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Fri Mar 8, 2013, 12:06 PM Mar 2013

Rabid right-wing dogfight: Pam Geller accuses CPAC of suborning Sharia Law


March 8, 2013 | Add “CPAC vs. Islamophobes” to the growing list of internal conservative squabbles.

“What are they doing at CPAC? Essentially, they are enforcing the Shariah,” said anti-Islam blogger Pamela Geller. “Under the Shariah, the blasphemy laws, you cannot say, you cannot offend, you cannot criticize and you cannot insult Islam. That is effectively what they’re doing, they are enforcing the Shariah.”

Right Wing Watch reports that Geller was speaking on “The Janet Mefferd Show” about her recent snub from this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, at which she usually holds an unofficial panel. “This year I could not get an event, I was banned,” she said, though also noted that in the past, “I wasn’t warmly welcomed because of the influence of what can only be described as Muslim Brotherhood facilitators or operatives like (ex-Bush staffer and Muslim) Suhail Khan and (anti-tax conservative) Grover Norquist.” ...................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/pamela-geller-cpac-enforcing-shariah



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Rabid right-wing dogfight: Pam Geller accuses CPAC of suborning Sharia Law (Original Post) marmar Mar 2013 OP
So Grover Norquist is a Muslim Brotherhood operative? Who knew? NC_Nurse Mar 2013 #1
His wife is a Muslim Angry Dragon Mar 2013 #3
Much More To It Than That, Sir: He Had Close Ties To Two People Doing Hard Time On Terrorism Charges The Magistrate Mar 2013 #4
The Hell Of It is, Sir, Norquist Really Does Have Close Ties To Jihadi Types.... The Magistrate Mar 2013 #2
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