Harry’s Place, a UK blog dedicated to promoting the ideals of freedom and democracy, is being sued by Mohammed Sawalha, the President of the British Muslim Initiative, which has been linked to Hamas and the Islamic Brotherhood, both terrorist organizations. The blog reports that Mr. Sawalha, according to the BBC…
“master minded much of Hamas’ political and military strategy” and in London “is alleged to have directed funds, both for Hamas’ armed wing, and for spreading its missionary dawah”.
In their revelation of the impending lawsuit against them leveled by Mohammed Sawalha, they write:
Mr Sawalha claims that we have “chosen a malevolent interpretation of a meaningless word”. In fact, we did no more than translate a phrase which appeared in an Al Jazeera report of Mr Sawalha’s speech. When Al Jazeera changed that phrase from “Evil Jew” to “Jewish Lobby”, we reported that fact, along with the statement that it had been a typographical error.
Mr Sawalha has been the prime mover in a number of Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood associated projects. He is President of the British Muslim Initiative. He is the past President of the Muslim Association of Britain. He was the founder of IslamExpo, and is registered as the holder of the IslamExpo domain name. He is also a trustee of the Finsbury Park Mosque….
…Mr Sawalha says that the attribution of the phrase “Evil Jew” to him implies that he is “anti-semitic and hateful”. Notably, he does not take issue with our reporting of the revelation, made in a Panorama documentary in 2006, that he is a senior activist in the clerical fascist terrorist organisation, Hamas.
It looks like Harry’s Place is going up against some pretty top-notch lawyers on this one, and they’ve got guts, but as the post goes on to say:
If Mr Sawalha persists in attempting to silence us with this desperate legal suit, we will need your help.
We won’t be able to stand up to them alone.
This is why we’ve started this blogburst, to get the word out that we won’t let members of Hamas or any radical terrorist group censor us or any of our fellow bloggers.
If you’d like to add your site to the blogroll, simply email us at admin@neoconstant.com, and include your site’s URL.
Then copy and paste this (or write your own) entry into one of your posts. Future posts will be emailed to you. Thanks, and don’t forget to head over to Harry’s Place to show your support of their freedom of speech!
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E.D. is a writer and the editor in chief at NeoConstant. He works and writes in Arizona where he lives with his wife and daughter. He also writes at 
on Jul 11th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Unbelievable. The fact that Harry’s Place can get sued over something this stupid speaks volumes about our current political climate.
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on Jul 11th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Hi Ed, sign me up for the blogburst.
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on Jul 11th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
So far this blogburst looks like it will be a success. We’ve gotten mentioned at Gates of Vienna which is a big help…and many more sites are picking up the message and spreading the word!
on Jul 11th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Give them hell, and make them like it, and if that fails, PUBLISH HERE
on Jul 11th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
E.D., this was a fantastic idea, organizing a blogburst. We bloggers can be a force to be reckoned with when we gather around an idea. I’m busy getting the word out — I hope to send as many others your way as I can.
Great blog, too, by the way! Already in the bookmarks :o)
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on Jul 11th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Thanks, Eowyn…I’ve added Shooting Star to my Links page as well! All the best,
E.D.
on Jul 11th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
I read about this news while searching material for my blog. I pay my respects to harry and all bloggers who dare to tell the truth without fear or shame.
From Puerto Rico,
Michael (PODER 5)
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on Jul 12th, 2008 at 12:39 am
E.D., I e-mailed Glenn Reynolds at instapundit.com about this — turns out he already posted on it on July 10 — but he mentioned it AGAIN, and he linked to you!
If you’re not aware of him, he’s very, very big here in the U.S. Literally millions of readers. Whenever he links somewhere, that website always experiences what is known as an “Instalanche,” or a big spike in traffic (depending, of course, on people’s choice of hits).
Let’s hope it’s a good one!
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on Jul 12th, 2008 at 3:40 am
Wow, Eowyn. Atlas Shrugs and now Instapundit, too! I can’t help but think the terrorists, their lawyers, and any other litigious saps out there trying to quell free speech simply don’t stand a chance!
Thanks!
E.D.
on Jul 12th, 2008 at 3:46 am
E.D., it’s like I said to Glenn — it’s a small thing to someone as influential as him, but it’s HUGE to us who are trying to influence the small people :o)
My companion karmasurfer often says to me, inch by inch is a cinch. This is his philosophy — and mine — in a nutshell.
