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Legal
Project News Clips: 12/17/12 –12/30/12
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/
LP
participates in DC seminar on OIC pressure on free speech
On Monday, December 3, members of the Legal Project at the Middle
East Forum participated in a Capitol Hill panel discussion about "The
Istanbul Process and the OIC's Continuing Efforts to Implement Restrictions
to Prevent the Defamation of Islam: Part II".
LP Column on the Spanish
persecution of Imran Firasat for his anti-Muhammad film
In
September of 2012, supposedly because of an obscure "anti-Islam"
film named "Innocence of Muslims," the Islamic world erupted with
violent protests towards Westerners for exercising their right to free
speech. Since then, Western government's have shown extreme sensitivity to
free speech in the West regarding Islam. Just this December, we saw another
person targeted by European nations for his critical speech about Islam.
News Clips that Shouldn't be Missed:
French magazine will publish
comic book about Muhammad despite threat of violence
·
AFP Staff. "French
paper to publish comic book life of Prophet Mohammed," Al Arabia
News, December 30, 2012.
A French
weekly known for publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to the ire of
conservative Muslims said Sunday it plans to release a comic book biography
of Islam's founder that will be researched and educational.
Spain to deport Pakistani to
Pakistan despite likely death penalty for his "blasphemy"
·
El Pais Staff. "Spain
revokes asylum status of anti-Islam filmmaker," El Pais (Spain),
December 27, 2012.
The
Interior Ministry has decided to revoke the asylum status of Imran Firasat, a
Pakistani national living in Spain since 2010 who on December 14 announced
his intention to release a video in which, among other things, he asks
whether Mohammed "was a child molester and a murderer."
British Atheist facing legal
charges for objecting to the religion of Islam
·
Gibson, Suzy. "Atheist
Peter Crawford in court for ripping up Koran at stall in Leicester,"
Leicester Mercury (UK), December 20, 2012.
An atheist
shocked Muslim volunteers at a stall promoting Islam when he ripped out pages
from the Koran.
The New Hecker's Veto: When
riots in other countries is used to justify censorship in the U.S.
"In
any war between the civilized man and the savage," says the ad,
"support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat jihad." On
September 6, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) signed a contract
to buy space for this message from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority (WMATA), which had concluded that the First Amendment required it
to accept the controversial ad. Less than two weeks later, WMATA declared
that AFDI's advocacy was not constitutionally protected after all, pointing
to violent Middle Eastern protests blamed on Innocence of Muslims, an online
video mocking the prophet Muhammad.
Other Clips:
Army joins the PC bandwagon
regarding Islam
A proposed
new handbook for soldiers serving in the Middle East reveals an alarming
level of political correctness that infests the military chain of command.
Is Terry Jones really a danger
to Europe?
·
BCF Blogger. "Terry
Jones Declared Danger To EU Schengen States," Blazing Cat Fur
Blog, December 26, 2012.
As of
December 10, 2012, Dr. Terry Jones has been officially banned from entering
Spain or any other country of the Schengen States, by the Spanish Ministry of
the Interior for a period of two years. The Schengen States include: Germany,
France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Austria, Denmark,
Finland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Sweden, Norway, Lithuania, Hungary,
Poland, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Iceland, Netherlands, Malta.
Danish ex-Muslim tried for
"hate speech" against Islam
·
Clausen, Heinrich. "Denmark:
Confronting "Hate speech" Law in Court," Europe News,
December 16, 2012.
On Thurday
December 13th 2012, Danish-Iranian artist Firoozeh Bazrafkan was in the court
of Århus, Denmark, suspectet for having violated Article 266b of the Danish
penal code, which criminalizes derogative or threatening statements against a
variety of minorities. This is a report from her day in court.
Heckler's Veto – Second
Anti-Muhammad movie intimidates Europeans
Internationally-known
Koran burner Terry Jones has
returned to the internet with a film condemning Islam's prophet Muhammad
after Jones helped
promote the internet trailer
Innocence of Muslims, a source of global controversy. Posted on
Jones' website Stand Up America,
the over one-hour long movie The Innocent Prophet: The Life of Muhammad
from a Different Point of View uses mainly cartoon images to present
Muhammad and Islam as fraudulent. Legal actions taken against Jones'
co-producer, the Pakistani exile Imran Fisarat now living in Spain, show once
again how free speech critical of Islam is under threat.
Is Imran Firasat a shady
character or are Islamists/PC Types trying to blacken his name?
·
Zakalwe, Cheradenine. "Does
Imran Firasat Have a Shady Past?," Islam versus Europe Blog,
December 23, 2012.
I've made
various posts about Imran Firasat here. In the comments section below some of
them, (usually anonymous) posters have made various allegations about him
having an unsavoury past, including the specific claim that he committed a
murder in Indonesia. I've assumed that this was part of a campaign my Muslims
to discredit a critic of Islam, and still think that is the most likely
explanation.
·
Firasat, Imran. "Imran
Firasat Clears His Name Against Muslim Claims And Indonesian Hypocrisy,"
Faith Freedom Blog, December 2012.
This is
"Imran Firasat" a Pakistani national residing in Spain as a
political refugee. Today I have seen on your website that someone claimed to
be the victim's wife and saying that I killed her husband and that I fled
Indonesia after killing someone.
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