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Fake news: Iraqi-American lied when he claimed that his mother died due to Trump ban

Feb 1, 2017 4:49 pm By Robert Spencer

But due to the proclivities of the establishment propaganda media, the lie went around the world before the truth had finished tying its shoes.

“Fake News: Man Who Claimed Mom Died Due to Trump ‘Ban’ Lied,” by Joel B. Pollak, Breitbart, February 1, 2017:

An Iraqi-American man who made headlines earlier this week by claiming that his ailing mother had died because of President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration lied, according to the imam of his local mosque, Detroit’s Fox 2 reported Wednesday.

The original story was that Mike Hager, a U.S. citizen born in Iraq, was visiting relatives in Iraq but was forced to abandon his mother in that country when he tried to return home.

Hager said he was returning home with his family that included his sick mom. They were returning home to the United States where his mother has lived since 1995. As they were waiting in line at the airport in Iraq on Friday, he was told that he could pass through because he was a U.S. citizen. But his family members – including his mom – weren’t allowed, despite holding green cards.

…

“I was just shocked. I had to put my mom back on the wheelchair and take her back and call the ambulance and she was very very upset. She knew right there if we send her back to the hospital she’s going to pass away – she’s not going to make it,” Hager said.

Sadly, he was right. He said Naimma, who lived in the United States since 1995, wasn’t allowed to come home and he said she died in her native country. Hager said if it weren’t for the order, his mom would still be alive today.

He blames her death on President Trump.

Social media exploded with accusations of murder against Trump — including tweets by respected news outlets.

Trump travel ban’s first death?https://t.co/lHfLUF4d6p

— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) February 1, 2017…

But the story was a lie, concocted to feed opposition against Trump’s executive order, which suspends most travel from terror-prone countries previously identified as problematic by the Obama administration. Fox 2 set the record straight in a new story:

The leader of a mosque in Dearborn has confirmed to FOX 2 that a man who claimed his mother died in Iraq after being barred from returning to the United States under a ban instituted by President Trump this weekend, lied to FOX 2 about when her death occurred.

Imam Husham Al-Hussainy, leader of the Karbalaa Islamic Educational Center in Dearborn, says Mike Hager’s mom did not pass away this weekend after being barred from traveling to the United States. The Imam confirms that Hager’s mother died before the ban was put in place.

…

After the story aired on FOX 2 and was posted on FOX2Detroit.com, we received many questions about the validity of Hager’s claims that his mother died waiting to be approved to come home. FOX 2 has confirmed that his mother died five days earlier….

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  1. marina says

    Feb 1, 2017 at 5:03 pm

    Another filthy muslim liar

  2. stan lee says

    Feb 1, 2017 at 5:06 pm

    Come now…..what is so startling about an Arab Muslim lying? Lying is an option to take, if one does it to advance the cause of Islam.(In the koran) Lying is a developed art among Muslims and they can be very convincing….until they’re proven to have misrepresented..

    • Keith says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 2:55 am

      Also most westerners will not read any of the follow up articles that prove the muslim lied so that means the lie is the only thing that gets read.
      Also most of the MSM will not even report on the follow up truth when it is revealed putting yet another obstacle in the way of learning the truth.

    • john spielman says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 7:56 am

      islam elevates LYING to a sanctified ( holy ) act when it is directed against unbelievers to gain advantage over them!

      • Alexius Comnenus says

        Feb 2, 2017 at 8:50 am

        This is what they do and their Quran sanctions as a useful tool. Do not believe anything they say. They imply anything, mislead just to get in and start hijrah from within. What is hard to understand.

      • A Harris USA says

        Feb 2, 2017 at 12:03 pm

        John, exactly right!! Lies are just as excepted as murder to these pig savages!! Fake news is every where!!!
        I was chastised over 80 times on a so-called FB page that supports President Trump. WHY, because the fact of illegal Muslims in this country, and BTW there are many, are demanding welfare, free medical care, and housing, and cash!! Now they are joining with Hispanic illegals to demand the same!! If this is not an invasion, please explain to me what the hell is.
        Done, with that phony FB page.. Thank God for Jihadwatch!!!!!

  3. somehistory says

    Feb 1, 2017 at 5:14 pm

    Nothing be lies. But as Jesus Christ said, “Nothing secret that will not be revealed,” “Nothing hidden that will not be uncovered.”

    • somehistory says

      Feb 1, 2017 at 5:18 pm

      “Nothing but lies,”

      • Anne Smith says

        Feb 2, 2017 at 6:10 am

        Amusing programme on British TV is “Can’t pay we’ll take it away” featuring High Court Bailiffs who arrive to enforce debt collection.