We WILL.
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on Jul 12th, 2008 at 4:30 am
I don’t have a website (yet) but I support Harry’s Place — and I’m sure there are many lizards at LGF that would as well…
on Jul 12th, 2008 at 6:01 am
I’m proud to join a blogburst in support of Harry’s Place. Thank you for doing this. I hope at some point it will be possible to contribute financial support for their defense. Please keep us posted.
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on Jul 12th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
May I add my active blog The Doc Spot to your blogburst in support of Harry’s Place .
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on Jul 12th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Add me to those who will stand on the ramparts to protect truth and freedom to express it.
on Jul 12th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Which ever he said it still is anti-Semitism. And the last time I looked, that was considered “hate speech” in the UK.
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on Jul 13th, 2008 at 3:16 am
I think it is time to counter sue for a frivolous lawsuit, emotional distress and impeding free speech. I would also sue for the hostile and threatening nature of this organization as it is linked to terror, using money for acts of violence. I think that a punitive damage of a large amount of money would send a small message to the people who want world domination. Harry’s Place should be left alone. I think this muslum organization has too much money and time on its hands.
on Jul 13th, 2008 at 4:56 am
Sign up the Grizzly Groundswell!
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Thank you for banding together. I already have the post up! and send out to my network!
Mr. Chad T. Everson
on Jul 13th, 2008 at 6:54 am
Sadly, this is just another in a long line of lawfare attacks, coming dangerously close to a guerrilla assault upon our common sense, and the sense of what freedoms should be inherent in our lives and words.
Please, sign me up for the Support Harry’s Place blogburst. Just let me know if there’s anything else I can do.
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on Jul 13th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Dear Neoconstant in support of Harry’s Place:
Hey, being a conservative libertarian and humorously casual kinda guy, I’ll support Harry’s right to have a voice without ANY brand of loon, especially an anti-Semite terror supporter like Mohammad ‘Chuckles’ Sawalhwa, trying to absurdly attack and sue him. I don’t care if he’s Left or plaid, Harry has a lot of quality. Three cheers for Harry, he’s our pal!
Colonel Neville.
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on Jul 13th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
I am putting up your site to my links. I support you in your fight against radical Islamists in the uk.
gary fouse
fousesquawk
on Jul 13th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
I wish Harry all the luck in the world, as long as he has solid proof, facts, to back his posts, he should be OK, unless the UK courts system is really messed up, and on that, I have NO idea…
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on Jul 14th, 2008 at 10:50 am
It really grinds my gears when I see the little guy getting stomped. But what really rips me up is realizing how this is happening everywhere and often. Left to go on it’s present course, we won’t have anything to say to anyone for fear of a hurt feeling.
I got your back on this one.
I support Harry’s Place and I’m proud of it.
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on Jul 15th, 2008 at 7:09 am
As an American who is appalled at what is happening in Europe, especially in the Uk, where radical Islam is slowly but surely imposing it’s belief system at the expense of freedom and the Christian and Jewish faiths, I too want to express my support and will pray that your right to free expression will not be taken away. I am deeply concerned over the recent decision by your high court to allow Sharia Law to be exercised among UK Muslims….it seems more and more concessions are being made to appease those that practice Islam….and the same is happening here in the States. People just don’t understand Islam, the Muslim mindset and the very real threat we face….it is not a UK problem or a US problem…it is a worldwide problem.
on Jul 15th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Just sent you an email to add me to the blogburst.
–TNC
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on Jul 15th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
The mass media and most governments spend a lot of time these days bending over backwards for Muslim radicals, in the apparent hope that they won’t become the next target. Fat lot of good it does them! Backing down to bullies never works! Viva la Blogburst!
on Jul 18th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
They were a little slow– but the Jerusalem Post has finally picked up on this story: Muslim leader threatens blog with legal action.
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on Jul 18th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Thanks for the link Krishna. Too bad they didn’t mention the blogburst, though….
on Jul 21st, 2008 at 5:23 pm
We are lowly musicians but support the blogburst.
go here:
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if ‘these people’ win…music & laughter will be punishable by death. Time for all musicians & artists to wake the fkup. This isn’t PC nicey-nicey…this is Life or death!
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on Aug 20th, 2008 at 4:11 pm