MINNEAPOLIS SETS UP HOTLINE FOR MUSLIMS TO REPORT ISLAMOPHOBIA

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This is Minneapolis, a hotbed of jihad terror activity.
But the city doesn’t set up a helpline for Muslims to report jihad
activity. Oh, no. That would be “Islamophobic.” This is a helpline for
Muslims to report incidents of “Islamophobia,” including, no doubt, rude
remarks that are not criminal, and accurate analysis of the motivating
ideology behind jihad terror activity.

“Hate speech hotlines operate as government enforcement of fascism,”
said former Rep. Michele Bachmann. “They are a denial of free speech and
the very definition of government censorship. Looking for government
informants to rat out speech the government forbids goes to the heart of
denying American citizens our inalienable rights. Governments CAN NOT
do this under our constitution.”

Indeed. But no one seems to care very much about that anymore.

“Minneapolis installs Shariah hotline for ‘hate speech’ snitches,” by Leo Hohmann, WND, June 21, 2017:

The city of Minneapolis has set up a hotline for
residents to report suspected hate crimes, including “speech and
actions,” according to statements on the city’s website.

The city, which will operate the “service” through its 3-1-1
helpline, is targeting any “harassing behaviors motivated by prejudice,”
according to a press release. Those wishing to report a hate crime from outside the city may dial 612-673-3000.

According to the local newspaper, the Star-Tribune,
“the announcement comes amid signs of a recent surge of such incidents
affecting Muslims and Jews across the country, many of which go
unreported.”

The city’s Department of Civil Rights clearly states on its website that it only enforces hate crimes against certain “protected classes.”

A city official further indicated the impetus for the hate-crimes
hotline was the election of President Trump and that the targets would
be his supporters.

“Since the general election, many of us have experienced, witnessed
firsthand or heard of actions of: racism, xenophobia, sexism and bigotry
directed at people here and in cities across the United States,”
Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights Director Velma Korbel wrote in a statement posted on the city’s website. “In no uncertain terms, hate-motivated speech and actions have no place in Minneapolis nor will they be tolerated.”

Korbel said the city’s tough stance on “hate” is reflected in the
views of its mayor, Betsy Hodges. Korbel states on the city website:

This department echoes Minneapolis mayor, Betsy Hodges’
resolve and commitment when she stated: “I will not compromise the
public safety of the people of Minneapolis to satisfy Trump’s desire to
put politics before public safety. Minneapolis is being built and
strengthened by people from all over the world and I am grateful for
their commitment to our city. I stand with them today and will continue
to take that stand as the President-elect prepares to take office.”

Michele Bachmann, former congresswoman from Minnesota, decried the
new hotline as a form of fascism in which citizens are encouraged to
turn in their neighbors for holding opinions deemed forbidden by the
state.

She said such prior restraints are not allowed under the U.S. Constitution and would not hold up in court.

“Hate speech hotlines operate as government enforcement of fascism,”
she said in an email to WND. “They are a denial of free speech and the
very definition of government censorship.

“Looking for government informants to rat out speech the government
forbids goes to the heart of denying American citizens our inalienable
rights. Governments CAN NOT do this under our constitution.”

Bachmann said the hate-crime hotline is a stealth move by Hodges and
the city council to impose Islamic anti-blasphemy laws on non-Muslims.

“By installing Islamic anti-blasphemy hotlines and advertising for
informants, Minneapolis is violating the doctrine of separation of
church and state,” she added. “What difference is there between the
Minneapolis City Council action and United Nations resolution 16/18
advanced by former Secretary Hillary Clinton?”

U.N Resolution 16/18 encouraged nations to criminalize speech that defames a person’s religious views.

Pushed by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the only speech
the resolution sought to criminalized was speech critical of Islam,
Bachmann said. After years of failure, the resolution only passed after
the language was somewhat watered down.

“Which is interesting, since the OIC continually proclaims death to
the Jews, death to Israel,” she said. “The citizens of Minneapolis
surely can’t be that easily bamboozled into giving away their First
Amendment rights to free of speech.”…

The press release announcing the new hotline gives a broad definition
of “discrimination,” citing any “action or a decision that treats a
person or a group negatively for reasons such as their race, religion,
disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender or gender identity.”

