Did you get a chance to read “Defending Islam from Free Speech” by Robert C. Blitt  in the Monday, January 12, edition of USA Today? He points out that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League are responsible for spreading the  belief that any insult directed against the Muslim faith or its profit demands absolute  suppression. Until leaders of the Muslim world stop endorsing turning blasphemy into a  crime, I think we can continue to expect incidents like those in Paris, Pakistan,  Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Nigeria, etc.  Some have compared the right to free speech with laws against Holocaust denial –  do you also find this argument specious? I support freedom of expression, not freedom  to lie and deny the truth – hence, this blog. I am not opposed to people  holding any opinion they want, but I am opposed to people freely spreading lies  without consequence or encouraging murder and violence against others. France Did a Time Article Justify Terror Attack in France? (Honest Reporting) Where's the Coverage? Only Woman Murdered at Charlie Hebdo Was "Definitely  Killed Because She Was Jewish" (CAMERA) You may have learned from the coverage  that the Kouachi brothers knew exactly who they were looking for, that they called out the names of their victims and methodically executed them. But very few media outlets have reported on Elsa Cayat. Paris: Grand Mosque Open, Grand Synagogue Closed - Lawrence A. Franklin  (Gatestone Institute) Iran Iran Eclipses U.S. as Iraq's Ally in Fight Against Militants (AP-Washington Post) Partners for Peace? In Gaza, Hamas and the PA Are at Each Other's Throats Again - Avi Issacharoff  (Times of Israel) Abbas' terror-hypocrisy continues - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW) Islamists killing 16 French civilians is terror. Palestinians killing 37 Israeli civilians is  heroism. Saddam Hussein - Fatah and PA hero - - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik  (PMW) Saudi Arabia Saudi ISIS Members Attack Saudi Border Guards on Iraqi Frontier -  (Asharq Al-Awsat-UK) Saudi Arabia Provides $60M for PA as Financial Aid Plummets (WAFA-PA) Saudi Arabia's "Great Wall" to Keep Out ISIS - Richard Spencer (Telegraph-UK)   The Saudis are building a 600-mile-long "Great Wall" - a combined fence and ditch - to  separate the country from Iraq. Syria Missile-Manufacturing Firms in Syria Are Built by Iran - Adam Kredo (Washington  Free Beacon) Turkey Turkey Says It Helped Hamas Become "Mainstream"  (Hurriyet-Turkey) Reception for Palestinian President in Turkey Mocked as Ottoman Circus (Al-Masry  Al-Youm-Egypt) United States Joan Peters will be missed. See video: http://www.levitt.tv/media/watch/680 U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem to Arm Palestinian Guards in Breach of Agreement - Itamar Eichner (Ynet News) The ISIS of Africa – Michael J. Totten (World Affairs Journal) The United States isn’t  directly involved in all these wars—Israel battles Hamas and Hezbollah, and the French  took out the proto-Islamic state in Northern Mali—but if a huge swath of Africa collapses  and Boko Haram metastasizes fully into an ISIS-linked entity with staying power, what  happens in Sub-Saharan Africa may no longer stay in Sub-Saharan Africa. Limits On Liberty?: Nearly 20 Percent Of Americans Think Religion Should Not Be  The Subject Of Satire – Simon Brown (Americans United for the Separation of Church  and State)