People have long debated the question of how a free society can lose its freedom without a fight. It doesn’t happen overnight. It happens in full view as people help usher in authoritarianism, such as modern-day Leftists who ally with Islamic supremacists and those who continue to deny the reality that it is indeed happening. The actions of Twitter should raise serious concern for everyone who supports free societies.
Twitter has become a Sharia police. Last month, as Jihad Watch noted, Ensaf Haidar, the wife of Raif Badawi, “who has been languishing for years in a Saudi prison for ‘insulting Islam,’” posted an anti-niqab tweet on twitter. She received a notice from Twitter that she was in violation of Pakistani law.
Canadian columnist Anthony Furey also received an email from Twitter warning him about violating Pakistan’s blasphemy laws for his posting of cartoons of Muhammad years ago. Imam Mohammad Tawhidi from Australia is a third person to receive the same such warning.
Add to this the fact that Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan vowed to go to the UN to stop all Muhammad cartoons and criticism of Islam.
Pakistan is a state sponsor of jihad terror that is actively exporting jihad beyond its borders. Aside from spreading Sharia blasphemy laws, its spy agency, Inter Service Intelligence, is now manipulating the general elections in Bangladesh that are coming up this month in order to help the jihadist Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat e Islami Bangladesh (JIB) to be part of the next government.
“Twitter warns global users their tweets violate Pakistani law,” Channel News Asia, December 11, 2018:
WASHINGTON: When Canadian columnist Anthony Furey received an email said to be from Twitter’s legal team telling him he may have broken a slew of Pakistani laws, his first instinct was to dismiss it as spam.
But after Googling the relevant sections of Pakistan’s penal code, the Toronto Sun op-ed editor was startled to learn he stood accused of insulting the Prophet Mohammad – a crime punishable by death in the Islamic republic – and Twitter later confirmed the correspondence was genuine.
His perceived offense was to post cartoons of the prophet several years ago.
Furey and two prominent critics of extremism in Islam say they are “shocked” to have received notices by the social media giant this past week over alleged violations of Islamabad’s laws, despite having no apparent connection to the South Asian country.
They say the notices amount to an effort to stifle their voices – a charge Twitter denies, arguing the notices came about as a result of “valid requests from an authorized entity,” understood to mean Pakistan, helped users “to take measures to protect their interests,” and the process is not unique to any one country.
But Furey is the third prominent user in the space of days to publicly complain about receiving a message linked to Pakistan.
The other two are Saudi-Canadian activist Ensaf Haidar and Imam Mohammad Tawhidi, a progressive Muslim scholar from Australia who was born in Iran.
Both are outspoken critics of religious extremism and have accused the social media giant of helping to silence progressive ideas within Islam.
‘VALIDATES BLASPHEMY LAWS’
Furey, who detailed his experience in a column for his newspaper on Saturday (Dec 8), told AFP: “I’m somewhat alarmed that Twitter would even allow a country to make a complaint like this, as it almost validates their absurd blasphemy laws.”
The tweet in question was a collage of cartoons of Mohammad that he posted four years ago.
“Looking back, I remember I did it right after there had been an ISIS-inspired attack in retaliation over the cartoons,” Furey wrote in his column, adding he had not posted similar material before or since….
TWG says
Don’t forget that the bussain regime already shoved this blasphemy BS down our throats back in 2011. The islammunist party has also been very busy in the dark crevices of our government, attempting to pass other, more localized, blasphemy laws to protect their BFF’s, the jihadis, Thus far, their efforts on the local level have failed, but they will continue their push, with more and move adolescents coming out of the “education” system with voting cards in hand.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/09/iranian-regime-threatens-to-sue-obama-using-new-un-blasphemy-laws-he-signed/
TWG says
Xorrection: the barack hussain regime.
BC says
Bussein works for me I understood it immediately. could be a new meme
gravenimage says
Ezra Levant is a great Anti-Jihadist!
Charles says
We should have more sympathy for Jack Dorsey. I think he was sending a subliminal message when he traveled to Myanmar for Buddhist influence. His Twitter is not owned by himself, it is owned by others with a religious-political and censorial agenda. After 911 there was a great deal of criticism of Islam and many powerful voices sought to enforce blasphemy laws in the west. They could not overcome 1st amendment rights so the plowed billions in social media, news media, political spheres, academic institutions, and financial institutions. Twitter is owned by Saudi-Wahhabi interests. I suspect there is funding in Google, Patreon, Mastercard, etc…They use private media, news and financial power to shut down criticism and promote Sharia compliant censorship. They pay big dollars to PR firms to weaponize the word “racism”, then conflate criticism of the doctrine of Islam with “racism”. Jack Dorsey is left, but not unreasonable. He is hostage to his investors.
gravenimage says
The Saudis own 5.2% of Twitter stock, making them the second largest shareholder–and a larger stakeholder than Dorsey himself.
