DOJ Official Refuses To Answer Question Regarding The Criminalization Of Free Speech That Criticizes A Religion

Congressman Trent Franks questions the Assistant Attorney General, Thomas Perez, over whether or not the Department of Justice would entertain criminalizing free speech that criticizes religion. Perez refuses to answer the question.

The Obama/Holder DOJ: The move toward criminalizing criticism of Islam

31 July 2012: During the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution oversight hearing held on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Thomas Perez, refused to answer Congressman Trent Franks question whether the Holder Justice Department’s agenda includes the abrogation of a U.S. citizen’s right to free speech by making it a criminal offense to merely criticize Islam. The question stemmed from a meeting on October 19, 2011 at George Washington University between justice department officials and a group of Islamists. Speaking at the 2011 meeting was Sahar Aziz, a female Egyptian-American lawyer, who advocated the criminalization of any criticism of Islam by redefining criticism as discrimination.

The two-and-a-half minute exchange took place about 23 minutes into the hearing, when Congressman Franks asked Perez a simple, direct question whether his department was essentially considering criminalizing speech critical of a particular religion.

He prefaced his question by recounting Perez’ attendance at the meeting and his favorable response to Aziz’ prompts to make any critical talk or writings against Islam a criminal offense, despite American’s current enjoyment of such protection under the First Amendment.

“If the Department of Justice can’t even answer whether they will entertain or advance a proposal that criminalizes speech against any religion, then it’s pretty late in the day.” –Congressman Trent Franks

It’s clear that the Obama/Holder Department of Justice has aligned themselves with the Islamist agenda, and is proactively attacking our freedoms under the First Amendment.

Peering behind the agenda

It is apparent that the Progressives, led by Obama, his appointees and czars, and using the Department of Justice as his personal army to advance the Islamist agenda in the U.S. and force Islamic Sharia law on the people, there is an even larger agenda at play. In addition to Obama’s ongoing war against America Christians and Jews, and our Judeo-Christian values, there is something even more sinister embedded within this agenda that transcends just the religious aspect.

The imposition of Sharia law, which encompasses criminalizing critical speech and writings of Islam, serves to incrementally erode other aspects of our Constitutional rights as well. Embracing Sharia and those who advocate it’s coexistence within our legal structure will have ramifications well beyond religion. Sharia is being used by the Progressives, the Socialist and the Marxists already in power to reformulate our educational policies, employment, and to a large extent, our national security policies.

Islamic Sharia law is a perfect companion to – and a tool of those wanting to eradicate our national sovereignty to usher in a system of global governance. The problem is that the Islamists don’t see it, most on the political right don’t see it, and the majority of the public certainly don’t see it and won’t see it until it is too late.