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A United States federal judge has ordered New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to display on its buses a controversial ad that refers to Muslims killing Jews, rejecting the argument that the ad could incite "terrorism" or imminent violence.

In his ruling, published on Tuesday, US District Judge John Koeltl in Manhattan said the ad from the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Islamization_of_America which had previously run in Chicago and San Francisco, was protected speech under the First Amendment of the US Constitution.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/judge-muslims-killing-jews-ads-buses-150422013416574.html

(Geller and the American Freedom Defense Initiative made headlines in September 2014 by launching a $100,000 anti-Muslim ad campaign in New York City’s subway system.

One of the ads depicted American journalist James Foley shortly before he was murdered by ISIS. In a letter to Geller, the Foley family’s attorney stated, “The advertisement you are preparing to run seems to convey the message that ordinary practitioners of Islam are a dangerous threat. This message is entirely inconsistent with Mr. Foley’s reporting and his beliefs.”

The New York Daily News later reported, “Foley’s parents joined critics saying the ads were bigoted and slanderous to law-abiding Muslims, prompting firebrand blogger Pamela Geller to pull the campaign and send a letter to the family.” )

http://www.islamophobia.org/islamophobic-orgs/american-freedom-defense-initiative.html