An “Islamophobic hate crime” made headlines across Canada after a hijab-wearing mom in London, Ontario was shouted at, spat upon and had her hijab pulled off at a grocery store. Media outlets rushed to report the incident as an appalling hate crime, while members of local Muslim groups were interviewed about Muslim victimization. But then came a sudden radio silence from media and authorities.
As it turns out, the attacker needed an interpreter when she appeared in court, a Farsi interpreter. Farsi is the predominant language in Iran, suggesting that the attacker was Muslim herself. In the report below by Andrew Lawton, he is careful to indicate that the investigation is ongoing, unlike the journalists and politicians who eagerly jumped to conclusions about the attack being a hate crime. The victim even stated that she now worries about the safety of all Muslim women who wear the hijab.
No one should face the trauma of being attacked by anyone, but the eagerness of the mass media to jump on this story as an anti-Muslim hate crime before any investigation is dismaying. In addition, hate crimes against Jews and blacks are far more common, so it is an injustice to inflate the incidence of “Islamophobia” into a ubiquitous social ill in the west. Even worse is the pairing together of potential backlash against Muslims following jihadi attacks with the task of identifying and fighting a very real war on terror. They are different phenomena that need different tactics in addressing.
In contrasting the coverage of the so-called hate crime in London, it is ludicrous that Omar Mateen’s motives are still being questioned, in the face of overwhelming evidence of his jihadist motives. Mateen slaughtered 49 people and injured dozens more while proclaiming allegiance to the Islamic State; he cased Disney and the Pulse as possible targets before the shooting spree; and there were prior revelations of his violent jihadist intentions via FB before the attack. In addition, it is egregious that cover-ups of pertinent information that further reveal Mateen’s clear motive are ongoing.
Media, politicians and members our society are being increasingly brainwashed and/or intimidated into dhimmitude, which only serves to aid and abet stealth and violent jihadists.
“EXCLUSIVE: Media suddenly SILENT about that Islamophobic “hate crime” in London — could THIS be why?”, by Andrew Lawton, The Rebel, June 30, 2016:
A Muslim mother was shopping in a grocery store when she was allegedly hit and spat on by a woman wearing a “Canada” shirt of all things. During the altercation, the victim’s hijab was removed.
I don’t like the idea that anyone in my city or in my country could be attacked without provocation, but this particular story didn’t sit right.
From NDP Member of Provincial Parliament Peggy Sattler to Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, politicians lined up to denounce this “hate crime” against Muslims. Media outlets didn’t challenge anything, but accepted at face value that a crime against a Muslim must be a hate crime.
When police in London identified and charged the suspect, they only charged her with common assault—not anything “hate” motivated.
More curiously, they refused to name her, which is a stark departure from their usual practices, through which the names of anyone charged are released to the media. Even when asked by media outlets, police were tight-lipped.
Not one news article appeared mentioning the name of the accused, nor did anyone cover the details of her first appearance in court. One detail in particular.
And I think I found out why.
After accessing court records, I learned that the accused is 38-year old Sheila Shaidaie of London. We don’t yet know her motivations for the alleged assault, but we do know one thing:
When she appeared in court, she had a Farsi interpreter.
Farsi is a language spoken almost exclusively by people from Iran. We also know the Muslim population of Iran is about 99.4 per cent….

Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Maybe they should do a piece on how Persians regard Arabs as lowlife stupid dumbasses with no culture and a penchant for criminal behavior. Now, to me that’s the pot calling the kettle black, but the journalists up in Canada should be able to find a “balanced” way to report on this urgent story.
Westman says
Not many Westerners realize there is a definite bias between different Muslim nations. The Ummah is anything but united. I was shocked the first time I heard the Iranian view of Iraqis, and they are both Shia.
Angemon says
Which, unfortunately, does not prevent them from setting aside their divergences to kill non-muslims.
gravenimage says
Unfortunately true. They are always happy to slaughter the Infidels.
Pong says
In his monumental and really beautiful poetry Shah Nameh (The Epic of Kings), the Persian poet Ferdowisi described one of the early kings as being evil in his nature and deeds. The king was an arab, imposed on Persians shortly after the moslem conquest.
The book was written in the 10th century. The king rulled some 300 years before the book was written. That is how old the animosity toward the arabs has been in Persia.
gravenimage says
Alas, this has not stopped the Persians from continuing to embrace the vicious creed of Islam.
rabrooks says
Just remember, Iranians are persians and shia. They have their own civil war against the sunni. The deep burning hatred is something most westerners cannot relate to. I believe this goes all the way back to “mad mo’s” child bride/favorite wife Aishia? She even has her own (holy?) book that one side loves, and the other side doesn’t acknowledge.
Say what you want about Christianity, but we are no where near as f’ed-up as the muzzies!
It’s in the koran……
Lia says
And on how muslims regard blacks as inferior and call them ‘abeed’ which means filth.
paul says
thats the pot calling the kettle for sure
paul says
The muslim insulted and attacked that woman
JOHN SPIELMAN says
typical of the left leaning rag reporters in Canada. Even worse is the govt supported CBC. The problem is however whenever a muslim attacker engages in his/her religious duty to kill us infidels, such as just recently in Orlando or Istanbul, the CBC cannot allows comments in its blog sections as too many people despise islam and its vile false muhammed and would make “islamophobic” statements
JOHN SPIELMAN says
oops it should read “vile false prophet muhammed”
linnte says
hahahahaha! I love it when this happens! This Iranian woman was probably incensed that she moves to FREEDOM but runs into natural born citizens who insist on pressing back into Shari’a compliance!
