“Chaffey Joint Union High School District Supt. Mat Holton said Zehlif was incorrectly identified as another student named Isis.” So somehow the two names got transposed — was the name Bayan Zehlif under Isis Phillips’ picture? This was either an innocent mistake or a prank. If the latter, the offending louts should get a detention or something — but national news? Come on. In my high school yearbook there is a full-page photo lifted out of National Lampoon’s parody yearbook, showing kids in shop class smiling happily in front of a saw, with several severed fingers on the table in front of them: we rogues on the yearbook staff sneaked it in, and laughed uproariously when it got through and no one caught it. Big deal. Kids will be kids.
Bayan Zehlif writes furiously: “The school reached out to me and had the audacity to say that this was a typo. I beg to differ, let’s be real.” How does she know? And even if it is a prank, why is it such a huge deal? The Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is, of course, squeezing this incident for everything it can, but it actually betrays the poverty of their “Islamophobia” narrative: genuine incidents of “Islamophobia” are so scarce that they have to make a nationwide controversy over a girl getting called the wrong name in her high school yearbook. If Muslims were really being persecuted wholesale in the United States — murdered, raped, denied jobs, spat upon, what have you — they would be sounding the alarm energetically. Instead, all they have to shore up their preposterous claim that Muslims are being routinely victimized in the United States is…Isis Phillips.
Because of the infrequency of actual hate crimes against Muslims, along with the high premium placed on victim status today, Hamas-linked CAIR, designated a terror organization by the United Arab Emirates, and other Muslims have on many occasions not hesitated to stoop even to fabricating “hate crimes,” including attacks on mosques. A New Jersey Muslim was found guilty of murder that he tried to portray as an “Islamophobic” attack, and in 2014 in California, a Muslim was found guilty of killing his wife, after first blaming her murder on “Islamophobia.”
This kind of thing happens quite frequently. The New York Daily News reported recently that “a woman who told cops she was called a terrorist and slashed on her cheek in lower Manhattan on Thursday later admitted she made up the story, police said early Friday. The woman, who wore a headscarf, told authorities a blade-wielding wacko sliced open her face as she left a Manhattan cosmetology school, police sources said.”
And not long ago in Britain, the murder of a popular imam was spread far and wide as another “Islamophobic hate crime” – until his killer also was found to be a Muslim.
The Mirror reported that the imam “was targeted because he had made efforts to turn youngsters away from radical Islam.”
According to The Detroit News, a Muslim woman, Saida Chatti, was “charged with making a false police report after she allegedly fabricated a plot to blow up Dearborn Fordson High School to retaliate against the November terrorist attacks in Paris….Police say Chatti called Dearborn investigators Nov. 19, six days after Islamic extremists killed 130 people in Paris.”
And similarly in Britain, a Muslim woman was “fined for lying to police about being attacked for wearing a hijab. The 18-year-old student, known only as Miss Choudhury, said she was violently shoved from behind and punched in the face by a man in Birmingham city centre 10 days after the atrocities in the French capital on November 13.”
In today’s politically correct environment, hate crimes are political capital. They foster the impression that resistance to Islamic terrorism equals hatred of Muslims, and results in the victimization of innocent people. Hamas-linked CAIR and other Islamic supremacist organizations want and need hate crimes against Muslims, because they’re the currency they use to buy power and influence in our victimhood-oriented society, and to deflect attention away from jihad terror and onto Muslims as putative victims. Want power and influence? Be a victim!
Will Isis Phillips, er, Bayan Zehlif, get invited to the White House and the United Nations, like Ahmed the clockmaker?
“High school yearbook misidentifies Muslim student as ‘Isis Phillips’,” by Zahira Torres, Los Angeles Times, May 8, 2016:
A high school yearbook is supposed to be a keepsake, but for a Muslim student in Rancho Cucamonga it will be a painful reminder of being misidentified as “Isis Phillips” in a photo that showed her smiling and wearing a hijab.
Bayan Zehlif, a student at Los Osos High School, posted a photo from one of the yearbook’s pages on Twitter and Facebook. The caption below the photo did not have her name but instead identified her as Isis Phillips.
Years ago, such a blunder might be dismissed as a simple misprint, but Isis — once a popular baby name — is today often associated with the acronym for the extremist group Islamic State.
“I am extremely saddened, disgusted, hurt and embarrassed that the Los Osos High School yearbook was able to get away with this,” Zehlif wrote on Facebook. “Apparently, I am ‘Isis’ in the yearbook. The school reached out to me and had the audacity to say that this was a typo. I beg to differ, let’s be real.”
Chaffey Joint Union High School District Supt. Mat Holton said Zehlif was incorrectly identified as another student named Isis. He said the school has contacted the families of both students and assured them that an investigation will be conducted.
