What a coincidence! Of all the many, many people wearing traditional Muslim attire in Washington, DC, the one that this greasy Islamophobe decided to punch randomly in the throat was a longtime Muslim activist, an employee of the pro-Muslim Brotherhood, Qatar-funded Brookings Institution, previously active at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with the Muslim Students Association, a Muslim Brotherhood organization.
I myself met Rashid Dar when I spoke at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in October 2008, and described him in my post at the time as an “arrogant and self-righteous lout” who “tried to shout me down — lest the crowd hear some inconvenient facts.” I wrote about him again in February 2010, when he was whining about Ayaan Hirsi Ali speaking at the same university.
And now he says he was punched in the throat, and he and Ibrahim Hooper of Hamas-linked CAIR are sure it was “Islamophobia,” and that it was Donald Trump’s fault. Mr. Dar, Washington, D.C. isn’t Madison, Wisconsin, so perhaps you’re not aware that big cities are full of violent people who lash out at or victimize random passersby. One night in the late 1980s, the bad old days of New York City, as I was heading back to my apartment in the small hours of the morning, I was relieved at gunpoint of the three dollars I still had on me after a fine evening in Manhattan, and soon afterward encountered a second group of muggers; I had to explain to them that they were too late, I had already been cleaned out. That’s life in the city. It would have been premature of me to blame CAIR and the Southern Poverty Law Center for creating a climate of hate against me, but even if that happened again tonight, I would not do so. Cities can be dangerous.
Rashid Dar may have been attacked for “Islamophobia,” although it’s a mighty coincidence for a committed Muslim-victimhood-monger to be singled out in this way. He may also have just had the misfortune of encountering a violent psychotic; there is, unfortunately, no shortage of those on Washington streets (and no, I’m not talking about federal employees). The attacker said nothing, but Dar is nonetheless convinced that it was “Islamophobia,” which reveals more about Rashid Dar than it does about this incident. Hamas-linked CAIR 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 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 recently 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.”
Now Rashid Dar says he has been punched in the throat. The next time you read a mainstream media story about how “anti-Muslim hate crimes” have “increased by 153%” or some such, remember that incidents like this one are used to arrive at such statistics.
“Man Wearing Traditional Muslim Attire Punched Near Dupont Metro,” by Rachel Kurzius, dcist, September 30, 2016:
This afternoon, Rashid Dar was walking with his brother in Dupont when a man he didn’t know approached him and punched him in the throat, all without saying a word.
Dar, a researcher at Brookings and a Muslim man, was about to finish up a sermon he was set to give downtown. “I believe I was attacked for the way I was dressed,” he says.
As is his tradition on Friday afternoons, he was clad in a black overcoat often worn by imams and a taqiyah, a hat worn to pray. “It is generally my habit to wear overtly Muslim clothing on my way to Friday prayer,” Dar says. “I’m a proud Muslim. I don’t feel the need to apologize for it.”
Dar’s brother went after the man, Dar says, and the two were circling one another for a moment, before the alleged attacker ran away.
Dar reported the incident to the police and says a detective has been assigned to the case. D.C. Police does not comment on ongoing investigations, but confirmed they received a call about an unprovoked assault in the 1200 block of 19th Street NW.
“Given the unprecedented rise in anti-Muslim sentiment, we’re concerned about a possible bias motive,” says Ibrahim Hooper, the communications director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “We don’t know what the motive is now, but we’re looking into it. The fact that he was dressed in quote Islamic attire is one of the things, just as headscarves seem to be.”
Dar says this is the first time that he has faced harassment in D.C., but his wife, who wears a headscarf, has dealt with Islamophobia on a more consistent basis. “Muslim women go through a hell of a lot more than Muslim men,” he says. A Muslim woman was attacked by a self-proclaimed Donald Trump supporter in Chevy Chase this May.
Both Dar and Hooper mention the Republican nominee as contributing to a more hostile environment for Muslims in America. “He has mainstreamed Islamophobia and anti-Muslim beliefs,” Hooper says.
