Swedish Cartoonist Lars Vilks: "I strongly support SION's important critique of political Islam"

From Pamela Geller over at Atlas Shrugs:

Hamas-CAIR has seized a statement by Swedish Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks in Sweden's The Local and run with it. Vilks was quoted by the Swedish enemedia as if he were equating speaking at our September 11 SION International Freedom Defense Congress with speaking to the Ku Klux Klan. This was, of course, not at all what Vilks said or meant, and in a statement he is now circulating he sets the record straight and reiterates his strong support for SION's work:
An utterance I made in an interview in a Swedish newspaper on the 30th of August has been misunderstood. What I said has been taken out of context and made into a statement which is a total misunderstanding of what was said: ‘Vilks cites KKK to defend talk to U.S. anti-muslim group’.
In my artistic work I document invitations I get from all kinds of organisations and groups of interest. This includes e.g. departments at Universities, political parties, management groups, school classes, art societies, organisations for freedom of speech, religious societies, debate programs in television and other media etc. The content in my lectures is about free speech and especially the right for artists to use artistic expressions without being censored. The question asked in the interview was if I could accept an invitation from extreme political groups. This has never happened but I said that if it should happen I might accept it as a part of my investigation project. SION has of course nothing to do with that. SION is a defender of the basic values in Western Culture, including freedom of expression and equality of rights for all people, with no special rights for any group. SION is firmly against all forms of racism and religious supremacism. I also and strongly support SION's important critique of political Islam.

Register for our World Freedom Congress, September 11, 2012, UN Plaza Millennium Hotel, 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm. Email me at PamelaGeller@gmail.com. We have just added more seats, but there is little space left. The principal focus of the Congress will be pertaining to Islamic supremacist attempts to restrict the freedom of speech in the free world, and the smear campaigns against freedom fighters in newspapers and media institutions in the West.

The objective of this freedom congress is to develop media-related mechanisms to address the smear campaigns. It will also address the media's double standard regarding Islam and other religions. The Congress will discuss at length the reasons behind and the results of the Western media's offensive campaigns against freedom of speech and the truth about Islam, jihad, Islamic supremacism and Muslims.

The International Freedom Defense Congress will represent a quantum leap in media action, as it discusses, beyond rhetoric, the practical steps to address the phenomenon of the Islamic war against free speech.

Speakers include:

Ambassador John Bolton

Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks

NY State Senator David Storobin

Mordechai Kedar (Israel)

Cliff Kincaid (Accuracy In Media)

Ashraf Rameleh (Voice of the Copts)

Paul Weston (British Freedom Party, England)

Kevin Carroll (EDL, England)
Anders Gravers (Stop Islamisation of Europe)
George Igler (Discourse Institute.org)
Debbie Robinson (Q Society, Australia)
Nelly Braginsky (911 Family Mother)
David Yerushalmi (American Law for American Courts)
Lars Hedegaard (Denmark)

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Counterjihad2012 | September 5, 2012 12:03 PM | Reply

Save free speech

Shoot back with verses ... what the Quran is giving ammunition

e.g. Allah, Q. 5:38 "(thieves) CUT OFF his or her HANDS" vs. German Basic Law, constitution (Grundgesetz) Article 2, Paragraph 2 "Everyone has the RIGHT TO life and PHYSICAL INTEGRITY."

Silvia | September 5, 2012 12:37 PM | Reply

Channel 10 in Israel has made a 4 episode documentary about Islam in Europe. Zvi Yechezkeli who is a reporter and commentator about all things Arab and speaks perfect Arabic, disguised himself as a Palestinian Arab. You just have to see it! It's a horror movie. Tonight was the first episode. I ripped it in good quality (might get even better quality). Most of it is in English and French with some parts in Arab. I thought of making a transcript and posting it here with a download of the clip )don't know how to make subtitles). Is anybody interested? I don't want to invest the time if there's no demand.

Tell me if anybody is interested and I'll do it.

ImNoDhimmi replied to comment from Silvia | September 5, 2012 4:21 PM | Reply

I'd be interested, I'm sure most of us here at JW would be.

Alexander W. replied to comment from Silvia | September 5, 2012 10:31 PM | Reply

Silvia, I'd be interested :)

dumbledoresarmy replied to comment from Silvia | September 6, 2012 1:24 AM | Reply

That sounds **fantastic**.

dumbledoresarmy replied to comment from Silvia | September 6, 2012 1:26 AM | Reply

PS There are people here who speak or can read and/ or 'hear' French.

And if our friendly apostate 'fineliving' comes back: she is fluent in the Levantine variety of Arabic.

Silvia | September 6, 2012 2:38 AM | Reply

Great guys. I'll start working on it. If anyone here is tech able and can make subtitles and attach them to the file, go ahead.

I'll post it all in this thread.

Silvia | September 7, 2012 5:49 AM | Reply

Allah, Islam Episode 1

http ://depositfiles.com/files/jrdt5h3mn

http ://www.sendspace.com/file/68hs31

The transcript

http://www.text-upload.com/read,4169638455337

Silvia | September 7, 2012 5:51 AM | Reply

Allah, Islam Episode 1

http://depositfiles.com/files/jrdt5h3mn

http://www.sendspace.com/file/68hs31

The transcript

http://www.text-upload.com/read,4169638455337

dumbledoresarmy replied to comment from Silvia | September 7, 2012 8:34 PM | Reply

Thanks for that.

I just read the transcript.

Very interesting. ANd worrying.

Zvi is a brave man...

if any of them had guessed he was a Jew, and from Israel...

Silvia | September 8, 2012 6:15 AM | Reply

It is very interesting and much like a horror movie. He didn't talk much. He just let them talk.

I also think there was a risk that he'd be recognized either by Palestinians or other Arabs that saw him on one of their channels because he's on channel 10 every day and they show those clips of him talking about Arab affairs, on Arab channels.

If anybody can make subtitles and attach them to the video, it be great and a lot easier to watch.

There are 3 more episodes.

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