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Video: Robert Spencer on the jihad against the freedom of speech

Dec 8, 2016 11:50 am By Robert Spencer

On November 12, 2016, I spoke at the David Horowitz Freedom Center’s Restoration Weekend at The Breakers in West Palm Beach, Florida, on the ongoing Islamic efforts to compel the U.S. and the West to curtail the freedom of speech.

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  1. mortimer says

    Dec 8, 2016 at 11:57 am

    George Soros is working with Gulf oil to bribe Western politicians to shut down the freedom of expression so we may brought like lambs to the slaughter.

    • underbed cat says

      Dec 8, 2016 at 2:06 pm

      Yes, that would be result of continued silencing of speech, a misinformation campaign funded by george and leftist, if the goal for the terrorist and pious in suits is to establish sharia law in the U.S.. The U.S. would be added to the OIC as a member and part of the future caliphate. We have already experience curious events that have to be identified since they are so good at deception and infiltration.

  2. marc says

    Dec 8, 2016 at 12:03 pm

    the Social media giants are ramping up efforts to block any efforts we make in informing others.

    https://freespeechdefense.net/2016/12/careful-what-images-you-share-to-social-media/

    • Angemon says

      Dec 8, 2016 at 1:50 pm

      Censorship under the guise of “promoting safety”.

      • marc says

        Dec 8, 2016 at 2:30 pm

        the post leftist era will be interesting, as the media giants will be clashing head on with the US administration, so I expect more of these underhand attempts at engineering what we are allowed to say and see.

    • Know Thy Enemy says

      Dec 8, 2016 at 2:50 pm

      One of the primary reasons why the social media giants are ramping up cencorship efforts, is because of the pressure being put on them by the EU. See this article from a few days ago-

      http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/5/13841162/facebook-twitter-google-microsoft-hate-speech-eu-report

      This is unfortunate because the major tech giants- Facebook, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, are all based in the US, and our Constitution protects free speech. Despite this, these tech giants let themselves be stronghanded by the EU thugs.

      • marc says

        Dec 8, 2016 at 6:38 pm

        yep, from theverge:
        “The government-led effort has been particularly aggressive in Germany, where the ongoing refugee crisis has sparked a xenophobic backlash that has reinvigorated the far-right. German Justice Minister Heiko Maas recently said that Facebook should be treated as a media company, which would make it liable for any hate speech published to its platform.”

        that backlash that we keep hearing about, while the real violent attacks are against gays and any infidel that displeases the new europeans.

        • Rufolino says

          Dec 9, 2016 at 2:59 am

          Merkel was reportedly in contact with Zuckerberg shortly after she initiated the disastrous Moslem invasion, in an attempt to minimise discussion on Facebook of the negative consequences.

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 8, 2016 at 10:28 pm

      Very disturbing. Thanks for the link, Marc.

  3. Abu Nudnik says

    Dec 8, 2016 at 1:33 pm

    It’s ironic that those who wish for diversity and polite discourse fail to recognize that others do not share those values. What would diversity mean if not that others fail to share their values?

  4. Kay says

    Dec 8, 2016 at 1:33 pm

    I’m glad to see this talk and I hope it gets a wider audience.
    In my own part of the world this shaming into silence is nearly complete.

    A side question– Did I hear right? Is it true that the only promise of paradise in the koran is for those who kill or are killed?
    (If that is true then only extreme ignorance could lead anyone to defend Mohammedism as a religion.)

    • Michael Copeland says

      Dec 8, 2016 at 4:53 pm

      rightly “who kill AND are killed”
      Koran 9:111
      http://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=9&verse=111

      • jak says

        Dec 9, 2016 at 9:21 am

        Looks like 9/11 had more Koranic significance than anyone has talked about

    • Vann Boseman says

      Dec 9, 2016 at 7:30 am

      Yes. He said that. This seems to contradict what he said some time back about immigration jihad also guaranteeing paradise.

  5. Cretius says

    Dec 8, 2016 at 2:38 pm

    The ignorance of leftist politicians and mainstream leftist media about the teachings and bloody 1,400 year holy war against non-believers is the real threat to western civilisation. We must fight this at every turn. Challenge these ignorant useful idiots at every possible opportunity. Expose the myths of Islamophobia, racism against a political system and Mohammedans as victims for the frauds they are. Give the politicians and press no peace as long as they spread this Islamic propaganda.

  6. davej says

    Dec 8, 2016 at 6:21 pm

    This article clearly lays out 30 tenets of Islam that demonstrate it’s “terrifying brilliance” of design.

    http://www.citizenwarrior.com/2009/05/terrifying-brilliance-of-islam.html

    A new one to me was that a Muslim woman can only go to heaven “if her husband is still pleased with her when she dies”.

    The self reinforcing practices, lockstep thinking and strict policing of it’s subjects make Islam a formidable opponent, despite how crude, stupid and inhumane it is.
    ,

    • Cretius says

      Dec 9, 2016 at 7:50 am

      I have posted the Citizen Warrior article on my Facebook page as it is an excellent analysis of Islam and the evils it holds for western democracies. Every Member of Parliament should be sent a copy as part of their education on Islam. I am already working with my MP.

  7. LaDonna says

    Dec 8, 2016 at 8:17 pm

    Robert Spencer is one of my heroes. He is just one of God’s messengers to help teach us the threat that our nation if facing. God bless you, Robert. Merry Christmas.

  8. EYESOPEN says

    Dec 8, 2016 at 9:02 pm

    An excellent speech Robert – and on-target as usual. Thank you!

