Sarah Sayeed at Puff Ho: ‘Responsible Speech for the ‘Collective Good’

Sara Sayeed is a hijabee with all the ‘right’ ingredients to get a gig at the PuffHo: she dabbles in ‘interfaith’, (Islam-promo)  ’social justice’ (redistribution of wealth) and ‘human rights’ (which means special rights for Muslims).*

Sayeed lectures us “that individual freedom need not compromise collective well-being,” (Aslim Taslam: submit to Islam and you’ll be safe) and that freedom of speech should be “responsible.”

PuffHo Jihad:

“What Pamela Geller Can Teach Us on Christmas”

A question for Sara Sayeed:

Where is that elusive country where muslims and non-muslims live in “collective well-being” and peace?

Interesting that there is not one Muselturd out there willing to criticise Islam.

That’s because the ‘religion’ of the meshugga profit is ‘perfect’, and  those who oppose it will feel the wrath of allah, which is the collective fury of 1.5 gazillion allahu-akbaring lunatics.

Unfortunately Sayeed or any Muslim group anywhere has any program or initiative for teaching against the ideology that inspires jihad (here).

Pamela Geller sets the record straight:

The Huffington Post continues to wage its jihad against freedom and its champions. The Huffington Post, aka the Puff Ho, consistently displays an editorial bias that is almost indistinguishable from that of the designated terrorist news outlet, al Manar.

There was no holiday reprieve from the Islamic supremacists at the Puff Ho. No, on Christmas day, Sarah Sayeed of the “Interfaith” Center of New York wrote: “A new set of ads by Pamela Geller show the Twin Towers in flames next to a passage from the Quran warning that ‘fear that shall strike the hearts of unbelievers.’ Many see the message as Islamophobic and intended to provoke fear about Islam in America.”

Sayeed’s timing was unfortunate, to say the least. On the same day her article appeared, Nigerian Muslims murdered six Christians who were attending Christmas services. And in Indonesia, a savage mob of 200 Muslims, including hijab-wearing women, pelted Christian worshippers with rotten eggs and bags of urine and dung. Both of these Muslim groups were motivated by Quranic teachings like the one quoted in my ad, making it harder for Sayeed to convince anyone who is informed about current events that my ads are “Islamophobic and intended to provoke fear of Islam in America.”

If anyone is promoting fear of Islam in America, it is the Muslims worldwide who kill people in the name of Islam and jihad. Sayeed should be challenging them, not me.

In her article, Sayeed attempted to teach us about freedom, explaining what’s wrong with it, and how we can adhere to the Shariah so that Islamic supremacists won’t get all angry and violent and kill people – which, of course, is their right in the event that we say something that violates the Shariah and upsets them. Sayeed explains “that individual freedom need not compromise collective well-being,” and that freedom of speech should be “responsible.”

Responsible? According to whom? Shariah advocates? She goes on to preach to us that each one of us is “not truly independent.” Not under Islam, Sayeed, but under the Constitution I am.

It pains me that Sayeed is not railing against the oppression, subjugation and slaughter of non-Muslims living in Muslim countries. Nor is she battling the influence among Muslims of the Quranic verses that inspire jihad, such as the one depicted in my ad, or calling for a reform of these Quranic teachings. Instead, she perverts the murder of 3,000 Americans on 9/11. Sayeed contends that by pointing out the ideology behind the over 20,000 deadly Islamic attacks since 9/11, I am “boost[ing] their message and potency.” As if the slaughter of hundreds of thousands wasn’t “potent” enough. Does she condemn that? Uh, no.

Sarah Sayeed should be fighting for the rights of non-Muslims under the Shariah. She should be fighting for the rights of women under the Shariah. She should be fighting against forced marriage, female genital mutilation and child marriage. Contrary to the claims of Islamic apologists at the Huffington Post and elsewhere, Islamic clerics justify all of those things by pointing to Islamic texts and teachings. Instead, Sarah Sayeed is fighting … me.

And it’s not just Sayeed: No Muslim group anywhere has any program or initiative for teaching against the ideology that inspires jihad. There is no large-scale or serious attempt at reform going on, despite the fact that Muslims worldwide commit violence in the name of the Quran and Islam on a more or less daily basis. This month Robert Spencer has been running a daily series at his website Jihad Watch, “Hatred and Violence in the Quran Awareness Month.” Seeing it, it’s easy to understand why this violence is happening: The Quran is full of vitriol and contempt for non-Muslims and calls to wage war against them.

Sarah Sayeed should be fighting against that. By fighting against me instead, she reveals her real agenda: to front and cover for those violent jihadists and deflect attention from the root causes of their actions.

Our Quran ads are going up on every clock in the New York City subway system the first week of January. The ads are imperative in light of the unending deception about the reason why we were attacked and continue to be the target of jihadists across the country and the world.
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“Interfaith” means da’awa:

Sara Sayeed must be one of a million tossers who dabble in social justice and human rights crapola in order to fundamentally transform America.

Sarah Sayeed has been involved in interfaith activities in New York City for more than a decade. As Program and Communications Associate, at the Interfaith Center of New York Sarah currently runs the Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer Retreats for Social Justice, and programs that bring Catholics and Muslims together in social service partnerships.

She is also a board member of Women in Islam, Inc., a social justice and human rights volunteer organization dedicated to the empowerment of women through knowledge and practice of Islam. In this capacity, she helped author the booklet, “Women-Friendly Mosques and Community Centers: Reclaiming Our Heritage.”

Sarah earned a degree in Sociology and Near East Studies from Princeton University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication from the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. She also holds a certificate in Reconciliation Leadership through the Institute for Global Leadership.

Sarah’s work at the Interfaith Center of New York and with Muslim communities is featured in an online exhibit of the Tribute World Trade Center Visitor Center, titled “Renewing Our American Dream after 9/11.” She regularly presents and facilitates discussions on Islam, Muslim women, and interfaith relations.