Tuesday, November 4, 2014

A Lesson on Free Speech and Sharia in Knoxville

Tennessee: A victory for the freedom of speech

Nov 4, 2014
RemziyaSuleymanIt’s the same story over and over: Hamas-linked CAIR tries to stifle honest discussion of Islam and Sharia, and defame those who dare to tell the truth about it. This time, they didn’t win. But one thing is certain: they will keep trying. American officials in all fields need to understand that the kind of smear campaign that is described in this article is a regular feature, not an aberration, accompanying every attempt to tell the truth about these issues — and knowing that, these officials need to be strong enough to stand for the truth against these campaigns, and allow these events to proceed. But that is not likely to happen.
 
“A Lesson on Free Speech and Sharia in Knoxville,” by Andrew Harrod, FrontPage, November 4, 2014:
A recent legal victory by Freedom X upheld the right of private citizens to discuss openly sharia law at a Knoxville, Tennessee, high school. “This is a victory for free speech,” Freedom X’s PresidentWilliam J. Becker rightly explained, in yet another instructive example of Islamists seeking to subvert the United States Constitution’s First Amendment….http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/11/tennessee-a-victory-for-the-freedom-of-speech
A Lesson on Free Speech and Sharia in Knoxville

Andrew E. Harrod is a freelance researcher and writer who holds a PhD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a JD from George Washington University Law School. He is a fellow with the Lawfare Project, an organization combating the misuse of human rights law against Western societies. You may follow Harrod on twitter at @AEHarrod.

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