Spencer: Firebombing Free Speech In Paris

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In FrontPage this morning, I discuss the latest Islamic assault on the freedom of speech: the firebombing of the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris:

Islamic supremacists have firebombed and caused extensive damage to the offices Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine in Paris, after it ran an issue featuring Islam’s prophet Muhammad as the guest editor.

Some Muslims didn’t get the joke. Recently the magazine’s website was hacked; the hackers left this message: “You keep abusing Islam’s almighty Prophet with disgusting and disgraceful cartoons using excuses of freedom of speech. Be Allah’s curse upon you!” The firebombing followed shortly thereafter.

The destruction of the Charlie Hebdo offices is the ugly obverse of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s ongoing campaign to compel Western states to criminalize criticism of Islam, including discussion of how Islamic jihadists use the texts and teachings of Islam to justify violence and supremacism. The objective of this campaign, of course, is to render Western countries mute and hence defenseless against the advancing jihad.

Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the OIC’s secretary general, has explained that Islam is under attack and must be defended. That Islam would not be “under attack” were not so many Muslims committing acts of violence and hatred in its name does not faze him for one second. The OIC is dedicated to getting the United Nations to approve a “legal instrument” that would criminalize “Islamophobia,” which “cannot be dealt with,” Ihsanoglu declared, except through “a robust political engagement” – that is, restrictions on the freedom of speech. Abdoulaye Wade, the President of Senegal and chairman of the OIC, made this point explicit several years ago: “I don’t think freedom of expression should mean freedom from blasphemy. There can be no freedom without limits.”

Ihsanoglu has expressed his pleasure with the success of this campaign: “In confronting the Danish cartoons and the Dutch film ‘Fitna’, we sent a clear message to the West regarding the red lines that should not be crossed. As we speak, the official West and its public opinion are all now well-aware of the sensitivities of these issues. They have also started to look seriously into the question of freedom of expression from the perspective of its inherent responsibility, which should not be overlooked.”

The pressure to accommodate Muslim demands to place Islam off-limits to critical discussion has met with widespread success. While this self-censorship is presented as an act of “tolerance,” in reality it is a deliberate erosion of core Western concepts of free expression, which is an indispensable foundation of the American Revolution and of republican government in general. And we are surrendering it, gradually and voluntarily, to those who seek to impose on us a value system that elevates the sanctity of Islam over freedom.

Last August, the International Islamic News Agency reported that Secretary of State Clinton had agreed to “coordinate” with Ihsanoglu on ways in which “defamation of religions” could be prevented – an operation that cannot possibly be performed without placing freedom of speech restrictions into law, and giving some government agency the power to determine what is “hate speech” and what isn’t.

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Robert,
Is that you in the cartoon above?
/joke joyce
Actually, good on the Froggies for showing the Anglo-Saxons how to have some backbone...

In somme ways this firebombing is good. It reveals the TRUE nature of Islam not the politically correct false image being portrayed by western govts and CAIR. It shows the fascist nature of its theolgy, no different than the super race mentality of the nazis. The result for nonbelievers will be same as was the fate of Jews, homosexuals, etc under the Hitlerites.

Whenever there is a violence and arson due to islamic terrorists or conversion of poor Hindus, we watch with regret as violent reaction is still alien to our culture ( I mean not to the extent muslims or like christians in the third world countries indulge without any regret).

Let us see French or Europeans also tolerate helplessly like us and allow those politicians who play minority card gain strength and spoil the native culture as well as the unity of the nation (again as it is in India)

I hope as knowledge of islamic fascism spreads, more and more brave people like this editor come up and stand up to islam's coercive tactics on sealing non-muslims' lips.

Bravo to everyone in Charlie Hebdo's offices.

''You keep abusing Islam's almighty prophet'' wrote the hackers .
''almighty''???
Don't think so somehow.

"....the hackers left this message: “You keep abusing Islam’s almighty Prophet with disgusting and disgraceful cartoons using excuses of freedom of speech...."

al·might·y (ôl-mt)
adj.
1. Having absolute power; all-powerful: almighty God.

Looks as though Islam considers their human (albeit 'perfect') prophet at the level of the gods or God. Isn't there something in the Qur'an that forbids ascribing partners to Allah?

Its funny how Moslems use statements like "almighty prophet" and then talk about blasphemy. I thought that it was God that was almighty. I thought that Mohammed was only a man. Not a God. Hmmm... Is that statement itself not blasphemous?

:-D

Blazing Cat Fur has this post:

That must have been one hell of an "Anti-Islam" political ad...

One commenter thought it was over the top. To which another notes:

"I disagree.. this is barrier breaking.."

The ad is from an opponent of Kieth Ellison, that the YouTube censors had to blowup/ban.

Yeah. .that sorta talk didn't get Saddam much luck, what with his 'Mother of all Battles'' rhetoric.

Oh this "almighty prophet" Mo/allah is such a weakling that it needs mere mortal Muslims to defend him. What joke he has played on Muslims and the brain dead Muslims will never get it!!

