Eugene Volokh, WaPo: ‘[W]e know what happens when you criticize Muhammad, we know how some people react to that’

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Volokh doesn’t disappoint on the WMATA’s decision to restrict free speech in adherences sharia and it’s violent enforcers.

Kudos to the Volokh and the Washington Post for publishing the cartoon (at least in the online edition).

The Volokh Conspiracy
‘[W]e know what happens when you criticize Muhammad, we know how some people react to that’
By Eugene Volokh, Washington Post, May 29, 2015,

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U.S. News (Steven Nelson) reports:

The mass transit authority that oversees commuter buses and trains in the nation’s capital is banning issue-oriented ads for the remainder of the year after receiving an ad proposal featuring a cartoon of Muhammad, Islam’s central figure.

The cartoon that prompted the decision was apparently this one, a combination of an earlier cartoon by artist Bosch Fawstin with the addition of the caption “Support Free Speech,” and the American Freedom Defense Initiative logo:

wapo cartoon

It’s hard to characterize this, I think, as speech derogatory of Muslims in general as people (though such speech would be constitutionally protected, and in my view couldn’t be restricted through viewpoint-based rules banning such derogatory expression). It is rather criticism of a particular belief, the belief that no one is allowed to draw Muhammad, on pain of punishment by the sword. Indeed, it is prescient criticism, given the juxtaposition of the ad and the metro system’s response to it. As artistic statements go, this one is spot-on.The reason for restricting it, then — even by totally rejecting all issue-oriented ads, in an attempt to make the restriction viewpoint-neutral — seems likely to be either a general condemnation of blasphemy, or a specific fear that speech that offends extremist Muslims is too dangerous for American transport agencies to display. And indeed, this is what “Former D.C. Council member Jim Graham, who served 12 years as a member of the Metro system’s board of directors and twice as its chairman” told the U.S. News:

Graham says he instinctively supports people’s freedom to advertise controversial messages, recalling his fight to place HIV awareness ads in the D.C. system in the early days of the AIDS pandemic in the 1980s.

But he says current board members are “obviously in a bind because we know what happens when you criticize Muhammad, we know how some people react to that. I don’t think we ever had a situation [in the past] where someone threatened to blow up a bus.”

Graham says he’s not aware of any credible threat in response to the ad, but that, “We know worldwide what has happened to others who have gone down this path.”

The Washington Post story (Paul Duggan) likewise reports:

“My view is, you put that ad up on the side of a bus, you turn that bus into a terrorism target,” a top Metro official said Thursday, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the agency anticipates being sued over the ban. “I think it’s a very bad outcome for everybody. But it’s a risk we don’t want to put our passengers under.” …

“I think there’s a potential threat and a danger if we were to accept that ad,” Metro board member Michael Goldman said. “Better to be safe than sorry. I mean, this is the nation’s capital. If anything is going to happen, it’s probably going to happen here.”

I sympathize with the Metro officials; they have responsibilities to their passengers, and their employees, and they’re trying to keep them safe. That’s a natural and often laudable human reaction.

But the consequence is obvious: We have come to the point, as Americans, that “we know what happens when you criticize Muhammad, we know how some people react to that” — and therefore the thugs get to veto what images get displayed in public places. And of course the danger of attack is potentially present in all public places, not just buses but university campuses, bookstores, and pretty much anywhere else. Our birthright as Americans is being slowly blocked, by institution after institution, because of the reaction (individually reasonable as it might seem) to those who are willing to use violence to suppress speech they dislike.

And of course there’s little reason to think such a thug’s veto would stop with this speech. Behavior that is rewarded is repeated, and broadened: Once you have paid the Dane-geld / You never get rid of the Dane.” And Muslim extremists aren’t the only ones who learn this lesson; others, too, are already realizing, if your goal is suppressing speech, thuggery pays. I think accepting this will ultimately prove the “sorry” outcome, not the “safe” one in any but the narrowest senses of safety.

Eugene Volokh teaches free speech law, religious freedom law, church-state relations law, a First Amendment Amicus Brief Clinic, and tort law, at UCLA School of Law, where he has also often taught copyright law, criminal law, and a seminar on firearms regulation policy.
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Sam
Sam
8 years ago

Thugs who control our right to free speech. That’s what many (most?) adherents to islam are – thugs. Protect our blood-bought freedom: Outlaw islam.

Beagle
Beagle
8 years ago

Aethelred the Unready is the historical figure our idiotic and cowardly modern leaders emulate.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelred_the_Unready

Kudos to you Pamela for standing up for the freedom upon which all others are based.

UnderzogD
Underzog
8 years ago
Reply to  Beagle

Since Pamela Geller effectively handles the enemedia, I predict they will interview her as little as possible. It won’t be that they’re afraid the public will find out what she says, but, rather, that our heroine will shake up the wall of denial mixed with cowardice that the enemedia have erected to excuse the inexcusable.

Crystal Waters
Crystal Waters
8 years ago
Reply to  Underzog

True. Every time the media invites Pamela for an interview they try to demean her in public and she instead exposes their hypocrisy. Now that Pamela has tipped her hand showing that she is recording interviews, they know that even tricky editing will not protect them from exposure. She fights a good honest fight.

Crystal Waters
Crystal Waters
8 years ago

They just admitted publicly that they believe Muslims will attack citizens for depicting Muhammad and the only way to prevent this is to trample the 1st amendment. And then Goldman has the audacity to point out that this is the nation’s capital?

