Tag Archives | First Amendment

Must-see Video: Interview with Courageous former Pakistani Muslim Imran Firasat

Imran Firasat is a former Muslim from Pakistan who now resides in Spain. He is the voice behind a film on which he collaborated with Florida Pastor Terry Jones. That film, The Innocent Prophet, can be seen here. In a clear sign of the cowardice western times, Firasat is being threatened with deportation by the […]

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Saudi King pushing for Blasphemy resolution at United Nations

If you want to know why the Muslim world pointed to the Innocence of Muslims video, here is Exhibit A. It was used as an excuse to push international bodies and national governments to criminalize speech. Walid was actually able to trace back the origins of this particular effort soon after the attack on the […]

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Washington Times’ Kerry Picket is raising the right questions about Nakoula Basseley Nakoula

Kerry Picket has taken notice of some disturbing realities surrounding the Innocence of Muslims filmmaker Nakoula Basseley Nakoula (aka Mark Basseley Yousef). In her latest piece, she notices that the Assistant U.S. Attorney who was involved in prosecuting Nakoula’s bank fraud case is conspicuously absent in the case of his probation violations. Via the Washington […]

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Tyrone Woods’ father: Hillary told me they would ‘prosecute’ filmmaker

It didn’t take long for many in the Muslim world to exploit the 9/11/12 attack in Benghazi by doing what the Obama administration did – they pointed to the Innocence of Muslims video. The video was being held up as an example of why it’s wrong to criticize anything Islam. We learned that before the […]

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Muslims in UK protest outside Google; time to get to the truth about who made ‘Innocence of Muslims’?

What do you call thousands of Muslims exercising their free speech rights to demand that the free speech rights of others be shut down? If you said ironic hypocrisy on steroids, you’d be right. After the riots at various U.S. embassies last month, the Obama administration attempted to get Google to take down the Innocence […]

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Saudis double down, call for Internet Censorship because… anti-Muhammad video caused attacks

This is an interesting dilemma for the Obama administration. By being forced to admit that the attack on our consulate in Benghazi was not the result of the Innocence of Muslims video, it is at odds with the Saudis, who not only continue to use that narrative but want to take things a step further. […]

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Madonna shows true colors; won’t mock ALL religions

Madonna has a history of mocking Christianity. There was the ‘Like a Prayer’ video, her crown of thorns, and a stage show that involved her performing while on a cross. The anti-Christian American left saw her as brave for having the guts to be so controversial but when controversy is the only consequence, it’s not […]

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Applying the ‘Two wrongs don’t make a right’ principle to ‘Innocence of Muslims’ filmmaker

The debate over whether Nakoula Basseley Nakoula should be in jail rages on… Via the Los Angeles Times: The jailing of one of the filmmakers involved in the infamous “Innocence of Muslims” movie has raised questions about whether the U.S. government is acting in response to the international furor the movie has caused. Nakoula Basseley […]

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Raymond Ibrahim: How ‘Religious Defamation’ Laws Would Ban Islam

Interesting take. Basically, if there was a quid-pro-quo on the whole blasphemy law thing, Islam would have a tough time existing. Via Front Page Magazine: As the Islamic world, in the guise of the 57-member state Organization of Islamic Cooperation, continues to push for the enforcement of “religious defamation” laws in the international arena—theoretically developed […]

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James Simpson: “Innocence” Film a Premeditated Provocation for Islamic Terror?

As the debate about whether the anti-Muhammad film Innocence of Muslims is responsible for the Middle Eastern riots has all but been won by those who say one had nothing to do with the other, another debate may be taking shape. That debate is about who made the film, why it was made, and how […]

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Video: NYPD Marching to ‘Allahu Akbar’

If you missed the Muslim Day Parade on September 23rd in New York City, you missed the NYPD marching, dancing, and playing to ‘Allahu Akbar’, speeches that called for making criticism of Islam an international crime, and the flying of the al-Qaeda flag – among other things. Meanwhile, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is worried […]

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Innocence of Muslims Film was Made by Terrorists

Walid Shoebat When it comes to the film Innocence of Muslims, our government and the media uses a narrative mired in contradictions and false statements provided by the filmmaker, who himself is an untrustworthy source. If we stick to what can be proven we might obtain the possibility that terror supporters produced the film. Muhammad […]

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Video: CNN does it again; runs interference for CAIR

The pre-recorded interview Pamela Geller gave to CNN’s Erin Burnett, host of Out Front, was supposed to provide viewers with information about Geller’s anti-Jihad ad campaign that had been cleared by a federal judge; it includes multiple posters being put up throughout the New York subway system. While it did do that, the interview also […]

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New Jersey Governor may owe those ‘Crazies’ an apology

An Imam that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has repeatedly defended appears to be calling for a little bit of sharia law in the U.S. because of the recent anti-Muhammad film. Christie has expressed a bizarre level of support for Imam Mohammad Qatanani, who is an associate of and has been defended by a man […]

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What does Samuel Adams Say?

“How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!” Whom could we be referring to here? “A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when […]

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