Just saw this video. Amazing some politicians have courage to tell the truth about Quran. Need more people like him!!!

Muhammad died after being poisoned by a Jewish woman. Doesn't sound too "almighty" to me. He was lying to his followers shortly before his death too.
Muhammad died in 632 A.D. He died as a result of being poisoned following his attack upon and conquest of the Jewish settlement of Khaibar. About 2 month before his attack on Khaibar Muhammad failed in an attempt to go to Mecca. This failure resulted in the Treaty of Hudaybiyya with the Meccans. He returned humiliated in the eyes of the Meccans and in the minds of his people. To lift their defeated spirit, Muhammad told his followers that the events at Hudaybiyya were really a victory. In fact, another convenient "revelation" was given to Muhammad as proof that it really was a victory (Sura 48:1). However, Allah was not able to deliver the Meccan's goods as booty, so Muhammad told his followers that they were going to attack and plunder the weaker Jewish settlement of Khaibar.
Immediately following the conquest of Khaibar, a Jewish woman prepared a dinner for Muhammad and some of his men. Unknown to the Muslims was that she had put a poison into the lamb (some say goat) that was served at dinner. Muhammad ate some of the poisoned lamb and died as a result three years later. Well done Jewish lady.

GO TO THE DRUDGEREPORT RIGHT NOW!!! LOOK AT THE PICTURE THAT IS THE MAIN STORY! AMERICAN INTIFADA!

They blocked off city streets with Dumpsters and other large trash bins, starting bonfires that leapt 15-feet in the air.

City officials released a statement describing the spasm of unrest.

"Oakland Police responded to a late night call that protesters had broken into and occupied a downtown building and set several simultaneous fires," the statement read "The protesters began hurling rocks, explosives, bottles, and flaming objects at responding officers. Several private and municipal buildings sustained heavy vandalism. Dozens of protesters wielding shields were surrounded and arrested."

Protesters reported running from several rounds of tear gas and bright flashes and deafening pops that some thought were caused by "flash bang" grenades. Fire crews arrived and suppressed the flames.

Meanwhile, protesters and police faced off for the rest of the night in an uneasy standoff.

The apostle of Allah sent for Zaynab and said to her, "What induced you to do what you have done?" She replied, "You have done to my people what you have done. You have killed my father, my uncle and my husband, so I said to myself, "If you are a prophet, the foreleg will inform you; and others have said, "If you are a king we will get rid of you.""......

The apostle of Allah lived after this three years till in consequence of his pain he passed away. During his illness he used to say, "I did not cease to find the effect of the (poisoned) morsel, I took at Khaibar and I suffered several times (from its effect) but now I feel the hour has come of the cutting of my jugular vein.
Sounds like he failed the test of being a prophet & therefore impervious to poison.

Ihsanoglu has expressed his pleasure with the success of this campaign: “In confronting the Danish cartoons and the Dutch film ‘Fitna’, we sent a clear message to the West regarding the red lines that should not be crossed. As we speak, the official West and its public opinion are all now well-aware of the sensitivities of these issues. They have also started to look seriously into the question of freedom of expression from the perspective of its inherent responsibility, which should not be overlooked.”
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And we all know what the Muslim response to "Fitna" and the Danish MoToons has been—murder, attempted murder, and threatened murder.

And I write "has been" rather than "was" because the threats tyo Ayaan Hirsi Ali, cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, and the Jyllands-Posten newspaper *are ongoing*. Muslim plots of violence never end.

Why do so few free people ask why Muslim "sensitivities" so often lead to acts of crazed violence?

And the whole reference about "responsibility" here is crap, since the only violent reactions are from Muslims themselves.

This is no more sophisticated than having some vicious thug tell you he is going to beat you to death if you say anything bad about him—including about how unreasoningly violent he is.

By publishing this article Times Magazine is justifying violence and taking us to the medieval times. Freedom of expression and speech is the biggest achievement of civilized world, which was achieved by shedding a lot of blood and sacrificing many precious human lives for centuries. Bruce Crumly is the incarnation of the same clergy who send Aristotle and plato to gallows. History will never forgive the article writer and publisher the Times Magazine. It is Charlie Hebdo and his print today and it will be your turn Mr. Bruce Crumly and Time Magazine tomorrow. How ever when that happen nobody would be there left to cry for you.

Ihsanoglu has expressed his pleasure with the success of this campaign: “In confronting the Danish cartoons and the Dutch film ‘Fitna’, we sent a clear message to the West regarding the red lines that should not be crossed.

When Mr Ihsanoglu was interviewed by Danish TV after the Muhammad cartoons mayhem, he absolutely refused to acknowledge any responsibility of the OIC concerning the killings, burnings etc.
In fact, the threatened to break off the interview at once, unless the question was withdrawn.

Cognitive disonnance from Mr Isatinanigloo ?

this is a great video. is it new?
M

Mohammed's pink swastika wrote:

"Oakland Police responded to a late night call that protesters had broken into and occupied a downtown building and set several simultaneous fires"...
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I'm right in the middle of this stupidity, MPS. These morons shut down the Port of Oakland—the fifth largest port in the US—yesterday for over eight hours.

