neveragain911Filed under: Islam and mosques
April 23, 2012 at 6 PM, I returned to Temple University (Kiva Auditorium) to participate in an important conference on “Islamic Apartheid”.
Co-sponsored by The Horowitz Foundation and Students For Intellectual Freedom, the usual ‘outrage’ and declarations against ‘racism’ and “Islamophobia” by the Muslim Students Association and a number of Leftists/Socialist groups was trumpeted in the local and students papers as fact and the result was predictable.
Announcing their intentions to the media, proclaiming “Hate Speech” was not “Free Speech”, and as arbiters of what was allowed (or not), they intended to shut the conference down.
Prior to the conference, the protestors assembled outside where I caught a few pictures and a short video of “Free Free Fakestine”,“From The River To The Sea” and the usual“Fakestinian” flags.
No doubt this was the only point-of view permitted’ at T.U.
There was a pretense of rules they were told to abide by, knowing fully well they would ignore them all with impunity since Temple’s Security Police were passive observers. This guy heckled through out Robert Spencer’s and Pamela Geller’s opening remarks (note Security is YAWNING)
Even after the second announcement made to the students inside, demanding a semblance of decorum, “deaf ears”prevailed. Security stood by watching the students behaving rudely, a raucous example of “Free Speech for ME but Not for THEE”
They smugly opposed everything they heard. Figuratively putting hands-to-ears, going la-la-la-la, as the argued party-lines claiming Islamic Apartheid to be a slanderous fraud. It was racist. It was hate-speech. It was LIES. No real questions came out of their mouths, just more la-la-la-la la-la-la-la……………
Part 1 VIDEO is a look at the crowd inside just before Dean of Students, Stephanie Ives, made a brief statement. The main point being, ” I ask you all to keep the principles of free speech and civil discourse in mind tonight .” A statement which fell on deaf ears. The students came to disrupt and to violate the free speech rights of their fellow students as well as the invited speakers.
As is evident from the videos posted here of the entire evening, security and Ms Ives basically ignored the offending students. After Ms Ives fulfilled her duties with empty words she did nothing to assist student leader, Alvaro Enrique Watson, a brave young man whose organization, Temple University Students for Intellectual Freedom (TUSIF ) co-sponsored the conference with The David Horowitz Foundation.
THE forbidden signs appeared at about 10:25 in Video 2 (as shown in these screen shots) There was NO penalty for bad-behavior, but this Conference was too powerful to be shut-down so score A BIG ONE for the speakers!
The pamphlet the protestors handed out as they left during Spencer’s opening remarks.
After most of these arrogant fools,walked out with their 8×10 paper signs that they had “snuck” in , only then did the campus police decided to have some rules. This rule they wouldn’t bend: No one outside who really wanted to hear the speakers would be permitted in.
The VIDEOS that follow are of the speakers: Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch, Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs, Nonie Darwish, Former Muslims United, Simon Deng, a Sudanese Refugee and the 3 Part Q and A , will be more powerful than anything else I can say…
Part 1- Robert Spencer was the first speaker; listened to by most, although there was the to-be-expected disruption by a few (this happens in a couple of moments during Spencer’s opening remarks) and was handled by the speaker since security just stood by and watched.
Part 2-Pamela Geller. In spite of a couple of hecklers, Ms Geller confidently waited them out and then spoke of her organization, dedicated to the individual human rights and to women’s rights.
At this point, T.U News, a student paper (that’s their crew in the center of this picture) they LEFT!
They had no interest in hearing Nonie , a former Muslim or Simon, a former Muslim slave tell their powerful stories.
Part 3- Nonie Darwish (Former Muslim) spoke of her upbringing as a Muslim In Egypt, of leaving Islam and the Islamic Apartheid against Former Muslim, Christians and Jews.
Part 4-Simon Deng was enslaved at the age of 9 by Muslims in the Sudan; a horrible practice that continues throughout the Muslim world today. This was a powerful presentation.
THE Q and A is in 3 parts. This is our higher-education at work, dedicated to creating and maintaining a brain-dead generation incapable of thinking for themselves. They proudly marched in lock-step with the Islamic Fascisti and their Marxist comrades: fools and tools. Surly and smug as they lectured the speakers.
And then they walked out before the conclusion….
Part 1 – Q and A. One heckler remained in the crowd (ignored by security) and many of the ‘questions’ were statements-of-propaganda. (Handled superbly by the speakers) Audience mic was set too low so I tweaked the audio as best I could when questions were asked.
In Part One: Robert Spencer, Nonie Darwish and Pamela Geller.
Part 2 – Q and A continues with a concerned young man asking Robert Spencer about what he has read in the Quran. He doesn’t like the violence in the Quran. The loud mouth heckler shouts out a few times, but the Q and A continues in spite of him. Part 2 is intense and quite interesting.
Part 3 – Q and A is the end of the Q and A. The students get more argumentative. Their minds are closed but the speakers, Spencer, Geller, Darwish and Deng, are politely confident as they continue to address The Islamic Apartheid , FACTS these students refused to listen to.
Now is the time to reach out to anyone sitting on the fence, unsure about the propaganda and indoctrination they are exposed to in our schools, our colleges and our media. Please share these videos. We need more panels like the Islamic Apartheid Conference and please support these brave student leaders.
Illuminate and Educate! Or the war is LOST.
Filed under: Islam and mosques
On the evening of March 19, 2012, in Philadelphia, Pamela Geller of AtlasShrugs.com, SIOA (Stop Islamization of America), AFDI (American Freedom Defense Initiative) and SION (Stop Islamization of Nations) gave a talk to a ‘full house’ at ZOA-Philadelphia.
Ms Geller’s topic for the evening:
“The March of Islamic Supremacists: Implications for America, Israel and the West and How To Stop It”.
Pamela Geller, is also the author of Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance
And her associate, Robert Spencer (JihadWatch.org), has a new book coming out (Amazon link here)
As for Ms. Geller, if you’ve never heard her speak, this is a great place to start. And for those who know and respect her already, it was a fabulous evening to inspire everyone to forge ahead, as part of a team, against the Islamist Hate Machine.
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Part 1 is brief introductions by ZOA executive officers, Steve Feldman and Lee Bender
Part 2 is Ms. Geller’s riveting, passionate and vitally important speech from “…. today’s “Paulette” Revere and blogger extraordinaire”.
