{"id":62496,"date":"2015-01-28T10:45:03","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T18:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=62496"},"modified":"2015-01-28T10:45:03","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T18:45:03","slug":"muslims-rally-against-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=62496","title":{"rendered":"Muslims Rally Against Free Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2015\/01\/muslims-rally-worldwide-against-free-speech\/#dJVJTpoYG3SUheYQ.99\">WND<\/a>: In protests around the globe, Muslims are demanding an end to free speech when it concerns satire or criticism of Islam\u2019s founder, Muhammad.<\/p>\n<p>The protests are a direct response to the massive free-speech rallies in France and other Western nations after the Islamic terror attacks in Paris on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. A dozen people were murdered when the offices were attacked by Muslim jihadists, and about the same number of people were injured.<\/p>\n<p>The anti-speech protests started soon after the Jan. 7 terror attack and have swept through Islamic nations in the Middle East as well as Africa, the North Caucasus, Afghanistan, Pakistan and even among Muslim populations in Western nations like Australia.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with WND, Pamela Geller, author of \u201cStop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance,\u201d observed there is little support for free speech in the Muslim world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere have Muslims demonstrated against the death penalty for blasphemy and in favor of the freedom of the speech? Nowhere. Where are the hundreds of thousands of Muslims demonstrating in defense of free speech? 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