UnderzogD
Underzog
8 years ago
Reply to  Crystal Waters

Appeasement doesn’t work with these guys. I come from the Commonwealth Communist of Massachusetts where Worcester denied Robert Spencer a chance to lecture of a church group. The Islamic terrorists blew up the Boston Marathon a few months later. I say this is the Islamic way of responding to appeasement..

pennant8
pennant8
8 years ago

Now that we know that both the Washington Transit Authority and he Washington Post are on record acknowledging that Muslims are apt to turn violent at the slightest provocation, maybe they should work together and post ads on buses and write editorials calling for a moratorium on Muslim immigration in the name of public safety.

Zaba
Zaba
8 years ago
Reply to  pennant8

Warning!!
muzlims ahead!

jack
jack
8 years ago
Reply to  Zaba

34,000 Americans have
converted to Islam following the events of September 11, and this is the highest rate reached in the U.S. since Islam arrived there.
English translations of the Koran head the American best-seller
list… The
Americans are showing increasing willingness to
convert to Islam since September 11… Thousands of non-Muslim
Americans have responded to invitations to visit mosques,
resembling the waves of the sea [crashing on the shore] one after another.

Most of the American are educated, they are not
simply believe the Zionist control media try to tarnish Islam. They
did research on Islam, and once they found the beauty of Islam, they
convert to islam.

http://www.sultan.org/articles/convert.html

Zaba
Zaba
8 years ago
Reply to  jack

English translations of the Koran

Not the Reliance of the Traveler, no doubt

jack
jack
8 years ago
Reply to  Zaba

Hi Zaba,

Islam is the fastest growing religion in America, Europe and in the world.

100,000 people per year in America alone, are converting to Islam. For every 1 male convert to Islam, 4 females convert to Islam.

How 100,000 Britons have chosen to become Muslim… and average convert is 27-year-old white woman.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1343954/100-000-Islam-converts-living-UK-White-women-keen-embrace-Muslim-faith.html

Lauren Booth, the sister-in-law of former Prime Minister Tony Blair also convert to Islam.

The survey, conducted by Kevin Brice from Swansea University, asked converts for their views on the negative aspects of British culture.

They identified alcohol and drunkenness, a ‘lack of morality and sexualpermissiveness’, and ‘unrestrained consumerism’.

http://www.themodernreligion.com/women/women_why_converting.htm

May God Bless You and Give You Guidance…worship the almighty god without any partners,

Zaba
Zaba
8 years ago
Reply to  jack

How did you know I was on the verge of reverting
to the death ideology of islam?
I feel so ready to submit!

Zaba
Zaba
8 years ago
Reply to  jack

You’re here promoting islam?
The 1400 year fraud?
With a pedophile role model?
Ha!

jack
jack
8 years ago
Reply to  Zaba

hI zABA,
Ayshah & Muhammad – The True Love Story for Eternity

The Truth About the Age of Ayshah and Her Marriage to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).

Many things are being said about the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) these days. Some of the accusations are downright amazing and chilling even to consider someone would say it, much less be involved in this type of slander and smear campaign.
Let’s consider some of the questions and what facts really exist about these concerns. Let’s set the record straight once and for all.

A Brief Overview of Basic Facts

What is the true historical evidence about the person life of prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)? What was his life style? What about his marriage to Khadijah (his first wife)? How did the offer of marriage to Ayshah really take place? Who made the offer? Was there any coercion or compulsion? What was her attitude? How did she reflect on it in later years? What did she have to say about it all? How did she feel about their love and intimacy?

He was the most honest and fair of all the people living in his community. None was respected more for honesty, integrity, sobriety and humbleness.

He had no bad habits and did not engage in drinking or relations with women, although it was common place amongst his people.

He never took a girlfriend nor a mistress in his life and never even attended parties or the like at anytime in his life.

His first personal encounter with a woman was his own wife, Khadijah, and that was for marriage. He was 25 years old and she was 15 years older (40).

He was only married to Khadijah until her death at the age of 65 years old.

There was a long time of mourning and sadness during which he was offered marriage to several women of their families.

He did not accept the first offer of marriage to Ayshah when her father had come to him with the proposal, instead he married an older, large woman named Sawdah.

Ayshah had been offered in marriage and engaged prior to being offered to the prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. That marriage never took place.

When Ayshah was older, again her father offered her in marriage and the proposal was accepted.

The whole family was happily involved and most elated in having the prophet of God as their close relative through marriage.

Ayshah herself was very happy with this marriage as is evidenced by the hundreds of teachings she later related after his death (peace and blessings be upon him).

Details of Clear Proofs and Evidences

What is the truth behind of the age of prophet’s wife, Ayesha?
Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) did not go to Ayesha at all. There was only the offer of marriage, never anything less than this – and the offer was not from the prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) to Ayesha – it was from her father to the prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him).

Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) never had sex outside of marriage.
First of all, let us be crystal clear about a very important subject. The prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) never had sex at all, until after being married, at the age of 25, to a widowed woman, Khadijah, who was 15 years older than he was.
When his wife Khadijah died a number of people tried to encourage the prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to take another wife and get married again. Ayshah’s name was mentioned, but he chose to marry Sawdah, who was known for her big size.
All of this is well documented and preserved in the annuls of Muslim scholars for fourteen centuries.

How was Ayesha viewed by others at the time and throughout the history of Islam?
She was highly respected as the daughter of Abu Bakr, a man known as “As-Siddiq” (The one who verifies truth). Abu Bakr was the life long friend of the prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and the first man to accept Islam after revelation of Quran started.