Part 3 is a Q and A with the audience and Pamela Geller, moderated by Steve Feldman
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Coming up ( on April 29, 2012 in Dearborn, Michigan) If you can, please join Geller and Spencer at the Jessica Mokdad ” Human Rights Conference”
And on September 11, 2012, SION will hold its First Session of a World Congress in Defense of Free Speech in NYC. Be sure to bookmark this Face Book Link for updates.
Individually and as a formidable team, Geller and Spencer have lead the way but they can’t do it all. Get involved. Speak up. Speak out. It’s not enough to write letters-to-the-editor anymore….
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What’s wrong with these pictures? Anything. Everything or Nothing. Good or Bad? Depends on who’s in control of the message. It’s a new ad-campaign scheduled for Williamsburg (Brooklyn, NY) written in Hebrew and Arabic.
The offensive message did not go unnoticed by the Jewish Community. They met with the Community Board and permission was denied, The ad was moved to another part of Brooklyn.
But the Muslim Community in N. J, where this atheist ‘choice’ was to be posted as well, is feeling oh-so-grand and open-minded. The Imam said they have a right to express themselves. You know, Free Speech. So, it would seem: Jews BAD. Muslims Good.
There is another ad-campaign coming to enlighten potential reverts. Again, with the Muslim dawa (GOOD)
Countered by an ad-campaign opposing the Sharia Invasion [Pamela Geller hasmore on this campaign sponsored by AFDI/SION here ] So, will this campaign be judged as rude. Not nice. (Bad?) Will it be stone-walled. Will Free Speech be denied to those who oppose Sharia? Some ads are definitely more FREE than others….
Some background.
I’ve been collecting some of these ads since 2007. And, perhaps, the saga of the NYC Intifada t-shirts is one time they had some blow-back to their dawa-plans. The public outcry caught them off-guard. Claiming it was an innocent logo and a misunderstanding of Intifada didn’t work. In case this has been forgotten, Bloomberg was forced to ‘request’ Principal Almontaser to step down as Head of KGIA.
Score one for the Infidels.
Moving on to the Bus Ads.
The ad-campaigns promoting Islam (and others) seemed to be everywhere. Guessing they were doing “good” cause there was no public out-cry.
MuslimsForPeace “Love For All- Hatred For None”. This was placed only on two 42nd st crosstown busses (in 2010). Back and forth they went all day….
In 2010, found this bus at the end of the line, in Battery Park City.It’s okay to criticize God, but if it had been the Moon-god or Big Mo, that would have been ‘bad’. NYC-Atheists.org
Isaiah53.com “This Chapter Will Changed Your Life” (2010- 8th Ave- midtown). No threat, no harm-no foul, cause no mention of Islam….
Detroit had a campaign…
Seattle was busy….
By the time this campaign was up in Seattle (in 2010)…
AFDI had a counter-ad ready. But, it was met with OUTRAGE because while it dared to support Israel it also used these incendiary words: ‘SAVAGE’ and ‘JIHAD’. (Bad)
Florida was still in the game : “ISLAM: The Way of Life of Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad.” ( Guess this message was “good”. No outcry)
But, after this counter-ad was accepted, Miami Transit panicked . They pulled the AFDI campaign because it was “bad”. Must never, EVER talk about “Leaving Islam”.
In 2010, when Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer created this next AFDI ad- campaign around the proposed Ground Zero Mosque, the campaign was met with outrage and opposition from the MTA.
Of course, the hypocrites at the MTA took the money, but finding those busses with the ads was an arduous journey to nowhere. Were they even out there? Found this one as it pulled away from the bus stop at 48th and 8th ave. Otherwise, never saw another one on the streets on Manhattan.
Then we have the subway ads.
In 2008, this was a campaign promoting Islam during Ramadan. I took a ride on the F Train “Looking for Dawa. And it was “GOOD” ( so we’re told)
In 2011, I found these two ads in the same Times Square Station.
This one is Good (I guess) cause it’s anti-Israel and has NO graffiti .
It’s BAD to support Israel, therefore, this was one has graffiti!
But, in 2011, this ad wasn’t permitted …anywhere….because it dared to mention SAVAGE and JIHAD. (BAD. Very, very bad)
And in 2012, also in the subways, found outreach for Atheists at 42nd St. Anything that promotes “There is No God” is , of course, “GOOD”.
At 34th St. (You are not alone)
The Bill Board Campaigns
I was first aware of the “Battle of the Bill Boards“ in 2007, when my parent organization ,United America Committee, posted this bill board in Florida.
From the uproar over UAC posting just ONE billboard in one State, Florida, the conclusion was this was “Bad. It’s not a good-thing to warn or criticize anyone about Islam. [More here from Julia Gorin ]
There’s no shortage of “Dawa for Islam” billboards, so of course, this is ….”Good”.
And then, the infamous Taxi ad campaign of 2011.
When Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer were reaching out to potential victims of Sharia who just might want to leave Islam; to live free from terror of Sharia in a Free Society. But, this was “BAD. Very bad”.
It was a great campaign, placed across the country, but trying to find these ads in Manhattan, an exercise in futility. Even though bought and paid for, I manages to see ONE when I didn’t have my camera. And oddly, this was in Times Square AFTER the month-long campaign was over.
The ubiquitous pedicabs must not be forgotten. Twice I’ve found them promoting Islam (in 2009 and 2008).
First, a bumper-sticker with a personal statement in support of Islam (so it’s “GOOD”)
And Patriotic! So, it too….is good….
2008, these two decals were “personal and patriotic” but, they were “BAD” . (VERY Bad.) Placed on his van by the father of a martyred sailor from the USS COLE but, they offended Muslims at Camp Lejuene, N.C. So, this father in mourning, was ordered to remove the decals. Outrageous.
But, in 2011, on 8th avenue in midtown Manhattan … on a Sunday morning … this dawa bumper-sticker was “hoping for some Sunday Reverts.” Of course, this would be “good’ so there’s probably no place this car can’t go with that sticker (even though it is offensive to Christians).
So here we are. 2012 with two new campaigns in the news.
AND this campaign….
VS the AFDI/SIOA Counter-Ad
Pamela Geller, ” We need to counter this campaign publicly. We must educate America and arm freedom lovers with facts. The U.S. should be calling upon Muslim groups in America to renounce and reject Sharia if they want to be American citizens. “
NMAGZ: I agree! What ads are accepted and what is denied should be monitored diligently. The long arm of Sharia-Law must not silence the opposition. Before the The Islamo-Nazis’ strike again, Fight back. Expose. Protect and Educate or else, like Europe, we will be devoured by the Dark-Ages of Islam and Sharia.
This rally of protest against the NYPD had many speakers with claims of ‘racism’ against the whole police department; all because of one film.
