This is a good piece from The Jerusalem Post which discusses the phenomenon of lawfare. I actually like the author's name for it better: Judicial Jihad.
The term Judicial Jihad gives a lot more breadth to discuss the many ways in which jihadis are using the legal systems of democratic nations to impose sharia upon the rest of us.
They use defamation lawsuits, threats of action, and other intimidation tactics via lawyers to stop people from expressing their opinions about radical Islam and/or to interfere with attempts to shed light on the money trails leading from various Western-based front organizations to Middle Eastern Islamic terrorist groups.
The author makes a very salient point here: "Legal suits are costly; I was fortunate to have loyal supporters who raised a war chest. The other side's attorneys are often pro bono member ideologues."
This is the problem faced by many brave souls here in Canada, facing their own local versions of the Judicial Jihad. Fortunately, Mark Steyn had Maclean's magazine and the Rogers empire backing him. Ezra Levant successfully raised funds from internet appeals as have bloggers Kathy Shaidle and Kate Macmillan. Jonathan Kay of the National Post has CanWest backing him. But many others face these costly battles alone.
I agree and disagree with the following: "A consortium of the best Jewish and pro-Israel legal brains should be on call, to judge the ramifications and the most appropriate jurisdictions, to use the courts in ad hominem defamation, group libel and even cases of anti-Semitic terrorism."
It would be fantastic if smart, Jewish and non-Jewish legal minds would put pro bono time toward these causes and help individual bloggers, writers and Israeli politicians who face unwielding legal threats and seething from the Caliphate.
I do not, however, believe that the courts are the place to fight antisemitic (ie: Islamic) terrorism. For that, the best place is on the battlefield and we need to empower our armies to beat the crap out of the barbarians wherever they are and bring the best firepower, manpower and brains to the battle-and keep taking the battle to them.
If terrorist organizations hold assets in western democracies, then yes-courts should be used to drain their bank accounts-but the courtroom is not our central battlefield.
Judicial Jihad is just one of the many tools that the jihadists have at their disposal as they pursue their dreams of destroying our way of life and our liberty, and trying to force us into submission to Islam.