What was Ayesha like?
Ayesha was very intelligent and brilliant in her mind and excellent in treatment of her parents. She was known to give full respect to her husband, Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. She was once accused by some hypocrites of immorality, but in her innocence she did not even know what she was being accused of until her mother explained it to her. And it was Allah who cleared her name forever, by mentioning her purity and innocence in the Quran (Surah An-Nur chapter 24). She became the first of women scholars and teachers of Islam. No other woman narrated as many hadiths as Ayesha.

Marriage offer first came from who?
Khawlah (a Muslim companion woman), suggested the marriage of Ayesha to the prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). He did not accept it.

Who next offered her hand in marriage to the prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
Abu Bakr had offered his daughter in marriage to someone else prior to the offer made to the prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. Abu Bakr sent his wife out to bring in his daughter to offer her in marriage to the prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and then she returned back outside to play. The prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not accept even though it was very much the custom of the time to accept such an offer of marriage from someone as close as Abu Bakr was to the prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. There is an ayah in the Quran related to this topic, in Surah An-Nisa’, chapter 4, verse 19 – telling us women cannot be inherited against their will. This was the first time for such a ruling in favor of women and it came about to protect women from the very thing people are now trying to accuse our religion of supporting. The truth bears out over the falsehood, in this case very clear.

What did Allah reveal in the Quran about forced marriages and child brides (not old enough to be married)?

“O you who believe, it is for not legal for you to inherit women against their will. And don’t make it difficult for them so you can take from what you have given them (marriage dowry) unless they commit open immorality. And live with them in goodness (Al-Marufi). Because if you dislike them, it could be you dislike something and Allah makes in it a lot of “khair” (good).” [Noble Quran 4:19]

How long before the next offer of marriage by her father to the prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
When Ayesha was a few years older, her father Abu Bakr, again had the mother bring her into the house to offer her in marriage to the prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. The prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did accept this offer made some years later, when Ayesha was old enough according to Islam (able to bear children).

Was she now considered by Allah to be old enough for marriage?
Yes. This time is was accepted and plans for the marriage were set in place. She tells us of the excitement, preparation and wonderful experience of her being offered and accepted in marriage to the prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and their closeness and intimacy. All of this is described in the most beautiful context with nothing left out and yet nothing disgusting – only beauty and enjoyment as described in her own words. The lessons she taught have helped married couples in Islam to know what the limits are and how to share the most pleasure between a married couple in both physical and spiritual ways.

Did she want to be married to him?
Yes. She tells us this was exactly what she wanted all along. The hadiths (narrations by Ayshah) are very clear about all details and must be read in order to fully appreciate the fullness and completeness of their relationship together.

How did she reply to her father’s offer to the prophet, peace and blessings be upon him?
She was very shy and said her silence was understood by her father that she was indeed, accepting the proposal for marriage. This is mentioned by her, along with other important information for Muslims to know about marriage proposals, dowry and proper ways to approach the father or guardian of a woman with the topic of marriage.

What was Ayshah’s status after marrying the prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? (A Brief Overview)

No other woman was loved more by our prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

He wanted to die with his head in her lap (and he did).

They were in total love with each other the way everyone would love to be in love.

Their romance is known to all of the Muslim world and how much they really enjoyed each others company – always.

They planned on being together in Jannah.

She never said a single bad word against her husband during his life, or after his death. Is there a woman living today who could compare to this great woman?

What was the “norm” regarding the subject of marriage at the time of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and Ayesha?

Actually, the people of Arabia had the custom of marrying off any of their girls at the age of the beginning of their monthly cycles.
Even the Arch Bishop of Canterbury would not have been blamed for marrying a young girl back one hundred years or so as this was still accepted at that time.
Consider the Catholic Church claims that Mary, may Allah’s peace be on her, was married to Joseph before having Jesus (peace and blessings be upon him) and her age was just a year or two older than Ayshah’s age, but Joseph was mentioned as being in his 90’s! (we do not have this story in Islam, because Mary is considered a true virgin and never married and never had other children except for Jesus Christ (peace and blessings be upon him).

The marriage of Ayesha to Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is nothing less than the best love story ever written.

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet leaves much to be desired by comparison. Consider the contrast and be honest in your conclusion:

Romeo and Juliet both were running around behind their parents back – with someone whom they did not approve of at all – their families were fighting each other in a feud and they forbid them to be together at all.

Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was being offered the hand of the daughter of his best friend, Abu Bakr in a marriage environment. All of the family members were happy about this and had approved of the marriage.

Romeo and Juliet had their affair in secrecy without the benefit of clergy (not married).

Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and Ayesha waited until after marriage and even after a courtship period described in beautiful details by Ayesha herself.

Romeo and Juliet both committed suicide. According to Judaism and Christianity as well as Islam – anyone who commits suicide will go to Hell forever.

Ayesha and Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) both believed in One God – the God of the Jews and the God of Christ (peace and blessings be upon him) and they both preached a message of salvation through direct repentance to Almighty God.

Above all, they will be together in the Paradise where they will live – happily ever after.

Honestly – Which one is the true romance story?

We pray to Allah to accept this humble effort to clarify misunderstandings and remove doubts some people may entertain regarding the relationship of two of the greatest personalities ever to come forth on this earth, ameen.

