Justice Dept Official: Criticism of Islam Not Protected Free Speech
by Clare M. Lopez
The Clarion Project
The Department of Justice appears poised to move one step closer to enforcement of Islamic law on slander and blasphemy in America by threatening prosecution of citizens who exercise their First Amendment rights to free speech—if such speech dares to criticize Islam.
Bill Killian, a top Department of Justice (DOJ) official and the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, is scheduled to headline an event on June 4, 2013 entitled, “Public Disclosure in a Diverse Society” that’s sponsored by the American Muslim Advisory Council of Tennessee. The stated purpose of the meeting, according to the local Tullahoma News, is “increasing awareness and understanding that American Muslims are not the terrorists some have made them out to be in social media and other circles.”
Of course, the timing for the event would seem particularly ill-chosen in the wake of recent jihadist attacks and plots at the Boston Marathon (April 15, 2013), in the Iran-al-Qaeda plot against the Canadian Via Rail (April 2013) and the slaughter of British soldier, Lee Rigby, on a Woolwich, London street to the Islamic cry of, “Allahu Akbar!”
Nonetheless, based on statements made by the DOJ’s Killian to the Tullahoma News, online postings that describe truthfully how authoritative texts and teachings of Islam inspire jihadis to acts of violence, may henceforth be considered violations of federal civil rights laws. If such statements, however truthful, or apparently even original Islamic scriptural texts, are considered “inflammatory” by the FBI’s Muslim advisors, Killian wants American citizens to know “what federal laws are in effect and what the consequences are.”
This is a chilling and very direct threat to the First Amendment guarantee of the right to free speech. Even though the First Amendment also guarantees of freedom of religion, it does not limit critical discussion (“inflammatory” or otherwise) by private citizens of any ideological, legal, political or religious belief system, including Islam.
Killian and his FBI bosses ought to know that.
The implied threat to Americans’ right to criticize Islam (or any other ideology) puts Killian and the U.S. Justice Department wittingly or unwittingly in lockstep with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) “10 Year Programme of Action,” whose explicitly stated objective is to achieve international criminalization of criticism of Islam.
The legalized stifling of all criticism of Islam in America would bring U.S. law into compliance with Islamic law(sharia), which decrees that “slander” is “anything concerning a [Muslim] person that he would dislike” (including criticism about his religion).
Obviously, according to this definition, the scope for causes of Muslim rage is virtually limitless. Worse yet, as this writer noted in a December 2011 essay, the current U.S. administration, and specifically the Department of State, have been working assiduously through the so-called “Istanbul Process” and the United Nations Human Rights Council with its Resolution 16/18 to bend U.S. law more closely to conformity with thissharia definition of “slander” than anything currently on the books in American criminal law.
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Listen up all you dumb wanting to be politically correct politicians! First Amendment is for all! If muslims don’t want to be known as terrorists/extremists then they need to tell there people of there faith to stop the crap. The same goes for Christians, Mormons, Satanists, Lutherans etc…
By saying that free speech is limited on just select individuals doesn’t fly in the US and will provoke a battle, if not a war, by and of the AMERICAN people! LAW and RIGHTS apply equally to all!!!
Agreed. We have the freedom to say what we want. If they don’t like it, they don’t need to read/listen to it. Making it..literally a federal offence to speak freely about a certain religion we spark insanity. I wonder if I’ll be arrested for making a joke about a muslim whore?
This site is called “Before it’s News’.” Well I have a little before it’s news, news myself. Well let’s call it more of an educated premonition. Within the next six months I had a premonition that an uprising will take place within the federal government. I have a feeling that those in our government that realize what is happening, recognize the blatant violations of the oath by some of the highest government officials, dismissal of the constitution, illegitimacy to serve, and treason runs unchecked in our government, have been working silently for quite a long time. It consists of people from all branches of government, parties and military branches. When they feel that their position is strong enough, that they have been discovered or catch wind of something like a suspending of the constitution they will step in and make massive, unheard arrests. Right now they are biding their time and hoping that their actions will not be necessary. If they have to act then the country will go into lock down mode. Some people will panic and some will openly protest or riot and of course there will be those that will use it as an excuse to destroy and steal. Marshall law may be enacted. Never in the history of the United States has the freedom of it’s citizens been so precarious. Don’t think that it hasn’t gone unnoticed at all levels of government and society. There will surprises like finding out some of the people in office that are so vehemently opposed were only playing the part to remain inside and gather facts. There will be shock & even some awe when some you thought were the good guys turn out to be anything but. Even those who strongly supported the status quot have come to realize that to continue as we are means to forfeit everything. From the rich businessmen to the crooked career politicians, they have realized that the current path not only leads the nation but they themselves into ruin. They went along for a while when they thought there was something in it for them. Now they realize they were used as chumps and spent their money to finance their own demise. Don’t think that they too will let that happen if they can at all help it. But like I said it’s just a premonition. Can’t say if it will really happen, which group will start the uprising or if they will succeed. But I can tell you though, a whole lot of hell is about to be unleashed. The fire is too hot, the boiler has been overfilled, the safety pressure switch has been wired closed and boiler room man, while looking at porn on his laptop, slumped over his desk and is dead after suffering a massive coronary. It’s Sunday 2:00am and snow is falling in record amounts. The relief boiler man is not due until 7:00am. Can the boiler hold until then? Can the relief boiler man Smitty, even make it in with all the snow? if he does make it in will he still have to perform CPR on Clarence slumped over the desk with his pants down around his ankles? And if Clarence is dead will Smitty eat his lunch that is still in the fridge? It’s a ham & cheese sandwich and a chocolate pudding cup, yum-yum! Oh the intrigue. Stay tuned next week folks for another exciting episode of (deep voice with echo) “As The World Explodes.” Run Credits, OK (Multi-colored peacock display) on my mark, hold, hold, 3-2-1-NOW! a Scruyu-Awl production /cut. It’s in the can boss. Good job people.
Islam breed terrorism. A fact backed up by history and the actions of muslims on a global scale. Bottom line is they don’t play well with others,, by design and it would be easy to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. The Fatwa’s are written by the cleric’s and terrorism isn’t allowed without a fatwa. So F the DOJ! Freedom of speech trumps the marxist/ jihadist agenda every time.
Zionists have always used terrorism. Assassinations. Letter bombs. Bombs. Nuclear blackmail. Stuxnet. Etc. Etc. Etc.
Hey dumb ass, it’s not “Zionist” you racist pig its (P)Islam! Read the Quran!
Dude, where’s my sitcom? this is boring. let me know when WWIII starts.
By every definition, Islams warlord prophet Mohammad was a raging violent pedophile who married a six year old girl, and who told his troops to take girls as sexual slaves who were booty of his sadistic wars on Non-islamic peoples.
Fact, read the koran, it’s there.
The last 20 years education has censored development of open source and predictive intelligence in the classroom accompanied by an increase in authoritarian control of behavior. DOJ posturing derailing the 1st amendment is no surprise. In the current issue, what this is ALSO doing is setting a precedence for whatever ELSE they want to censor, in particular Holder’s SKIRTS activities. If they can make it unlawful to to discuss Islam they can summarily stop you from talking about corrupt politics as well. The idea is despotic control over your inalienable rights giving this psychopath the same protection given to a queen. Kinda fits. America is debauched, plain and simple. An issue like this should draw overwhelming opposition but is not because people are living a HA HA HA PEE NESS fantasy rewarded with clown burgers, snake ball sex and degenerate entertainment. America is dumb dumb gum gum.