just another attempt by jews to turn the US against muslims. The SPLC describes SIOA as a "propaganda powerhouse" that paints moderate Muslims as radical terrorists;[16] ADL writes that SIOA "promotes a conspiratorial anti-Muslim agenda under the guise of fighting radical Islam" and "seeks to rouse public fears by consistently vilifying the Islamic faith and asserting the existence of an Islamic conspiracy to destroy 'American' values."[2]
The Jewish Council for Public Affairs has called it "bigoted, divisive" and JCPA President Rabbi Steve Gutow has said “the fact that ads have been placed in the subway attacking Israel does not excuse the use of attack ads against Muslims."[17] In September 2012, journalist Mona Eltahawy was arrested for spray-painting over one of the ads; SIOA's president Pamela Hall announced she would sue Eltahawy for having allegedly damaged Hall's filming equipment with spray paint while Hall tried to block Eltahawy's way. The ad had read: "In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat Jihad."[18] Several groups have sponsored subway ads to counter SOIA's original ad and condemn it as "hate speech." On Oct 7, 5:47 pm, Bruce Majors <[email protected]> wrote: > >http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/DC-Metro-anti-Jihad-ads/2012/10/06/i... > > **** > > > ** ** > > Judge: DC Metro Must Allow Anti-Jihad Ads**** > > > Saturday, 06 Oct 2012 09:27 AM**** > > > The D.C. transit system must allow a pro-Israel ad that equates Muslim > > radicals with savages, a federal judge ruled Friday. A spokesman for the > > Metro system said it would comply with the judge's decision and that the > > advertisements would go up over the weekend. > > > "The result is absolutely correct," said David Yerushalmi, a lawyer > > representing the American Freedom Defense Initiative, the organization > > behind the advertisements. "There simply was no way under the First > > Amendment jurisprudence that we have today that this ad should not have > > gone up when contracted." > > > The one-page ruling from U.S. District Judge Mary Collyer follows a > > similar court order in New York that cleared the way for anti-jihad ads to > > go up in that city's subway system last month. The ads read: "In any war > > between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. > > Support Israel. Defeat Jihad." > > > Debate over the ads flared two weeks ago against the backdrop of violent > > reaction in the Middle East to the online video, "Innocence of Muslims," > > which denigrated the prophet Muhammad. Metro had delayed approving the ads > > because of safety concerns and the uproar over that video. > > > The transit system's lawyers called the ad's message "fighting words in > > the context of current events" and said the FBI was investigating a promise > > of violence if the ads ran in Washington. Still, the violence that roiled > > the region has largely abated since then, and there have been few reports > > of mischievous or hostile reactions to the ads since they appeared in New > > York. > > > The New York ads went up in 10 stations across Manhattan on Sept. 24. > > Since then, an Egyptian-born U.S. columnist was arrested for spray-painting > > the ad, though two religious groups say that, starting Monday, they'll hang > > ads urging tolerance alongside the anti-jihad ones. The ads also appeared > > recently on city buses in San Francisco, where some have been defaced or > > have had words removed. > > > The ads won't be particularly visible in the Metro system. One ad will > > appear in each of four Metro stations for one month, said Metro spokesman > > Dan Stessel.**** > > > ** ** > > > __._,_.___ > > Reply via web > > post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Individual-Sovereignty/post;_ylc=X3oDMT...> > > Reply > > to sender > > <[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20Judge%3A%20DC%20Metro%20Must%20Allow%20Anti-Jihad%20Ads> > > Reply > > to group > > <[email protected]?subject=Re%3A%20Judge%3A%20DC%20Metro%20Must%20Allow%20Anti-Jihad%20Ads> > > Start > > a New > > Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Individual-Sovereignty/post;_ylc=X3oDMT...> > > Messages > > in this > > topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Individual-Sovereignty/message/284271;_...>(1) > > Recent Activity: > > > - New > > Members<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Individual-Sovereignty/members;_ylc=X3o...> > > 1 > > > Visit Your > > Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Individual-Sovereignty;_ylc=X3oDMTJlNGZ...> > > Report any problems, suggestions or abuse to > > [email protected] > > > [image: Yahoo! > > Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJkOWQwY29oBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycEl...> > > Switch to: > > Text-Only<[email protected]?subject=Change+Delivery+Format:+Traditional>, > > Daily > > Digest<[email protected]?subject=Email+Delivery:+Digest>• > > Unsubscribe<[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe>• > > Terms > > of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> • Send us Feedback > > <[email protected]?subject=Feedback+on+the+redesigned+individual+mail+v1> > > . > > > __,_._,___ -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