Dear reader, thank you for taking the time to read and review this important subject and for keeping an open mind and heart regarding Islam’s treatment of women and marriage in general and the relationship of our prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his wife, Ayesha. If you would like to know more about Islam (www.WhatsIslam.com) or the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him (www.ProphetOfIslam.com) or the status of Islam’s women (www.IslamsWomen.com) please visit our websites or look for other publications by the author.

Zaba
Zaba
8 years ago
Reply to  jack

Ayshah & Muhammad – The True Love Story for Eternity

ayisha- six years old and a bride.
Sweet indeed!

jack
jack
8 years ago
Reply to  Zaba

Hi Zaba,
Thanks for asking about my religion,

The minimum age for marriage in the US-State of Delaware in year 1895 was 7. Yes, SEVEN.

Professor of Sociology Anthony Joseph Paul Cortese says that a 50 year old man being with a girl under 10 (being intimate) Under United States law was legal until the mid 1960s,

“In 1962, the American Law Institute recommended that the legal age of consent to sex- that is,
the age below which sex is defined as statutory rape- be dropped in every state to age 10 (Katchadourian and Lund 1972: 439). In fact, until the mid 1960s, the legal age of consent in Delaware was 7 (Kling, 1965: 216). So a 50 year old man could legally have sexual intercourse with a 7 year old boy or girl.”

Richard A. Posner is chief judge of the U.S court of appeals, Seventh Circuit Chicago. Katherine B. Silbaugh is associate Professor at Boston University School of Law, they say that before the 1900s age of consent was ten years old,

“The law governing the age of consent has changed dramatically in the United States during this
century. Most states codified a statutory age of consent during the nineteenth century, and the usual age was ten years.”

Narrated Sayyidah Aisha:

The Prophet engaged me when I was a girl of six (years). We went to Medina and stayed at the home of Bani-al-Harith bin Khazraj then I got ill and my hair fell down. Later on my hair grew (again) and my mother, Um Ruman, came to me while I was playing in a swing with some of my
girl friends. She called me, and I went to her, not knowing what she wanted to do to me. She caught me by the hand and made me stand at the door of the house. I was breathless then, and when my breathing became all right, she took some water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then she took me into the house. There in the house I saw some Ansari women who said, “Best wishes and Allah’s Blessing and a good luck.” Then she entrusted me to them and they prepared me (for the marriage). Unexpectedly Allah’s Apostle came to me in the forenoon and my mother handed me over to him, and at that time I was a girl of nine years of age.” {Sahih Bukhari Volume 5, Book 58, Number 234}
May God Bless You and Give You Guidance..worship only the almighty god without any partners.

jack
jack
8 years ago
Reply to  Zaba

Hi Zaba,
MIRACLES OF THE QURAN

Fourteen centuries ago, God sent down the Qur’an to mankind as a book of guidance. He called upon people to be guided to the truth by adhering to this book. From the day of its revelation
to the day of judgement, this last divine book will remain the sole guide for humanity.

The matchless style of the Qur’an and the superior wisdom in it are definite evidence that it is the word of God. In addition, the Qur’an has many miraculous attributes proving that it is a revelation from God. One of these attributes is the fact that a number of scientific truths that we have only been able to uncover by the technology of the 20th century were stated in the
Qur’an 1,400 years ago.

However, the Qur’an is not a book of science, it is a book of Signs! Many scientific facts that are
expressed in an extremely concise and profound manner in its verses have only been discovered with the technology of the 20th century. These facts could not have been known at the time of the Qur’an’s revelation, and this is still more proof that the Qur’an is the word of God.

In order to understand the scientific miracle of the Qur’an, we must first take a look at the level of science at the time when this holy book was revealed.

In the 7th century, when the Qur’an was revealed, Arab society had many superstitious and
groundless beliefs where scientific issues were concerned. Lacking the technology to examine the universe and nature, these early Arabs believed in legends inherited from past generations. They supposed, for example, that mountains supported the sky above. They believed that the earth was flat and that there were high mountains at its both ends. It was thought that these mountains were pillars that kept the vault of heaven high above.

However all these superstitious beliefs of Arab society were eliminated with the Qur’an. In Sura Sad, verse 2, it was said: “God is He who raised up the heavens without any support…”(The Qur’an, 38:2). This verse invalidated the belief that the sky remains above because of
the mountains. In many other subjects, important facts were revealed at a time when no one could have known them. The Qur’an, which was revealed at a time when people knew very
little about astronomy, physics, or biology, contains key facts on a variety of subjects such
as the creation of the universe, the creation of the human being, the structure of the atmosphere, and the delicate balances that make life on earth possible.

share links :

http://quranwonders.com/2009/10/03/id/34

http://quranwonders.com/2010/04/07/id/39

http://quranwonders.com/2009/06/18/id/28

Zaba
Zaba
8 years ago
Reply to  jack

you ARE here promoting islam.
Let us know if you get any takers with your da’wa.

jack
jack
8 years ago
Reply to  Zaba

Hi Zaba,
It is the duty of every muslims to explain Islam and to clear misconseption about Islam. There is no compulsion in Islam.
May God Bless You and Give you guidance..worship only the almighty god without any partners..

Zaba
Zaba
8 years ago
Reply to  jack

At this site MANY are familiar with
‘the duty of every muslim’
Let me be among the first to welcome you to
the Age of Peak islam!

What religion kills you for leaving?