This is why it would be good to hear about each and every “hate crime” against Muslims. Just like in the Middle East, they hate each other!
linnte says
And EXCELLENTLY written Christine!
JMB says
Compare this with the non-coverage of 2 (now 3) recent hate crimes, true hate crimes that to my knowledge have only been reported on Jihad Watch; These are the murder of a 13 year old Israeli girl, The murder of a priest in Egypt and now the attempted murder of a whole family in Israel.
These are true hate crimes but because they will make Islam look bad they are never reported.
Ed Lee says
The murder of the 13 year old girl in Israel was reported on CNBC as well as JW.
Kay says
“Muslims are the new Jews” NOT!!!!
mortimer says
The enormous KAFIROPHOBIA of Muslims, bigotry and RACISM between Muslims is one of Islam’s best kept secrets except between each other. All Muslims know how much they hate non-Muslims ‘for the sake of Allah’. This doctrine of KAFIROPHOBIA is the BEST ESTABLISHED OF DOCTRINES IN ISLAM, since the over 60% of the Koranic text is devoted to motivating Muslim troops to murder, plunder, enslave and subjugate the dirty kufaar.
Non-Muslim Libtards are so uninformed about Islam that they don’t even know where to begin. They got their information about Islam from Bob Hope movies or Walt Disney cartoons.
Mirren10 says
I wonder who took her picture; the bint in the hijab ? It all sounds personal to me !
gravenimage says
Why Canadian media went silent after Islamophobia hate crime headline hullaballoo
……………………..
How often have we seen *this*–where a supposed “Islamophobic hate crime” actually turns out to be Muslim-on-Muslim?
“Houston: Man charged with setting mosque fire was devout Muslim regular attendee”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/12/houston-man-charged-with-setting-mosque-fire-was-devout-muslim-regular-attendee
This was also initially bandied about as a “hate crime” against Muslims.
“Islamophobic hate crime’ turns into Muslim terrorist investigation”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/03/islamophobic-hate-crime-turns-into-muslim-terrorist-investigation
The murderer was initially assumed to be an “Islamophobe”, of course.
There are hundreds of these stories.
Ted Tyler says
Somehow there is this idea that permeates the news media – that is – “If you make Islam look good, you will be rewarded – and if you make Islam look bad, you will be punished”. I don’t see how this idea could have come about and be pervasive. So I am tempted to say that this is the work of the Devil – until I can get a better explanation.
Jay Boo says
The willfully clueless MSM — has the attention span of a puppy let loose in a classroom of kindergarten students.
Example: A
Changing the Narrative
Just after the Orlando attack, Democrats in congress staged a temper tantrum while claiming that lack of gun control was (the real villain), not Islam.
In related news:
100 gay Hispanics who were protesting Koran burning Pastor Terry Jones were seriously injured in Orlando while jumping onto a flaming mass of burning Korans in a failed attempt to smother the flames with there bodies.
Ed Lee says
The problem in Canada is that they have nothing like the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment. In Canada, a news outlet can be sued if they publish something that is harmful to someone, even if it is entirely truthful.
Norger says
But she was wearing a Canada shirt…doesn’t that count for anything?
Nigel GFF says
“During the altercation, the victim’s hijab was removed.”
Another charge could be ‘Wilful damage’, specifically the victim’s ‘hands-free’ phone accessory. Who knows, perhaps for the ‘phone itself crashed to the floor when her phone holder (hijab) was untimely ripped from her head.
gravenimage says
Just more Muslim-on-Muslim violence.
UNCLE VLADDI says
The Canadian media are all complicit leftist extortionist gangster criminals.
When an arrest is made, the name of the accused is on the public record
(otherwise, we might have secret trials and people just “disappearing”)!
So legally the media could get this info, and the cops can’t stop them.
But as usual, they didn’t bother to.
Lioness says
Thank God for The Rebel Media in Canada. Ezra Levant is a courageous, patriotic Canadian. Please support them and help them spread the truth and stop the islamization of Canada.
gravenimage says
Yes–Ezra Levant is a national treasure–and I say this as an appreciative American!
Mark A says
Excellent article.
I’m Canadian and I was wondering why there was no media followup on the original reports on this incident.
If the offender is Iranian, then it likely she is Shia. Was the hibab wearing woman a Sunni? Was this incident part of a Shia versus Sunni conflict?
JW, could you keep following this story and report on subsequent developments. I’m sure there will be nothing further about this case in the Canadian mainstream media.
Clearly there is far more to this story than was initially reported in the Canadian media, which typically represented it as a case of blatant Islamophobia.
anon nona says
About two weeks ago on Internet news, five Muslim females filed a racial and religious discrimination against a California restaurant. The Muslims said they were forcibly removed from the restaurant because they are Muslim and wore headscarves.
The restaurant owners filed a lawsuit against the Muslims. First, the restaurant has a policy of people staying at the table for only forty-five minutes because the restaurant is super busy. All patrons respect the policy and abide by it.
After forty-five minutes the Muslims were politely asked to leave as the table was needed. The Muslims refused and were very rude and loud about it. Eventually the Muslims were removed.
One of the owners of the restaurant is a female Muslim!!! The owner said the defiant muslims were committing “culture jihad”, another way to destroy Western civilization and the owner was tired of it. HA! Bet the lawsuit is dropped by the “victims” of bigotry! Hopefully the Muslim owner persues the lawsuit against the fake victims.