  9. Hermes says

    Dec 9, 2016 at 3:33 am

    Generally I support your work. However at 35:32 you say something that I suggest to you is not factual: that all Muslim sects teach jihad. Isma’ili Muslims, followers of the Agha Khan do *not*. Or if they do (prove it) that they are just not acting on their own teachings, And since perhaps the 13th century have not. When I told my good friebd in high school that Ismai’ils have their roots in the assassins of Islam, he was appalled. I wouldn’t be surprised if no Ismai’ili in good standing in his Jamat Khanna has ever been charged with being a jihadi.

    Now, an argument can be made that Ismai’ilis are not ‘real Muslims’ as most Muslims, both Shi’a and Sunni, do not consider them to be true Muslims. In fact, as a student of religion and cults (which some accuse Ismai’ils of being) I would agree–they are not Muslims. They are a splinter sect with the superficial apearance of being Muslim and have great affinities with Hinduism (especially their guru worship). However, my approach is whoever himself says he is Muslim, is Muslim. And Ismai’ils self-identify as Muslims. Likewise Ahmadiya Muslims.

    Comments?

    • Know Thy Enemy says

      Dec 9, 2016 at 3:18 pm

      Ahmadiyas may not be violent but they are no less than Sunnis or Shias when it comes to using deceptive propaganda to advance Islam. Also their end goal is the same as other Muslims- making the world run under Sharia.

      As for the Ismai’lis, let’s say that they are neither violent nor use taqiyya, and that they all have a live and let live attitude towards others. Normally that would not make them any kind of danger. The problem is that they self identify as Muslims, as you noted. This is a problem because Muslims of the harmful variety can hide among these Muslims. If someone tells us that s/he believes in the Quran and holds Muhammad to be messenger of God, how do we know whether that person is a Salafist or an Ismai’li? We don’t really have time to interrogate and find out the details about each Muslim!

      The same is the case with any genuine “liberal Muslims” that are present in our countries. How do we tell them apart from orthodox Muslims? The San Bernardino jihadist Rizwan Farooq was a very nice guy prior to carrying out the December 2, 2015 carnage. There was no way of telling him apart from any ‘liberal’ Muslims! Now if we look into the details of the daily life of each and every Muslim, maybe we can identify the dangerous ones, but who has time to do all that!

      For this reason, if we know someone to be Muslim, or if s/he self-identifies as such, it is best to keep them out!

      • Hermes says

        Dec 9, 2016 at 3:43 pm

        I live in Canada. Here there is a productive, responsible (albeit voting for Liberal Party generally) community of Isma’ilis. It is not realistic or just, in my opinion, to carte blanche ban Muslims from Canadian citizenship or public life. One of the candidates for the Conservative Party is advocating some sort of screening or register for Muslims. I have mixed feelings about this.

        In any case, I would prefer Ismai’ils from East Africa to Afghani Sunnis or Pakistani Sunnis. And Iranians are a mixed bag–with everyone from the very secular and integrated to hardline Shi’a. I am disturbed by the tone of many of the comments on this site. I loathe the teachings of Islam. But it is important to distinguish Islam from Muslims. And of course, ‘eyes wide open’.

        • Know Thy Enemy says

          Dec 9, 2016 at 4:48 pm

          If you are disturbed, that simply means that leftist brainwashing tricks have got you! Hermes, ‘Muslim’ means “a follower of Islam”, just as ‘Nazi’ means ‘a follower of Nazism’. Islam (the theory) or Nazism (what it is, what it teaches, etc) are not threats. If there are books sitting in your house (Mein Kampf, Reliance of Traveler, etc), those books are not the ones who are going to jump up in the air and start killing Jews. It is the followers of these books and ideologies who murder people and want to impose their laws on everyone.

          If someone wants to immigrate to America, the application form asks the applicant whether or not s/he is a Nazi or a Communist. It does not ask whether or not s/he is bring in copies of Mein Kampf or communist literature with him/her! You can bring in a million copies of such literature to America if you want. This is because the officials back then understood that the followers needed to be rejected as much as the ideologies themselves. They understood that without the followers those ideologies are good as dead. If you go to your local library, you can probably find books there that detail the Aztec beliefs and rituals. Does that mean there is a danger of Hispanics ripping people’s hearts out in Canada? No, because there are no followers of those beliefs in Canada. The books just sit there on the shelves.

          Hope you got my point. Now I totally understand that such thinking shocks people since we have been conditioned into believing that such thoughts are wrong. But the fact is that [what I described above] is 100% common sense. After all, US officials in the 50s banned the Nazis and Communists based on exactly such common-sense.
          ——————–

          As for the Ismai’lis, if you want to go through all the trouble of finding out which Muslims are Ismai’lis and which ones are not, then sure go ahead and let them in. Who’s stopping you!

  10. Charles Martel says

    Dec 9, 2016 at 9:41 am

    Two points:

    1. Always follow the money;

    2. “The issue is never the issue, the issue is always the revolution” (possibly Horowitz).

    The jihadists and Leftists are united in their effort to destroy Western civilization.

  11. Cretius says

    Dec 12, 2016 at 10:14 am

    Bottom line. Everything not Islamic is an affront to Islam. The useful idiots of the left in the West are willing to sacrifice their civilisation to accommodate Islam, a belief system that accommodates no other belief system. Islam is the very definition of intolerance and bigotry.

    Canada’s Criminal Code Section 296 See section (3)
    296. (1) Every one who publishes a blasphemous libel is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years
    · (2) It is a question of fact whether or not any matter that is published is a blasphemous libel.
    · (3) No person shall be convicted of an offence under this section for expressing in good faith and in decent language, or attempting to establish by argument used in good faith and conveyed in decent language, an opinion on a religious subject.
    R.S., c. C-34, s. 260.

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