In Charlotte, North Carolina, yet another Islamic advocacy group (the “Islamic Political Party of America”) is trying to shut down yet another talk radio host, Jeff Katz, for the mindcrime of sarcastic comments about Islam. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)

Some local Muslims are urging people to boycott advertisers of WBT’s “Jeff Katz Show,” saying the conservative radio talker insults their religion with “hate-filled” comments on the air. At a Wednesday news conference, Jibril Hough of the Charlotte-based Islamic Political Party of America charged that Katz speaks mockingly about Muslims and showcases only critics of Islam on his 3-6 p.m. show at 1110 AM.

“His agenda has been one of inciting fear, hatred and ignorance against Muslims,” said Hough, who is also spokesman for the Islamic Center of Charlotte. “His type of rhetoric would not be allowed against any other minority community …”

Asked for specifics, Hough said Katz sarcastically refers to Islam as “the religion of peace”; distorts passages in the Koran, the Muslims’ sacred book; calls Muslims who disagree with him “apologists for terrorists”; and refuses to let Hough and other Muslims speak on his show.

Katz, who is among the leading ratings performers in afternoon drive, rejected the group’s characterization of his comments as bigoted. The Philadelphia native said he has merely expressed his frustration that too few Muslims have spoken out against terrorism. “I’ve been looking for the reasonable, moderate, sensible voice of Islam that says, `Stop killing in our name,’ ” said Katz, who came to Charlotte in August from San Francisco radio. “There are one billion Muslims in the world. I don’t for a second think there are one billion terrorists … But (radical Islamic) groups have cowed people — including practicing Muslims — into not speaking out.”

In October 2003, LGF had a post that featured Jibril Hough of the IPPA, after he wrote an editorial for the Charlotte Observer claiming that California was discovered by Muslims long before Columbus.

The web site of the IPPA at the time contained the following “press release” (which no longer seems to be there) blaming “Jews” for the 9/11 attacks:

But the biased western media would not cover this story, yet they also neglected to report that 4000 Jews employed at the World Trade Center were absent at WTC on 9/11. Nor did they report on the thousands who saw WTC Building Seven fall without a plane hitting it.

Everyday as more and more independent investigations are done, the evidence is proving that the September 11th may have been some great orchestration that caught our great nation totally unaware. And we the Muslims are left to believe the words of our president, which he later tried to change, that this is a “crusade, and you are either with them or with us.”

Both Islam and Christianity are the victims of this devious plot and all Americans must join together to help prevent evil ones from succeeding.

Three and a half years later, Hough is trying to shut down the free speech of radio hosts who blow the whistle on Islamists—and The Observer reports his claims of victimhood and insult without a single word about his history or true beliefs.