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Here's a happy announcement from the David Project. It looks from the information below as if, as in the case of CAIR's suit against Anti-CAIR, the discovery process came too close to compelling the ISB to disclose things it doesn't want the public to know.
Islamic Society of Boston Drops Lawsuits Against David Project, Concerned Citizens, Boston Herald and Fox, Abandoning All Of Its Claims Without Receiving Any PaymentDavid Project to Continue Public Records Lawsuit To Force Disclosure of Evidence on Boston Redevelopment Authority-Islamic Society Land Deal
The David Project has announced that the Islamic Society of Boston ("ISB") and its officers have withdrawn all of their claims against all of the citizens who raised concerns about the ISB, its funding and its leadership, as well as all of their claims against the Boston Herald, Fox-TV and the various journalists whose investigative pieces about the ISB in 2003 and 2004 disclosed damaging information about the ISB and its controversial land deal with the Boston Redevelopment Authority ("BRA"). The ISB and its officers have abandoned all of their claims against all of the defendants they sued 2 years ago, without payment to the ISB or to any of its officers of any money whatsoever.
The ISB's decision to drop all of its claims against all of the 17 defendants it sued back in 2005 alleging "defamation" and accusing them of conspiring to violate its civil rights comes just months after the defendants--who included a Muslim cleric, a Christian political science professor and the Jewish daughter of Holocaust survivors, as well as Boston civic leader William Sapers and national terrorism expert Steven Emerson--had begun through their lawyers to conduct discovery into the ISB's financial records, its receipt of millions of dollars in funding from Saudi Arabian and other Middle Eastern sources, its contributions to certain organizations and the records of certain of its officers and directors. The ISB's abandonment of its lawsuits comes only weeks after two of its original Middle Eastern Trustees, Walid Fitaihi of Saudi Arabia and Ali Tobah of Egypt, suddenly resigned as Trustees just before they were required to submit themselves to the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts court hearing the case.
The David Project, whose public records litigation against the BRA forced the public disclosure of evidence regarding the below-fair-market land deal between the BRA and the ISB and the role played in that deal of BRA Deputy Director Muhammed Ali Salaam, will proceed exactly as before with its litigation, seeking the remainder of the documents presently withheld by the BRA. That litigation, The David Project v. Boston Redevelopment Authority, is on file in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston.
"We were determined from the beginning to act the way citizens should, by asking questions about this matter and by refusing to be intimidated into staying silent," said David Project founder and President Charles Jacobs, "and we intend to continue as we have before. Indeed, the evidence that has emerged about the transaction, about the BRA's failure to do due diligence into those whom it chose to subsidize and about the funding and the leadership of the organization that received this public subsidy is of extremely deep concern. That evidence not only vindicates the reporting of the courageous journalists whose investigative work broke the story back in 2003 and 2004, but validates many times over the concerns expressed by the good and decent citizens--Muslims, Christians and Jews--who refused to stay silent."
"Those citizens were vilified by the ISB for having had the courage to speak out", said Jacobs. "The ISB's abandonment of its claims without payment of one dollar to them, coming as it does as the ISB was ordered to turn over evidence, speaks more eloquently than anything else could about the truth of what these citizens said, about the validity of their concerns, and about the lack of merit to the ISB's allegations that they had been 'defamed' and had been financially 'damaged'. Above all, the ISB's ultimate abandonment of its lawsuits speaks eloquently about the importance of refusing to be bullied and intimidated into silence."
"This has never been about the right of all people to worship, and to construct houses of worship, which is an important right possessed equally by all people, warranting great respect," said Jacobs. "What it has been about is specific evidence about specific leaders of a specific organization, and about evidence regarding the funding of that organization and those whom it, in turn, was funding. The threat of Islamic extremism in the United States and elsewhere is a real one. Many of the most courageous and forceful individuals speaking out about this threat are themselves Muslims, and they deserve the support of all of us. The victory we have achieved in this case is a victory for many, but perhaps especially for them, as it bolsters and encourages them, and sends a message on their behalf that intimidation will not work."
Posted by Robert at May 29, 2007 5:54 PM
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They found out the hard way, here in America, an "STFU" lawsuits, especially my militant maniacs, doesn't sell, and incurs massive backlash.
(STFU= street/`net slang for "shut the f**k up").
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at May 29, 2007 6:35 PM
Wonderful.
They are beginning to find out what American law, and discovery, is all about. Now the question is -- how to find out exactly what it was they were so desperate to hide.
Posted by: Hugh at May 29, 2007 6:36 PM
Chalk another one up for the good guys.
Sue happy Muslims with skeletons in their financial records don't make good victims, they only play victims for the media.
Posted by: DCWatson at May 29, 2007 6:45 PM
OT
This story may not have anything to do with jihad, but see just how easy it would be to spread disease worldwide.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276180,00.html
at May 29, 2007 6:50 PM
Too many good Jewish lawyers in Boston. The Muslims never had a chance.
Posted by: Timur at May 29, 2007 7:15 PM
Discovery is a wonderful thing ... when you're in the right.
Posted by: Dhimmisoftheworldunite at May 29, 2007 7:23 PM
Good news indeed. Diligent persistence pays off-- a quality that Islam seems not to encourage. Their military strategy is very similar: all teeth and claws up front, but ever ready to retreat when things go sideways. They always shout and scream about any "victory" but very rarely ackowledge defeat. The Islamists are fundamental in many ways, including fundamental dishonesty, both among themselves and with others.
