Tag Archives: freedom of speech

Secure Freedom Radio

‘Silenced’ Authors: Sharia Proponents Suppressing Our Right to Free Speech

Posted by Secure Freedom Radio Nov 14th 2011 at 12:24 pm in Islamic extremism, Politics, human rights, sharia | Comments(17)
Is the international community facing a suppression of the freedom of religion and speech in the face of Sharia law? If so, will the world be dominated by theology rather than democratic principles? Director of the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute, Nina Shea, and her colleague, Paul Marshall, join Frank to discuss [...]
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LTC Scott E. Rutter (USA, Retired)

Remember: Democracy Is Messy

Posted by LTC Scott E. Rutter (USA, Retired) Sep 16th 2011 at 2:38 pm in History, Politics | Comments(35)
The world watched the theatrics in Washington DC several weeks ago as our elected brethren grappled with one of the most fundamental human issues: how do we put food on the table. It is not hard to believe that many cringed or even laughed at the spectacle of democracy.  And why would the world’s greatest [...]
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El Cid

Minister May Be DeFrocked For Calling A Terrorist….A Terrorist

Posted by El Cid Apr 7th 2011 at 7:32 am in Europe, Islam, Islamic extremism | Comments(59)
A priest in Finland faces being defrocked after describing one of the world’s most-wanted criminals as a ‘terrorist’. He was referring to Doku Umarov – the man behind the Moscow metro and airport bombings, among other crimes. embedded by Embedded Video jQuery('#lazyload_post_2 img').lazyload({placeholder: '/wp-includes/images/blank.gif'});
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CDR Phibian "Sal" Salamander

Of Peace and Civility

Posted by CDR Phibian "Sal" Salamander Feb 4th 2011 at 7:02 pm in Congress, Media Criticism, Politics | Comments(20)
Take a little trip back with me down memory lane. Those old Cold Warrior among us will recognize the ploy right away, those younger and taught history in guv’munt schools may need to just trust me on this and read up later. Throughout the Cold War the Left would always prattle on about “peace” – the [...]
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D.L. Adams

That Utter Failure Multiculturalism

Posted by D.L. Adams Oct 25th 2010 at 7:38 am in Culture/Art, Europe, Islam, Islamic extremism | Comments(74)
In a speech to members of her Christian Democratic Union party in Potsdam on October 16, German Chancellor Angela Merkel drove a stake through the heart of European Utopian fantasies. Referring to the influx of foreign workers to Germany since the 1960s, Merkel said, “And of course, the approach [to build] a multicultural [society] and to [...]
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Daniel Pipes

Dueling Fatwas

Posted by Daniel Pipes Oct 6th 2010 at 5:51 am in Islamic extremism, Justice/Legal, Media Criticism, Terrorism | Comments(22)
Reciprocal death sentences raging between Yemen and the United States offer a glimpse of warfare in the internet age. The topic opens with South Park, an iconoclastic adult cartoon program on Comedy Central, which in April mocked the prohibition on depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad. An obscure website, RevolutionMuslim.com (whose proprietor was subsequently arrested on terrorism-related [...]
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Mark Seavey

Stolen Valor: A Constitutional Right to Lie

Posted by Mark Seavey Jul 21st 2010 at 10:56 am in Featured Story, Justice/Legal, Soldiers | Comments(29)
Lying about being a lawyer: still illegal. Last week a Federal Judge in Denver, Colorado ruled that lies are constitutionally protected. It is the first such ruling of its kind, extending to fallacious speech the same protections as say the “I have a Dream” speech. It’s instructive to see how we got here before delving into [...]
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Rachel Ehrenfeld

Huge Win: Senate Passes Anti-Libel Tourism Law

Posted by Rachel Ehrenfeld Jul 21st 2010 at 6:21 am in Foreign Policy, Justice/Legal, Other, Politics, Terrorism | Comments(10)
On July 19, 2010, the U.S. Senate Senate passed the Bipartisan HR 2765 (as amended by the Leahy-Sessions SPEECH Act) by Unanimous Consent. The House of Representatives, which already passed HR 2765 introduced by Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) by 433-2, has indicated that it will pass the same bill within days. The bill was introduced by [...]
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