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Video maker sues so it can promote Muslim film in NY subways
Associated Press ^ | Jun 25, 2015 1:03 PM EDT | Mike Balsamo

Posted on 06/25/2015 10:06:24 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Two Muslim filmmakers have filed a lawsuit against the operator of New York subways claiming the agency rejected their advertisements under a rule that prohibits disputed political views. They argue the ads have nothing to do with politics and should not be banned.

In a lawsuit filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court, the filmmakers, Negin Farsad and Dean Obeidallah, claim the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is violating their First Amendment right to free speech.

The two created the advertisements to help promote their 2013 film, “The Muslims Are Coming.” They say the overall message of both the ads and the film is “that American Muslims are ordinary people.” …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; akadeblasio; alsharpton; andrewcuomo; billdeblasio; blackkk; chirlanemccray; election2016; newyork; newyorkcity; nyc; nycsubways; nypd; rop; themuslimsarecoming

1 posted on 06/25/2015 10:06:24 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Aloha Snackbar!


2 posted on 06/25/2015 10:12:32 AM PDT by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: Olog-hai

American Muslims are ordinary psychopathic perverted savages.


3 posted on 06/25/2015 10:16:09 AM PDT by beethovenfan (Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
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To: cld51860

Ham, salami, bacon.
The press will love this compared to American sniper.


4 posted on 06/25/2015 10:17:48 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Olog-hai

Do they know what will happen to those posters in the subway station?


5 posted on 06/25/2015 10:19:19 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: Olog-hai

The Diseased Religion is a Theocracy, so it IS about politics.

And Happy Rama Llama Ding Dong to them and Moe,
piss be upon him.


6 posted on 06/25/2015 10:29:14 AM PDT by CaptainPhilFan
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To: Olog-hai

The whole country is obsessed with the confederate flag and is attempting to eradicate it.
Meanwhile, people rape, burn and murder in the name of an ideology, and that ideology is being promoted.


7 posted on 06/25/2015 10:48:39 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
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To: Olog-hai

I’m sure the same people who have been savaging the “Southern Cross” for the last week will jump to the “free speech” defense of these clowns.


8 posted on 06/25/2015 10:51:40 AM PDT by WayneS (Don't blow smoke up my ass and tell me it's raining...)
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To: Olog-hai

Nazi Germany demands their teachers in schoolrooms across America.


9 posted on 06/25/2015 12:44:33 PM PDT by MaxMax (Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS,)
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To: longfellow

I think they do. They’re always desperately searching for incidents of ‘islamophobia’ and defaced posters would suit them quite nicely.


10 posted on 06/25/2015 3:52:18 PM PDT by pluvmantelo (My hope for America died 11-06-12.)
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To: pluvmantelo

Nobody but the scumbag media will care.


11 posted on 06/26/2015 7:48:03 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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