FO jihad jack

jack
jack
8 years ago
Reply to  Zaba

Hi zaba, AlQuran never said kill anybody for leaving. In the largest muslim county Indonesia, every body is free to practice thier religion without any harm. May God bless you and give you guidance.

Zaba
Zaba
8 years ago
Reply to  jack

AlQuran never said kill anybody for leaving.

Heard of google?

ebonystone
ebonystone
8 years ago
Reply to  jack

The real miracle of the Koran is that about 15% of it is sheer gibberish — strings of letters for which nobody has ever been able to figure out any meaning — and yet a billion Moslems believe it’s the word of God.

Zaba
Zaba
8 years ago
Reply to  ebonystone

a billion Moslems believe it’s the word of…..

allah the moon god.

QuiCreva Sp
QuiCreva Sp
7 years ago
Reply to  jack

Hmmm…”by “matchless style” I presume you mean the complete lack of continuity and context, the grammatical mistakes, the endless repetition, the whole phrases that make no sense in any language, and the ugly epithets and threats lobbed at unbelievers throughout the text? And by “superior wisdom” I suppose you are referring to the Qur’an’s claims that the sun sets in a muddy pool of water, that meteors are actually missiles thrown at Jinn, and that mountains are pegs set upon the Earth to keep it from shaking? Wow, I can see how you are convinced that the Qur’an was written by God. Who else would have such poor writing skills and so weak a grasp of how the Universe operates?
In fact, genuine scientists will tell you that there are NO scientific truths in the Qur’an, but many scientific errors. Literary experts will affirm that the Qur’an is a nightmare rather than a masterpiece. How long will Muslim apologists go on trying to peddle these obvious lies in a lame attempt to defend the indefensible?

ebonystone
ebonystone
8 years ago
Reply to  jack

“34,000 Americans have converted to Islam….”

Big deal! More than that joined the cults of Guru Maharaji and Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and the Hare Krishnas in the ’70’s and ’80’s. And over a thousand joined Jim Jones’ cult. There are weak-minded people in every age.

jack
jack
8 years ago
Reply to  ebonystone

Hi ebonystone,

Islam is the fastest growing religion in America, Europe and in the world.

100,000 people per year in America alone, are converting to Islam. For every 1 male convert to Islam, 4 females convert to Islam.

How 100,000 Britons have chosen to become Muslim… and average convert is 27-year-old white woman.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1343954/100-000-Islam-converts-living-UK-White-women-keen-embrace-Muslim-faith.html

Lauren Booth, the sister-in-law of former Prime Minister Tony Blair also convert to Islam.

The survey, conducted by Kevin Brice from Swansea University, asked converts for their views on the negative aspects of British culture.

They identified alcohol and drunkenness, a ‘lack of morality and sexualpermissiveness’, and ‘unrestrained consumerism’.

http://www.themodernreligion.com/women/women_why_converting.htm
May God Bless You and Give You Guidance…worship the almighty god without any partners,

ebonystone
ebonystone
8 years ago
Reply to  jack

In Europe Islam is losing 2000 member per DAY. They aren’t necessarily becoming Christians, but they are leaving Islam.
In China, Christianity is gaining 10,000 converts per DAY; Islam is gaining virtually none.
In Africa, Islam is growing only by natural increase, in areas that are already Islamic. In the rest of Africa, it’s Christianity that is gaining new converts.

jack
jack
8 years ago
Reply to  ebonystone

Hi ebonystone.
The fastest growing religion in the world is … – CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/02/living/pew-study-religion

3/4/2015 · Islam, the world’s fastest-growing faith, will leap from 1.6 billion (in 2010) to 2.76 billion by 2050, according to the Pew study. At that time, Muslims …

http://wtvr.com/2015/04/02/worlds-fastest-growing-religion-is-islam-and-christianity/

Islam, the world’s fastest-growing faith, will leap from 1.6 billion (in 2010) to 2.76 billion by 2050, according to the Pew study. At that time, Muslims will make up nearly one-third of the world’s total projected population of about 9 billion people.

Christianity is expected to grow, too, but not at Islam’s explosive rate. The Pew study predicts Christians will increase from 2.17 billion to 2.92 billion, composing more than 31% of the world’s population.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_population_growth

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/6194354/Mohammed-is-most-popular-name-for-baby-boys-in-London.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1343954/100-000-Islam-converts-living-UK-White-women-keen-embrace-Muslim-faith.html

http://www.islamawareness.net/Fastest/fastest_news_110104.html

http://www.islamawareness.net/Fastest/french.html

http://www.new-muslims.info/converts/conversion-stories/islam-fastest-growing-religion-ireland/

http://www.arabicbible.com/for-christians/1315-islam-in-america.html?start=2

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/2355/france-islam-overtaking-catholicism

Islam in Europe: Brussels: A Muslim majority in 20 years?

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/04/brussels-muslim-majority-in-20-years.html

Islam in Europe: Netherlands: 200,000 practicing Muslims

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/05/netherlands-200000-practicing-muslims.html
Most of westerners are educated. They have studied Islam deeply and once they discovered the beauty of Islam, They convert to Islam.
May God Bless You and Give You Guidance…worship only one almighty god without any partners.

Zaba
Zaba
8 years ago
Reply to  jack

strictly da’wa

sheikyermami
sheikyermami
8 years ago

“My view is, you put that ad up on the side of a bus, you turn that bus into a terrorism target,” what a dolt! Every American is a terrorism target. This guy just tied himself up in his own stupidity.