This *is* alarming–but it does not mean that Twitter is a Saudi-owned company, and even less does it mean that Twitter has to enable the enforcement of Shari’ah law around the world
Lee says
Yes, I got a dose of this about a month ago when I pointed out what the Quran advocates. Instead of acknowledging that it was contained in that book I was made out to be the one violating the rules. By referencing the murderous behavior within it I was accused of advocating it. And then I remembered who has a large vested interest in Twitter.
Though no Pakistani law was referenced at the time of my ‘infraction’.
Sad that a foreign entity thinks it controls our thoughts but it seems to be the way of Islam.
gravenimage says
Very disturbing.
Renate says
This kind of thing happens in Canada. I can think of a few times when Canadians wanting to promote the development of the Canadian oil production, compare it as “ethical oil” to Saudi Arabia’s oil. Shortly afterwards, the Saudis don’t want their oil seen as “unethical” and threaten legal action and everyone shuts up. (No one wants the Saudis suing them.)
gravenimage says
Crazy, Renate.
Renate says
Crazy, but true.
gravenimage says
I know, Renate–I wasn’t meaning to imply that this was not true.
Renate says
I was just saying that although it does sound crazy, it really did happen a few times in Canada. Come to think of it, though, I can see why no one wanted to risk a law suit. With all that oil money, the Saudis could bankrupt them in court with legal fees.
Jaladhi says
The Western media has become lapdog of the Islamic countries!!
Ambrosie says
Sure!
Twitter CEO went to Myanmar to document the ‘persecution’ of Rohingya Muslims.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46539113
christianblood says
(…Twitter CEO went to Myanmar to document the ‘persecution’ of Rohingya Muslims…)
Ambrosie, Western SATANIC, liberal MFs are suckers that love Islamists but hate Christians, Twitter CEO going to Myanmar for Rohingya muslims is a good example of this! WESTERN PRO-JIHADIST LIBERALS ARE THE TRUE ANTICHRIST, THEY ARE THE ENEMIES OF CHRISTIANS AND OTHER NON-MUSLIMS AND THEY ARE A THOUSAND TIMES WORSE THAN ISIS! MAY GOD PUNISH THEM WITHOUT MERCY! O’ GOD PUNISH THEM WITHOUT MERCY!!!
gravenimage says
Of course christianblood considers this appeasement of Islam far worse that ISIS. He has said many times that he looks forward to the Muslim conquest of the West.
But he doesn’t just condone Russian appeasement of Islam; he lauds it.
Clearly, this has more to do with christianblod’s hatred of the West and desire to see us harmed than it does with the horrors of Islam.
christianblood says
gravenimage
With the all the severe persecution and the religious genocide that Christians are going through in the islamic world, the Twitter CEO went to Myanmar to document the false ‘persecution’ of Rohingya Muslims! I SEE THIS AS BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS AND I DON’T SEE WHY YOU DON’T SEE IT THE SAME WAY!
https://www.foxnews.com/world/some-100000-christians-killed-per-year-over-faith-vatican-says
gravenimage says
When did I say that the behavior of these Twitter executives is not outrageous? I have, in fact, said little else on this thread–including this sucking up to Jihadists in Myanmar.
That does *not* mean that I approve of others enabling Jihad, nor that I want to see Infidels anywhere conquered, oppressed, and murdered by Muslims as christianblood does.
762x51FMJ says
Twitter attracts two types of leftists,Narcissistic assholes who demand everyone follow them or meek lonely people who simply cannot survive unless they follow someone else.
Cat people are Republicans and
Bird people are Democrats.
Cats cannot stand being followed and they refuse to follow others either. They are fiercely independent, live alone and are responsible for their own destiny.
Bird people twitter and tweet, their entire psyche can be destroyed and they will surely die should twitter deny them the right to open their beaks and spew their pretzel logic..
Guy Forester says
I do not twitter or tweet, nor care what these overpaid spokesholes for tyrants say or do. If people dropped these services, they would rapidly disappear. In fact, I think most people would have a better life without these so called social media platforms. They isolate people, especially from reality.
If the Pakistani PM thinks I said or did something offensive, then let him come here and try to do something about it. We already know about his two countrymen that went on a rampage. The locals know how to deal with trouble.
gravenimage says
Robert Spencer himself has a Twitter account:
https://twitter.com/jihadwatchRS?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Tom says
Really !!! Who gives a rats ass what Pakistani law says as the vast majority of people don’t live in Pakistan and are not under their control.
Twitter has no right to act as a quasi Sharia enforcer by informing anyone of threats made by Islam. Their role is simply to provide a platform for users to send messages and communicate with other users.
