Ten controversial advertisements by an anti-Muslim group that were removed from Miami-Dade Transit buses after the department received complaints will go back up. The ads, which a transit official said were pulled last week because they ``may be offensive,' have the message "Fatwa on your head? Is your community or family threatening you? Leaving Islam? Got questions? Get answers!'" and direct Muslims to a website urging them to leave the "falsity of Islam." [The Iconoclast] Read more
Activists Claim Free Speech Victory As ‘Leaving Islam’ Ads Return to Buses SIOA says the “Leaving Islam” ads .... were launched partly in response to a campaign supported by CAIR, which ran banner ads ... inviting non-Muslims to embrace Islam. A public transit authority in Florida has reversed a decision to take down banner advertisements on buses that offer help to Muslims wanting to leave their faith. Activists are hailing the move as a victory for free speech and religious freedom. [CNSNews.com] Read more
MAJOR VICTORY FOR FREE SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: SIOA BUS ADS ARE GOING BACK UP ...."It is ironic," Mr. Yerushalmi noted, "that the media allows CAIR to claim the mantle of a civil rights organization when it embraces censorship by the government all in the service of the 'anti-blasphemy' platform of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC), which calls for international legislation providing for criminal penalties against anyone who 'insults Islam and its prophet Mohammed.' Free speech is apparently not one of the freedoms in CAIR's version of the U.S. Constitution--at least not for critics of Islam."... [Jihad Watch] Read more
