A series of billboards at some Metro North stations that link Islam to terrorist attacks are raising some eyebrows.
A group called the American Freedom Defense Initiative is behind the billboards that include the phrase "It's not Islamaphobia, It's Islamorealism", according to the Connecticut Post.
The signs also show the number 19,250, which the group claims is the number of terrorist attacks linked to Islamic extremists since Sept. 11, 2001.
The same ads went up at Metro North stations in New York about a week ago.
Metro-North Railroad is now reviewing its policy of allowing noncommercial messages at train stations. A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it doesn't endorse the ad from the American Freedom Defense Initiative, but doesn't ban advertising based on the message, according to the Journal News of Westchester County, New York.
The MTA was criticized last month over pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel ads that were placed at some Metro North stations. In light of the recent controversies surrounding the billboards, Joseph Lhota, CEO of the MTA, said the agency will probably discuss its policies on political ads next month, the Journal News reported.
The American Freedom Defense Initiative is headed by Pamela Geller, a political activist who blogs about her views on the Muslim religion. Geller placed similar advertising on buses in San Francisco, according to her blog.
