A coalition of religious organizations representing a broad spectrum of faiths is buying up ad space in Metro stations to counter an advertising campaign mounted last week that many observers see as anti-Muslim.
28 member groups representing Christians, Jews and Muslims seek to respond to advertisements
Shoulder to Shoulder, which includes 28 member groups representing Christians, Jews and Muslims, is placing in three Metro stations billboards that seek to respond to advertisements by the American Freedom Defense Initiative, a pro-Israel group that implores riders to “Support Israel. Defeat jihad.” Those ads also contain the line, “In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.” Their placement was funded by Pamela Geller, a New York-based blogger who is deeply critical of Muslims.
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Shoulder to Shoulder is a heart warming initiative that people from various religions in USA have gotten together and pooled their resources and efforts to fight hate speech, anti-Islam propaganda and preaching of prejudices. This is the USA, we appreciate and not the USA of PAMELA GELLER and this so-called FREEDOM MOVEMENT. An The ad equating Muslims with savages and pledging to support Israel and “defeat jihad” is racist and so is the American Freedom Defense Initiative.
American does not need such blatant propaganda against another religion and its followers.