WASHINGTON — A U.S. District Court judge in Washington DC has ruled that the city's subway system must allow a pro-Israel ad that equates Muslim radicals with savages to be displayed in Metro stations. Legal experts say there is no way around the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which protects freedom of speech, even when some people consider that speech offensive. Metro officials had raised concerns that this ad could incite violence especially after the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya. The ad reads: "In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat jihad." To many Muslims, jihad means an internal spiritual struggle. But some have used the religious concept as an excuse for violence. Nihad Awad is executive director of the Council on American Islamic Relations. The group advocates for American Muslims. "So far the overwhelming majority of those who viewed the ads condemned them. Condemned the bigotry, the hatred behind it, and the organizers of it," Awad said. The ads are sponsored by The American Freedom Defense Initiative, a pro-Israel group that says it is fighting against the Islamization of America. Two U.S. civil rights organizations list it as a hate group.
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