“The rally was called by Majlis Al-Shura and DRUM
DRUM- Desis Rising Up and Moving is a multi-generational, membership led organization of working class South Asian immigrants in New York City. Desi is a common term used by people of South Asian descent to identify as people from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and parts of the diaspora including Africa, England, Fiji, Guyana, and Trinidad. (“No Human is Illegal”)
Other supporters of the protest against the NYPD:
Arab Muslim American FederationCouncil on American Islamic Relations- New York (CAIR-NY)Muslim American Society (MAS)Al-Awda NYThe Mosque of Islamic BrotherhoodSocial Justice Task Force of Muslim Alliance in North AmericICNA New YorkMuslim Peace Coalition-USA, NYPakistan Solidarity NetworkNational Congress for Puerto Rican RightsPAKISTAN USA FREEDOM FORUMThe Justice CommitteeProject SALAMBAYAN USAInternational Socialist OrganizationYemeni American Coalition for ChangeDefending Dissent FoundationMay 1st Coalition for Worker and Immigrant Rights
NYC Coalition to Stop IslamophobiaWorld Can’t WaitAmerican-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)Arab American Action Network (AAAN)Turning Point for Women and FamiliesAsian American Legal Defense Fund (AALDEF)International Action CenterWESPAC FoundationAd Hoc Coalition to Defend the Egyptian RevolutionCommittee to Stop FBI Repression-NYMuslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA)Black UnityCAAAV
Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ)Jews Against Islamophobia
A long list of supporters, yet they didn’t pull together much of a crowd. There were lots of cameras followed by spare reportage. Yet midst those carefully chosen words of “reconciliation” I was hearing reverse racism and calls for riots and violence in the streets, so I let the camera roll-on.
“This is what Democracy looks like “Rails against mass incarceration. Demands Community Control of the Police. We need to be in control of the police in NYC. SILENCE is CONSENT”
So who hears this stuff? Like this angry, ANGRY woman.
She’s not too happy with Obama. Claims institutional racism is even more blatant under a black President. Points out the Muslims in these country are mostly African-American. Government concerned about recruitment of blacks in prison. THEY have jammed-packed our prisons with young blacks and Latinos….looking to ensnare, to entrap those brothers and sisters in this BOGUS War against terrorism…The REAL TERROR lies in the NYPD. (3:56)
Get ready in 2012. You ain’t seen nothing yet. Mass demonstrations. Your anger being expressed on the street. We have to hit the streets in the millions. That is our history. Our future. And HISTORY will absolve us.
Our kids hear this propaganda every day in their ‘sensitivity’ indoctrination classes and they read in their text-books. High school, college, even the reviled NYPD gets the same ‘sensitivity’.
This guy starts out with….”the NYPD is a subversive, terrorist group. Ray Kelly is Irish Catholic . He slams Irish-Catholics… (but he’s just kidding)… People we call Muslims are 1.5 billion in the world. Not chump-change. 1.5 billion who serve allah. Can’t blame a whole group for actions of a few… Not the people painted as terrorists. They are hard working. Just trying to get by. Not trying to take over. Show some RESPECT, Ray Kelly. (and launches in to this chant)We gotta make Kelly and Brown go out of town”
(Point of fact, the film does not blame all Muslims)
And of course, our churches and synagogues. We had a priest representing the Christian support groups… but also….
ALL people of faith (faith traditions). There is a deep spiritual sickness in this city. All of us HUMANS can do better….bad ideas have infected this great city…the sickness spreads when we LIE about it. Call-out bigotry and intolerance.FEAR will be checked in NYC. We will SET the TONE for this PLANET………AMEN
CAIR-NY Civil Rights Manager Cyrus McGoldrick (a “revert”… in college… from Roman Catholicism)…. and his associate, the smarmy Zead Ramadan, President of Hamas-linked CAIR- NY was seen laughing within the crowd. I think he and Cyrus looked forward to a playful personal shout out to moi while I was filming. (:0027) Whatever I smiled as did he and then he launched in to his woeful tails of NYPD racism…. He asks:
Is this Justice? Is this Good Government? He also intoned, and was parroted by the crowd (3:17)
“When people come between us, what do we do? We LOVE one another. What do we do? We LOVE one another. What do we do…?
He also mocked that wikipedia was a source of info for the NYPD. Could this be the same Mulsim friendly encyclopedia source that rights so glowing of Islam, and slanders anyone who attempts to correct their re-tooled history? NOW, wiki is a joke? hmmmm. And in parting, asks the media to “Keep Shedding Light On The Truth”.
Linda Sarsour is the director of the Arab American Association of New York and works for the Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition. Attends the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge.
“She DEMANDS the resignation of Keely and Brown caused the LIED. The NYC Police department actually participated in the production of the Third Jihad. And they demand the re-education of the 1500 police officers who saw the Third Jihad film. The NYPD. Bloomberg’s Army. We demand our civil rights. and Our Civil Liberties.”
In the last five years, the Arab-American Association of New York, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in December, has quintupled its budget to a half-million dollars, drawn from individual donations and foundation support from the likes of the New York Foundation, the Union Square Awards, and the Brooklyn Community Foundation. It is the front line of American acculturation, if not integration, for tens of thousands of ESL-hungry Arab immigrants from Palestine, Morocco, Algeria, and beyond. The organization plays more or less the role that Abraham Cahan’s Forward played for the immigrants of Eastern Europe a century ago.
The executive director of the organization is Linda Sarsour, 31, a Palestinian-American mother of three who wears the hijab and plans to become the first Arab-American on the New York City Council when she runs in 2017, after the local seat opens up. Sarsour, who took over the organization in 2005 and has raised its profile tremendously—she was honored in December as one of 10 Champions of Change by the White House—travels a lot on behalf of the association.
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NYC Council Members who spoke against the Mayor, the Commissioner and the NYPD:
Former Blank Panther and Marxist Loving, Israel hating Charles Barron of the Freedom Party Barron a long-list of what he claims to be racist murders of NYC blacks by the NYPD . The film was tacked-on as he also suggested that the Wall Street Ponzi scheme criminals be subjected to the NYPD Stop and Frisk. He also threatened violence (2:44)
“Get your Act Together or THERE’S GOING TO BE AN UPRISE (sic) IN NYC LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE .
Melissa Mark-Viverito, represents East Harlem and parts of the Bronx She called the NYPD “out of control. Her talking-points,
“The A.P. Report. A Grave injustice. Our people profiled for their religion. It’s UN-American. She warns Bloomberg, Kelly and Brown, that we will not remain silent against the INJUSTICE in this City.”
