Atlas Exclusive: Robert Spencer: The Suicide of the Free Press

by Robert Spencer
Atlas Shrugs Blog
September 24, 2012

https://www.legal-project.org/3201/atlas-exclusive-robert-spencer-the-suicide-of

Excerpt:

As the Muhammad movie riots continue to roil the world, prominent Muslim leaders in the U.S. and elsewhere are calling for restrictions on the freedom of speech, including the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, and the Muslim Brotherhood – and in the U.S., Sheikh Husham al-Husainy of the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center in Dearborn, Michigan and Imam Mohammad Qatanani of the Islamic Center of Passaic County, New Jersey. Given Sharia prohibitions on free speech, that is to be expected. What is more surprising – or should be more surprising, if the free press were doing its job-- is the alacrity with which the mainstream media has echoed these calls for self-censorship and submission to Islamic blasphemy laws.

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