CHRONIQUE DE L'ISLAMISATION DES USA
Last October, Ernest Perce was marching in a Halloween parade in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, dressed up as a zombie version of the prophet Mohammed
when he was physically confronted by Talaag Elbayomy, a Muslim
immigrant who found his costume offensive.
According to Perce, Elbayomy
grabbed him, chocked him, and then tried to rip off the “Mohammed of
Islam” sign that Pence wore around his neck.
Elbayomy later admitted to a
police officer on the scene that he had tried to grab the sign,
believing that it was a crime in the United States to insult Mohammed.
But when Pence brought criminal harassment charges against Elbayomy, the
district judge, Judge Mark Martin, dismissed the case.
More outrageously, he proceeded to lecture
Perce in a stunningly ignorant fashion about his rights under the First
Amendment. After claiming that the First Amendment was intended “so
that we could speak what’s on our mind, not to piss off other people and
cultures,” and informing Perce that in Muslim countries causing such
offense to Islam “could be punished by death, and frequently is,” the
judge in effect blamed Pence rather than his attacker.
“You are way
outside your bounds of First Amendment rights,” the judge concluded.
Since then, the judge’s comments (which he does not deny making) have
touched off a national firestorm of criticism and controversy. Perce,
the Pennsylvania state director of American Atheists, joined Front Page to discuss his legal ordeal, the threat to free speech in the U.S., and the explosive reaction to the case.
FP: What message or messages do you think were sent by the
judge’s decision to dismiss your case – and especially by his decision
to chastise for you giving offense to Muslims?
EP: In my opinion, the message sent
by the judge is that Muslims now have the absolute right to defend
their religious beliefs, even if by means of force.
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