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sheik yer'mami | December 21, 2009 5:49 AM | Reply

Excellent. Sorry I missed it.

But it seems that resistance is building, as more people wake up to their nefarious agenda.

Here's some good news for a change.

OIC Slams ‘Demonic’ Portrayal of Islam, But Support for Religious ‘Defamation’ Measures Continues to Erode

http://sheikyermami.com/2009/12/21/oic-slams-‘demonic’-portrayal-of-islam-but-support-for-religious-‘defamation’-measures-continues-to-erode/

But we all know they won't give up and try in some other way to shut us up.

boakai ngombu | December 21, 2009 8:59 AM | Reply

let the condemnations come, loudly and clearly.

boakai ngombu | December 21, 2009 9:04 AM | Reply

i hope many of our elected officials will make their condemnations loudly and clearly, quickly.

they should probably be contacted directly, as assistants regarding Muslim affairs aren't always proDemocracy

and how can State be considered more than impotent now?

efoc | December 21, 2009 12:14 PM | Reply

Friendly Americans, please be sure to vote Obama out of office at the next election. He's not a friend of freedom of speech and he kowtows to the Islamics at every opportunity at the expense of the West.

darcy replied to comment from efoc | December 21, 2009 1:16 PM | Reply

"Friendly Americans, please be sure to vote Obama out of office at the next election. He's not a friend of freedom of speech and he kowtows to the Islamics at every opportunity at the expense of the West."

That's because Hussein IS a Mohammedan.

What, do you think we're stupid, Hussein?

il toscano | December 22, 2009 9:35 AM | Reply

Hi Robert,

I've been following this issue since it's inception with the Obama administration. I wrote to my congressional folks, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer and Anna Eshoo...but since I live in the land of fruits & nuts and liberomania they did not even acknowledge the issure.

These two letter were written in April and October, 2009:

Dear Senator,

On April 8, 2009 I wrote you the following letter. I was suspicious then about the true intent of the Obama administration and I’m doubly suspicious now. Here’s why.

In a little article on the internet today I see that the US and Egypt have co-sponsored through the Human Rights Commission of the UN a resolution to criminalize advocacy leading to incitement, hatred, stereotyping, religion…etc…THE INTENT IS TO KILL FREE SPEECH!!! And we are the co-sponsors. Are we nuts?

And….typical of this administration and the far left leadership of this government…all is done clandestinely trying to jam its programs and ideas on the American public. Who is our numskull representative to the UN? I’m sure that she’s getting her marching orders from our president.

How far will this administration go to make friends with the Islamic world? Are we going the way of Europe….or worse?

I support freedom of speech in its broadest interpretation. Any attempt to curtail is a step in losing one of our fundamental freedoms and a step back to the Dark Ages.

Luciano J. Ercolini
Silicon Valley

Letter writen in April:

It has been some time now that I have been following the antics of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Human Rights Commission in the UN. They have been doggedly trying to get laws enacted against Hate Speech and Defamation of Religion. They are zealots in this regard and seem to stop at nothing.

Europe has succumbed. Canada has succumbed. They have no freedom of speech. Geert Wilders, Dutch member of parliament, is being prosecuted for statements which were critical of Islam and for his ten minute documentary, Fitna. England has allowed to be established a parallel system of recognized Sharia courts. Oriana Falacci was prosecuted in Italy for articles she wrote which were critical of Islam and had to spend the last years of her cancer ridden life exiled in New York. France has 750 ‘no go’ zones wherein Sharia rules and non-muslims dare not enter.

I could go on….but the point is made. America’s first amendment, freedom of speech and expression, is the last man standing. And…it is under attack, overtly and covertly. As a freedom loving American who emigrated from Italy and went through the wonderful ‘American melting pot’, I am deeply concerned.

I am deeply concerned and can follow the dotted lines. The Obama Administration is most anxious to bridge the fourteen century gap which has existed between the western world and Islam. I don’t know whether the president will proceed down a wise or naïve path but, in this regard I’m skeptical. What will be the price?

Today I see that Barack Obama has invited Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the OIC to the white house. And I just wonder which portion of the first amendment they will be discussing.

Regards,

Luciano
Silicon Valley, California

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