“If they find that a student acted irresponsibly and intentionally, administration will take appropriate actions,” Holton said. “The school will assure students, staff and the community that this regrettable incident in no way represents the values, or beliefs, of Los Osos High School.”
Holton said the issue surfaced on Friday after the school distributed 287 yearbooks to its seniors. He said the school halted any further release of the yearbooks until it fixes the error.
Students who already received yearbooks are being asked to return them, Holton said.
The incident sparked anger on social media from people accusing the school of espousing hate and calling for the students and staff members responsible to be held accountable.
The [Hamas-linked] Council on American-Islamic Relations called for a “thorough investigation” in a statement released Sunday, alleging that the incident may not have been the first for the school.
The statement said Zehlif and her family had suffered emotional and psychological distress and that she probably would not return to school until the issue is resolved.
“We join with the family in their concern about a possible bias motive for this incident and in the deep concern for their daughter’s safety as a result of being falsely labeled as a member of a terrorist group,” said Hussam Ayloush, executive director of the council’s Los Angeles chapter. “No student should have to face the humiliation of being associated with a group as reprehensible as ISIS.”
Los Osos Principal Susan Petrocelli apologized on Twitter. She said the school was investigating the “regrettable misprint.”…

American says
Yep, this is pretty horrific. But Christians beheaded in Iraq, hardly worth a mention. We need a CCIR (Council of Christian Islamic Relations) to raise some attention when Christians and Jews are harmed or abused by Muslims.
aDhimmiSaysWhat? says
Dear mr. Spencer,
I have become an avid follower of JW as of late. I check into JW multiple times a day at this point. The one thing that jumps out at me is that you post multiple articles every day. Have you ever considered starting an actual news program with a TV anchor to educate the public on the danger of Islam?
Wellington says
Actually, personally, et al., I have no problem whatsoever with ANY Muslim identified with ISIS since any such identification would either be possessed of little error or none at all. And I challenge anyone to demonstrate why my contention here is an error.
mortimer says
What motive would any Muslim have to disagree with Caliph al Baghdadi, one of the best-read Muslim scholars in the world?
To disagree with al Baghdadi is tantamount to disagreeing with Sharia law.
Kathy Brown, Esq. says
Hahahahahaha Welling! I love it-hadn’t thought of that angle, but of course you did. And I happen to agree with you 1,000,000,000%!
And another thing. Can anyone here even conceive of raising such a whiny, self-centered, pathetic KID? I mean, give me a break.
Altho’ I must say: If little cupcake Zehlif is representative of most muslim kids hey-I can definitely see how the ‘moms’ want them to kill themselves. I mean anything to get the little s_ _t out of the house, am I right?
linnte says
I certainly can’t argue against you! Hahahaha! Someone on the Yearbook staff knew enough to slam her into reality.
خَليفة says
I agree too. I’m sure many other JW readers agree too, but don’t bother to post it.
Angemon says
Judging by her reaction and attitude, this stuck-up b**** had it coming. I wonder what was her nickname among whatever peers she might have had?
What if they want to keep them? Will the police go into their homes to take them by force?
Oh, for f***’s sake. You’re coddling a generation that sees hate everywhere without knowing what hate is to begin with.
I’m guessing that they’re not talking about other “misprints” in general but specifically about “misprints” involving muslim students – because f** the others. I think the school should fight fire with fire – they should tally up the number of total “misprints” that took place as far as they can look and see whether “misprints” involving non-muslim students are more or less than the ones with muslim students. If they are (which, if we’re talking about pranks, perhaps even a tradition, they will be), then the school can say muslim students are less likely to be… erm, whatever they’re calling it (targeted?), and focus on the plight of the other students. Heck, if there’s even one black student involved they can get BLM and Al Sharpton crying “racism”. In fact, if no black student suffered such a prank it’s even more racist – what, black students aren’t good enough to be pranked? C’mon guys, it’s 2016!
Well, I heard a certain “Clock Boy” moved to Qatar. Maybe you should follow his example?…
Kathy Brown, Esq. says
Now this is a classic Ange. THIS is worthy of placement in the SIOA Hall of Fame!
Yes: Little Z most certainly needs to move out of the country entirely. Nothing else will do for our little Snowflake. I mean, if she remains here who knows what could happen? Why, someone might just tell her that they didn’t like mo-ham (pee be upon him)! And wouldn’t that be even WORSE-I shudder to think of it-than a typo?
In fact, I think Z ought to kill herself right now. It’s the only way, really, that she can guarantee herself an utterly pain-free existence. Of course, that would have a highly desirable side effect, namely, that then she won’t breed 3, 5, 10 more little terrorists just like herself.
abad says
And yet the funny thing is this:
Ask Americans of a certain age group and background about Isis, the first thing they will tell you she was an Egyptian goddess, and that there used to be a Saturday morning television show called the “Shazam/Isis Hour” back in the 1970’s.
