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A censorship sheikdown?
he Washington Times ^ | August 6, 2007 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 08/06/2007 7:37:31 AM PDT by 3AngelaD

How will we lose the war against "radical Islam"?... The war will be lost incrementally because we are unable to reverse the ongoing radicalization of Muslim populations in South Asia, Indonesia, the Balkans, Western Europe and, yes, North America. And who is behind that radicalization? ...

For the answer, let us turn to a fascinating book called "Alms For Jihad: Charity And Terrorism In The Islamic World" by J. Millard Burr, a former relief coordinator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the scholar Robert O. Collins. Can't find it?...

Unfortunately, if you then try to buy "Alms For Jihad," you discover that the book is "Currently unavailable...let us cross the ocean thousands of miles from the Amazon warehouse to the high court in London. Last week, the Cambridge University Press agreed to recall all unsold copies of "Alms For Jihad" and pulp them. In addition, it has asked hundreds of libraries around the world to remove the volume from their shelves...

Who is Sheik Khalid bin Mahfouz? Well, he's a very wealthy and influential Saudi... He has a swanky pad in London and an Irish passport and multiple U.S. business connections, including to Thomas Kean, chairman of the September 11 Commission...

Because English libel law overwhelmingly favors the plaintiff. And like many other bigshot Saudis, Sheik Mahfouz has become very adept at using foreign courts to silence American authors — in effect, using distant jurisdictions to nullify the First Amendment...

We've become accustomed to one-way multiculturalism: The world accepts you can't open an Episcopal or Congregational church in Jeddah or Riyadh, but every week the Saudis can open radical mosques and pro-Saudi think-tanks in London and Toronto and Dearborn, Mich., and Falls Church, Va. ...as the lights go out one by one around the world.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 21stcenturycrusades; almsforjihad; censorship; dhimmwit; freedomofspeech; islam; islamicimperialism; islamofascists; jihad; muslimmasters

1 posted on 08/06/2007 7:37:33 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
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To: 3AngelaD

I think it was a guest on Michael Reagan last week who addressed the issue of Saudi investment in media outlets to influence/stifle public debate.


2 posted on 08/06/2007 7:41:13 AM PDT by weegee (NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
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To: weegee

bump


3 posted on 08/06/2007 7:58:43 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (How do I change my screen name after Harper's election?)
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To: 3AngelaD

bump


4 posted on 08/06/2007 8:03:04 AM PDT by TEXOKIE (Wear Red on Fridays to support the troops!!)
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To: weegee

Not to mention the wahabist crap they send into this country... we’re turning into Europe folks.


5 posted on 08/06/2007 8:03:47 AM PDT by AliVeritas (Eternal Rest grant unto Donna and let perpetual light shine upon her, rest in peace.)
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To: AliVeritas

“Not to mention the wahabist crap they send into this country...”

All this can be prevented if we had leadership with spine.


6 posted on 08/06/2007 8:09:07 AM PDT by 353FMG (Take me seriously at your own peril.)
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To: 353FMG

whats needed is a good old fashioned crusade

take the pill now

else wise live like a mouse afraid of everything that moves

even inside of america

thats what they have promised us

and they do not lie about things like this


7 posted on 08/06/2007 8:50:43 AM PDT by himno hero
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To: Bokababe; zagor-te-nej; Lion in Winter; Honorary Serb; jb6; Incorrigible; DTA; ma bell; joan; ...
The war will be lost incrementally because we are unable to reverse the ongoing radicalization of Muslim populations in South Asia, Indonesia, the Balkans, Western Europe and, yes, North America.

This is usually the time our sole remaining Jihadist cheerleader starts kicking his feet and crying about there being no radical Jihadists in the Balkans. Wha-waa-waaaah!

8 posted on 08/06/2007 9:03:38 AM PDT by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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To: FormerLib
"Because English libel law overwhelmingly favors the plaintiff."

Hence the ruling in the ITN libel trial.

9 posted on 08/06/2007 9:29:33 AM PDT by montyspython (Love that chicken from Popeye's)
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To: montyspython

Couldn’t the author publish the book again clandestinly? There must be copies of it out there some place. Somebody put it on the web.


10 posted on 08/06/2007 9:49:17 AM PDT by WVNan
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To: 3AngelaD

I started to write a novel about the conquest of America by islam in the mid-21st century, and what life would be like for American dhimmis in the town where I grew up.

Then I realized that I could never publish the novel, so I abandoned the effort.


11 posted on 08/06/2007 3:36:14 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: WVNan

I got an ebook of it at books on board but it’s on a different computer.... I intend to read it. Saw it somewhere in England for $95 but even that was unavailable when I tried to purchase it....


12 posted on 08/07/2007 11:34:36 AM PDT by vharlow (http://www.vventures.net)
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