Dr. Doomsday
Dr. Doomsday
8 years ago
Reply to  sheikyermami

You don’t put that sign up on a bus, your head in the sand makes your big ass a target.. you MORON!

The thing that is really a pain is, the dipsticks actually believe if they act nice etc., that the Islamic crazies will suddenly smell the coffee and say, ‘Oh, ok, well, you’re cool, its those other people I don’t like.” -WRONG -they will kill a liberal just as easy as a non-liberal, and not bat an eye at either.

puhiawaD
puhiawa
8 years ago
Reply to  sheikyermami

Yeah. I remember when the Transportation Authority was real concerned about that huge poster on the Twin Towers. Oh wait. There was no poster. Merely TA employees.

harbidoll
harbidoll
8 years ago
Reply to  sheikyermami

we must be wise-pick your battle & most important-pick your battlefield! Texas was brilliant choice, the location-building was brilliant. In NY & DC targets are well known & staked out. We must trust our intelligence & police. & our own eyes-ears. This is gunna be a Long war.

puhiawaD
puhiawa
8 years ago

I’m sure there is a reason liberals believe we must import more of these violent cultists, but I don’t get it. They all hate Christians, Jews, Hindus, and Buddhists. The vast majority dislike America and Americans. They are disproportionately in jail and on the dole. Not such good guests.

ebonystone
ebonystone
8 years ago
Reply to  puhiawa

You’ve answered your own question when you realize the the “They” starting your second sentence refers not to “violent cultists”, but to “liberals”.
I.e. Liberals all hate Christians, Jews, etc.

Crystal Waters
Crystal Waters
8 years ago
Reply to  puhiawa

Liberal politicians must all know by now the ultimate goal of Islam, but just like Frankenstein, they believe it is a monster they can control.

Demsci
Demsci
8 years ago

Great artice by Eugene Volokh! He get’s what all these critics of Pamela who whine about “provocation”, “Hurting the feelings of innocent Muslims” etc don’t get.

We already knew that the “assassin’s veto” was working (South Park will criticize all religions/ lifestyles except one), but WMATA is openly, explicitly telling us that it is working as motivation to curtail free speech as safety-measure.

Perhaps Pamela’s liberal critics finally would understand what Pamela and Volokh and supporters are telling them, when, I don’t know, Mormons, Scientologists, Zoroastrians or worse, Neo-Nazi’s, also would now start to behave like violent Muslims, whenever THEY feel THEIR laws our broken and THEIR feelings hurt.

It seems the good behavior of all other religions/ lifestyle and that being taken for granted, is the reason that so many people don’t get it that “bully’s never should be succesful with their bully-behavior”.

If the buses won’t carry the ads, is n’t their some other big public venue that CAN and dare carry them?

“The future must not belong to those who forbid drawing the Prophet of Islam”!

Concerned
Concerned
8 years ago

Once again, Eugene Volokh gets it and writes a great article. Below is a comment I made in the Washington Post:

Well done, Eugene. You have it spot on. I liked the Kipling poem. I am disappointed when I see people and organizations caving in to CAIR and the demands of jihadists. Let there be a Muhammad cartoon on every bus in the US. Better to have it out now than later, when the sharia noose becomes ever tighter.

IronMaiden
IronMaiden
8 years ago
Reply to  Concerned

Precisely…let’s have it out now as you say because it’s coming one way or another!

BraveOnMyKeyboard
BraveOnMyKeyboard
8 years ago

On one hand, it’s cool that the ban doesn’t obviously favor viewpoint X, Y, or Z; on the other hand because it is temporary, it can be applied any time that topic X comes up so that only Y and Z can possibly be advertised between bans. It can be applied at critical times of momentum building for topic X.

BraveOnMyKeyboard
BraveOnMyKeyboard
8 years ago

I’d like to see the transit authority put a truthful explanation on the bus in lieu of the ad. Something like: “The message intended for this ad spot will not be shown because we know what happens when you criticize Muhammad”.

Steve Brown
Steve Brown
8 years ago

The logical (Spock) way to attack and attain victory against ”Radical Islam” is to start a non profit legal corporation that uses our constitution to (One by one) make every aspect of Sharia Law illegal at the state and federal Levels in all US states and territories. Every ”Aspect of law” from the Koran and the Hadith that violates the ”Life Liberty and pursuit of happiness” as spelled out in the US constitution & Bill of Rights of every; man, woman, and child of the USA and its Territories shall be FOREVER BANNED from being enforced upon the citizens of our republic and its territories. No; honor killing, no beating your wife or children, no killing of gays, no killing people for leaving Islam or any other faith, no forcing people to wear certain clothing, no forcing woman to be accompanied by men when they leave the house, no chopping off hands for stealing, no stoning people that commit adultery, no hanging people for being gay, no whipping people for insulting a religious prophet, None of the following http://www.billionbibles.org/sharia/sharia-law.html

jack
jack
8 years ago
Reply to  Steve Brown

Islam is spread in peace in America…and islam is the fastest growing religion in America…

Robert Bayer
Robert Bayer
8 years ago

Freedom
of Speech does NOT mean much if you do NOT have true evils to protest and speak
out against.

This Mohammed Cartoon business did NOT start because some freaky people wanted
to stick their thumb in the Muslim eyes. It started because Islamic Militants
were beheading non-Muslims, raping non-Muslim children and women, murdering
gays, executing women who had been raped, raping non-Muslim school girls, “honor” killings, burning school girls and teachers alive, blowing up churches,
executing Muslim Apostates, and basically killing thousands of anyone in their
way.

