To those who contacted us claiming that we are representatives or supporters of Faith Freedom, you are mistaken. We are neither.

We realize that Faith Freedom made the following coverage:

Egyptian Blogger Arrested, Expelled From Al Azhar For Exposing The Truth

Dahsyat: Siswa Al Azhar Mengutuk Islam! (Indonesian)

The Jailing Of Abdel Kareem, Egyptian Blogger

Nine Years For Nothing: Egyptian Blogger Nabil Soliman Goes on Trial

Kareem Amer (forum post)

There Is No Deity but the Human Being (featuring the campaign’s translation of his post)

This support for Kareem is not linked to us in any way. They made no contributions whatsoever to this campaign.

This support for Kareem is also aimed not at the promotion of free speech, but rather the destruction of Islam and general disrespect of Muslims, something that we do not support in this campaign. Thus we are not associated with Faith Freedom; and would not like to be. Thank you for understanding.

To repeat ourselves:

The creators and main supporters of the Free Kareem Coalition are Muslim, and we are doing this despite what Kareem said about our religion. Free speech doesn’t mean “speech that you approve of.” It includes criticism.

You may be disgusted at what he said, even angered. That’s okay, so are we! But we will defend with all our might his right to express such opinions, because it is his basic, inalienable human right. We stand by and fully support Kareem through these difficult times and will continue working on this campaign until he is freed.

Instead of attacking us for either reasons:
1) For being Muslim and embracing Islam
2) For supporting Kareem who is against the teachings of Islam

Please be respectful of what we are trying to do here regardless of your backgrounds and biases. We’re doing it in the name of freedom and free speech, not to enforce any ideologies or beliefs.

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