Dar says that, in his experience, Muslims are facing more discrimination now than after September 11. “Things that were previously kept in the shadows and not within polite company could now happen in broad daylight,” he says. “This happened in broad daylight.”
All in all, he says he’s lucky. He points to the outpouring of support he’s received from colleagues and even strangers. “Aside from getting punched in the throat, I think I had a pretty good day. This incident hasn’t decreased my faith in the kind of people I am surrounded by, even on the streets.”
Physically speaking, he’s doing fine. “I’m okay, I’m speaking to you right now,” he says. “I’d like to use this incident to raise awareness about what happens when someone dares to be proudly Muslim. I’m just a guy who happened to have a Twitter account and an online presence, but there are so many other Muslims who are facing victimization on a daily basis.”
Dar still gave his sermon about the mercy of God. “I went on to give a fine sermon, if I do say so myself,” he says. “I made a joke about how I came here to give a sermon to you about the fundamentally merciful nature of God and he sent someone to punch me in the throat on the way here.”

jihad3tracker says
Let’s see how the leftist MSM plays this. I have not ever read the source Robert quotes above (dcist) but it is likely a true believer in that peaceful religion which has so many misunderstanders.
Later today I will get back to you all here with a follow up.
There is a “hometown” interest element for me because my thatched-roof rose covered cottage as a 5 minute subway ride from where Mr. Dar got his clock slightly cleaned.
jihad3tracker says
As of now — 12:05 Eastern US — the comment section at this source (dcist)) is open, and the responses are actually mostly from counter-jihad realists.
If you have a bit of spare time and motivation, jump in to the party with some citations from the Qur’an and Hadith, and A FEW OF SICK MUHAMMAD’S ACTIVITIES — for example, ordering and participating in the beheading of between 600 and 800 male Jews (Bani Quraysh).
You could also give links to some of David Wood’s excellent videos.
john spielman says
better he was “punched” than stabbed shot or beheaded – the way his coreligionist’s treat us!
Nice try Rashid; but you are probably lying to us just like ole Moe would have, as he ( muhammed) was a demon possessed mass murderer thief LIAR and pedophile false prophet and YOUR “PERFECT MAN”
Westman says
Typical attitude, “It’s all about me, Allah, and Muhammad”.
He’s not as special as he believes, this random violence is in vogue: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/usanow/2013/11/19/knockout-street-trend/3638345/
Croc8 says
“I made a joke…”
Why does he think it was a joke? Doesn’t his allah sovereignly control eveything that happens in the world? According to the Qur’an, all things are ordained by allah.
ninetyninepct says
All things ordained by Allah – it is called inshallah – as Allah wills. Allah saw that he needed to be punished and directed that he by hit as a lesson to be a better Muslim. A small warning for Muslims not to piss off Allah.
Jay Boo says
The — [elect Hillary] — MSM Activists posing as journalists don’t even bother to sniff first before lapping it up. Obviously this guy is suffering from a huge dose of BLM envy.
Jay Boo says
We don’t need to go around hitting people hard enough so they can’t breathe because we disagree. It is not as if his narcissistic opinions have a solid foundation.
Islam is a penis worship pig-bath ideology founded by a sociopathic sex slaving buffoon.
If we can’t expose such an obvious fraud as Islam, we have more serious problems then winning battles with fisticuffs.
Jay Boo says
Comment that I was replying to appears to have been deleted.
Cecilia Ellis says
“… he was clad in a black overcoat often worn by imams and a taqiyah, a hat worn to pray.”
Well … yes he was — and remains — clad in taqiyya, but that is not a hat. Freudian slip maybe?
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“‘Muslim women go through a hell of a lot more than Muslim men,’ he says.”
And that’s just inside the Muslim women’s homes. Maybe another Freudian slip …
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“Dar’s brother went after the man, Dar says, and the two were circling one another for a moment, before the alleged attacker ran away.”
Highly improbable … unless the alleged attacker was an elderly lady or a young child.
Mirren10 says
”Well … yes he was — and remains — clad in taqiyya, but that is not a hat. Freudian slip maybe?”