And Islamic Supremacists have been doing all of this WITH the
support of the MSM, the United Nations and the government of the United States,
POTUS, and CONGRESS.

Wake up everyone and realize that all of the above are
ACTS OF EVIL, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, that MUST be protested in CONJUCTION with Cartoon Protests or Mosque Protests …..OR … all that these brave individuals have done is help paint Muslim as the VICTIMS,… where the MSM
will paint such freedom fighters as just some really mean Christians and Jews
just want to be really insulting without any real justification.

That is NOT the objective of helping to stop the Islamization of
the Entire Effin World.

Ms. Geller, Mr. Spencer, Mr. Jon Ritzheimer and everyone else in
the Free World, GET WITH IT and NEVER FORGET TO UNDERSTAND that Freedom of Speech
means nothing unless you CLEARLY SHOUT OUT ABOUT the evils and wrongs to be stopped
and the evil doers to be brought to justice.

Of course this is being done at this website but when publicly protesting or communicating with the MSM, THIS IS NOT HAPPENING NEARLY ENOUGH!

Please protest SPECIFIC ACTS OF BRUTALITY of ISLAMIC MILITANTS
.. Specify everything as to the exact brutal Islamic barbarians … the actual
victims’ names .. and the specific horrific acts perpetrated and when and where
.. There are thousands and thousands to choose from.

That way when anyone in the limelight talks to MSM
propagandists, they can shove the crime against humanity and the victims’
suffering into the smarmy faces of these “reporters.” Make THEM look like the cruel and stupid SOBs, which of course, they are!

Stop playing into the Islamic Militant hands and making them
victims! Good God! Eff that!

afzal
afzal
8 years ago

Pamela you don’t know what u have write in your faith. I let you know your end.
1 black dressed angles will to pick your soul
2 they will bring black dress for you which will made of hot bitumen
3 your grave will be full of incredible snakes
4 you will be thrown in the hell for ever

This is all because you did against our prophet Muhammad

Both we don’t know each other if some one ask me to abuse you then there is no logic A Person to whom you don’t know how you can do this so wait all be haapened with you soon your end will horrible with all those who are involved in it

joker
joker
8 years ago
Reply to  afzal

Afzal the mother fucker Muslim watch your back too! We will hunt you down until dawn.

jack
jack
8 years ago
Reply to  joker

Islam spread in peace around the world..

GGBear2233
GGBear2233
8 years ago
Reply to  jack

Oh you mean spreading all non-compliant infidels in pieces around the world. Oh such compassion. Go to hell with your prophet, Jack.

jack
jack
8 years ago
Reply to  GGBear2233

Hi GCBear2233,
Ask any of the over 1.5 billion Muslims alive in the world today whether they were forced! The largest Muslim country in the world today is Indonesia…and there were never any battles fought there! Islam is spread by Indonesian scholars in peaceful manner.

In Malaysia, Islam was spread by Islamic traders hundreds of year ago in peacefully manner.

Chinese Muslims have been in China for the last 1,400 years of continuous interaction with Chinese society in peaceful manner.[1] “Islam expanded gradually across the maritime and inland silk routes from the 7th to the 10th centuries through trade and diplomatic exchanges.

If we look at history (about 700 years ago) Muslims ruled a part of Europe as Spain was one of the largest Islamic societies of Europe. Queen Isabella and her husband Ferdinand are buried in Alhambra surrounded with the verses from the Holy Quran. It was revealed that Muslims conquered Spain within four years without any bloodshed or violence. At that time the Visigoths were very impressed by the Muslims and their peace, they happily accepted their invitation to
Islam and also their rule. The history tells that Muslims translated Greek scripts, they introduced paper in Europe. Muslims were the first ones to perform surgeries over human bodies, which was then common in Europe few centuries later. Alchemy, Algebra and astronomy are all Muslim inventions along with farming, practicing laws and providing trade contracts. The first university of the world was founded by a Muslim woman Fatima al Fihri which still exists in Morocco and is known by University of Al Karaouine.

14 million Arabs are Coptic Christians.

Muslims were the lords of Arabia for 1400 years. For a few years the British ruled, and for a few years the French ruled. Overall, the Muslims ruled Arabia for 1400 years. Yet today, there are 14 million Arabs who are Coptic Christians i.e. Christians since generations. If the Muslims had used the sword there would not have been a single Arab who would have remained a Christian.

More than 80% non-Muslims in India.

The Muslims ruled India for about a thousand years. If they wanted, they had the power of converting each and every non-Muslim of India to Islam. Today more than 80% of the population of India are non-Muslims. All these non-Muslim Indians are bearing witness today that Islam was not spread by the sword.

East Coast of Africa.

Similarly, Islam has spread rapidly on the East Coast of Africa. One may again ask, if Islam was spread by the sword, “Which Muslim army went to the East Coast of Africa?”

Islam is the fastest growing religion in America and Europe.

Today the fastest growing religion in America is Islam. The fastest growing religion in Europe in Islam. Which sword is forcing people in the West to accept Islam in such large numbers?

May God Bless You and Give You Guidance.. worship only one almighty god without any
partners.

IC_the_future
IC_the_future
8 years ago
Reply to  afzal

Pamela hand this comment over to Homeland Security and the FBI to locate him and start a criminal investigation, it starts with comments and ends with violence. Afzal is obviously on the same team as ISIS, and needs local police / FBI/ HS to start tracking him.

jack
jack
8 years ago
Reply to  IC_the_future

Islam is spread in peace,,,muslim spread islam thru Da’wah such as explain about islam at SPEAKERS CORNER, HYDE PARK , UK.

