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My friends at the Maryland Conservative Action Network were kind enough to invite me to speak on a panel about New Media at their “Turning the Tides” conference Saturday in Annapolis. Then on Friday, a friend sent me a link to a Huffington Post article calling for protests of the conference:
In light of the recent report by the Center for American Progress, “Fear Incorporated: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America,” which exposed the $42.6 million industry that fuels the Islamophobia infrastructure in America, American Muslims have begun to challenge this grassroots movement by waging their own counter-grassroots movement… .
This national trend is being played out in Annapolis, Md., this weekend. On Oct. 29, the Maryland Conservative Action Network will host the Turning the Tides conference, and they are facing protest due to the involvement of Frank Gaffney and several other leading Islamophobic speakers. Former Maryland Delegate Saqib Ali, along with Khuram Zaman, a social media activist, are organizing a coalition to raise awareness about the event to Maryland residents. Zaman and Ali have partnered with Equality Maryland, CASA de Maryland, the Islamic Society of Annapolis, the Muslim Public Affairs Council, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in denouncing the Turning the Tides conference… .
This is very good news: Nothing like a bunch of noisy left-wing protesters to garner some free publicity and, as every conservative knows, you’re nobody until you’ve been denounced by CAIR.
The HuffPo article called me “an extremist right-wing blogger,” but I confess I’ve been so busy covering the Herman Cain presidential campaign lately that I haven’t done much work for “the $42.6 million industry that fuels the Islamophobia infrastructure in America,” Then again, I wasn’t aware this “industry” was so lucrative. So I’ve told the conference organizers to cut me in for my share of that $42.6 million — small bills, please — and we’ll consider it an advance payment for future fear-mongering.
Lord Monckton will be among the featured speakers at Saturday’s conference and will join attendees at a post-conference “happy hour” at the Annapolis Doubletree Hotel. The conference fee is $75 and all right-wing extremists are welcome.
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Zilla | 10.29.11 @ 8:01AM
So Hamas-tied islamic supremacist terror front group CAIR screams about the thought crime they call "islamophobia". hmmm... Let's have a look at what CAIR's intentions for the USA are, IN THEIR OWN WORDS:
"Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Koran should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth."
- Omar Ahmad, chairman and cofounder of CAIR - 1998
But don't worry, they are 'moderate' islamic supremacists, that means they might not kill you, if you are willing to submit to islam and the sharia rule - pay up, dhimmi!
David W| 10.29.11 @ 8:52AM
Only $42 million? What happened, have the evil Koch brothers or the evil Zionist world domination league decided to become cheap?
Keep fighting the good cause Mr. McCain!!!
martin j smith| 10.29.11 @ 10:29AM
I hope you have security guards who can throw out any of those who try to interfere with your fee speech.
When Left Wing Extremist Goons come to events of those who disagree they are never polite. Your Freedom of Speech needs to be protected.
Hobbes| 10.29.11 @ 12:30PM
Last time Lord Monckton contributed a racist diatribe to TAS, then assistant editor Andy Ferguson (now with the Weekly Standard) had to denounce the racist tripe in the letters section. You must be proud RSC.
Kingofthenet| 10.29.11 @ 2:26PM
So my Fairy Tale Religion is better than YOUR Fairy Tale Religion?
Oldefarte| 10.29.11 @ 3:55PM
Count me as another of those 'Islamophobic speakers' since I'm against any religious groups that preach hatred/killing of non-believers. When they/Muslims begin to outlaw such hatemongering within their religious services/practices and to publically condemn its members who do same, then Islamophobia will no doubt disappear!!!!!
Richard Baker| 10.30.11 @ 3:49AM
Why, what happened to the First Amendment and Free Speech? I guess that's not a concept in vogue with the Shariah crowd. All this nonsense because liberals want us to get most of our oil from "sheep stealers" instead of using our own resources and bidding these members of the "Religion of Peace" and their resources adieu.