Councilman, Robert Jackson (a “revert”) at a CAIR banquet in 2007, was oh so coy and acted like an”angel unawares” when quizzed about CAIR and it’s ‘un-indicted’ co-conspirator status. More recently, at a Muslim Day Parade, he proclaimed Harlem as the New Mecca. He speaks today, apparently, to correct a misquote:
“Dave Friedlander, a blog, some of what I said was out of context. I viewed the entire film, it has a negative impact on all Muslims. It focuses on extreme Muslims, but you have to watch even those who are not extreme. Brown lied, as Deputy Commissioner, he has to go. mayor must reach-out to build trust“
Marxist-loving, City Council member, Ydanis Rodriquez, District 10 in Northern Manhattan. (At 2:34)
Says “the film did nothing to improve the relationship of the police with our communities. The Muslim, Jewish, Latino, Black, Asian Communities. All they do is to make this a great Nation. (notice anybody missing from that list?) and with a bit of an over-reach, he says, “Whoever made this video should be in jail.”
And there were also a couple of State Senators thrown in for good measure, one who bled on about how difficult is was to be a gay politician….
MAS-NY (Muslim American Society) board member Abdel Hafid Djamil. (He spoke in 2010 at the Community Board meeting on Staten Island during the opposition a selling a Catholic Church and turning it in to a msoque)
“An apology is NOT enough . The training of the 500 officers who were required to watch a prejudicial, inaccurate and vile video starring the police commissioner (requires) the establishment of community control of the NYPD; to over-see the conduct of the NYPD. They calls on Christine Quinn to investigate the illegal actions of the NYPD against New Yorkers“
Brother Shaka Shakur , member of the Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood and founder of the United Muslim Alliance. Shakur reminds of us of where we are standing.
That we must do our research. These people, what we call the police, this is nothing new. They were called “Paddy-rollers” , they were designed to keep the slaves ‘in-line’. (00:53)Today the police are ‘keeping people in line’ by means of ‘murder and mayhem’. Their strength is in ‘dis-unity’. We can’t wait til something happens to get united.”
Paddy (rollers?) Thought ‘ paddy’ was a reference to the Irish…..not to slaves….
Donna Nevel of “Jews Against Islamophobia” is also very, VERY anti-Israel. Does she EVER smile? ( wow…I found a picture…smiling in the background here) Yet, this is a woman so filled with inner -darkness that to be in her ‘space’ is so NOT a positive experience. Amongst her own, at this race-rally, apparently they LOVE her) as she DEMANDED
“Police accountability. Over-sight. Resignation of Kelly and Brown for fomenting and INSTIGATING Islamophobia.”
Center For Constitutional Rights Police Reform Campaign was a young woman looking a lot like a Lamis Deek clone. She addressed racial profiling of blacks and Latinos. Claims the NYPD never seems to answer to anyone. Operates with impunity. Insists we need transparency and independent over sight of the NYPD
Al-Hajj Talib Abdur-Rashid, a REVERT Southern Baptist to Islam and Imam of the Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood and is always surrounded by BIG tough thugs. He was the final speaker before their march.
According to Discover the Network Rashid is
- Imam of the Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood
- Opposes the U.S. War on Terror
- Views America as a nation infested with white racism
And author of a revisionist history book, “Reclaimed Legacy: Muslim Indigenous and Immigrant Peoples and The History of Al-Islam in America.”…Peace be upon you…. (NOT)
In the video he says:
This is the Time of Revealed Truth. The Year of the Protestor. And those who LIE. How do we know? Because people of conscience told the truth. This is the time of revealed truth. And those who are Muslim. Trust in Allah. Over come our fears. And to stand for Justice. Chanting:
What do we have to do? Stand For Justice (etc)
Commissioner Ray Kelly’s apology was necessary, but it is NOT sufficient. They have yet to apologize for the INTENTIONAL misleading of New Yorkers as far as that film was concerned.
They took our money, as taxpayers, and then LIED to us.
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This unusual fellow joined this protest and was at the anti-War/Iran Rally the next day:
Video playlist of all 18 videos:
As the protest marched to the precinct, I heard repeated a few times, “Kelly’s son is a rapist. Kelly’s son is a rapist” and the even more unpleasant, “How many kids did you shoot today. How many kids did you KILL today” as they walked passed the officers at the edge off the crowd. Nice way to foster “Good Will”
Followed by prayers back at Foley Square:
A re-cap of their demands:
1. The resignation of Commissioner Kelly and NYPD spokesperson Paul Browne
2. Demand for community control of the NYPD, and a well-funded oversight mechanism with subpoena power
The NYPD has been exposed for participating in the making of, and the showing of the bigoted, Islamophobic film, “The Third Jihad” to 1,500 police officers, and then repeatedly lying about it. The NYPD has been spying on Muslim communities in mosques, schools, businesses, colleges, and community centers in the five boroughs.
The film depicts the majority of American Muslims as supportive of violent extremism, and specifically names several prominent Muslim organizations ICNA (Islamic Circle of North America), MAS (Muslim American Society), CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations), ISNA (Islamic Society of North America), and others as examples of this. It also accuses the majority of American Muslims of secretly being part of a conspiracy to take over the U.S. government.
Commissioner Ray Kelly willingly participated in the making of the film, and while he has apologized, he has not explained why the NYPD chose to lie, on the record, about his participation for well over a year. In the meantime, Commissioner Kelly has smugly dismissed community concerns by saying he has “excellent relations” with NYC Muslim communities on the basis of only talking and meeting with those hand-picked leaders who continue to support him without regards to the experiences and feelings of people in our communities. We know that the NYPD has operated without transparency or accountability, and often with brute force, with Black, Latino, and other communities of color, and youth for decades.
MUSLIMS MUST OVERCOME THEIR FEAR AND STAND FOR JUSTICE IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, AND FOR THE SAKE OF OUR CHILDREN. ALLAH IS OUR PROTECTOR!
HOW: COME TO FOLEY SQUARE AFTER JUM’A
“After 1,400 years, the Shias are being targeted in Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Pakistan, everywhere,” imam Malik Sakhawat Hussain said after being told that his mosque was in the NYPD document. “If U.S. authorities become suspicious of the Shias, I would say we are a very oppressed community of the world.”
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January 21, 2011 at approximately 12:30 PM. Times Square
Decided to check out the Egyptian Revolution Rally taking place just after the first light snow of the winter season.
Their stage was late, so sans amplification the rally leaders were chanting and attempting to kept the crowd busy until their errant truck/stage arrived.
