Posts Tagged: Free Speech
British Jewish Leaders Outraged by London University Anti-Israel Protest Which Required Police Intervention
Leaders of Britain's Jewish community expressed outrage on Friday after a lecture on Thursday night by a former IDF soldier at a London university was stormed by protesters,...
Violent Incitement, Not Grievance, Drives Knife-Wielding Palestinian Children
On Wednesday, Israeli security forces disrupted a plot involving two 8-year-old, knife-wielding Palestinian children who wanted to carry out a stabbing attack against Israelis. The children "admitted to have...
Kudos to the University of Chicago on Commitment to ‘Rigorous Debate’
With a new academic year approaching, it was reassuring to read a headline declaring, “Free Speech Is the Basis of a True Education.” Following recent...
Erdogan-Gulen Power Struggle Divides European Turks
On the night of July 15, members of the Turkish military stormed the state-run TRT news agency in Ankara and forced an anchorwoman to read...
Anger, Honor and Freedom: What European Muslims’ Attack On Speech Is Really About
"Clash of civilizations," some say. Others call it the "failure of multiculturalism." Either way, the cultural conflicts between some Muslims and non-Muslims worldwide continue to...
Erdogan Critic Unfazed by Threats of Prosecution, Death
For 17 days this month, Dutch columnist Ebru Umar was held against her will in Turkey, and legally barred from leaving the country. Her alleged crime: insulting...
Free Speech Activist Warns: It May Soon Be Illegal in Canada to Call Someone Antisemitic
It may soon be illegal in Canada to publicly label someone an antisemite, a conservative Canadian pundit and free speech activist warned in an op-ed on...
Erdogan Expands His Assault on Journalists Beyond Turkish Borders
Ebru Umar was angry. A Dutch journalist of Turkish heritage, she has been known to take that anger to the page. On the night of...
Bangladeshi Writer Who Criticized Islamic Extremists Is Executed
Another secular writer has been murdered in a hacking attack in Bangladesh. Nazimuddin Samad, a law student, was walking home in Dhaka on Wednesday when four masked men...
Douglas Murray: Free Speech Under Assault, Litigation by Islamists, Liberal Apologists
Two days after the Brussels bombings on March 22, a man who had tweeted something deemed offensive to Muslims was arrested in Britain, the associate...
On College Campuses, ‘Liberal’ Students Destroy Free Speech
Accepting Syrian refugees into the United States is an emotional issue. People are suffering and dying in Syria and throughout the broader Middle East. The grotesque...
Selling Books ‘Offensive’ to Muslims Lands 3 Bangladeshis in Jail
The arrest of three people during a book fair in Bangladesh on Monday may be an indication that Islamist violence and intimidation, sadly, can work. Publisher Shamsuzzoha Manik...
#ExMuslimBecause Trend Stands Up To Extremists
Is this the real Arab Spring? Shortly after the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, Maryam Namazie, director of the Council of Ex-Muslims in Britain (CEMB), created the hashtag "#ExMuslimBecause"...
Yelling ‘Allahu Akbar!’ in a Crowded Movie Theater
On a busy Syrian street, members of al Qaeda held a Muslim woman captive. As part of their "street justice," one man loudly proclaimed that...
