02 April 2011

Judge rules for group touting anti-Islam ad

The ads, which will soon be ready to go on the side of some local public buses, read "Fatwa on your head? Leaving Islam? Refuge from Islam.com. Got questions? Get answers!"

The controversial ads from the New York City-based American Freedom Defense Initiative group are aimed at people who want to leave the Islamic faith. Metro Detroit has one of the highest concentrations of Muslims in the nation.

On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Denise Hood granted a preliminary injunction against the Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority's rejection of the ads, ruling SMART violated the group's First and 14th Amendment rights. Both sides are due back in court April 11. [The Detroit News] Read more [via Islamophobia Watch]