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New York buses will feature anti-Islam ads depicting James Foley

The ad campaign cost Pamela Geller $100,000.

By Thor Benson
American Freedom Defense Initiative
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NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- A blogger named Pamela Geller, known for her criticism of Islam, will be funding an ad campaign featuring images of Adolf Hitler and James Foley's beheading for the purpose of spreading what some consider an anti-Islam, pro-Israel message. The ads also feature an image of the unmasked British man some believe killed Foley. The ads feature phrases like: "Islamic Jew-Hatred: It's in the Quran" and "It's not Islamophobia, it's Islamorealism."

The campaign will be featured on 100 MTA buses in New York City. Geller aims to educate the public on what she believes is a violent religion, and they feature the logo of her American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) organization. AFDI was formed in 2010 by Geller and Robert Spencer as a "human rights entity."

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has come out against the ads, referring to them as "outrageous, inflammatory and wrong," according to New York Daily News. He went on to say the "hateful messages serve only to divide and stigmatize when we should be coming together as one city." The mayor says anyone who sees the ads should take solace in the idea that they are more tolerant than Geller and should not buy into their message. The MTA has stated it has to run the ads, because advertising falls under the First Amendment.

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