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Hollywood Must Support Free Speech – Even the Ugly Kind

Hollywood Must Support Free Speech – Even the Ugly Kind

When Bill Maher’s “Religulous” hit theaters in 2008, no one rioted, stormed any embassies or demanded the film’s anti-religious themes should be removed from movie houses or the Internet. This week, a crude anti-Muslim movie is having just that effect,

Yemen Leader Apologizes To Obama For Embassy Attack

Yemen Leader Apologizes To Obama For Embassy Attack

(AP) Yemen leader apologizes to US for embassy attackBy AHMED AL-HAJAssociated PressSANAA, YemenYemen’s president has apologized to President Barack Obama for the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, the Yemeni capital, by a mob angry over an anti-Islam film.

Protesters Storm US Embassy In Yemen

Protesters Storm US Embassy In Yemen

(AP) Protesters storm US Embassy in Yemen By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen Chanting “death to America,” hundreds of protesters angered by an anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen’s capital and burned the American flag on

Afghan Leader Postpones Overseas Trip over Riot Fears

Afghan Leader Postpones Overseas Trip over Riot Fears

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has postponed a visit to Norway fearing a violent backlash at home over an anti-Islam film that sparked riots killing the US ambassador in Libya, according to officials. The assault, which killed four American diplomats in

Libya Rescue Squad Ambushed; Two Americans Killed

Libya Rescue Squad Ambushed; Two Americans Killed

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – A squad of U.S. troops despatched by helicopter across the Libyan desert to rescue besieged diplomats from Benghazi on Wednesday ran into a fierce overnight ambush that left a further two Americans dead, Libyan officials told

YouTube Blocks Video Blamed for Islamist Murders

YouTube Blocks Video Blamed for Islamist Murders

By JAKE COYLEAP Entertainment WriterNEW YORKYouTube has blocked a video attacking Islam’s prophet Muhammad in Egypt and Libya, where angry protests were sparked by outrage at the video. Ultraconservative Muslims enflamed by the video stormed the U.S. embassy in Cairo

Anti-Islam Filmmaker in Hiding After Protests

Anti-Islam Filmmaker in Hiding After Protests

By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJERAssociated PressLOS ANGELESA California-based filmmaker went into hiding after a YouTube trailer of his movie attacking Islam’s prophet Muhammad sparked angry assaults by ultra-conservative Muslims on U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya. The U.S. ambassador to Libya

US Embassy in Algiers Warns of Protests

US Embassy in Algiers Warns of Protests

(AP) US Embassy in Algiers warns of protestsALGIERS, AlgeriaThe U.S. Embassy in Algiers is warning Americans in the country to avoid non-essential travel amid calls for protests after an attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya. The embassy said in

Egyptian protesters scale US Embassy wall in Cairo

Egyptian protesters scale US Embassy wall in Cairo

(AP) Egyptian protesters scale US Embassy wall in CairoBy SARAH EL DEEB and MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated PressCAIROMainly ultraconservative protesters climbed the walls of the U.S. Embassy in Egypt’s capital Tuesday and brought down the American flag, replacing it with a black

Palin to Obama: Time to Grow a Big Stick

Palin to Obama: Time to Grow a Big Stick

Tonight, 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin fired a shot across the bow of the Obama administration over its spineless response to radical Muslim takeovers of the US embassies in Egypt and Libya. She certainly didn’t hold back:

Egypt's Ruling Party To US: You Should Protect Islam

Egypt's Ruling Party To US: You Should Protect Islam

Egypt’s ruling party, the extremist Muslim Brotherhood, blasted the United States after an angry Islamist mob stormed the U.S. embassy’s walls and shredded an American flag over alleged offenses in a film that no one can name. Said the spokesman

Libyan Islamists Attack U.S. Consulate

Libyan Islamists Attack U.S. Consulate

What the Arab Spring Barack Obama championed has wrought: According to Al Ahram online: An armed mob has attacked the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi and set fire to the building, witnesses reported, in what they said

Pro-Muslim Judge Accused of Judicial Misconduct

Pro-Muslim Judge Accused of Judicial Misconduct

Today, The Legal Project, a wing of Daniel Pipes’ Middle East Forum, is  filing a formal request for an investigation into the judicial misconduct of Judge Mark Martin, asking for him to be removed from the bench. Mark Martin is

Report: Iran Acquits Christian Pastor Charged with Apostasy

Report: Iran Acquits Christian Pastor Charged with Apostasy

An Iranian pastor sentenced to death for his Christian beliefs was released from custody during a Saturday court proceeding, according to an international religious freedom organization. Christian Solidarity Worldwide reports that a court acquitted Yousef Nadarkhani of the Church of

DNC Embracing Radical Islamists At National Convention

DNC Embracing Radical Islamists At National Convention

The first Muslim to deliver the daily prayer to the U.S. House of Representatives was black convert Siraj Wahaj in 1991. It was an artful prayer, though he would deliver a very different message elsewhere just one year later. His ideas