The release also places local police on notice, stating:

If you, your family or someone you know experiences discrimination
based on race, religion, national origin, sex, LGBT status or other
protected classes, or has been the victim of police misconduct, please
call 612-673-3012 or visit www.minneapolismn.gov/civilrights.

Shahram Hadian, whose family fled Iran in the run-up to the Islamic
revolution in 1978, said he was aghast at the Minneapolis hotline.

“This is ultimately what they got passed up in Canada. But this is
the backdoor approach to eventually setting up hate speech laws … hate
crimes morph into hate speech,” said Hadian, a former law enforcement
officer turned pastor who heads Truth In Love Ministries.

“It’s crazy to think my family left Iran because of the impending
Islamic State to come to this nation because of its freedom – and what
other freedom is more precious than your freedom of speech? – and now to
see this backdoor attempt to try to impose hate speech laws.”

Hadian said there would be no logical need for a special hate hotline
because the federal government already has hate-crime laws on the
books.

“This is trying to normalize the concept of trying to turn people in,
and if that doesn’t send shivers down your spine when you think of
1930s Germany, nothing will,” Hadian said.

The Minneapolis City Council last fall passed a resolution condemning violence and hate speech against Muslims.

Hadian said he has no doubt that the Minneapolis officials will seek to target Christians with the new snitch line.

“Obviously it’s moving toward Shariah compliance. This is what Europe
has done,” he said. “You have people arrested there, various examples
of it, and charged with crimes for something they said about Islam. So
this is a back-door attempt to get hate speech laws on the books and to
create the environment of normalcy where you’re going to see Christians
turned in to the government because we are either speaking about
Christianity or because we’re speaking factually about Islam.

“It’s a violation of our fundamental rights under the First
Amendment. That’s chilling, and it’s so disturbing and underhanded what
they’re doing, to say, ‘Let’s start turning people in whom we don’t
agree with.’”

Hadian said the hotline will have a chilling effect on pastors and lecturers in Minnesota.

“So what, the next time I give a presentation, if someone gets
offended, are they going to report me?” he said. “That’s where we’re
headed with this.”

Outside of Minneapolis-St. Paul and Duluth, every county in Minnesota voted for Trump in the November general election.

The people of Minnesota are growing tired of the coercive rule of
intolerant Democrats like Hodges and Gov. Mark Dayton, said Debra
Anderson, who chairs the state’s ACT! For America chapter.

“Communities throughout Minnesota are suffering greatly from the
never-ending demands of Muslims and their civilization jihad, and there
is growing alarm about the increasing threats of and acts of violence
perpetrated by Muslims against non-Muslims (jihad terrorism),” Anderson
wrote in an email.

“This resolution and the hate-speech hotline serves to not only
invalidate the legitimate concerns of indigenous Minnesotans, but also
to silence them,” she said. “I find myself thinking, ‘While our
government leaders’ fundamentally transform our communities (destroy
America),’ they command, ‘Don’t you dare utter a peep … or else!’

“Unfortunately, this is only one of many examples of how our
‘captured’ government is striving to fundamentally transform the Land of
10,000 Lakes into Marxist/Islamist utopia that does not tolerate
dissidents or infidels.”

Bob Enos, another Minnesotan, who recently ran for city council in
Willmar, said he believes the hotline is patently unconstitutional if it
bans or seeks to chill any type of speech.

“Free speech has never been a crime under the U.S. Constitution, hateful or otherwise,” he said.

A search of the Star-Tribune’s stories printed since Jan. 1, 2017, lists only one alleged hate crime against Muslims.

“This new hotline is nothing but a red herring, designed to
ingratiate Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges to the growing Somali voting
bloc. Hence, her photos donning the Muslim hijab,” Enos said.

Enos said it was significant that Islamic preachers are exempt from
the hate crimes prosecuted by Minneapolis, because they are regarded as a
“protected class.”

“After all, the Quran contains at least 109 verses which promote
graphic violence against all non-believers; most especially Jews,” he
said. “So, is not any cleric who promotes the teachings of the Quran
also promoting hate speech?

“This enforcement of standards of speech that Minneapolis’ Democratic
leadership finds acceptable is Minneapolis’ version of an intellectual
Taliban.”