Mention Isis to Muslims and all they think of is themselves.
What a perverse form of selfishness these Muslims possess!
Mark Swan says
Exactly
FuturePresident says
It was probably just an accident. How about instead of milking it, you move on?
Alistair cromley says
Who gets to edit the year books?
I seriously doubt someone working in the school system would commit career suicide by deliberately swapping names, unless they had just won the lottery.
mortimer says
Is Bayan Zehlif a supporter of ISIS and would she tell anyone? Would she tell a telephone pollster whether she supports ISIS? Well, many Muslims did just that.
Many Muslims support ISIS and have said so.
In May 2015, 81% of Arabs said they supported the victories of the Islamic State.
In November 2015, 14% of Muslims in 11 countries had a favorable opinion of ISIS. More 60% in the same survey ‘didn’t know’.
The PEW poll indicated at least 63 million ISIS supporters are out there and a potential of up to 287 million if the undecided are included. There are hundreds of millions of Muslim supporters of ISIS worldwide.
Muslims will have to take a lie detector test if we are to know their loyalty.
jewdog says
Has she been invited to the White House yet?
simpleton1 says
A symbol like a hijab, is like a flag and so symbolizes that she is a follower of an ideology, which has Mohammad as a leader,
Many followers around the world, acclaim the deeds of Mohammad which inspire them to practice or insidiously support such murderous torturous deeds today.
ISIS is just a caliphate group that is supported by many muslims,
Is she saying she does not like the words and deeds of Mohammad, yet keeps that flag/hijab symbolizing that evil..
Where are her detestation’s of Mohammad’s deeds and sayings, that are all their in the koran, hadiths and sira.
mortimer says
Her veils say she supports dozens of discriminatory practices that contradict Western standards of freedom and equality.
The veil declares the wearer a self-hating woman who accept eternal slavery as her fate.
simpleton1 says
Quite right, mortimer, as that flag hijab symbolizes that she is happy for her fate, and is determined to inflict it on every one.
Just how come these schools that supposedly teach Western standards of freedom and equality, often seem to be prepared to sell out their students.
Even if there had been conflict in the class room, but the truth about islam and the incompatibility of that ideology with democratic principles should have been well schooled and debated openly.
The school seems to be in cover up mode and to use threats to subvert the truth.
Now is the opportunity to bring truth about Mohammad and the inspiration that he has to many muslim groups and people.
All thanks to Robert Spenser and the many contributors in bringing the truth forward.
Rob says
Exactly!
Imagine making a similar complaint if you were a student at a Saudi high school.
In fact look at how many typo word usage and graphic oddities become collectors pieces. The Breeches Bible and numerous postage stamps are in this category.
If she was truly American sh’d be running a profitable line in autographed copies!
But no, she’d rather whine.
Another hate crime exposed as Muslim vigilantism was the murder of a British Ahmadi shop keeper who wished his customers Merry Christmas and posted on Facebook how he loved living in Christian Britain.
One of his coreligionists drove a couple of hundred miles and beat him to death!
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
Are we sure that this report is not a spoof?
The high school is located in the drolly named town of “Rancho Cucamonga”. This is a cartoon name; http://www.insidetheie.com/rancho-cucamonga-california-name says
“Cucamonga has always been recognized as a funny-sounding place name, among such exotic places as Timbuktu and Bora Bora. One of the catch-phrases of the radio show “The Jack Benny Program” involved a train announcer (Mel Blanc) who said over the loudspeaker, “Train now leaving on track five for Anaheim, Azusa, and Cuc (pronounced cuke)… amonga,” taking progressively longer pauses between “Cuc” and “amonga.” Part of the joke, for the Los Angeles audience, was that no such train route existed. Jack Benny Drive, a small street in the city, is named as a tribute to “The Jack Benny Program”. (Coincidentally, the city also has a Rochester Avenue, which is very likely not named for the character portrayed by Eddie Anderson on the Jack Benny Program.) In one of his many popular media crossovers, Blanc used that same catch phrase in Daffy Duck’s voice in the 1948 Merrie Melodies cartoon “Daffy Duck Slept Here” and later in Bugs Bunny’s voice in a 1960s Looney Tunes cartoon. In an episode of The Simpsons, Krusty the Clown mentioned Rancho Cucamonga, along with Walla Walla, Keokuk, and Seattle, as funny place names.”
And the high school is named for “Los Osos”, as in “Da Bears”:
marc says
it’s real http://theislamicmonthly.com/labeled-isis-in-school-yearbook/
satire and reality get closer and closer these days.
billybob says
Interesting flash back to the pop-culture that I grew up with.
Hope says
Perhaps it is immature of me but when I read this story I nearly fell over laughing! As pranks go, this was a really good one! Someone saw an opportunity and simply couldn’t resist. Hats off to the prankster!
