Taroudant, Morocco - The anti-Islamic ads bankrolled by right-wing blogger Pamela Geller in New York City's subway system this month have been yanked after criticism from slain journalist James Foley's heartbroken parents.
Led by blogger Pamela Geller, the right-wing group American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) ran a series of anti-Islamic ads in New York City's subway system that shows captive journalist James Foley moments before he was decapitated.
The Zionist group was forced to modify the ad after receiving a letter from the Foley family opposing the use of the image of their beheaded son.
However, the anti-Islam ad is still running featuring a different image, but with the same headline that reads, “Yesterday's moderate is today's headline,” and a bold expression printed in red at the bottom of the page that reads, “It’s not Islamophobia, it's Islamorealism.
According to the New York Post, the other anti-Islamic ads scheduled to appear in New York and San Francisco will go forward this week.
In the letter sent to the anti-Islamic group, the Foley family wrote, “The advertisement you are preparing to run seems to convey the message that ordinary practitioners of Islam are a dangerous threat. This message is entirely inconsistent with Mr. Foley's reporting and his beliefs.”
With her regular anti-Islam campaign since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America and extreme views, Pamela Geller apparently is doing whatever it takes to spread a distorted broad brush view of Islam.
Ironically, the United States, which has laws to fight all forms of segregation and discrimination, has no law against hate speech per se (unless it poses an imminent danger of unlawful action, where the speaker has the intention to incite such action and such action is likely as a consequence of his or her speech), and worse allows such ads to run in public spaces.
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