My Public Library Called the Police on Me

Islamizing the Public Library: Your Taxpayer Dollars at Work Proselytizing for Islam Attack on Free Speech: "My public library called the police on me"

So many issues at work here, so little time. This is yet another example of the Islamization of America and what we at SIOA are combating -- the separation of mosque and state.

This is not only a gross violation of free speech, but it involves using the library for dawah, proselytizing for Islam. If Islamic supremacists are going to use taxpayer-funded secular institutions to proselytize for Islam, Muslims must reciprocate in the spirit of "inter-faith dialogue," "mutual respect," and "mutual understanding." Mosques must open their doors to missionaries from other religions and allow their congregants the opportunity to explore Christianity and other religions and convert out of Islam without fear of death.

Cate sent me her story:

"My public library called the police on me."

I want to share with a few friends what took place at my public library in Columbia, Maryland today. I saw in this article http://columbia.p...atch.com/articles/library-hosting-series-on-islamic-arts-and-sciences about an Islamic seminar taking place today. I was suspicious of propaganda so I researched the co-sponsors: The Howard County Muslim Council and the Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim Christian Understanding at Georgetown University -and this is what I found:

The HOWARD COUNTY MUSLIM COUNCIL has ties to Dar Al-Taqwa on Route 108 in Ellicott City, the county's only mosque. It has been revealed in the past that the mosque's Web site had links to an Islamic news site that carried incendiary, pro-al Qaeda stories.

"PUBLIC POLICY OBJECTIVES" of the Howard County Muslim Council is as follows and is quoted from their website:

"* Involve Muslims in the development of public policy.

*Educate Howard County School officials about the special needs of Muslims, in order to improve public school policies."

In light of the above, the speaker SUSAN DOUGLASS, a Muslim on the staff of the Prince Alaweed bin-Talal Center for Muslim Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, should be of great concern because of her radical connections and influence on public school textbooks and cirricula

http://www.sullivan-county.com/islam/front.htm

I printed out the above link and info with this statement:

"Please be informed that Non-Muslims lived as "Dhimmis" under Islamic control in Spain. Dhimmis are non-Muslims living in a land governed by Muslims. The Jews and Christians were allo...wed to practice their religion but had limited autonomy and were considered 2nd class citizens. They received "protection" by their Muslim rulers, but this did not occur for free. There was a specific tax called the jizya that Dhimmis had to pay to receive these benefits. Having its origin in the Qur'an, it states Dhimmis who did not pay this tax, should either convert to Islam, or face the death penalty (Qur'an 9, 29). Muslims were exempt from this tax. The jizya was not only a tax, but also a symbolic expression of subordination."

I also printed out this article: http://thecandideye.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/saudis-have-radicalized-80-of-us-mosques/

I then headed to the library with the above material. When I arrived, I saw 60-70 people, mostly non-Muslims in attendance. I was 20 minutes late and saw on the program schedule that I had just missed my very liberal County Executive, Ken Ulman, give the "Kickoff Greeting". I was alarmed when I noted that there were a couple of tables displaying proselytizing material on Islam with copies of the Quran. At this point, I decided to go make copies of the material I had brought with me. I returned to the seminar and took photos (see attached) of the display tables and took a copy of each of the brochures that were promoting the religion of Islam. Nearly all the brochures where printed by the ICNA: http:///www.investigativeproject.org/2098/promoting-radical-ideas-what-icna-demands-of-its

The titles of the brochures were: "Islam Explained", "Concept of God in Islam", "Who is Jesus?", "The Prophet Muhammad", "The Origin of the Quran", "Human Rights in Islam", "What does Islam say about Terrorism", "Unveiling the Mystery Hijab", and one by WAMY entitled "The concept of Worship in Islam".

I questioned Meridy McCague, an employee of the library, if there have been any other programs for other religions and she said no, not in the year that she has worked there. She said that Lisa Bankman was the Library employee overseeing the seminar.
As people were leaving I stood outside the conference room and handed out my material to those who accepted it. I started to meet resistance by a few Muslims who demanded to know who was paying me to be there and what my name was. I told them I was there by own free will and I refused to give my name for safety reasons. I said I was a tax payer to the county and I was using my freedom of speech to speak out against the use of my tax dollars to support the library in proselytizing for Islam. Valerie Gross, the CEO of Howard County Libraries, acknowledged that I had a good point regarding the display of Islamic proselytizing material but told me that I needed to disperse my own material 20 feet outside the Library door and that she was calling the police. I said fine, and that I would go outside once the proselytizing material was removed from the displays. She became more demanding that I leave - so I went outside where I was verbally abused by a couple Muslims who accused me of being from the Tea Party and spreading hate and that they had the right to do what they were doing at the library. A few people who witnessed the way I was spoken to, sided with me. The police came as I was leaving and I was called back to the entrance where Valerie Gross admitted to the policeman that I had a right to freedom of speech but pointed out that I did not leave the inside of the library for 10 minutes after being ordered to leave. The officer ordered me to produce my ID and then I was ordered to leave and was told by Valerie Gross in front of the officer that I was banned from the public library from now on!

UPDATE: Thanks to Mitch;

For anybody who would like to chime in and let this library know how you feel about this...

Howard County Library
6600 Cradlerock Way
Columbia, MD 21045
Tel: 410-313-7750
FAX: 410-313-7742
TDD: 410-313-7740
eMail: valerie.gross@hclibrary.org