To wit, from Arlen Specter: “Islamists have launched a two-pronged effort to suppress free discourse on such subjects as Islam, radical Islam, terrorism, and terrorist funding.”

Replace Islamists and Islam with “Zionists” and you have a true statement.

Shalom.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/22/books/are-saudis-using-british-libel-law-to-deter-critics.html

Here’s another more recent article on the topic:

http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/mar/17/news/chi-libel-tourismmar17

If you care about freedom of speech, this should be a legitimate concern regardless of whether the wingnuts are getting razzed about it.

And for more on what the Saudis are tyring so hard to obfuscate:

http://www.asecondlookatthesaudis.com

The term Islamist was coined by Neocons, but still remains meaningless regardless of NeoCons push to cirulate it.

Only in America you hear the word Islamist.

If one tries to use this term ,outside Israel, in the Middle East or any Moslem country, he’ll get the biggest laugh

May 12th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
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Toasterhead disagrees:

chiroptera toasterhead Says:

That’s not true. Islamist is a word, and one that’s been in use for several centuries now by Orientalists and Muslims alike, (though in Arabic it’s more accurately translated as “political Islam.”)

Whereas “Islamic” refers to anything related to the religion of Islam, “Islamist” refers specifically to an ideology that intrinsically combines the Islamic faith with a political system, as opposed to those who favor a more secular separation of Masjid and State. Though many Islamophobes do tend to use the term as a derogatory term, it isn’t one necessarily.

May 12th, 2009 at 5:22 pm

Q U E S T I O N:

What does it make a person when they attend an anti-Jewish conference?

What does it make a person when they attend an anti-Buddhist conference?

What does it make a person when they attend an anti-Catholic conference?

What does it make a person when they attend an anti-Hindu conference?

What does it make a person when they attend an anti-Wiccan conference?

What does it make a person when they attend an anti-Confucianism conference?

What does it make a person when they attend an anti-Shinto conference?

… Need I go on?
Got narrow minded, bigoted anti-religious hatred, Arlen?

May 12th, 2009 at 5:49 pm

But is it ok if they are anti-nuisance lawsuits? ;)

May 12th, 2009 at 8:13 pm

First, we’re not loons. Second, NO. Go back in the archives and read the comments.

HYPOCRITE.

The Noxious Fruits of Hate Speech laws

“I’ve written several times before about the oppressive, dangerous hate speech laws which are common — increasingly so — in both Canada and Europe, whereby the Government is empowered to punish as criminals citizens who express offensive or otherwise prohibited political views.” – Glen Greenwald

One can make a big deal about the use of the term “Islamist” in the panel title, but that shouldn’t stop us from considering what’s happening out there and how it threatens free speech and how to stop it before it turns around and bites us.

There is no such thing called ‘Islamist’.

There is such thing called a ‘Moslem’.

Are paranoid Neocons then attacking all Moslems ?!!, the 1.4 billion people living on this planet in all continents ?

Whom are they referring to as Islamist? !!

[Islamists, they say ...Supressing discourse on subjects as Islam ] !! Laughable.

Islam is not a secret religion…there is no supression here
Is it open to anyone who wants to know.

The term Islamist was coined by Neocons, but still remains meaningless regardless of NeoCons push to cirulate it.

Only in America you hear the word Islamist.

If one tries to use this term ,outside Israel, in the Middle East or any Moslem country, he’ll get the biggest laugh

Arlen Specter is another Joe Liebrman.

“The Ehrenfeld/Mahfouz Case: How “Libel Tourism” Undermines the First Amendment and, in the Internet Age, Compels An International Solution”

“Ehrenfeld’s book Funding Evil: How Terrorism Is Financed – and How to Stop It, published in 2003, claimed that Mahfouz is an al Qaeda financier. He is adamant, however, that he has nothing to do with al Qaeda. If he is right, one can hardly imagine a more damaging allegation. He has used, or threatened to use, the British courts dozens of times to sue writers and publishers who have claimed such a connection. ”

This isn’t just a problem for folks writing about terroism either, remember this one?

Richard Perle Libel Watch—The Finale

“A little over a year ago, as readers of this series know, Richard N. Perle vowed to sue New Yorker staff writer Seymour M. Hersh in England for Hersh’s investigative feature, “Lunch With the Chairman.”"

Because Alen could use some…
http://www.religioustolerance.org/var_rel.htm

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Q U E S T I O N:

What does it make a person when they attend an anti-Jewish conference?

What does it make a person when they attend an anti-Buddhist conference?

What does it make a person when they attend an anti-Catholic conference?

What does it make a person when they attend an anti-Hindu conference?

What does it make a person when they attend an anti-Wiccan conference?

What does it make a person when they attend an anti-Confucianism conference?

What does it make a person when they attend an anti-Shinto conference?

… Need I go on?
Got narrow minded, bigoted anti-religious hatred, Arlen?

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Sweet crude =P

And dragsters!!

Hey, Rudi JuliaAnnie is an old friend of Arlen’s, and he’s been around other GNOP queens for years. You can’t ask him to stay away from all dragsters.

What? Oh, my bad…

PEACE