[ April 19, 2024 ]
Former Five Towner’s subway ad sparks controversy The Jewish StarA poster by the American Freedom Defense Initiative currently on display next to every clock in the New York City subway system. Photo courtesy of Pamela GellerBy Malka Eisenberg
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A Five Towns native is once again behind a stark ad campaign in the
New York City subways, this time linking the bombing of the World Trade
Center to a Koranic verse.The posters, showing the two iconic buildings in flames beside the
words, “Soon shall we cast terror into the hearts of the unbelievers
(Quran 3:151)” on a blue background, are hung beside all 225 clocks in
the NYC subway system. They were put up on January 7th and will remain
in place through February. Some of the stations where they can be found
include 42nd Street and 8th Avenue, West 4th Street, 50th and 8th
Avenue, and 86th Street and Broadway. The MTA is running a disclaimer
with the ads to emphasize that the MTA is not endorsing the views of the
ad. Aaron Donovan, the media liaison of the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority stressed that, “The MTA does not endorse the
content of this ad, or any ad that runs in the transit system.”Two organizations, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) and
Stop the Islamization of America (SIOA) are behind the ad campaign.
They were also behind a previous subway posting, when ten ads were put
up in September 2012 that stated, “In any war between the civilized man
and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat
Jihad.” Pamela Geller is the founder and executive director of those
two organizations and is the founder, editor and publisher of the blog
Atlas Shrugs.com. She has been profiled on 60 Minutes, covered in the
New York Times and has appeared on ABC, CNN, AP, shows on Fox News, and
written about in the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post and other
publications. Her articles have also been published widely.She said that AFDI and SIOA are “human rights organizations dedicated
to freedom of speech, freedom of conscience and individual rights.”One of four sisters, Geller grew up in Hewlett Harbor and attended
Lynbrook High School and Hofstra University. She learned to speak
Spanish fluently while working in her father’s business. In the 1980s,
Geller worked at the New York Daily News as a financial analyst and then
in advertising and marketing. She worked at the New York Observer from
1989 through 1994 as associate publisher and as a business executive.
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3 Comments
11 years ago
“…this time linking the bombing of the World Trade Center to a Koranic verse.”
As if this were mere fabrication.
These Presstitutes really make me angry. Lousy rotten bastards!
11 years ago
Lynbrook High School weren’t they the ” Fighting Ducks” ?
11 years ago
I like the article. It almost sounds like they are promoting you.