It was a small crowd comprised of familiar Leftists, “Palestinians” and Islamist protestors.
Usually, I’m called a Zionist, a Racist, a Nazi and a hate-monger but today, I was lectured, told outright HOW I was to write about the rally or else LEAVE because (you see) ” I’m an Islamophobe who WORKS for Pamela Geller.” Policing me was Marxist/Fakestinian agitator, Andy Pollack. Andrew Pollack of Al-Awda NY who loves to press his hulking mass into my space while proudly declaring that I had to stop filming.
He kept his little soldiers busy infringing on my freedom of speech and assembly by attempting to block my camera with flags and bodies. Nice, huh? The games Lefties play….
Two young women in the rally were ‘alerted’ by Pollack to not speak with me because I “WORK for Pam Geller”. One of those girls was Micha (Michelle)Balon of the STAGED #OWS marriage (arranged to please the easily duped MSM.)
But, Micha doesn’t seem to be ‘married’ anymore. Her face book page says she is interested in MEN and makes no mention of a ‘husband’
My other critic was Nada Elmansy (in light blue hijab) She said I can’t be trusted to write appropriately about Muslims!” However, I appreciate that she took a moment on camera to actually express why she was there.
Some more pictures of the signs….
Yearning for bread, dignity and ….”Social Justice”!
Socialists…Revolution…. Freedom…Justice For All!
Anti-Israel (lots of kuffeyas ) and Anti-America….
It wasn’t just a rally about those martyred in Tahrir Square…
The VIDEO:
Facts are the Muslim Brotherhood and the Sharia compliant government is antithetical to a a free society, to a democracy.
“The Islamist parties have won 72 percent of the seats in the lower house… the revolutionaries of Tahrir Square were disgraced at the polls and exposed as an insignificant social and political force…The Muslim Brotherhood (and its fellow jihadists in the Salafist al-Nour party) will control Egypt’s internal affairs.”
Yet there were no signs criticizing the Muslim Brotherhood.
If there were Christians at this rally ( as they claimed) WHERE were the signs supporting the Copts.
This election is “.. bad news for women and for non-Muslims. Egypt’s Coptic Christians have been under continuous attack by Muslim Brotherhood and Salafist supporters since Mubarak was deposed…The military massacred them when they dared to protest their persecution.”
I heard nothing protesting the attacks and murders of the Copts, martyred in Egypt because they are CHRISTIANS. Will the Muslim Brotherhood and the Sharia compliant government be any better? (crickets chirping)
Is Egypt a country on the verge of a real Democracy? Were those killed in Tahrir Square fighting to live under Sharia?
Leaving no doubt that this was also a protest in opposition of Israel.
Keeping the Revolution alive in Syria, in Libya, in Tunisia, in Yemen (in Egypt)… and in ‘Fakestine’… FREE FREE etc etc etc etc …. Reminding us that America is:
After all, Ramsey Clark and his International Action Center was promoting, organizing , supporting this rally. His organization is not just critical of America it is ANTI- America.
No Old Glory flying along side the flag of Egypt. Just signs, signs and more signs blaming America and praising Socialism.
Their “Hope and Change” for a democracy is just an excuse to build another Saudi Arabia; another Iran compliments of the Muslim Brotherhood. ********
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Global Day to support the Egyptian revolution
on Saturday, Jan 21st. 2012 Egyptian & Egyptian Solidarity Groups Rally to Support
Egyptian Revolution’s Demands
on the
Anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution Global Event: The Struggle Continues
New York City, NY—
During the 18 days from Jan 25th to Feb 11th, 2011,
the whole world witnessed millions of Egyptian protesters marching in the
streets of Egypt and protesting in Tahrir Square, demanding their basic
human rights: dignity, freedom, and social justice. After decades of patience
and suffering, Egyptians finally spoke out loudly and peacefully demanding
the fall of a police-based authoritarian regime, the end of Mubarak’s dictatorship,
and the establishment of a civilian, democratic state.
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This was as much an anti-America rally as it was a pro- Egypt (Muslim Brotherhood Rally)
The protestors in Times Square may protest the SCAF but they say nothing against the Muslim Brotherhood….
And Anonymous…of course… was there with this pithy thought:
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BROKEN LINKS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED
| ‘The Third Jihad’ Producers Reply to New York Times ArticlesDocumentary recently pulled from NYPD counterterrorism training;Times articles filled with innuendo and inaccuracies |
January 25, 2012 WATCH THE FILM FREE (Please scroll down) and for more background on the NY Times Holy War on “The Third Jihad”, go to Pamela Geller .
The New York Times has sharply criticized the New York Police Department for using the critically-acclaimed documentary The Third Jihad: Radical Islam’s Vision for America in counterterrorism training.
The New York Times has published two news articles (http://tinyurl.com/nyt-ttj1,http://tinyurl.com/nyt-ttj2), as well as an editorial entitled “Hateful Film” (http://tinyurl.com/nyt-ttj3) in the past 48 hours.
In response, film producer Raphael Shore has issued the following statement:
“We regret that the film has been taken out of the counterterrorism training program of the NYPD. The New York Times stories are proof positive that the Clarion Fund’s high-quality and impactful documentaries touch very sensitive nerves.
Those that have blasted the film are attempting to stifle an important debate about the internal state of the Muslim community in America, and whether politicized Islam and indoctrination pose tangible security threats.
We hope that individuals will acknowledge the inaccuracies presented by the New York Times, and the effects that organizations like CAIR have on the fine line between political correctness and honest debate.
We invite the general public to watch and judge the documentary for themselves. The Third Jihad is now being made available for free viewing online at http://www.thethirdjihad.com.”
According to the New York Times, nearly 1500 officers, “from lieutenants to detectives to patrol officers” reportedly were shown the film during a period of between three months and a year.
The story of the film’s usage by NYPD was first reported by the Village Voice a year earlier, and police stopped using the film when pressure was asserted by local Islamic organizations. Pressure continued until the New York Times propelled the year-old story to front-page news yesterday.
CAIR is taking credit for the “investigation” which led to the New York Times’ coverage, with a press release (http://tinyurl.com/nypd-cair) demanding that the NYPD install Muslim-sensitive materials in their training curriculum to offset what they consider to be an ‘Islamaphobic’ film.
Innuendo
What CAIR and the New York Times failed to clearly address, is that The Third Jihad is narrated by a devout Muslim, who has a significant record of serving the United States of America, as a medical officer in the US Navy and as an attending physician to the US Congress.
