Showing posts with label subways. Show all posts
Showing posts with label subways. Show all posts

Sunday, 7 October 2012

Anti-Jihad ads heading for Washington, DC


In a court ruling, it was decided that anti-Jihad adverts could be displayed in the Washington, DC metro, as has already been done in New York City and San Francisco.
Washington Metro asked for an injunction against the notorious posters, which were scheduled to appear on trains throughout the city from late September, saying they should be delayed indefinitely in the wake of the recent fallout from the "Innocence of Muslims" film.
They were concerned that these posters might provoke fallout, as with the riots and demonstrations over the film, throughout the Islamic world... read more.

Friday, 5 October 2012

Jewish & Christian groups respond to anti-Muslim NYC subway ads


Three different groups are responding to the launch of anti-Muslim ads in the New York City subways last month, by hanging posters of their own, right next to the "hate ads."
Digital Journal reported on September 22, that a federal judge had ruled that the city’s transportation authorities could not legally refuse to host anti-Jihad ads in the subway.
The ads, prominently displayed in the subway, read, "In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat Jihad" and were placed by the executive director of the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), Pamela Geller.... read more.