Media Darling Celeb Imam Yanked off You Tube

Media Darling Celeb Imam's Sermons Yanked Off YouTube

Back in January, I wrote a post entitled Islam: the blurry line between respected authority and inciter of violence. The line itself is not blurry, it's very clear -- right and wrong, good and evil. It is the media elites, the chattering class, the political elites that blur the lines.

Case in point: Imam Anwar Awlaki, the go-to imam that the media went to (the "moderate" imam) for all things Islam right after 911. Apparently so did the 911 hijackers for spiritual guidance.

New York Taqiya Times Gets It Wrong: Al-Awlaki's Jihad

So did the Pentagon. They had the pious Imam to dinner, Devout Muslim Awlaki also provided succor and Islamic spiritual guidance to the Fort Hood jihadi, the Christmas balls bomber, and the Times Square deadly car bomber -- and that's what we know of.

Big media, the NY Times, the Washington Post and U.S. Government believe any Muslim who is not actively setting off a bomb is ipso facto a "moderate." But they no qualm vicously attacking me or Spencer as the real "extremists."

YouTube yanks cleric's jihad sermon videos: NY Times



YouTube has yanked videos featuring calls by Yemen-based radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi for a holy war, The New York Times reported.

The American-born Awlaqi has been cited as a catalyst for terrorist attacks and was charged Tuesday in absentia in Yemen with incitement to kill foreigners under the banner of Al-Qaeda.

The move by Yemeni prosecutors came several days after parcel bombs destined for Chicago were traced to suspected jihadists in Yemen.

Removal of some of Awlaqi's hundreds of videos at YouTube follows complaints from American and British officials, according the Times.[...]

Awlaqi, a citizen of both Yemen and the United States, has appeared in more than 700 YouTube videos that have logged a combined total of 3.5 million views, according to the congressman.

"We're now looking into the new videos that have been raised with us and will remove all those which break our rules," said a spokesperson for YouTube, which received complaints about Awlaqi videos from several members of Congress.

"We will continue to remove all content that incites violence according to our policies. Material of a purely religious nature will remain on the site."

YouTube reviews snippets based on complaints and then removes those violating its terms of service.