Legal Project News Clips: 2/18/13 –2/24/13

Please take a moment to visit and log in at the subscriber area, and submit your city & country location. We will use this information in future to invite you to any events that we organize in your area. Legal Project News Clips: 2/18/13 –2/24/13 The LP works to protect the right in the West to freely discuss Islam, radical Islam, terrorism, and terrorist funding. Our website is http://www.legal-project.org/ News Clips that Shouldn't be Missed: Islamists and their allies clash outside auditorium where Geert Wilders speaks   Fitzsimmons, Hamish.   "Clashes erupt outside Wilders' Melbourne speech," Australia Broadcasting Corporation, February 20, 2013. A large group of angry protesters has scuffled with people attending a Melbourne speech by controversial Dutch MP Geert Wilders. There were verbal exchanges on Monday evening as about 200 protesters wrestled with those trying to access the venue at Somerton, in the city's north. The demonstrators took guests' tickets and pushed them to the ground. Lars Hedegaard speaks out after the assassination attempt Hedegaard, Lars.  "The Assassin at the Door," Wall Street Journal, February 20, 2013. A police psychologist has told me that after an attempt on your life, things may appear somewhat fuzzy. After a while details of what happened may all of a sudden become clear as you remember more and more of this most distressing occurrenc Swedish mayor attempts to shame the other Lars, the Muhammad cartoonist   Local Staff.  "Malmö mayor concerned about Islam-critical show," The Local (Sweden), February 20, 2013. The mayor of Malmö has slammed an upcoming exhibition of work by controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks, saying he hoped no one would visit the gallery to see artwork he said was "associated with xenophobes". OIC preparing for yet another push to outlaw Islam-related speech NSSB Staff.   "OIC coming back with another attempt to stamp out free speech," National Secular Society Blog, February 21, 2013. Getting the go-ahead from the Cairo Islamic Summit, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has been actively trying to get the "denigration of religions" recognized as a criminal offence, according to a top official. Other Clips: Islamist group sues CAN for calling it a terror group Baron Bodissey.  "Did Christian Action Network Defame the Muslims of America?," Gates of Vienna Blog, February 20, 2013. Long-time readers are familiar with Jamaat ul-Fuqra, an organization that was listed as a domestic terror group by the State Department. Its name means "Community of the Impoverished"; it is also known as "Muslims of America", and sometimes calls itself "Muslims of the Americas", since it claims franchises in Canada and the Caribbean. It was founded by a known terrorist, a Pakistani Sufi named Sheikh Mubarik Ali Hasmi Shah Gilani. Over the past thirty years it has established a network of dozens of rural training compounds across the United States and Canada. It recruits new members primarily by proselytizing in the prison system. Tommy Robinson freed from prison Baron Bodissey.  "Tommy Robinson is a Free Man Again," Gates of Vienna Blog, February 21, 2013. Tommy Robinson, the leader of the English Defence League, was released from prison today. I'm told that his early release was every bit as much of a surprise to him as it was to the rest of us. The continuing campaign against free speech Ledeen, Michael.  "Shut Up or I'll Kill You," PJ Media, February 21, 2013. We're a fractious people, always have been, and our politics have been especially    colorful. I'm a nearly lifelong fan of John C. Calhoun's line about Henry Clay: "Like a mackerel by moonlight, he shines and stinks …". Our political candidates have been mocked for their love affairs, their wooden legs, their false teeth, and their drinking habits. It's not elegant, but rude, insulting talk is one of the products of free speech. CAIR making a federal case to intimidate a teacher about her possible speech Rusty Shackleford.   "CAIR Wants Federal Investigation of Teacher Who May or May Not Have Said Something Stupid," The Jawa Report Blog, February 20, 2013. There was a time when saying don't make a federal case out of it meant that you were making a rather big deal out of something mundane. That is, it was a bad thing to make a federal case out of it. More Danish Muhammad cartoons coming, more Islamist violence to follow?    Sennels, Nicolai.  "One more time: Danish conservative-liberal organisation to re-publish Muhammad cartoons in new docu about free speech," Islam versus Europe Blog, February 22, 2013. The controversial cartoons that were published in Jyllands-Posten in 2005 and triggered a subsequent major diplomatic crisis, will soon be published again. Pakistani Islamists charge their own Ambassador to the US for her "blasphemy" Stuart, Hunter.  "Sherry Rehman, Pakistani Ambassador To The U.S., To Be Investigated For Blasphemy," The Huffington Post, February 21, 2013. A new female crusader for human rights in Pakistan may have just emerged -- with a price on her head.  Sherry Rehman, the Pakistani Ambassador to the United States, is under investigation by Pakistani police for allegedly blasphemous remarks she made more than two years ago on a Pakistani talk show, Agence France-Press reports. If convicted, Rehman could be sentenced to death.   More articles may be found at http://www.legal-project.org/news-external/

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