At the end of the article, the Globe reporter quotes Ibrahim (Doug) Hooper of CAIR, who cluck-clucks about the "growing cottage industry of those who seek to create false links between terrorism and American Muslim leader and organizations." Almost have to admire Dougie for his chutzpah!

FOX TV and the Boston Herald have been the only local media to do any investigation and coverage of the ISB. The Globe gives a free pass to anything Muslim (while frequently criticizing Catholics and Evangelicals), and the other local TV stations simply don't cover these issues. Gotta give credit to FOX and the Herald.

Posted by: kelley at May 13, 2005 10:19 AM

This is a transparent attempt to try to silence critics of Islam. What Muslims don't know is that these type of suits rarely succeed.

Posted by: Roxane at May 13, 2005 11:31 AM

A classic move in the Islamic Jihad waged by American Muslim groups against American Society.

Da'wa, smiles, disinformation, stonewalling, lies, threats, lawsuits...

And when the effectiveness of these tactics have run their course, and Islam is finally unveiled for what it is. What next?

Posted by: JTF at May 13, 2005 12:24 PM

Good, let's bring all the evidence out in court, and then report on it AGAIN in the press.

Posted by: CGW at May 13, 2005 3:36 PM

JTF posted:Da'wa, smiles, disinformation, stonewalling, lies, threats, lawsuits...And when the effectiveness of these tactics have run their course, and Islam is finally unveiled for what it is. What next?

Obvious - Go into victim mode. That is sure to bring the sympathy of all, and anger at an overbearing government and press.

Posted by: DP111 at May 13, 2005 4:56 PM

This is brilliant! In libel law the burden is on the plaintiff to demonstrate that what was reported by the defendant is not true. They are going to find out the hard way why the 1st Amendment is still around after more than 200 years. The more noise they make, the more unwanted attention they are going to receive from the multitudinous swarm of investigative reporters who will smother them. Lights, camera, action!

Posted by: Hulegu Khan at May 13, 2005 5:43 PM

A good article and worth a read.

On Not Getting the Koran
By Lee Harris

http://techcentralstation.com/051205C.html

Posted by: DP111 at May 13, 2005 6:17 PM

Hey,that's nothing,since the "Finger-food"
case at Wendy's that appeared to be a winfall
until the scam was uncovered,we now have a Muslim
women that is suing McDonald's for $14 Million
because she claimed to have found a rodent head
in her BigMac.

Last year McDonald's settled a suit by a Sikh
that ate fries while not being told that the cooking oil may have come in contact with
animal oils from other food preparation,the money
was to go towards promoting the Sikh faith via
educating the public through literature from
selected Temples that got the money.
CAIR Canada loves to coach Muslims on knowing their Rights and even have Lawyers to cash-in on
minor cases of offending actions that the rest of us usually brush off as trivial.

Posted by: ala-sux at May 13, 2005 8:00 PM

This is brilliant! In libel law the burden is on the plaintiff to demonstrate that what was reported by the defendant is not true. They are going to find out the hard way why the 1st Amendment is still around after more than 200 years. The more noise they make, the more unwanted attention they are going to receive from the multitudinous swarm of investigative reporters who will smother them. Lights, camera, action!

Posted by: Hulegu Khan at May 13, 2005 05:43 PM

Khan: So true, but they waste my valuable time and staff resources with these frivolous suits. Hell, just filing an Answer and Affirmative Defenses costs the G-man $2000+. They're killing us with our own laws.

Not to mention staffing, paperwork, reading, filing, drafting cross/counter claims/suits, MSJ's, MTD's, subpoena's, depo's, yada yada yada yada frickin yada.

I's part of the islamic d'awa don'tcha know!

I only wish the taxpayers knew how much $ it costs for each of us, each time some muslim files a summons & complaint for their perceived persecution. If we could educate the masses as to where the hell their tax $ is going, I'd say there'd be quite a few outraged citizens.

As for me, and my staff, we'll fight to the end.

Have a wonderful weekend, all!

Posted by: SexyKafira1 at May 13, 2005 8:51 PM

The US government makes libel very difficult to prove in order to protect freedom of the press from those who would try to censure the press with lawsuits. Not only must the plaintiff prove that what the defendant wrote was false they also have to prove the defendant KNEW what he wrote was false. That's what makes libel suits so hard to win. Which is what Muslims are about to find out.

I also wouldn't be so sure that Muslims win by filing frivolous lawsuits. If the suit is deemed frivolous the plaintiff can be held responsible for the costs incurred by the defendant in fighting the suit. The defendant can also countersue. Example: Michael Jackson was sued by a group of former employees. The employees lost and Jackson countersued. Jackson won the countersuit and the former employees ended up owing him $1.5 mil. All the former employees who sued Jackson were forced into bankruptcy their finances and credit destroyed. So I don't think Muslims should count on lawsuits frivolous or otherwise.

Posted by: Roxane at May 13, 2005 11:24 PM

Roxane
True,initiating a law suit could be costly,but not when they have the full cooperation and suport from the infamous ACLU.
Due to Title 42,the ACLU`s legal costs will be paid from the taxpayers money,so they can and they are initiating thousands of law suits/year,without having to pay a dime..

Posted by: adela at May 14, 2005 12:33 AM