The advertisement reads: “It's not Islamophobia, it's Islamorealism.” The ad, sponsored by blogger and ultra-conservative political activist Pamela Geller also links some 19,250 “terrorist” attacks since September 11, 2001, with Islam. She told CBS radio station 1010 WINS in New York that the sign is intended to tell people that it is not “Islamophobic' to oppose jihad terror.” “The ad is just stating a fact. There have been well over 19,000 jihadi attacks since 9/11,” Geller said. “People need to know this. Obviously, everybody is surprised by this number and I think that's part of the reason why we need to run these ads. People need to know this is going on across the world.” The Metropolitan Transpiration Authority in New York (MTA) said it doesn't support the advertisement's argument displayed in the ad, but doesn't bar advertising based on content. WCBS also reported that the American Freedom Defense Initiative previously attempted to place another ad with the MTA that had a picture of a mosque next to a plane flying toward the World Trade towers with the words “Why There?” In a decision earlier this summer, the federal court declared that the MTA would be violating the American Freedom Defense Initiative's First Amendment rights if they blocked that ad. “If we decided to put ask for ads saying Israel and Jews were savages, we would be protested and the court would agree with them that they are hate speech so I don't see the difference here," said Muslim-American and CUNY student Omar Makram Radwan. The Pakistani-American, who has lived all his life in New York City, told Bikyamasr.com that “this sort of hate speech is now being tolerated by judges and as Ramadan hits it is very unfortunate. People are angry." The judge, however, said that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) was wrong in rejecting Geller's ads. Geller is the executive director of the American Freedom Defense Initiative. She publishes a blog called Atlas Shrugged that warns of growing “Islamization" in the United States and around the world.
