Most readers will remember Ahmed the Clock Boy, the young “Texan” culture-enricher who in 2015 brought the innards of an old electronic clock to school in a briefcase, causing him to be mistaken for a terrorist carrying a bomb. As we reported here last August, Ahmed’s dad (who happens to have a Mohammed Coefficient of 200%) filed a lawsuit against a number of media outlets and other organizations for their allegedly “defamatory” statements. Among the plaintiffs was the Center for Security Policy.

Today a judge in Texas dismissed the lawsuit. Below is a press release from CSP with additional information about this encouraging news.

Center Victorious in ‘Clock Boy’ Lawsuit Aimed At Suppressing Free Speech, Defeating Sharia-Supremacism

(Washington, DC): The Center for Security Policy commended today the judiciary of Texas for upholding that state’s commitment to freedom of speech by dismissing a frivolous lawsuit aimed at punishing the Center for Security Policy and its Executive Vice President, Jim Hanson for exercising that constitutional right.

The suit alleging defamation was brought last year by Mohammed Mohammed, the father of Ahmed, widely known as the “Clock Boy,” after the latter brought a clock device resembling a bomb to his school in 2016. It sought damages from the Center and its EVP in response to public statements made by Mr. Hanson, a former Green Beret, noting the resemblance of the younger Mohammed’s self-declared “invention” to a bomb. The plaintiffs also took exception to Mr. Hanson’s opinions regarding the potential motivations of the Mohammed family and Islamist groups like the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) that actively promoted the Clock Boy’s claims that he was a victim of discrimination and Islamophobia.

Fortunately, a Texas statute prohibits Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP), thereby protecting free speech and citizens’ right to speak their minds without having to defend themselves in court.

Upon learning that, as recommended by the Center’s counsel, the American Freedom Law Center, District Court Judge Maricela Moore had dismissed the suit, Jim Hanson observed:

This ruling reaffirms our most fundamental liberty — the right to free expression — and punishes Mr. Mohammed and his allies for attempting to suppress ideas they oppose. The Center for Security Policy will continue to stand firm against all attempts by individuals and groups like CAIR that seek through lawfare and other means to prohibit any criticism of totalitarian Islamist doctrine and to brand as Islamophobes those who point out their efforts. Shutting down free speech is anti-constitutional and un-American.

The Center for Security Policy recently released a book establishing the ties between the Council on American Islamic Relations and one of the world’s most notorious terrorist groups: CAIR is Hamas: How the Federal Government Proved the Council on American Islamic Relations is a Front for Terrorism. The monograph may be downloaded for free at www.SecureFreedom.org.