I predict a mounting documentation of the Saudi arteries and capillaries that feed radical Islam around the world and especially in the US. Whether they will be forced to backtrack, in spite of strategic and official alliances, is another matter. But current efforts will move awareness in this direction, just like a smart laxative.
No person or group in human history has been without weaknesses. The David Project and their allies have found one, though it has yet to be fully exploited. Best of luck to them in their tireless and productive efforts.
Posted by: lycaste at May 29, 2007 7:36 PM
If I were a named defendant in this case, I would file a counter-claim to recover legal expenses incurred in my defense. We must teach these creatures a lesson that the courts cannot be used to gag legitimate criticism. Lawsuits eat up a lot of money, even in the preliminary rounds.
Posted by: Pelayo at May 29, 2007 8:12 PM
I am glad that the courgae of the David Project and the citizens sued has exposed the ISB as being bullies with a closet full of dirty laundry.
However, I would have much prefered to see all the laundry aired on the public clothesline for all in my Commenwealth to see.
What about the financial hardship that those who were sued had to endure? The ISB should be made to pay them back in full. The reporters who exposed these dirtbags are now free to continue their pursuit of truth. Do it with a vengeance.
The ISB still got their final 2 million from the Saudi filth fund and the pathetic mound of cement will open its gates despite the fact that the law suit was withdrawn.
And what about the hate literature Dr. Ahmed Mansour found in a Cambridge mosque? This exposure cannot be let go because the ISB pulled out in their effort to stifle Free Speech.
Posted by: Briars
at May 29, 2007 8:13 PM
"compelling the ISB to disclose things it doesn't want the public to know."
I have been a plaintiff and a defendant in lawsuits. Refusing to respond or to respond half heartedly can result in penalties such as contempt of court, fines and dismissal. Contempt of court just might result in jail time.
I guess these Islamic creatures were surprised at the workings of a non-sharia western legal system that is based on facts and not on the two-bit testimony of a Mohammedan.
Posted by: Pelayo at May 29, 2007 8:21 PM
There will be a wonderful march and celebratory minaret capping event on June 9th in Roxbury at the new mosque. We hope and expect that the event will be well attended by all of our friends and supporters and will capture the broad support the mosque project enjoys from the Greater Boston Muslim community, from the Roxbury community in general, including public officials, leaders, and members from diverse faith and ethnic communities.
-from the ISB website
The dhimmis will gather beneath the minerat, a symbol of islamic supremicy, in Boston, the birthplace of the American Revolution. It seems no creative imagination could conder up such a tragedy. It should come with sorrowful tolling bells from Christian churches in the background.
Posted by: Briars at May 29, 2007 9:15 PM
Actually...it's a comedy because that's theonly way the soul can deal with it.
Posted by: Briars at May 29, 2007 9:19 PM
The Islamic Society of bostion doesn't want the citizens of the United States of America to know that Islam teaches first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder (in both cases against the "unbelievers"and without any real limits placed in either case)and has targeted both the American people and their civilization for extinction. The Islamic Society of Boston (as all Islamic institutions in the US are) is here to facitilate this goal of Islam's and doesn't want anyone non-Islamic knowing this either.
THERE!
Now the public knows!
Posted by: pythagoras at May 29, 2007 10:29 PM
Not to mention their armories masquerading as mosques, as well as laundering tools for their inevitable terrorist hits from within.
Posted by: jcom972 at May 29, 2007 11:09 PM
Those evil bastards didn't want the skeletons in their closet EXPOSED. I wish it would have gone to trial so that the money trail and players involved could be further exposed.
Posted by: Triumphant_Paladin at May 29, 2007 11:10 PM
Those evil bastards didn't want the skeletons in their closet EXPOSED. I wish it would have gone to trial so that the money trail and players involved could be further exposed.
Posted by: Triumphant_Paladin at May 29, 2007 11:11 PM
ban Muslim Immigration...
Posted by: exsgtbrown at May 30, 2007 6:05 AM
Pelayo is right about a counter claim. The question not answered by the press here is whether the parties obtained a mutual release of each other in dropping the lawsuit. If they did not, the defendants can now bring a lawsuit for abuse of process against CAIR and can continue the discovery process against the ones who should have been defending themselves at the beginning. The resignations at CAIR will not affect the right of the the abuse of process litigants from going after those at CAIR who sanctioned the lawsuit against them to begin with.
at May 30, 2007 6:14 AM
I agree, lets do some more "discovery" and see what we can dig up...
Posted by: exsgtbrown at May 30, 2007 6:38 AM
Thank You, Discovery, Thank You.
The Barbarians just got a taste of American jurisprudence, LOL!
Posted by: darcy at May 30, 2007 8:16 AM
ban Muslim Immigration...
Posted by: exsgtbrown at May 30, 2007 6:05 AM
HERE! HERE!
I Second that motion.
And if the ones already here start acting like "Paris youth" do what France is doing now --pay them to leave. Personally I'd just kick them out.
Michael Savage for president.
THE NEW HITLERGEIST IS IN ISLAM.
at May 30, 2007 10:03 AM
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