That’s what I thought, ( it’s not a hat) but apparently it is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taqiyah_(cap)
“‘Muslim women go through a hell of a lot more than Muslim men,’ he says.”
And that’s just inside the Muslim women’s homes. Maybe another Freudian slip …
🙂
Cecilia Ellis says
Thanks, Mirren. Now I know that it is indeed a hat. Somehow, that is an appropriate term … It covers up something. ?
Mirren10 says
”Somehow, that is an appropriate term … It covers up something.”
Bingo !
gravenimage says
Grimly true, Mirren.
Hindu American says
“I believe I was attacked for the way I was dressed” Yep, that’s a law suit written all over.
By the way, Rashid Dar = pakistani. Go figure!!
sog says
What’s a Non-Muslim care how he was dressed? Only other Muslims would care. Maybe he’s not supposed to wear a prayer hat while walking around. It’s also strange that a dude afraid of one guy would attack a pair of brothers. The cops could have pursued the “way you’re dressed angle”. I’ve never seen a bishop walk around in a Bishop hat (Not that I wouldn’t like to)…
I also like his comment ” …but there are so many other Muslims who are facing victimization on a daily basis.” … Ya think? Sure, by their own Petard!
The whole thing could be dismissed as sick-funny were it not for so many to latch on to this meme to the detriment of everyone, including most Moslem women. Great article. Thanks Robert!
Paul Clark says
He is just another lying, deceitful, hating Muslim. He just one of 1.2 billion: Lot of lies an lot of hate. He reminds me of liberals journalists They will always be around to knowingly publish Islam lies: “Birds and feathers flock together”
Phil Copson says
So do “birds of a feather” meaning, well……what you think “birds and feathers” does….
El Cid says
The BLM movement and the Black community had better take note. It is clear that CAIR has in mind to highjack the entire race-victim ‘machine’ of government.
Once we have ‘Affirmative Action’ in place for Muslims, the black community will feel like the clock has been turned back to 1950. The racism against them will be overt.
BLC says
Islam is the only religion that seems to require every man to murder someone over something at some time in his life. If it isn’t kafirs that need to be killed, it’s women in their own family in honour killings, etc. Yet, Muslims are so adept at playing the victim role as though they’re perfectly innocent little angels. Such hypocrisy.
Lucia Bartoli says
“Islam is a penis worship pig-bath ideology founded by a sociopathic sex slaving buffoon.
Muslim are “insufficient” in the manly regard. One of the commenters said it best (above)
Hoekom Jy My Haat says
As we all know by now, a vast number of these so called “islamophobic” moments are either self-inflicted or blatant falsehoods.
Kiel says
Apart from his inviting stupid face, the muzzie “victim” was maybe inviting in one way or another. A clear-cut stage set-up. – That aside, I look forward to the coming delegitimization of the muzzie brethren.
Angemon says
Let’s see: could the person whose religion allows lying be lying? Gee, what a headscratcher…
Veka Fitzfrancis says
Is there any chance this ia an example of the “Knock out game” that just happened to get a Muslim for once?
gravenimage says
Coincidence: Muslim who claims he was randomly punched in DC happens to be Muslim Brotherhood-linked activist
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Whatta coinkydink! sarc/off
And note: this was only supposedly witnessed by this Mohammedan and his brother, and may not actually have occurred at all…
linnte says
If the terrorist could talk after the throat punch, he wasn’t hit very hard. Shame.
Crusades Were Right! says
“I’m a proud Muslim”
That one statement speaks oodles. I don’t believe I ever heard anyone say, “I’m a proud Christian.”
Lucia Bartoli says
Doesn’t the Koran say a word about humility? I say he be cast from a high cliff
Crusades Were Right! says
“….he was clad in a black overcoat often worn by imams and a taqiyah, a hat worn to pray.”
I wonder if Mr. Dar makes a habit of talking through his “hat”?
Carolyne says
If he wasn’t punched, he should have been. Just on general principles.
Lucia Bartoli says
Amen!