Twitter was used by Trudeau to eliminate the legitimacy of our Canadian border when he tweeted out a welcome to the world, which resulted in thousands of illegal migrants crossing our border illegally and, so far costing Canadian’s over a billion dollars in just a couple of years.
Twitter users should just abandon that platform and move on to something else less Sharia compliant. It could be that twitter will start demanding more Sharia compliancy by their users, so why use it?
revereridesagain says
Before abandoning, where on Twitter can I go and what is the worst possible thing I can say to get the largest readership of whores of Allah so enraged that they fall down foaming at the mouth and then threaten to subject me to Pakistani “law”? Sometimes you just need something like that to make your day.
FYI says
Recently imran khan publicly denied the words of allah in his own koran and insulted two prophets that muslims believe to be prophets of islam.
We should go to the UN to stop pakistani muslim politicians publicly insulting islam’s prophets with their public criticism of the koran,casting doubt on allah’s teachings…
Dave says
The UN is currently dominated by muslim countries. I think the promotion of islam should be completely banned. You cannot insult islam if you are a muslim, but you can if you are not a muslim. How about that?
mortimer says
WHY DOES TWITTER NOT ENFORCE ALL THE FREE SPEECH RESTRICTION FROM EVERY COUNTRY AROUND THE WORLD ???
Then, we would all be silenced.
Why does twitter enforce only the free speech restrictions of ONE country only?
mortimer says
Why has twitter decided to impose the censorship VALID IN LAW ONLY WITHIN THE STATE OF PAKISTAN on a worldwide basis.
IS TWITTER THE ARM OF THE PAKISTAN STATE?
Renate says
Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia owns shares in Twitter, the last I heard and Saudi Arabia is getting friendly with Pakistan. Pakistan is so extremist that the people are mental. In a video I saw by Anthony Furey, he asked whether Twitter was enforcing Sharia law or helping him by giving him a heads up about Pakistan. Nobody in any other country should have to care what Pakistani law dictates, but they are radical in Pakistan to a point of crazy, so maybe it is good to know about it. Other than that, Pakistan is a s___hole country that should be worried about acting so crazy that the civilized world doesn’t want anything to do with it.
Guy Forester says
Pakistan and the KSA have been in bed together for decades (probably in real beds, for all I know or care). Where do you think Pakistan got the money from to develop ICBM’s and Nukes? Do you think the Saudis do not already have nukes ready to attach to missiles to send to Iran if the need occurs?
BTW, the KSA has always rattled the war sword against Israel but does little. They know who stands between the KSA and Egypt, and anyone heading down from the north that would like to move into Riyadh, Mecca, and Medina.
Renate says
Guy, one thing that MbS said on his tour of the West was that if Iran got the bomb, Saudi Arabia would get the bomb, too. That led me to believe that Saudi Arabia doesn’t already have nukes and would only get them as a last resort.
One thing I noticed is that we didn’t have these problems prior to 1979 when Khomeini took over Iran. I wish the people would overthrow that regime and bring things back to normal again.
It’s absolutely unacceptable to have extremists like those in Pakistan in possession of nuclear weapons. Iran could also be doing much more positive things than trying to develop nuclear weapons. Nobody is really threatening Iran or Pakistan. It doesn’t seem to me that they need nukes. They’re the ones who are doing all the threatening.
Dave says
The UK gives foreign aid to Pakistan (£105million) That ought to help with terrorism training and weapons, and benefits for the ‘poor’ Goodness knows how much is paid to UK Pakistani muslims.
Prabh108 says
The equivalent of Paxtan ‘blasphemy’ law would be Western ‘hate crime’ charges – this is the lunacy of the pseudo-justice system.
Aryaputra prefer Divine Law (Dharma) as outlined by Bengal’s Swami Sivananda from previous century. Divine Life Society aim is creation of Happy Civilization centred around Bhagwan-Paramatman-ParaShakti – ParamAnand – absolute ever-increasing Bliss…
Prabh108
gravenimage says
There are “hate speech” laws in India as well–many more draconian than those in the West:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_India
Many of these laws, one many note, were used over the years against the critics of Islam.
Battle says
Who will sue Twitter to court?
gravenimage says
Twitter warns foes of jihad terror and Sharia oppression that their tweets violate Pakistani blasphemy laws
……………………………
That Twitter is now *enabling Shari’ah law* is sickening.
And Twitter is not the only tech giant doing this. Here is another repulsive story:
“Indonesia: Google approves app enabling Muslims to report people who commit blasphemy”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/12/indonesia-google-approves-app-enabling-muslims-to-report-people-who-commit-blasphemy
Lydia Church says
Hello? Twitter?
Did you know that this is NOT Pakistan???
You might want to brush up on your geography!
You’re welcome.
Glad I could help!
Guy Forester says
I could care less what the Pakis think.
References: US Constitution, 1st and 2nd Amendment.
Shalom says
Twits run Twitter. Where will this end?