URGENT ACTION NEEDED -

Please contact your Senator or Representative and ask them to attend a special showing Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 6:30 pm in Room 2247 Rayburn House Office building of the documentary “Islam vs the Islamists,” about the struggle by moderate Muslims against Islamist extremists. This is the documentary that PBS has blacklisted and that liberals and CAIR are trying to keep from EVER being shown on any network.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has not released distribution rights to the producers, and they are under great pressure from Islamist groups to ban the documentary from ever being shown. The producers are able to do small showings such as this one tomorrow in Congress, and if you can convince your representatives or their staff to attend, CPB may release distribution rights so this excellent documentary can be seen around the world.

We all ask why the voices of moderate Muslims are silenced by the extremists, and this documentary answers that question. We cannot permit far left bureaucrats in PBS and the Islamist Lobby groups in Washington DC to silence all voices. Below is some sample language for an email, fax or phone call to your representative. You can find your Congressional representatives’ contact information here: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

Dear Congressman/Senator:
I want to bring your attention to an important event on April 25, at 6:30 pm for you and your staff.
The documentary “Islam vs the Islamists,” banned by PBS, will be shown Wednesday, April 25, 2007 in Room 2247 Rayburn House Office Building at 6:30 p.m. This taxpayer-financed documentary, on the struggles by moderate Muslims against Islamist extremism, was dropped for left-wing political reasons from a television series that aired last week on more than 300 PBS stations nationwide.
Please do not permit PBS to blacklist this documentary on moderate Muslims in the U.S. and overseas. Moderate Muslims are the very people we are trying to protect and encourage. The film itself has been viewed by numerous film professionals and their reviews are uniformly extremely positive. Based on what I’ve read and heard about the documentary, I hope that you and your staff will find it educational and eye-opening.

The producers of the film, ABG Films, are trying to obtain distribution rights from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Please direct CPB to release the distribution rights. As a U.S. taxpayer who helped fund this documentary, I would like to be able to see it and to let others worldwide see it. Please do not let PBS stand in the way of freedom of speech and journalistic integrity.

Event: Showing of CPB-funded, PBS-banned documentary: “Islam vs. the Islamists”

Time: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 – 6:30 pm

Place: 2247 Rayburn House Office Building

Regards,

Your Name
Congressional District
Contact info

[Please consider also contacting the Corporation for Public Broadcasting directly to request that they release distribution rights for “Islam vs. the Islamists” to ABG Films, the producers of the documentary. Contact info is below]:

Ombudsmen
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
401 Ninth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004

http://www.cpb.org/ombudsmen/

Patricia Harrison, President and CEO
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Comments Line:
Main Phone Number:
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
401 Ninth Street, NW
Washington, DC
http://www.cpb.org/contact/contact.html