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"Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" Cartoonist goes into Hiding

Islam means submission, and Islamists are here to destroy our way of life as we know it. That is what the List of things that offend Muslims is all about. Whether it's a cartoonist in Seattle or a filmmaker in the Netherlands, the Islamists are not interested in engaging in civil dialogue and will continue to silence any opposing voice by any means necessary. So add Molly Morris to the List who, like Salman Rushdie is forced into hiding for simply having an opinion.

So much for freedom of speech.

At the urging of the FBI, Molly Norris, the Seattle-based illustrator and cartoonist whose satirical drawing marking "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" resulted in death threats, global protests and impassioned debate about religion and censorship, has been forced to change her name and abandon her former life as a result of her controversial cartoon.

The news that Morris had, out of concerns for her safety, decided to go into hiding was first reported in the Seattle Weekly today, a paper where Norris' cartoons had regularly appeared:

The gifted artist is alive and well, thankfully. But on the insistence of top security specialists at the FBI, she is, as they put it, "going ghost": moving, changing her name, and essentially wiping away her identity. She will no longer be publishing cartoons in our paper or in City Arts magazine, where she has been a regular contributor. She is, in effect, being put into a witness-protection program -- except, as she notes, without the government picking up the tab.

Norris originally posted her tongue-in-cheek cartoon announcing May 20 as "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" on her website, which no longer seems to be operating. It was dedicated to the creators of the Comedy Central animated television series "South Park" after one of their episodes was censored for its portrayal of the Islamic prophet. 

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In June, despite her renunciation of the event spawned by her cartoon, Norris was placed on a hit list by Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, an al-Qaida-linked figure who has been tied to the Fort Hood, Texas, massacre as well as the failed bombing in Times Square, the New York Daily News reported. Shortly thereafter, the FBI contacted Norris.

"We're hoping the religious bigots go into full and immediate remission," the Seattle Weekly said about Norris' need to go into hiding, "and we wish her the best."

Koran Burner Loses his Job

I've already posted that I think that burning any book is a bad idea. I would prefer that Fenton read violent verses of jihad from the Koran to illustrate why building a Mosque near the place where worst attack in America took place. But I also believe that Ground Zero protester Derek Fenton has a right to protest without losing his livelihood.

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NY Daily News-Derek Fenton's 11-year career at the agency came to an abrupt halt Monday after photographs of him ripping pages from the Muslim holy book and setting them ablaze appeared in newspapers.

Fenton, 39, of Bloomingdale, N.J., burned the book during a protest on the ninth anniversary of Sept. 11 outside , the controversial mosque slated to be built near Ground Zero.

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Several neighbors in Fenton's town stood up for his right to express himself with flames.

"Good for him for burning the Koran," neighbor Jacqui Marquez, 40, said. "Everybody's entitled to their opinion ... by firing him, they're sending a message that there's no freedom of speech. They're completely wrong for doing this."

"He's a family man," neighbor Randy McConnell, 43, said. "He loves his kids and he loves trains. I don't agree with what he did, but he shouldn't lose his job over it. That's his right."

If Fenton was fired for burning the Koran while off-duty, his First Amendment rights probably were violated, Chris Dunn of the New York Civil Liberties Union said. "The Supreme Court has recognized a constitutional right to burn the flag. As reprehensible as it may be, burning the Koran would be protected as well.

Its interesting that Fenton could have burned the Flag, or even the Bible and not fear for his job at all.

Burn a Koran Day

It's not too often that I agree with Pres Obama, but I'm with him on this one.

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is exhorting a Florida minister to "listen to those better angels" and call off his plan to engage in a Quran-burning protest this weekend.

There is never a good day to burn a book, and there is never sufficient reason to burn any book anytime. Not because it offends people or increases the risk of a terrorist retaliation, but simply because burning books is just wrong. Freedom of speech is an essential part of being an American. The right to express yourself freely is our best hedge against oppression. It is precisely the book burning mentality that the Islamists are promoting. In this case, we shouldn't fight fire with fire.