The beginning of the film states in bold letters that, “This is not a film about Islam. It is about the threat of radical Islam. Only a small percentage of the world’s 1.3 billion Muslims are radical.”
The film’s message urges the Muslim community to look within itself to root out the indoctrination that affects a minority of Muslims.
The documentary is founded on credible evidence presented by the FBI of a “Manifesto” published by radicals calling for the implementation of extremist ideology-both violent and politicized-within the United States.
It is no surprise that CAIR does not like the content of the film. CAIR is singled out in the film for its direct ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, open support for Hamas, and links to terror financing.
CAIR was listed as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 2007 Holy Land Foundation trial, the largest ever terror-financing trial in US History.
As a result of these designations, the FBI has formally ceased all ties with CAIR-as should the NYPD and New York Times.
The NYPD is well aware of the threats that emanate from Islamic radicals.
In the preface to a landmark 2007 NYPD Intelligence Division Report entitled “Radicalization in the West: The Homegrown Threat,” Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly writes, “New York City continues to be the one of the top targets of terrorists worldwide. Consequently, the NYPD places a priority on understanding what drives and defines the radicalization process.”
The Third Jihad takes an in-depth look at the process of radicalization and indoctrination taking place on American soil.
It is clear that senior members of the NYPD saw value in the film, as did employees of the Federal Homeland Security department, who first gave the DVD of the film to the NYPD.
Inaccuracies
The Third Jihad features exclusive interviews with some of the nation’s leading counterterrorism experts including former Director of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, former Director of Central Intelligence R. James Woolsey, former NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, and NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly.
According to the New York Times, Paul J. Browne, the Police Department’s chief spokesman said, “that filmmakers had lifted the [Kelly] clip from an old interview.”
This is the first of several inaccuracies to appear in the New York Times’ account.
The makers of The Third Jihad conducted a nearly 90-minute exclusive interview with Commissioner Kelly specifically for the film on March 19, 2007. Previously unreleased bonus clips of Kelly’s interview are currently available at http://www.thethirdjihad.com.
Responding to a letter by film producer Raphael Shore, Browne then corrected the record in the New York Times follow-up article. “I recommended in February 2007 that Commissioner Kelly be interviewed,” he said.
Browne recalled that the film’s interviewer, “asked to speak to the commissioner for a cable film on ‘foiled terrorist plots and the current threat matrix.’”
Several other inaccuracies appear in the article. For example, the New York Times notes that the film includes a doctored photo of the White House with an Islamic flag atop. But the photo is one of many pieces of documented footage from Islamist sources. Yet the New York Times implies that the filmmakers were the ones to manipulate the photo.
The New York Times also inaccurately quotes the film by stating: “‘This is the true agenda of Islam in America,’ a narrator intones.” But the actual quote from the film is: “This document shows the true agenda of much of Muslim leadership here in America.”
The article intentionally omits that this narrator is Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, a devout Muslim.
The rest of the New York Times’ coverage focuses on character assassination. While CAIR and others label the film Islamophobic, it is ironic that the film’s detractors continuously point out that the film’s producer has ties to Jewish organizations. The article inaccurately claims that Raphael Shore simultaneously works for Aish HaTorah.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg questioned the judgment of that those who permitted the usage of the film. However, Bloomberg’s predecessor Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who is also interviewed in the film, has praised the documentary calling The Third Jihad, “a wake up call for America.”
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September 26, 2011.
This panel was presented by The NY City Lawyers Chapter and the International and National Security Law Practice Group and The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies in NYC .
Videos are complete audio with pictures ( in six parts) total is approximately 80 minutes.
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PART ONE - opening statements by Marc Schuman, secretary of the NY Chapter of The Federalist Society and the Honorable Richard J. Sullivan, District Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of NY, who was moderator for the evening.
Schuman then introduces the panel.
Prof. David Forte, (Constitutional and Sharia Law). Forte teaches Islamic Law and Originalism in the class-room and Daniel Mach (Director of the American Civil Liberties Union Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief). He turns the mic over to the moderator, Richard J. Sullivan.
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PART TWO - opening presentation of guest speaker, David Forte, Professor of Law, Cleveland-Marshall School of Law. In the classroom he teaches Constitutional Law and Originalism . He also teaches Islamic Law.
Some excerpts from audio in Part 2:
(Forte) mentions Islamic Law and Constitutional Originalism. Mentions Egypt, Mubarak and Tahrir Square. War on West is from within. Qaradawi and fatwas against Jews. Kill the Jews. Divine punishment (sharia).
( In 2004, 2,500 Muslim academics from Saudi Arabia, Iraq and from the Palestinian territories condemned Qaradawi, and accused him of giving “Islam a bad name.”)
Forte says Qaradawi’s Sharia not Classical Sharia. His Sharia not the REAL Sharia. Discrimination against women was NOT permitted in Classical Sharia. The tyranny of Qaradawi (his ideology).
Qaradawi warns Muslims to not be immigrants, be COLONIZERS. Examples: European NO-GO Zones and the Sharia quasi-legal systems in England, France, Rome; replicated though-out Old Europe. (In England, five formal Sharia Courts and 80 informal) In Belgium, a parallel Legal Court; a SHARIA Court (in Brussels).
In early Islam, they were Rationalists til 55 years later, then Legalists. Sharia formed by Jurists, recognized by Imperialists (Caliphs).
Saladin changed substance of Sharia (there was no torture) Could not torture innocents (now you can) He was an Arabized Kurdish Muslim, who became the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria .
A thousand years of Islamist history enforced only by Caliph. He could enforce or throw anything aside in the entire Islamic Empire. Caliph must support Sharia (STATE LAW) of the Islamic State (Empire).
8th-9th c Sharia: Legalists vs Rationalists (like Greeks)…Sharia was formed by Jurists… an Equity Court. Islam identified with The Law.
Iran and Saudi Arabia are “Perfectly Islamic”. What changed. Torture was not originally part of Islam. They changed Sharia from a system of beliefs for righteous living before god into an ideology. A religion into a POLITICAL ideology.
Warned to practice perfect Islam or else you are an apostate. This form of Islam, this Sharia, is an abomination
Forte says, Radical Islam “changing Believer into Ideologue-Apparatchik of a totalitarian regime.” He concludes, “THAT is what we should oppose as a threat (THAT type of Islam)
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PART THREE - opening presentation of guest speaker, Daniel Mach, Director of the American Civil Liberties Union Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief.
Excerpts from Part 3:
Mach’s specialty is First Amendment Law, Church and State. He’s in-the-trenches and litigates in areas of Church and State.
