TagsTagsDutch demagogue Geert Wilders, hero of the right wing "anti-jihad" loons, has been acquitted of hate speech in the Netherlands. The presiding judge said Wilders' remarks were sometimes "hurtful," "shocking" or "offensive," but that they were made in the context of a public debate about Muslim integration and multi-culturalism, and ...
Geert Wilders, Netherlands, Free Speech, Islam, Europe, Hate Speech
Everyone's favorite Muslim-hating psycho "pastor," Terry "I'll Burn Me Some Korans" Jones, is in Dearborn, Michigan, today, to demonstrate against a mosque (of course) and presumably stir up some more violence and death overseas. Last night after doing an interview at a Southfield TV studio (because the media love this Neanderthal), ...
Terry Jones, Bigotry, Islam, Dove World Outreach Center, Bad Craziness, Gun Safety
If you want to see how deranged the commenting sections of right wing blogs have gotten, just go read any of their posts about the violence in Afghanistan. Gateway Pundit, Hot Air, Pamela "Shrieking Harpy" Geller, Fox Nation -- all of them are packed with comments calling for genocide against ...
Terry Jones, Bigotry, Islam, Dove World Outreach Center, Bad Craziness, Afghanistan, United Nations, Blogosphere
Terry Jones's bigoted stunt has now triggered violence in Kandahar, as hard-line imams and Taliban leaders exploit the Koran-burning to whip up hatred against Americans and other foreigners: Deadly Protests for Koran Burning Reach Kandahar. I notice today that the usual right wing idiots are screaming that I blame Terry Jones ...
Terry Jones, Bigotry, Islam, Dove World Outreach Center, Bad Craziness, Afghanistan, United Nations
Here's a report at UN Dispatch on what today's slaughter of UN workers in Afghanistan means: This Attack is Different. Foreigners committed to assisting in the rebuilding of Afghanistan have long accepted the possibility that they might die at the hands of warring parties, but this degree of violence from ...
Terry Jones, Bigotry, Islam, Dove World Outreach Center, Bad Craziness, Afghanistan, United Nations
Psycho hate preacher Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, carried through on his threat to burn a Koran recently. And today, at least seven United Nations workers are dead in northern Afghanistan, after an enraged mob stormed the UN compound. The crowd, which he estimated at ...
Terry Jones, Bigotry, Islam, Dove World Outreach Center, Bad Craziness, Afghanistan
Here's an excellent post at ScienceBlogs by Ed Brayton, on his view of Islam and Sharia Law. I could have written this myself; I agree with every word. Let me first state the obvious: Radical Islam -- which probably should be called reactionary Islam instead -- is the single most ...
Islam, Sharia, Militant Islam, Bigotry, paranoia, Right Wing
A reminder that in some parts of the world, "theocracy" is not just the fervent desire of fanatics -- it's the dominant paradigm: Pakistanis Rally in Support of Blasphemy Law. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A crippling strike by Islamist parties brought Pakistan to a standstill on Friday as thousands of people ...
Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller, arguably the two most visible spokespeople of the anti-Muslim group "Stop Islamization of America," are both very vocal supporters of the British organization called the English Defense League -- an offshoot of the neo-Nazi British National Party, composed in large part of skinheads, white supremacists, ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, English Defense League, Neo-Nazis
Scott Pelley interviews hate monger Pamela Geller for 60 Minutes. What a disgusting human being. Video
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Pamela Geller, Hate Speech, 60 Minutes
Psycho preacher Terry Jones is getting socked with one hell of an invoice from the city of Gainesville, Florida, for his little Quran-burning stunt. Orlando, Florida (CNN) -- The city of Gainesville, Florida, plans to send a bill estimated at more than $180,000 to Pastor Terry Jones for security costs ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Manhattan, Bigotry, Islam, Dove World Outreach Center, Bad Craziness
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I always love waking up and seeing another stupid fecal storm created by the right wing blogosphere over something I wrote. This time they've caught me red-handed! editing an old post about Imam Feisal Rauf to remove the description "Islamic supremacist." Apparently this proves I was trying to "hide" something, or ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, California, Bigotry, Islam, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, Geert Wilders
According to the Associated Press, attendance at Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer's international hate rally was less than 1,000: The Associated Press: Dueling demonstrations begin after 9/11 memorial. After the ceremony, around 1,000 activists rallied about five blocks from the site of the 2001 attacks to support the proposed Islamic ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, California, Bigotry, Islam, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, Geert Wilders
Also seen today in lower Manhattan for Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer's hate rally:
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Here's a live video feed of the anti-Muslim hate rally, as Geert Wilders takes the stage: NOS Nieuws - Live - Politiek 24. UPDATE at 9/11/10 12:38:40 pm: Oops ... the live video went black as soon as I posted this. UPDATE at 9/11/10 12:39:19 pm: There we go. It's back. UPDATE at 9/11/10 1:01:43 ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, California, Bigotry, Islam, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, Geert Wilders
The audience for Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer's hate rally is really starting to get warmed up for the big event: Man burns Koran pages near Ground Zero. A hate-filled protester was escorted away from the Ground Zero mosque site this morning after tearing apart a Koran and burning some ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, California, Bigotry, Islam, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer
The hate rally sponsored by Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer's "Stop Islamization of America" is set to begin at 3 pm Eastern time, and their fans are beginning to arrive. (From Diaper's Photostream on Flickr.) Just call him Mr. Sunshine. The skinhead thugs of the English Defense League are getting their signs ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, California, Bigotry, Islam, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, Photograph
Jihad Watch "director" Robert Spencer must be getting pumped up for the big day of rabble rousing tomorrow; usually he's more careful with his rhetoric. He just posted a link to an article arguing that Jesus would have burned Qurans just like psycho preacher Terry Jones. Yes, really: Furnish: The Unforgettable ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, California, Bigotry, Islam, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer
Dennis DiClaudio has a good take on the question of how much blame the media should bear for the media's coverage of the Terry Jones media feeding frenzy: Media Reports on Media Wondering If Media Maybe Had Some Role in Terry Jones Becoming Media Darling. Will Terry Jones end up ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Bigotry, Islam, Dove World Outreach Center, Bad Craziness, Media
As Pamela Geller gloatingly prepares to host her hate rally against the Islamic community center two blocks from Ground Zero, shrieking that it defiles the memory of the victims of the 9/11 attacks, here's a must-read article at the New York Times on a piece of history it might be ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, California, Bigotry, Islam, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, 9/11
In the latest pathetic episode of the psycho preacher clown show, Terry Jones has given his opponent, Imam Rauf, two hours to let Jones know whether he's going to move the Cordoba House even farther away from Ground Zero. GAINESVILLE — The Florida pastor who had canceled the Quran-burning event ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, California, Bigotry, Islam, Dove World Outreach Center
The shrieking harpy shrieks: IMAM TRUMPS AMERICA: NO DEAL FOR MOVING GROUND ZERO ISLAMIC SUPREMACIST MEGA MOSQUE! It didn't take Pamela Geller long to concoct a conspiracy theory to explain why hate preacher Terry Jones called off his Quran burning. In Pamela's fevered "brain" (possibly made more feverish by liberal amounts ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, California, Bigotry, Islam, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, Dove World Outreach Center
If you're disappointed that psycho preacher Terry Jones called off "International Burn a Quran Day," no worries! Because the evil freaks of the Westboro Baptist cult are ready to carry the torch. Westboro Baptist Church, the small Topeka, Kan., church that pickets funerals of American soldiers to spread its message ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Bigotry, Islam, Dove World Outreach Center, Bad Craziness, Westboro Baptist Church, Fred Phelps
Hate preacher Terry Jones has decided he's calling off "Burn a Quran Day." But of course, he can't cancel his bigotfest without putting a deranged spin on it. Saying he got a "sign from God," the fanatical Florida pastor who whipped up international fury by threatening a Koran burning called it ...
Ground Zero, Park51, Cordoba House, Mosque, Bigotry, Islam, Dove World Outreach Center, Bad Craziness