{"id":12958,"date":"2012-09-27T08:38:52","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T15:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=12958"},"modified":"2012-09-27T12:11:26","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T19:11:26","slug":"join-the-struggle-defeat-israel-and-all-forms-of-ignorant-genocidal-maniacal-dominance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=12958","title":{"rendered":"Join the Struggle, Defeat Israel and all forms of Ignorant, Genocidal, Maniacal Dominance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"295\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P0jSSLleGiY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Activist arrested in New York for defacing anti-Muslim poster<\/strong><br \/>\nGuardian &#8211; Peter Beaumont &#8211; 26 September, 2012<\/p>\n<p>Mona Eltahawy, the prominent Egyptian-American writer and activist, has been arrested in New York after spraying paint over a controversial poster on the subway that has been condemned for equating Muslims with &#8220;savages&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The posters were put up in the city by the anti-Muslim American Freedom Defense Initiative, led by Pam Geller. They were approved by a US court, which ruled that they were &#8220;political&#8221; statements and protected by the first amendment, which guarantees free speech.<\/p>\n<p>The poster states: &#8220;In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.&#8221; Between two Stars of David, it adds: &#8220;Support Israel. Defeat Jihad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eltahawy was arrested after a supporter of Geller&#8217;s initiative attempted to prevent her defacing the sign with a purple aerosol.<\/p>\n<p>The posters are now displayed in 10 New York stations \u2013 including Grand Central and Times Square \u2013 after a court ruled that the local transport authority could not refuse the ads.<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted online of the incident by the New York Post, Mona Eltahawy can be seen attempting to paint over the poster before she is tackled by a woman with a camera, who is identified as Pamela Hall.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mona, do you think you have the right to do this?&#8221; Eltahawy is asked. &#8220;I do actually,&#8221; Eltahawy replies, adding: &#8220;I think this is freedom of expression, just as [the ad] is freedom of expression.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As the scuffle continues two police officers appear to then arrest Eltahawy, who says: &#8220;This is what happens in America when you non-violently protest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eltahawy, who has written for this paper, was later charged with &#8220;criminal mischief&#8221; and &#8220;graffiti&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>During the Arab spring, Eltahawy was arrested in Cairo and suffered an assault by riot police which left her with two broken arms.<\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) had originally ruled it would not permit the posters because they were demeaning, but was compelled to take the $6,000 (\u00a33,700) ad after Geller&#8217;s group went to court.<\/p>\n<p>Last month US district court judge Paul Engelmayer ruled that it is protected speech under the first amendment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our hands are tied,&#8221; New York subway spokesman Aaron Donovan said. &#8220;Under our existing ad standards as modified by the injunction, the MTA is required to run the ad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The posters have attracted widespread condemnation including from Jewish figures. Among those who have spoken out against them is Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster, of Rabbis for Human Rights \u2014 North America, who wrote for CNN online: &#8220;As a rabbi, I find the ads deeply misguided and disturbing \u2026 The coded message makes clear who the savages are: those who support jihad, which in Geller&#8217;s mind includes all Muslims. She has called Islam &#8216;an extreme ideology, the most radical and extreme ideology on the face of the Earth&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a Jew, I know the extreme to which baseless hatred can lead. And the Jewish community has been in the past a target of hatred in the United States. Geller&#8217;s message ignores the positive contributions that our Muslim friends, neighbours and colleagues make to our country every single day.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asafeworldforwomen.org\/rights-defenders\/rd-namerica\/3099-activist-arrested-poster.html?\" target=\"_blank\">&#8230;more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"igit_tsb_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crookedbough.com%2F%3Fp%3D12958&amp;text=Join+the+Struggle%2C+Defeat+Israel+and+all+forms+of+Ignorant%2C+Genocidal%2C+Maniacal+Dominance+&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activist arrested in New York for defacing anti-Muslim poster Guardian &#8211; Peter Beaumont &#8211; 26 September, 2012 Mona Eltahawy, the prominent Egyptian-American writer and activist, has been arrested in New York after spraying paint over a controversial poster on the subway that has been condemned for equating Muslims with &#8220;savages&#8221;. 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