Robert Spencer: So Long, Everybody
If I'm shut out of all platforms over the next few days, you'll know why.
My friends, it could be time for me to be saying goodbye. Leftist and Islamic groups have been trying for years to silence all criticism of jihad terror and Sharia oppression of women and others, and in the New Zealand massacre they see the best chance in a long time to move in for the kill. I (along with other foes of jihad terror) could be banned from everything and rendered a non-person, a la Alex Jones, any day now.
This is no exaggeration. Meeting in Istanbul, the International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has called on non-Muslim countries to ban "Islamophobia," which means criticism of Islam, including analysis of the motivating ideology fueling jihad terror. IUMS President Ahmed al-Raisouni said Friday: "IUMS calls on non-Muslim countries to ban the spread of hatred against Islam and Muslims."
Since analysis of the motivating ideology behind jihad terror is routinely smeared as "hatred of Islam and Muslims," this will likely outlaw all such analysis and make opposition to jihad terror effectively impossible.