Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Legal Project News Clips: 1/28/13 –2/03/13


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Legal Project News Clips: 1/28/13 –2/03/13

The LP works to protect the right in the West to freely discuss Islam, radical Islam, terrorism, and terrorist funding.

Spanish government punishing Imran Firasat for his film about Islam
  • This week, LP staff produced the following column you might enjoy:

News Clips that Shouldn't be Missed:

Islamists still going after Rushdie, and also another Indian Muslim   
Acclaimed British author Salman Rushdie cancelled a film promotional event and veteran Indian actor Kamal Haasan threatened to go into exile Wednesday after Muslim groups protested their work.

Detroit rejects anti-Islam ad patterned after atheist ad that Detroit had accepted  
Religious advertisements have been known to spark intense debate. Consider the anti-God billboards that are regularly posted by non-theist groups like the Freedom From Religion Foundation and American Atheists. But it isn't only non-believers who invoke controversy with their messaging.

CAIR leader complains about "anti-Arab" Super Bowl commercial, even though it has nothing to do with Islam
CAIR head complains about "anti-Arab" Super Bowl commercial.

BBC censors radio program because its speech about honor killings offends Islamists
The BBC has been accused of 'extraordinary' censorship by a leading playwright after dialogue was cut from her hard-hitting drama in case it offended Muslims.

Other Clips:

Egypt court reiterates death sentences against Terry Jones and other Americans who blasphemed against Islam
CAIRO - After the green light given by the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Cairo's Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentences of seven Egyptian citizens involved in the film 'Innocence of Muslims', whose trailer caused deadly unrest throughout the Arab world in September. A co-defendant, US Pastor Terry Jones, was sentenced to five years in prison.

Man exiled from the college he works at for his speech about Islam
Vincent Bruno tells how he is being punished by Hunter College for his speech.

Salman Rushdie may already be under a death sentence, but he is still afraid to criticize Islam or Islamism
When professional writers get together what they talk about are not the great ideas that some of their readers imagine, but mostly the mundane business of their work; the good and bad reviews, the writers, agents and editors they hate and those they like, and the relationships in their incestuous industry.

Pakistani girl shot for her speech in Pakistan is recovering in London, but the Taliban are not likely to forget
A Pakistani girl whose defiance of the Taliban turned her into an international icon is headed toward a full recovery once she undergoes a final surgery to reconstruct her skull, doctors said Wednesday.

Robert Spencer disinvited from Catholic church because of Islamist complaining
While Christians face escalating persecution from Muslims in Egypt, Nigeria, Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia and elsewhere, the Catholic Church temporizes, ignores the victims, and plays at "dialogue" with Islamic supremacist groups whose announced intent is to "build bridges" with non-Muslims.

Muslim groups complain about "anti-Arab" Super Bowl commercial, even though it has nothing to do with Islam
Arab-American groups have sharply criticized a Coca-Cola Super Bowl ad depicting an Arab walking through the desert with a camel, and one group said it would ask the beverage giant to change it before CBS airs the game on Sunday before an expected audience of more than 100 million U.S. viewers.
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