Arlen Specter to Speak at 'Anti-Islamist' Conference

by David Weigel
The Washington Independent
May 12, 2009

http://www.legal-project.org/315/arlen-specter-to-speak-at-anti-islamist-conference

Excerpt:

 Next week, a coalition of conservative legal groups will host a "Libel Lawfare: Silencing Criticism of Radical Islam," a conference on how "Islamist lawfare" is imperiling free speech in America. Confirmed speakers include neoconservative foreign policy guru Frank Gaffney, lawyer Andrew C. McCarthy (who turned down an invitation to a White House counterterrorism conference to protest administration policy), Islam critic David Pipes, and… Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), who will give the opening speech.

The event's topic and speaker list are below the fold.

Islamists have launched a two-pronged effort to suppress free discourse on such subjects as Islam, radical Islam, terrorism, and terrorist funding:
* By filing predatory lawsuits.
* By passing "hate speech" and defamation laws.
Victims of these "lawfare" attacks have included the famous and the obscure, politicians, journalists, analysts and plain citizens.

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