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Monday, May 4, 2015
Free speech turns deadly in Texas
An event to award $10,000 for the best cartoon depiction of Mohammad in Garland, Texas turned deadly as a security guard was injured and two Islamists were shot to death trying to bomb the event, according to media reports. Dutch politician Geert Wilders, a critic of Islam, was the keynote speaker at the gathering hosted Sunday night by the new York-based American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI). The Washington Post reports that the two attackers, Cherif and Said Kouachi, shot at the security guard and were later killed by police after a manhunt. The UK Daily Mail reports that the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the shootings, a most notable attack by Muslims on American free speech.
The Daily Mail reports: “Two heavily-armed men suspected to have been carrying explosives were killed by police after opening fire outside the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Dallas, at around 7pm during an controversial event where caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad were being displayed. The SITE Intelligence Group reported that an Islamic State (IS) fighter claimed on Twitter that the shooting was carried out by two pro-Isis individuals. In a series of tweets and links, a jihadist named as Abu Hussain AlBritani, which SITE said was British IS fighter Junaid Hussain, claimed that ‘2 of our brothers just opened fire’ at the Prophet Muhammad exhibition in Texas.”
While underscoring several Islamic attacks on free speech around the world, replete with murders and attempted murders, AFDI President Pamela Geller wrote on the organization’s website prior to the event, “Of course, this event will require massive security. But this exhibit has to be staged. If we don’t show the jihadists that they will not frighten us into silence, the jihad against freedom will only grow more virulent. And we hope that this event will give others the courage to stand up as well and show the world that they aren’t going to submit to intimidation…These supremacists need to be held to account, and the West has to stop this pathetic cowardice and submission to barbarity…It’s time to stand up.”
This is an example of the clash between tolerance for a brutal death cult disguised as a religion and a nation built on religious freedom and freedom of speech. The leftist “civil rights” group, Southern Poverty Law Center, identifies Pamela Geller, and others such as Bridgette Gabriel, Steve Emerson, Daniel Pipes and Frank Gaffney as instigators of anger because of their stance against the brutality of Islam. America is the next crucible of Islamic terrorism, which will be assisted by gangs, leftist politicians, and Marxist organizations. Jesus said in Matthew 24:4, “Take heed that no man deceive you.” Don’t be deceived by those who wish to quell your religious freedom and free speech by assigning those rights to agents of evil.
Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!
Bill Wilson
For God’s Glory Alone Ministries thanks Bill Wilson and www.dailyjot.com
