As a response to the horrendous shooting massacre of Charlie Hebdo cartoonists in Paris by Islamic Jihadists for producing satirical drawings of Prophet Muhammad, a group of those freedom defenders assembled in Garland, Texas on May 4, 2015 for an exhibition of Prophet Muhammad's paintings. Organized by the American Freedom Defence Initiative (AFDI), led by anti-Jihadist activists Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer, the exhibition came under shooting attack by two American Jihadi foot-soldiers of Islam (See here).

Instead of defending those courageous defenders of freedom, the media elite immediately went on the offensive against them, condemning and disparaging Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer for organizing the event, cleverly stating that while we have the right to freedom of speech, it must be exercised responsibly. In other words, we must limit our freedom of speech that will offend Muslims. Since Muslims feel offended by opposition to their push for introducing totalitarian Sharia Law in Western societies, we must not oppose or speak against it, we must surrender our freedom of speech.

CNN, in a cleverly-contrived article, wrote about the American Freedom Defence Initiative (AFDI) that “Its name paints an image of a group dedicated to protecting American ideals. But critics call it the opposite – an intolerant hate group opposed to freedom of religion.”

Over the years, Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer have written numerous articles and many books critical of the totalitarian ideology of Islam without ever calling for hatred or violence against any person or group of people that can define their organization as an “intolerant hate group opposed to freedom of religion.”

On another CNN program, the commentator stated that Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer were inviting the attack by organizing the Prophet Muhammad cartoon exhibition. CNN also smeared Geller and Spencer as far right activists, who inspired Anders Breivik and therefore were responsible for the 2011 Olso massacre.

In the West, ridiculing and disparaging of holy religious symbols, including Jesus and prophets of Judaism, by writers and artists are a common thing, protected by Free Speech right. When followers of those religions raise their voice against those literary and artistic works, the same media elite come out in force to defend those artists referring to their right to Free Speech. But when similar literary and artistic work on Islam's holy symbols are produced, the media elite come out all guns blazing to attack the offending artist.

The elite media in the West need to consistent in their response to critical works on religion. More than anything, they must defend our constitutionally guaranteed right to Freedom of Expression, come what may. Instead of attacking the artists, who produce critical work on Islam, media should focus on why only Muslims respond with violence whenever a literary or artistic work hurt their religious feelings. The fact is: Those two gun-trotting Jihadi Muslims were only following teachings and commandments of the Quran, Hadith and Sharia Law. Their violent attack on Garland exhibition was pure Islam in action.