"If you don't want a man unhappy politically, don't give him two sides to a question to worry him; give him one. Better yet, give him none." Fahrenheit 451

Everybody Draw Mohammed Day Roundup

There's lot's of background on this story as well as drawings at JW, Big Goverment, Atlas, Michelle Malkin, and Hot Air has a poll. Check out the Draw Mohammed facebook page, and there's the Everybody Draw Mohammed Blog. Zombie has had a huge archive of Mohammed images ever since the Danish cartoon debacle.

Here's my interpretation. It features Mohammed threatening to shoot an infidel with a "religion of peace" ray.

OK, it's not really a drawing, but  I was drawing Mohammed three years ago to mock Gary Trudeau who said in an interview that he wouldn't potray Mohammed. Click the link to check it out.

Lars Vilks Attacked

Witness the Religion of Peace as they try to silence or kill anyone who says they are anything other than peaceful.

For those unfamiliar with Lars Vilks, Hot Air gives the background on the story.

Remember Lars Vilks? A few years ago he decided to draw Mohammed as a pooch and has been dodging killers ever since, from garden variety Islamist nuts like “Jihad Jane” all the way up to the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq. Funny thing, though: Not only wasn’t he intimidated, he practically dared the mujahedeen to come and get him, letting CNN cameras film his home and even booby-trapping the place in case the soldiers of Allah paid him an unexpected visit. Quote:

Vilks has faced numerous death threats over the controversial cartoon, but said in March he has built his own defense system, including a “homemade” safe room and a barbed-wire sculpture that could electrocute potential intruders.

He said he also has an ax “to chop down” anyone trying to climb through the windows of his home in southern Sweden.

“If something happens, I know exactly what to do,” Vilks told The Associated Press in an interview in Stockholm.

He got himself a guard dog too. Its name? “Muhammed.”

But Vilks is undaunted.

While Vilks escaped the incident with broken glasses and a degree of shock, he said it raised concerns about the freedom of expression at Sweden's oldest and most prestigious institute of higher learning.

"What you get is a mob deciding what can be discussed at the university," Vilks told The Associated Press, adding he was ready to repeat the lecture if re-invited.

"I'm ready to go up again," he said. "This must be carried through. You cannot allow it to be stopped."

It looks like Vilk's website has been hacked. Here's a sceenshot.

 

Pat Condell: Wake up America

Via Angel.

Islamic declaration of "human rights"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_De...

Ireland passes blasphemy law
http://www.independent.ie/national-ne...

Geert Wilders prosecution to go ahead in the Netherlands
http://www.internationalfreepresssoci...

US hypocrisy on free speech at the United Nations
http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/a...
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/1...

Saudis ask for aid if the world cuts dependence on oil
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/b...

CAIR's totalitarian agenda for America
http://www.anti-cair-net.org/press_01...
http://www.anti-cair-net.org/AhmadSta...

Top ten reasons why sharia is bad for all societies
http://www.americanthinker.com/2005/0...

PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION AND SUPPORT THE GLOBAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST SHARIA LAW
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Geert Wilders at Columbia

Go to Atlas to see all five videos.

Part of the speech text at JW.

But let me tell you what also happened during our press conference. A Muslim mob demonstrated outside, shouting: "Shariah for the Netherlands", "Enemy of Islam Geert Wilders deserves capital punishment", "Freedom go to hell" and "Islam will dominate the world". Welcome to Europe today!

You can see all this for yourself on YouTube. This is exactly what we are fighting against. And it gets even worse. A few days ago British newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported that an Islamic group indeed launched a campaign to impose shariah law in Britain, they will meet later this month in London for a procession to demand the full implementation of shariah law.

Whitehouse Drops the "Flag"

That was quick.

Following a furor over how the data would be used, the White House has shut down an electronic tip box — [email protected] — that was set up to receive information on “fishy” claims about President Barack Obama’s health plan.

E-mails to that address now bounce back with the message: “The e-mail address you just sent a message to is no longer in service. We are now accepting your feedback about health insurance reform via http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck.”

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Go Flag Yourself

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Thought Control on the American Campus

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