BLOOD LIBEL: RADICAL ISLAMS CONSCRIPTION OF THE LAW OF DEFAMATION INTO A LEGAL JIHAD AGAINST THE WESTAND HOW TO STOP ITRobert A. Pate, Samford University Abstract On May 19th, 2009, a panel of distinguished legal professionals assembled in Washington, D.C. at a conference, entitled Libel Lawfare: Silencing Criticism of Radical Islam, to discuss radical Islams exploitation of Western libel laws to silence authors and journalists who seek to expose terror-financing networks and criticize radical Islam.