Mach begins with, ” NO, Sharia Law is not ‘Coming-to-America’”
Admits that ,”Dangerous Religious extremists do exist.”
In Sharia, no religious tenets were to be imposed or decided by courts.
There’s NO Take Over by Sharia Law. It’s Just Not Happening..
In Oklahoma, they’ve banned Sharia Law. Something that hasn’t happened ONCE. Lists of Sharia examples don’t withstand scrutiny.
Our courts don’t put the right–to-pray up-for-a-vote
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PART FOUR (Forte and Mach respond to Moderator, Richard Sullivan’s questions)
Excerpts from Part 4:
David Forte refers to Wahhabis (is interrupted by audience member) re 80% mosques and Imams under Saudi influence
Judge in NJ upheld a Sharia judgement. NJ judge didn’t ‘get’ difference. Foreign Law (aka Sharia Law) not okay if it violates U.S. Constitution or State Law
Dan Mach stresses Christians have rights to exercise faith so he questions passing laws to isolate Sharia as a specific threat. Asylum cases have been denied to people who fear torture … says a problem in a handful of cases
Forte – Honor killings are tribal custom, NOT Sharia
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In parts 5 and 6 – questions from the audience with responses from the speakers. These are just a few excerpts…
PART FIVE ( Questions from audience)
Excerpts from Part 5:
QUESTION: re Sharia Finance: “Is it a cover?”
Forte Re Sharia Finance. Mutual Funds. Check where funds are going. What’s the interest. Too harsh to say no Sharia Finance
WHY “no-interest” loans? Financing (Fiqh )deals with the observance of rituals, morals and social legislation in Islam. (no-interest loans)
Usury ( Middle Ages) was RENTING money ( like a horse) Loans rented. During Ottomans (up to 10 %) always had interest. This prohibition is a 20th-21st century creation. Fundamentalism is a perversion
FORTE claims Classical Sharia is different from what we are criticizing. Women. Minorities. Islamic State Law. It must be in CONTEXT. Classical Sharia women had protections/Radical Islam they do not
Ottoman enforced punishment for theft, apostasy but NO capital punishment in Classical Sharia. There were protections. RADICALS do torture (not in Classical Sharia)
Made a JOKE about the need for the four upright males (false accusation) ; theft (two upright males) Not easy to find as there is also a punishment for false testimony. TRIBAL CUSTOM (culture) has caused the harsh punishments not Islam.
MACH responds. Thought and expression not criminalized in U.S. Defends t-shirts that criticize Islam/burn Koran (he defends these) BUT if you violate … commit a criminal act…then NO defense…
FORTE . Okay with Warrior Prophets. He admires Mohammed . Treatment of women, unbelievers, etc. He continues that Mohammed emancipated women (greater rights in marriage) Mentions the RESPECT Mohammed had for wives. Yes, he married a 6 year old. Not uncommon. It was okay in that culture
Protected monks, freedom of religious beliefs. Says Mohammed was responsible for legal influence of Arabic Society reforms.
What distorted Mohammed’s trajectory? “Law. Tribes. Empire” (The Ottoman Empire.) He is not a believer but admires Mohammed
Q – What has Mohammed done that was extraordinary? Why so violent? Justifying murder/extermination?
Forte: Violence in Bible much worse. in comparison, the Koran is WHIMPY. Islam should have been the FIRST to free slavery, instead it was the LAST. Should have been the first to observe Laws of War.
Forte re violence in O.T. Difference is HOW Jews interpret. What came after. How Muslims handle it (the text) How each dealt with what was written. Re Koran. Contextualize reference to treatment of unbelievers. It’s all in the interpretation. It was the Koresh Tribe Mohammed was referring to.
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PART SIX : Final statements from Forte and Mach
Excerpts from Part 6:
Question - People are afraid to speak up because they fear punishment. “See something say something” could place them in jeopardy with mosque (sharia). “Don’t they feel that make the mosques a security risk?”
Forte: We should investigate where money comes from, the newspapers should investigate. The Saudi influence.
Mach: Government should not tell us where or how to worship. Not worried about prisons. There all all types of prison checks to control influence.
Q. What about last 10 years. What’s going on in Europe.. No-Go Zones…
Mach: I’ll defend your right, if denied access to street. (the audience member mentions Dearborn) The moderator and panel do not respond….
Q- How can we think this is a Great Religion based on history?
Forte – Look at what Moderate Muslims are saying about Islam. There is a seed in all religions of recognizing each other as equals.
Mach : Government should not be in business of telling anyone where they can build a house of worship. You own the property, you can build.
Moderator: How to promote the Classical version of Sharia and not the Radical
Forte: STOP multi-cultural baloney in schools that support Radical Version of Islam (which should be minimized) 1910-1930 example: Italian immigrant educators assimilation was encouraged.
Multi-culturalism is GOVERNMENT imposed. The worst thing we can do as far as assimilation.
Mach (ACLU) questions Forte’s criticism of multi-culturalism. Sees great benefits in Public Schools teaching about other cultures.
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By coincidence, found this article in American Thinker by Jamie Glazov
“Islamism at UCLA Law School”
” …the belief system and values under girding Sharia Islam are the antithesis of American/Western beliefs and fundamental values, and therefore Dr. Fadl’s scholarship relentlessly sanitizing sharia was “deceptive and dishonest.”…. it is one thing for a legal scholar to cause controversy and debate by taking an unpopular position; it is quite another when the scholar obfuscates rather than clarifies a subject of study by engaging in subpar scholarship and outright deception (known by the sharia as taqqiyah…”
Filed under: Islam and mosques
BREAKING From Atlas Shrugs:
Egypt, Libya, Tunisia now …… Nashville.
The Hutton Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee is now sharia-compliant.
Steve Eckley, Senior Vice-President of Hutton Hotel, has caved to Islamic supremacist demands and cancelled our entire Preserving Freedom Conference scheduled for November 11th in Nashville. Eckley notified us that they will not honor our contract. Steve said that if we showed up we would not be let in. He said he has been getting threatening letters and calls. We are currently awaiting the written notification of the cancellation.
Steve Eckley’s phone number is 720 318 4238. He said he would not let us in the hotel if we showed up. He was so ugly and hostile, it was shocking.
I was a scheduled keynote speaker, along with Robert Spencer, Wafa Sultan, Mark Durie, William Murray, Father Keith Roderick, and a host of voices for freedom.
This is the second time in no less than a week that a major hotel has capitulated to intimidation and demands to enforce the blasphemy laws under the sharia here in America. Opposing the most radical and extreme ideology on the face of the earth is now forbidden in the war of ideas.
