'Silenced' Authors: Sharia Proponents Suppressing Our Right to Free Speech

by Secure Freedom Radio
Big Peace
November 14, 2011

https://www.legal-project.org/1881/silenced-authors-sharia-proponents-suppressing

Excerpt:

Is the international community facing a suppression of the freedom of religion and speech in the face of Sharia law? If so, will the world be dominated by theology rather than democratic principles? Director of the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute, Nina Shea, and her colleague, Paul Marshall, join Frank to discuss their new book, Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes are Choking Freedom Worldwide. Shea and Marshall give us an insight into the world where fear of violence for speaking out against Sharia is leading to massive self-censorship. Additionally, the State Department has issued a memorandum to their employees barring them from saying such words as "Salafi, liberty, and jihadist." Is this memo a way of curbing racism in the workplace or another example of the growing influence of Sharia?

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