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Poster advertisements likening Muslim radicals to savages are set to appear on the New York subway system on Monday after a conservative blogger won a court order allowing them to be displayed.

The provocative ad reads: “In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat Jihad.”










The poster that is set to be displayed in New York











Rightwing writer Pamela Geller, who once led a campaign against an Islamic centre near the site of the 9/11 terror attacks in New York, won the court order in August.

The posters will appear in 10 city subway stations from Monday.

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) had initially refused to allow Geller's advertisements to be displayed, calling the message “demeaning”.

But a US District Court Judge ruled last month that she was protected under the First Amendment, which provides freedom of religion and of expression.

“Our hands are tied,” MTA spokesman Aaron Donavan told the Associated Press. “Under our existing ad standards as modified by the injunction, the MTA is required to run the ad.”
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