Bridget Ames says
“I don’t know where this Islam is in the world and I can understand why everyone is afraid of people from there” I can not believe these things aren’t even staged anymore. Anytime I hear the word Islamaphobia or about such an incident, I just a automatically assume it is either “blown”( no pun intended) out of proportion or staged by some Muslim. Well if it was intended to be me I think an apology is suitable but if by accident laughter acceptable. Idiotic things happen everyday, they are all around.
Mark Swan says
You Got It, Bridget Ames
somehistory says
Yes, she was so *hurt* and *embarrassed* that she posted the photo and name on facebook…and called everyone’s attention to it, and is making a big fuss so everyone who is breathing will see it and see the name associated with her.
Oh, so hurt and oh so embarrassed. Most people…normal thinking people…don’t want embarrassing photos or other information spread around for all to know about.
Will it be found out that another moslim did it on purpose so cair could get all hot over a non-incident? Will there be threats of a lawsuit?
All the kids who have a book already. should just hang on to it as a reminder of just how much trouble moslims and cair are making for everyone else.
After all, didn’t each student pay for a book? Why should they have to give it back if they don’t wish to?
The school year is nearly over…they’ll be forced to wait for a replacement and the replacement will still have her photo in it.
islam equals psychopathy. islam is evil right from satan the devil. All of it is trouble with a capital T.
Kathy Brown, Esq. says
Some: Your analysis is actually EXACTLY what the lawyer defending the School will say, when this little freeloader sues them.
And then she’ll lose.
linnte says
She will lose! YeeeeHAAAAAA!
Hindu American says
Talking about hurt feelings and all, has anyone given a thought and a care for the poor girl named Isis Phiilips? Now she has to live with the fact that every time someone googles her name, that self-entitled muslima’s mug will pop up. There go Isis’ future college applications, love life and job prospects. I think Isis should also sue the muslima for her infamy.
somehistory says
It isn’t clear from the account: Is there another student with the name Isis Phillips who was labeled with this moslim girl’s name?
If so, is she complaining? Has she contacted someone to take up her side? Has she posted to facebook and twittered about it?
Much ado about nothing. It also doesn’t say that this moslim student has a grievance against isis of the horrific fame and other’s misfortune to have to try to survive where they are rampaging in the name of satan.
How does she feel about isis as a government forcing people to bow to islam? That is the important question.
Frater Saturn 666 says
Yes, a past stident was called isis phillips. This is simply an admin error.
Frater Saturn 666 says
Oh no i spelt student wrong!!! Should I call CAIR????
ECAW says
Don’t forget to let them know there is a counter view:
http://theislamicmonthly.com/labeled-isis-in-school-yearbook/
God Almighty says
Do they ever do anything but moan? No they don’t but by moaning that opens up a totally new chapter for compensation. Input from these? Zero. Income from a taqiyya based argument? The skies the limit.
ECAW says
Good to have you with us at last GA. I invoke you daily, in fact practically every time I read a headline to do with Islam.
Hope says
That was funny. Thanks for the laugh!
WorkingClassPost says
Oh, you phobes!
How can you not understand their hurt feelings?
There’s no humour in islam, no such thing as muslim levity and pranks are strictly banned under sharia.
So move along please, nothing to see here.
Isabellathecrusader says
In solidarity with the whiner, Je suis Isis Phillips.
Julie says
I love it!
Isabellathecrusader says
; )
Lanya LaPunta says
Why isn’t the entirety of the world’s population outraged for Isis Phillips?
In the yearbook … they take her name and picture an evil mohammedan.
How would you like to be named as a dirty, filthy, disgusting, demonic, satan worshipping monster?
If I were her (Isis Phillips) parents, I would sue that district for hundreds of millions of dollars.
They (the school district) have not only ruined Ms. Phillips good name, the have totally decimated her life.
If anyone should not be attending school, until this is straightened out, it is Ms. Phillips.
I am outraged!
Julie says
I think Isis (oops, I mean Bayan) looks like a young Wynona Ryder in a hijab.
And I’m really hoping that most of the students will NOT turn in their yearbooks and have to wait for a new one – which could be months. This is the time of year they would be having other students write in them. But I’m afraid a lot of students will cave and turn them in.
billybob says
“The statement said Zehlif and her family had suffered emotional and psychological distress and that she probably would not return to school until the issue is resolved.”
Code for “We’re gonna sue you for ten million dollars!”
Frater Saturn 666 says
Then gain national attention, marry clock boy and move to Syria to start a “humanitarian relief” organization.
Kathy Brown, Esq. says
There are two ‘torts’ (civil, not criminal, ‘injuries’) under which this baghead will sue. And don’t get mad at me for telling you about them (as our future President Trump says, ‘I’m only the messenger’):
1. NIED: Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
2. IIED: Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress