{"id":5909,"date":"2022-08-26T20:09:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T00:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/?p=5909"},"modified":"2022-08-26T20:09:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T00:09:46","slug":"stand-with-salman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/alberta\/stand-with-salman\/","title":{"rendered":"Stand With Salman"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5909\" class=\"elementor elementor-5909\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d8f2fe6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d8f2fe6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-93e6335\" data-id=\"93e6335\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9a690a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9a690a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d621171 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d621171\" data-element_type=\"section\"><div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\"><div class=\"elementor-row\"><div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ddd434\" data-id=\"2ddd434\" data-element_type=\"column\"><div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\"><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0595fdf elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"0595fdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\"><p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\"><i>\u201cA poet&#8217;s work&#8230;to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world and stop it from going to sleep.\u201d <\/i><\/p><footer><cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">\u2014 Salman Rushdie<br \/><i>The Satanic Verses<\/i><\/cite><\/footer><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e825773 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e825773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><div class=\"elementor-divider\">Statement from FAIR:<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1edb5e0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1edb5e0\" data-element_type=\"section\"><div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\"><div class=\"elementor-row\"><div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2745aac\" data-id=\"2745aac\" data-element_type=\"column\"><div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\"><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-555f36d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"555f36d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>FAIR is committed to advancing individual civil rights and liberties for all. The most vital among these rights are freedom of speech and free expression.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The August 12th attack on Salman Rushdie in Chautauqua, New York is a sobering example of what can happen when we abandon those principles. Intolerance of free speech is the first step on the road to violence, and we must oppose it emphatically for the sake of free society.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Salman has been a staunch supporter and defender of free speech and free expression for over 30 years\u2014ten of which he spent in constant mortal danger as a result. We unequivocally condemn the violence perpetrated against Salman, and stand with individuals everywhere who are brave enough to speak their mind in the face of intolerance.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/fair-statement-on-the-salman-rushdie-attack\/\">Please click here to read more of FAIR&#8217;s statement on the attack on Salman Rushdie.<\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fairforall_org\/status\/1562581165726662659\">Link to Twitter, #StandWithSalman<\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/unherd.com\/2022\/08\/the-infidels-will-not-be-silenced\/?tl_inbound=1&amp;tl_groups[0]=18743&amp;tl_period_type=3&amp;mc_cid=19b82ea0e8&amp;mc_eid=6e82ceb8fa\">&#8220;The Infidels will not be silenced. Like Salman Rushdie, I choose freedom&#8221; &#8211; Ayaan Hirsi Ali<\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsense.news\/p\/we-ignored-salman-rushdies-warning?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\">&#8220;We Ignored Salman Rushdie&#8217;s Warning.&#8221; &#8211; Bari Weiss<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA poet&#8217;s work&#8230;to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world and stop it from going to sleep.\u201d \u2014 Salman Rushdie The Satanic Verses Statement from FAIR:&nbsp; FAIR is committed to advancing individual civil rights and liberties for all. 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