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Egyptian artists condemn Cairo University ban on Oscar-winning film
Ahram Online 15 March 2012
The Front for Creativity, a recently formed grassroots coalition of Egyptian artists who defend freedom of expression in the arts, has condemned Cairo University's decision to forbid a screening of 
What Is Right About Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer
FrontPage Magazine 1 March 2012
By Eric Allen Bell
[Editor's note: The article below is written by Eric Allen Bell, a filmmaker who was recently banned from blogging at the "Daily Kos” because he wrote three articles that ran afoul of the mindset there, specifically naming "Loonwatch.com” as a "terrorist spin control network.” Don't miss Eric Bell on Frontpage's television program, The Glazov Gang.]
I write this mainly for the benefit of so many of my Liberal friends. I know you have good hearts, but have been badly deceived by your peers and leaders when it comes to the threat of Jihad, and the character of those few brave individuals, who have had the courage to risk everything, to stand up for liberty and human rights…
Four Danish nationals booked under blasphemy law
thenews.com.pk 28 February 2012
By Khalid Hurral
JHANG: Four Danish nationals have been booked under the blasphemy law in Jhang. According to the FIR No 133, logged with the Kotwali police station, Zahid Saeed Bhutta Advocate filed a petition in
Home Ministry summons The Star for offensive picture
theSundaily 28 February 2012
KUALA LUMPUR: The Home Ministry today summoned The Star newspaper to explain why a picture of a United States singer who had tattoos of 'Allah' in Arabic on both sides of her bare
Bengali Film Title Changed at Censor Board's Prodding
news.outlookindia.com 24 February 2012
Days before its release in the first week of March Macho Mustafa, stated to be the most expensive Bengali film till date, has been renamed as Macho Mastana following prodding by the Censor
The media's jihad
WND 23 February 2012
By Pamela Geller
Last Friday, yet another devout Muslim, Amine El Khalifi, was arrested wearing a vest full of explosives before he could blow up the U.S. Capitol building. The thwarted homicide bombing marked at
Obama to law enforcement: Stop linking Muslims to Terrorism
Canada Free Press 21 February 2012
By Jim Kouri
In yet another curtsy to the politically correct orthodoxy, President Barack Obama’s White House plans to tinker with federal police curriculums for counterterrorism training classes. The first bit of "revamping” is the removal of all material that groups, such as the Council on American Islamic Relations, or CAIR, find offensive or containing a "negative” image of Muslims.
Egypt Islamist MPs want to ban porn sites
Bikya Masr 21 February 2012
By Manar Ammar
CAIRO: Egypt’s ultra-conservative al-Nour religious party said on its Facebook page on Monday that the party’s MP Younis Makhioun has put forward a request for an "urgent briefing” to ban pornography
Morocco bans Spanish paper
IOL.co.za 20 February 2012
Morocco has banned the distribution of Thursday's edition of Spain's influential El Pais, as a cartoon published by the newspaper allegedly tarnished King Mohammed VI's name, an official
Jailed journalists a sign of declining press freedom in Turkey
ivpressonline.com 20 February 2012
By J. Michael Kennedy
One ofTurkey's best known publishers and human rights activists is sitting in prison — again — waiting for a court case that appears to be at a virtual standstill. He is far from alone. Ragip
How the West Is Fanning Islamic Extremism
AINA.org 16 February 2012
By Ali Sina
Hamza Kashgari, a Saudi columnist may face death for sending three tweets. Addressing the Prophet Muhammad he wrote, "I have loved the rebel in you," but "I do not like the halos of divinity around you. I shall not pray for you." He also wrote, "I shall shake [your hand] as equals do … I shall speak to you as a friend, no more."
I am François Desouche
Islam versus Europe 15 February 2012
By Cheradenine Zakalwe
Fdesouche.com is probably the best anti-Islam, anti-European Genocide blog in Europe. Although it focuses on France, it also covers similar stories from elsewhere on the continent. Many of the
Shariah's Police
Center For Security Policy 15 February 2012
By Frank Gaffney, Jr.
Over the weekend, a drama with potentially horrific consequences for freedom-loving Americans played out half-a-world away.
A Saudi newspaper columnist named Hamza Kashgari was detained in Malaysia, reportedly on the basis of an alert by the International Criminal Police Organization, better known as Interpol. Reuters quotes a Malaysian police spokesman as saying that, "This arrest was part of an Interpol operation which the Malaysian police were a part of.”
Dutch stand up for Saudi Twitter apostate
Radio Netherlands Worldwide 14 February 2012
Twenty-three-year-old journalist and Twitterer Hamza Kashgari was extradited from Malaysia to Saudi Arabia on Sunday. He faces a possible death sentence for apostasy. Dutch Foreign Minister Uri
Muslim Clerics Rage Against Twitter and Facebook
Huffington Post 14 February 2012
By Fahad Faruqui
Deja Vu! Saudi Arabia's top cleric, Abdul Aziz Al Shaikh, says that Twitter is a platform for "promoting lies." Two years ago, Al-Azhar's Abd Al-Hamid Al-Atrash reportedly said that Facebook "breaks
Press Freedom Under Attack in Latin America
FrontPage Magazine 13 February 2012
By Jacob Laksin
Journalism watchdog Reporters Without Borders recently made headlines when it demoted the United States in its annual rankings of press freedom for an alleged "crackdown” on reporters covering Occupy Wall Street. Not only was that downgrade deeply tendentious, but it served to obscure a far graver threat to press freedom: the ongoing assault on independent media in Latin America.
STOP ACTA! Say NO to ACTA
The signature of ACTA by European countries does not mean the deal is done, needs to be ratified by the European Parliament.
They will vote on june 2012 to either ratify or reject ACTA. Please read more how to act and call your MPs, tell them tovote against ratification. This would disarm ACTA in Europe.
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The OSCE: Yet Another Avenue for Islamists to Control Speech
Family Security Matters 10 February 2012
By Andrew E. Harrod and Adam Turner
Although more attention goes to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) prominent attempts to police speech in Western nations regarding Islam-related topics through the UN and the "Istanbul Process", Muslim and Islamist desires to restrict critical speech concerning Islam-related topics and promote a positive image of their religion have also played a role in yet another international organization's efforts to address the debate about Islam and Muslims.
May: Crusade against 'Third Jihad' harms America
scrippsnews.com 9 February 2012
By CLIFFORD D. MAY
M. Zuhdi Jasser is a physician, a Navy veteran, an American patriot and a Muslim who does not hold with those who preach that Islam commands its followers to take part in a war against unbelievers.
"The Third Jihad: Radical Islam's Vision for America," a documentary film Jasser narrated, takes a hard look at those Muslims who are waging this war -- both with bombs and by stealthier means. The film had been among the educational materials used to train New York City police officers. Then, last month, The New York Times went on what one might call a crusade against the movie, publishing a series of articles branding it a "hate-filled film about Muslims," suggesting it was scandalous for the New York Police Department to have screened it, and calling on Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly to "apologize for the film ... and make clear that his department does not tolerate such noxious and dangerous stereotyping."
BBC tells its staff: don’t call Qatada extremist
Telegraph.co.uk 8 February 2012
By Neil Midgley and James Kirkup
In order to avoid making a "value judgment”, the corporation’s managers have ruled that he can only be described as "radical”. Journalists were also cautioned against using images suggesting the