Just last week the Hyatt Place in Sugarland canceled a tea party event where I was scheduled to speak. They have since apologized, but that is hardly enough. Free speech, the cornerstone of our constitutional republic, is in serious jeopardy. Under the Shariah, criticism of Islam is blasphemy (punishable by death in Muslim countries living under the Shariah). This is the death of free speech in the continuing Islamization of America. This is yet another shattering demonstration of why I wrote my book Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance.
The silencing of free speech is key to the islamization of America.
Americans must boycott these cowardly enterprises and raise their voices in protest.
Hutton Hotel
1808 West End Ave
Nashville, TN 37203
Tel: 615-340-9333, Fax: 615-340-0010
EMAIL form: http://www.huttonhotel.com/contact_form/contact_form.cfm
Here is the email of the current manager of the Hotel, Steven Andre sandre@huttonhotel.com (hat tip Rob)
Nashville is a gateway city for refugee resettlement — whole Muslim communities are resettled in “gateway” cities like Lewiston, Maine; Shelbyville, Tennessee; St. Cloud, Minnesota; Clarkston, Georgia; and Jamestown, North Dakota. Nashville has one of the country’s highest Muslim populations.
I strongly urge all Atlas readers contact the Hutton Hotel and voice your concern with the abridgment of our cherished and hard-fought freedoms. This continuing restriction of free speech is a key front in the war on the truth. Your future, your children’s future and that of our country is at stake. I cannot impress this upon you enough.
Get this out to your lists, your friends, and all the freedom lovers that you know.
This cannot stand. Start calling. Now.
UPDATE: The cretins at Hutton Hotel are referring callers to their PR firm. Don’t accept that. Politely insist upon speaking with hotel senior management. The attempt to blow you off to their spinmeisters at their highly paid PR firm is not going to cut it.
Check this out — here’s the latest info from Lou Ann Zelenik:
Mr. Eckley told me that they cancelled the event because of “risk to their property and staff” and numerous threatening calls they received. I asked him where the threats were coming from and he refused to answer that. He indicated he did not contact the FBI or Homeland Security or local police, because he cancelled the event and there was no need to do so. I asked him if the hotel gets a bomb threat over a particular event to they simply cancel the event and fail to contact police in that case, too? He then hung up stating I was “so right wing” he didn’t want to talk any longer. The hotel has referred any contacts to their pr agency.
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And there are more helpful hints from the comments section at Atlas Shrugs . MAIN ONE is to be POLITE. This is not a request to send threats.
From Atlas Shrugs: “Huge props to Congressional candidate George Demos (who spoke at our 911 Freedom Rally) and Governor Andrew Cuomo.”
George Demos, the Conservative Republican candidate for US Congress in New York’s First District, who helped lead the effort to bring national attention to the plight of the 9/11 Church today praised Governor Cuomo for fulfilling Governor Pataki’s pledge to rebuild the only house of worship destroyed on September 11th.
George Demos said, “Fifteen months ago when the ember of hope to rebuild St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church was nearly extinguished and our nation was embroiled in a controversy about the propriety of a Mosque at Ground Zero, we stood up and let the nation know that it was our obligation to rebuild the only house of worship destroyed on September 11th.
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Sadly the breakthrough only came after the Port Authority’s Director Christopher Ward, who had been maliciously blocking the rebuilding of the Church, was forced to resign.
Deal Struck to Rebuild NY Church Destroyed on 9/11
It took a decade, but a deal has finally been struck to rebuild a church destroyed on 9/11, the church and a public agency announced Friday.
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said they have resolved their long dispute over how to rebuild St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, a small, 85-year-old chapel that stood across the street from the World Trade Center and was destroyed when the towers fell.
The church and the public agency had been at odds over the details of a land swap that will move the church slightly down the street to make way for some of the giant construction projects now under way at ground zero.
The settlement, mediated by the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, will end a lawsuit filed by the archdiocese earlier this year. Under the deal, the Port Authority will pay for site-work and below-ground infrastructure. The cost of that work is estimated to be about $25 million, according to the governor’s office. The archdiocese will pay for the construction of the chapel.
The new church will be about 3½ times as large as the old one, and also house a nondenominational bereavement center.
The leader of the Greek Orthodox Church in America, Archbishop Demetrios, said the church’s continued presence at the trade center site will be “an affirmation of the significance of religious freedom and experience for all New Yorkers and all Americans.”
“We will again light many candles in the new St. Nicholas Church and remember those who were lost to us, and those heroes who so nobly sacrificed their lives,” he said.
October 14, 2011. Found two ads that made it up in the NY Subways. Same Times Square station , across from each other. But, a 3rd ad remains hidden from view.
One is from those who are clueless about the history of Israel and the Holy Land. Their propaganda supports a false history bent on wiping Israel off-the-map and remains untouched even though it is anti-Israel and anti-America.
The other ad is from Stand With Us. It supports Israel’s Right To Exist. But even with their gracious support, those who are bent on the destruction of Israel have defaced this ad with graffiti.
But, this ad from SIOA and AFDI is an ad that isn’t afraid to tells it like it is. There ARE savages determined to destroy Israel but this ad has been censored. The outrage is not the ad, it’s that it has been censored…. Freedom of Speech DENIED
One reader said, “Apparently the Hutton Hotel is a tony property belonging to Amerimar Enterprises, http://www.amerimar.com/overview.php while mfcpr is their pr company.
If this cancellation was made on the corporate level I don’t think that the PR firm should have the final authority, as if this is simply a public relations issue. Steve Eckley works for Amerimar as Senior VP of Hotels, so I’m contacting Amerimar corporate: Gerald Marshall, President & CEO along with Mr. Eckley. amerimar-webmaster@amerimar.com
In any case, I don’t think the hotel manager should be making decisions involving the abridgment of freedom of speech.”
Others responded, “I just called the hotel and was transferred to the manager. I asked the manager if it was true that Hutton Hotel had canceled the Preserving Freedom Conference. He would not answer the question but, rather, referred me to an email address of the “corporate office.” Before the call ended, I told the manager that a cancellation of this conference represented an assault on constitutionally-protected free speech and, as a result, I would never do business with them.
Email address = michael@mfcpr.com
mfcpr.com = website of MFC Public Relations in NYC.”
“Here is the email of the current manager of the Hotel, Steven Andre” sandre@huttonhotel.com
“You might also want to call the sales dept” 615-712-2319
And lastly, “I do believe their Twitter account is @HuttonHotel, for anyone interested.”