Emily Liz
Emily Liz
8 years ago

muslims will attack any thing that moves. We AMERICANS are a target sorry to say this people but its true. Terrorist hate us already, in a few years, we will see them at our door step. It doesn’t matter if we draw a pic of muhammad of burn the quran, the hate towards Jews, Christians and Americans are present.

ebonystone
ebonystone
8 years ago
Reply to  Emily Liz

Hell, they attack lots of things that don’t move — synagogues, churches, Buddhist statues, NYC skyscrapers,…

jack
jack
8 years ago
Reply to  ebonystone

Hi ebonystone,

AlQuran said muslim must protect church…Islam is the religion that spread in peace around the world.

ebonystone
ebonystone
8 years ago
Reply to  jack

“AlQuran said muslim must protect church….”

Then why aren’t Moslems doing that? in Iran, the Sudan, Pakistan, Libya, Saudi Arabia, et al, they’re doing a very poor job of protecting the church.

“Islam is the religion that spread in peace around the world.”

Oh, really? It was Moslem armies that conquered Arabia, Persia, Egypt, North Africa, Spain, Turkey, India, etc. and imposed Islam there by force.

jack
jack
8 years ago
Reply to  ebonystone

Hi ebonystone,

Al Quran surah 47. Allaah ordered protection to every monastery, church, synagogue and mosque.

Anyone who not protect church shall not have Allah Mercy and against Prophet Muhammad pbuh teaching.

There are 1.5 Billions muslims around the world and Arab world is only 20% of all muslim population.

Indonesia is the largest muslim countries and there are 28 millions Christians in Indonesia and they are free to practice Christians in Indonesia.

China Communist Party leaders DICTATOR continue to oppress minority muslim by posted guidance on numerous government websites restricting Muslim religious activities, including fasting during this fasting month and visiting mosques.

Ramadan 2015: Fasting Banned In China For Muslim Government Employees, Students And Teachers

http://www.ibtimes.com/ramadan-2015-fasting-banned-china-muslim-government-employees-students-teachers-1975294

The largest Muslim country in the world today is Indonesia…and there were never any battles fought there! Islam is spread by Indonesian scholars in peaceful manner.

In Malaysia, Islam was spread by Islamic traders hundreds of year ago in peacefully manner.

Chinese Muslims have been in China for the last 1,400 years of continuous interaction with Chinese society in peaceful manner.[1] “Islam expanded gradually across the maritime and inland silk routes from the 7th to the 10th centuries through trade and diplomatic exchanges.

If we look at history (about 700 years ago) Muslims ruled a part of Europe as Spain was one of the largest Islamic societies of Europe. Queen Isabella and her husband Ferdinand are buried in Alhambra surrounded with the verses from the Holy Quran. It was revealed that Muslims conquered Spain within four years without any bloodshed or violence. At that time the Visigoths
were very impressed by the Muslims and their peace, they happily accepted their invitation to Islam and also their rule. The history tells that Muslims translated Greek scripts, they introduced paper in Europe. Muslims were the first ones to perform surgeries over human bodies, which was then common in Europe few centuries later. Alchemy, Algebra and astronomy are all Muslim inventions along with farming, practicing laws and providing trade contracts. The first
university of the world was founded by a Muslim woman Fatima al Fihri which still exists in Morocco and is known by University of Al Karaouine.

14 million Arabs are Coptic Christians.

Muslims were the lords of Arabia for 1400 years. For a few years the British ruled, and for a few years the French ruled. Overall, the Muslims ruled Arabia for 1400 years. Yet today, there are 14 million Arabs who are Coptic Christians i.e. Christians since generations. If the Muslims had used the sword there would not have been a single Arab who would have remained a Christian.

More than 80% non-Muslims in India.

The Muslims ruled India for about a thousand years. If they wanted, they had the power of converting each and every non-Muslim of India to Islam. Today more than 80% of the
population of India are non-Muslims. All these non-Muslim Indians are bearing witness today that Islam was not spread by the sword.

East Coast of Africa.

Similarly, Islam has spread rapidly on the East Coast of Africa. One may again ask, if Islam was spread by the sword, “Which Muslim army went to the East Coast of Africa?”

Islam is the fastest growing religion in America and Europe.

Today the fastest growing religion in America is Islam. The fastest growing religion in Europe in Islam. Which sword is forcing people in the West to accept Islam in such large numbers?
For example, Islam was spread thru Da’wah at SPEAKERS CORNER, HYDE PARK, UK.

May God Bless You and Give You Guidance.. worship only one almighty god without any partners.

jack
jack
8 years ago
Reply to  Emily Liz

Hi Emily Liz,

34,000 Americans have
converted to Islam following the events of September 11, and this is the highest rate reached in the U.S. since Islam arrived there.
English translations of the Koran head the American best-seller
list… The Americans are showing increasing willingness to
convert to Islam since September 11… Thousands of non-Muslim
Americans have responded to invitations to visit mosques,
resembling the waves of the sea [crashing on the shore] one after
another.

Most of the American are educated, they are not
simply believe the Zionist control media try to tarnish Islam. They
did research on Islam, and once they found the beauty of Islam, they
convert to islam.

http://www.sultan.org/articles/convert.html

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