They smashed out the windows of a bank and a Whole Foods just blocks from my home. My husband has been taking a different route home, and I've been steering clear of downtown.

Even as I write this, I can hear several helicopters circling the area.

This has a definite—if still small—Islamic aspect to it, as well. Muslims in Hijab and both Muslims and Muslim sympathizers in Kaffiyyeh have been much in evidence.

The authorities have been mostly taking a "hands-off" approach, and leaving it to private security (at the banks and at Whole Foods) to provide some modicum of order. Everyone else is pretty much on their own.

This *does not* bode well. And foolish "anarchists" are *not* the only ones taking notice...

The falser the prophet the more murderous the adherents. The more they will rage and lash out because subliminally they know they worship a fake

The falser the prophet the more murderous the adherents. The more they will rage and lash out because subliminally they know they worship a fake

Oh my ... Off Topic

On the Times comments section there is a link to CNN: Refugees face organ theft in the Sinai.

Bedouin smugglers involved in people trafficking are also believed to be stealing organs from refugees who are unable to pay their demands for large amounts of cash to take them into Israel.

Wellington, one of the most erudite posters here, has often opined that many muslims are confused - an excellent example of their damned confusion. They never seem to bother much about their disgusting moonbat god, but if the murdering paedophile is 'maligned' (difficult), all hell breaks loose.

Gravenimage

that's NOT good.

Will be thinking of you. Will pray.

We have had attempts to get the whole 'occupy' bit going in Australia but it hasn't really gotten off the ground. The fact is that *real* anger and unhappiness in Australia is coming from respectable hardscrabble farmers who have had enough of Coal Seam Gas and Open Cut Coal exploration outfits trampling all over their cropland and grazing land, and from small businesses in little country towns that aren't benefiting at all - and are, indeed, *suffering* economically and socially - from the mining boom. People like that don't go in for riots and destroying property when they get unhappy and they are too busy surviving to go and squat in public parks.

In Melbourne the Aussie 'occupy' lot held a meeting the day before the Queen visited the city. They decided it would be bad PR if they disrupted her visit, so they packed up their traps and got out of the way for the duration. (Personally, *I* suspect that they day the Queen visited some of them reverted to the little Aussie kids they used to be, changed into respectable clothes, and sneaked off to blend with the crowds and get a squiz at Her Majesty, just like everyone else).

Be careful out there, Graven...

Thank you, Dumbledore's Army and George.

Most of the demonstrators are clueless idiots, but are not violent. But there is a small group of Anarchists and hard-core Communists smashing windows, setting fires, damaging cars and property, assaulting people, and calling for cop killings.

One of the most grimly ironic incidents was the takeover of a building right in the downtown area near City Hall and the other city, state, and federal buildings.

Here's the quote from the AP article:

His comments came before a group of demonstrators moved to break into the Travelers Aid building in order to, as some shouting protesters put it, "reclaim the building for the people."

http://www.kgw.com/home/Occupy-Oakland-turns-into-ugly-overnight-riot-133156933.html

*Anyone* familiar with Travelers Aid—which is a 160-year-old private charity present in the US, in Canada, and in Australia—knows that this is a group that helps travelers who have been robbed, who have run out of money, or are otherwise in crisis, helps homeless people rejoin their families, helps runaway kids go home.

They help with bus and plane fare, meals, and short hotel stays where necessary.

Anyone who believes this needs to be "reclaimed for the people" is obviously unclear on the whole concept...

Islam needs reformation badly, since many passages in Koran and Hadith are incompatible with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and are nasty and hateful toward Jews, Christians and "infidels". If Islam wants to be accepted by a tolerant Western countries in same league as Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism and others, it needs to give up hatred of non-Muslims and start preaching peace and equality rather than dhimmitude, which they blame of the Jews.

Whitewashing, which is now happening in US and other Western countries and calling Islam a "peaceful" religion MUST stop and truth needs to be discussed openly without fear of firebombing. BTW, that man in the cartoon in Paris looks like Osama bin Ladin (or any other Muslim dude with a turban) so it is again a delusional thinking of the Muslim fire-bombers that is at fault.

This delusional Jew-hating thinking in the Muslims world has to be cured in young men who are also persuaded by Koran that the life on Earth is not worth living and that true Muslims should strive for "eternal' life, easily obtained by martyrdom. One can see that such an idea can lead to young men to blow themselves up to get a fast ticket to Paradise, especially when 72 virgins are added to the lure ;-)!

Vlasta Molak wrote:

Islam needs reformation badly...
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Unfortunately, Vlasta, I believe Islam has already *had* its reformation, with those like the Wahabbis and Muslim Brotherhood writers like Seyyid Qutb.

This is, in fact, the ugly "pure" Islam that is wrecking so much havoc in the world today—an Islam that is in no way softened by non-Muslim culture, or tradition, or by Kuffar accretions of any kind.

Most reformations claim to return to core texts and the original figures of the faith—and that's exactly what the above "reformers" did.

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