couple of ads on a bus generates. That, in and of itself, indicates how far down the rabbit hole we have gone. The religious freedom bus campaign is the lead story on every local New York TV station. I did five interviews today, with CBS, NBC, WPIX, and FOX,…

Spencer eviscerates the Daily News quisling Barry Paddock here. Bear in mind, I spent 20 minutes with this clown and not one word that I said was reported. Think about that. New York Daily News smears SIOA religious liberty bus ads, Pamela Geller This is what they call journalism these days: a full-out hit piece…

Yesterday in Miami, freedom buses are rolling………….. Seeking help? Go to LeaveIslamSafely.com. It was a fight, but we won. Read about it here. Our Freedom Buses are rolling again on the streets of Miami. You can find details on how we defeated CAIR and succeeded in running these ads here. Please help us keep the…

Jaime Glazov conducts a one on one interview with me to discuss the religious liberty bus campaign. FREE SPEECH VICTORY FP: What was the motive of your campaign? Geller: Jamie, this campaign was and is in defense of religious freedom. Our ad asks, “Fatwa on your head? Is your family or community threatening you? Leaving…

Freedom and liberty are buzzwords, ladies and gentlemen. Tell that to the glorified dead who fought for those buzzwords. Once again, the Miami Herald libels SIOA, calling us an anti-Muslim group. Hardly. We are a Save America group. It is telling that anyone who fights for freedom and religious liberty is perceived as anti-Muslim. Jaweed…

Leaving Islam Ads on the road again! I am thrilled to report that the legal matter with Miami Dade Transit has been settled. Not only will FDI and SIOA's buses be going back up, but another twenty will be added to the original buy and rolling down the sweet streets of Collins Avenue. This is…

Don't miss my piece today in Human Events on the suppression of free speech in Miami: Free Speech Denied In Miami by Pamela Geller Bus ads pulled for being "offensive to Islam." In an outrageous denial of free speech rights, Miami-Dade Transit last week forced the removal of a “Leaving Islam” ad campaign on Miami…

The Orlando Sentinel calls the newly formed pro-freedom, human rights group an anti-Islam hate group for trying to help apostates but never identifies CAIR as an un-indicted co-conspirator, Hamas tied, Muslim Brotherhood front. Needless to say, they have pulled the article. Libel is libel and slander is slander. Orlando Sentinel defames SIOA, shills for Hamas-linked…

Miami-Dade Transit says NO! Offensive to Muslims! Miami-Dade Transit says YES! Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad as Muslim prophets — not offensive to Jews and Christians! And the hits keep coming …………Jaweed Kaleem continues to shill for CAIR in his latest hit piece on the bus campaign and SIOA. Join SIOA today —…