The “Hecklers’ Veto”

Free Speech & Election Law Practice Group Teleforum

Two American Muslim professors have been targeted by ISIS for criticizing the Charlie Hebdo attacks. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has redoubled efforts to criminalize expressions of “Islamophobia” in Western nations. The most recent Intelligence Squared debate revealed heightened concern about restrictive speech codes on American campuses (e.g., the blacklisting of distinguished speakers who are labeled controversial by some people). What speech is, and what speech should be, protected in these and other contexts?

• Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, Founder and President, American Islamic Forum for Democracy
• Nina Shea, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom, Hudson Institute
• Prof. Eugene Volokh, Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law

Two American Muslim professors have been targeted by ISIS for criticizing the Charlie Hebdo attacks. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has redoubled efforts to criminalize expressions of “Islamophobia” in Western nations. The most recent Intelligence Squared debate revealed heightened concern about restrictive speech codes on American campuses (e.g., the blacklisting of distinguished speakers who are labeled controversial by some people). What speech is, and what speech should be, protected in these and other contexts?

• Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, Founder and President, American Islamic Forum for Democracy
• Nina Shea, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom, Hudson Institute
• Prof. Eugene Volokh, Gary T. Schwartz Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law

Call begins at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

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