Fightin' Words

There's a post over at Hot Air entitled The Forbidden Library. I reproduce it here in its entirety, italicizing the titles of books where that was not done in the original; please visit the original site and leave a nice comment for the author.

The Forbidden Library,
posted at 11:42 am on August 13, 2007 by Bryan

Peruse the “complete” list of banned and challenged books, and you won’t find a couple of titles that we’ve been discussing here on Hot Air lately. Neither Alms for Jihad nor Funding Evil, nor any of the other three books that Khalid bin Mafouz is attempting to suppress, are on the list. Perhaps the list just needs updating. Or perhaps the list’s authors aren’t aware of the legal jihad against free speech that runs from courtrooms in the UK to airplanes, campuses and courts in the US, to India and nearly everywhere else.

Since my last update, several of you have reported that your local libraries have copies of Alms for Jihad. It might be a good idea to inform libraries that have the book that Cambridge Press might request that their copies be returned. If librarians are aware of the reasons, they might decide to keep the books pending a ruling in Dr. Ehrenfeld’s case against Khalid bin Mafouz. And perhaps one or two of them will read Alms for Jihad and understand that the Patriot Act isn’t their most dangerous enemy: Libel tourists are.

I received Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed — and How to Stop It, by Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld last week. Since it was published in the US, and since Dr. Ehrenfeld is courageously battling bin Mafouz almost singlehandedly to keep the book in publication, Funding Evil isn’t likely to be banned. But it’s still a book that’s worth getting soon, if you want to see how terrorism finance works laid out in exhaustive detail. Funding Evil will arm you with enough knowledge to see the outlines of the jihad strategy to spread sharia and Dar al Islam around the world. It is dense with enough detail to make it a vital reference, yet engaging and readable for mainstream audiences. It ought to be available in every library in America and the West.

Scanning the book, it’s not hard to see why Mr. bin Mafouz wants it squashed. He appears on page 22 accused of dropping tens of millions of dollars directly into terrorist bank accounts. He appears on page 39 dropping funds into the bank accounts of “charities” that are in turn known supporters of Hamas and al Qaeda. His family turns up throughout the book funding various causes that just happen to funnel money to terrorist groups. The book certainly either defames or defines his character. Given the fact that other authors have researched bin Mafouz’s finances and found similar financial connections and transactions, it’s more likely the latter. So he sues.

Dr. Ehrenfeld’s fight will set free speech precedent for decades to come. If she succeeds, overseas courts will not be able to punish authors whose books are published in the US but sold internationally via Amazon and other online outlets. If her fight fails, then Khalid bin Mafouz will use his billions to come after other American authors who expose how terrorism is financed and fueled by wealthy Saudis and others who appear to be trying to buy their way into paradise by funding worldwide homicide bombing. And he’ll come after US reporters, columnists and bloggers too. Her fight is our fight and your fight too.

Funding Evil is essential reading. With a foreword by former DCI James Woolsey and a critique of the 9-11 Commission report as well as details on terror financing and support for the legal jihad that reach right into the Saudi royal family, Funding Evil is indeed a book that the Saudis don’t want you to read.

Bin Mahfouz & his jihadi buddies will be coming after all of us; sooner or later, everyone who doesn't agree with them will be a target.

You can fight now, while Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld is on the front line in a legal jihad, or you can wait until you are being sued.

Or, you can wait a little longer until the politically correct and gutless thought police are banging on your door.

Or, you can wait still more until the mindless khawarij automaton terrorists show up!

Sooner or later, you either fight or submit.

Fight now, while you still have a choice.

Fight now, while you still have allies to fight along side you.

Fight now! Help the Counterjihad -- help Rachel!

"...whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender...."
Winston Churchill

"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time!"
Chesty Puller, USMC

"I have not yet begun to fight!"
John Paul Jones

Submit?

"That'll be the day!"
John Wayne

And that's not just a bunch of hot air, pilgrim!

-------- August 14 Update --------

One of my email tipsters mentioned the link so we could go and donate to Dr. Ehrenfeld's campaign at The Center for American Democracy. I replied that I already had it in another post.

Then another tipster mentioned it again.

Oh, I get it. (Finally! Duh!) The link needs to be prominent in every post, and easy to find, to make it as easy as possible for people to go and donate.

The American Center for Democracy
Support Page

Freedom isn't free, folks. Dr. Ehrenfeld is doing the hard part. Let's help her out!

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Hat tip to my email tipsters!