“There are a lot of sources for the teachings of Islam that do not come from a man who became one of the world’s most notorious terrorists,” he added.
But Muslim activists and civil libertarians oppose such measures. Jameel Jaffer, deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the call to remove all Awlaki videos was “misguided.”
Muslim Advocates, a civil rights group in Washington, also rejected a ban. The group said in a statement that YouTube should remove material inciting violence regardless of its ideological or religious bent “and not make an exception based on people’s faith.”