        Very noticeable how the many Muslim debtors always claim they are not the person named in the writ, following this up with many lies about who owns the assets etc. etc.

        It has become quite hilarious viewing for those who understand taqiyya. It seems the bailiffs also have a good understanding of it, too. All adds to the fun.

  4. kessler says

    Feb 1, 2017 at 5:19 pm

    The hysteria is never-ending.
    This sums it up beautifully: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNu4xU9qOEM

  5. Dexter L. Wilson says

    Feb 1, 2017 at 5:32 pm

    As has been established, Muslims according to their religion can lie to protect or promote Islam.

  6. Troybeam says

    Feb 1, 2017 at 6:05 pm

    If she was that sick why is she traveling? She may have died on the flight home? Islam lies so often when can one state their being honest and truthful , that’s right: NEVER.

  7. Angemon says

    Feb 1, 2017 at 6:25 pm

    But the story was a lie, concocted to feed opposition against Trump’s executive order, which suspends most travel from terror-prone countries previously identified as problematic by the Obama administration.

    Imagine my surprise…

  8. mgoldberg says

    Feb 1, 2017 at 7:04 pm

    So… did anyone in the news confront the man, and ask him, why he lied?
    That is the important point here, so… did any news org. do just that, because that is what is called for.
    And ask him at the mosque or at his home.

    • Vyx says

      Feb 1, 2017 at 11:59 pm

      Yes, they asked him. He said he was “confused, traumatized and on medication.”

      As for the Imam who turned him in, he’s a Trump supporter.

      • Keith says

        Feb 2, 2017 at 2:56 am

        The imam is not a true muslim then.

  9. Wellington says

    Feb 1, 2017 at 7:05 pm

    Fitting since Islam is steeped in fakery and such fakery begins with Mohammed, one of the most influential frauds in history.

    • faraway says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 4:24 am

      Being a narcissist,mohammed was only interested in what islam could do for him in his lifetime.On his deathbed he made a full confession to the christian god because he knew the koran was faked by him.He thought it was his only chance of getting into heaven.

  10. gravenimage says

    Feb 1, 2017 at 7:10 pm

    Fake news: Iraqi-American lied when he claimed that his mother died due to Trump ban
    …………………..

    Evil lying bastard.

  11. davej says

    Feb 1, 2017 at 8:38 pm

    Christians are not lying about being killed and persecuted – but Muslims are.

    The whole “religion” is so permeated with deception and false victimization that Muslims literally cannot think straight.

  12. Steve Klein says

    Feb 1, 2017 at 8:43 pm

    Max Boot (I follow him on Twitter) pushed this story this morning.

  13. PRCS says

    Feb 1, 2017 at 11:23 pm

    Mr. Clemmons’s saying would be only half right–today.

  14. Zammana says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 1:00 am

    Since coming “here,” and reading Robert Spencer’s – and many others’ – insights and information, I have been compelled to re-investigate and re-interpret this history through new lenses. Thank you. I only wish it had come sooner instead of too late to stave off the coming storm. But that would have been impossible, no?
    SPOILER ALERT: I read the pre-releases of the Script and it says it finishes well for some, but mostly it ends rather badly for most. Dang!

  15. BLC says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 1:26 am

    This is a variation on the story of Aylan Kurdi who drown crossing to Turkey in a raft. I think the family already had refugee status where they were, but a relative in Canada sent money for the father to get his teeth fixed and the family was making the crossing for that purpose and of course, to get to Europe. Only the father survived the crossing. Then, in Canada, people blamed the then Prime Minister Stephen Harper for the death because the family had requested to move to Canada previously but had been turned down because they were already relatively safe in an area for refugees where they were.

    Stephen Harper wasn’t responsible for the child’s death. President Trump isn’t responsible for this senior’s death either.

  16. linnte says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 1:41 am

    Imagine an Imam revealing the TRUTH about a fellow Muslim? Wow!

    • efoc says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 1:48 am

      Indeed! One of the few instances I can think of where a Muslim has told the truth.

  17. John says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 3:22 am

    It’s called ‘taqqiya’ — a.k.a., lying (knowingly) to advance the cause of Islam.
    ALL Muslims do this – some of them more deftly and deceptively than others.
    Anytime a Muslim says something – almost anything – there’s a rather high probability it’s a lie.
    NEVER trust a Muslim.
    Period.

    • More Ham Ed says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 5:52 am

      Yes in deed muslims (lowercase be upon them) are sternly taught from birth to get away with as much deception towards “infidels” as possible, exhibit A: the paleshtians (lowercase be upon them).

  18. Rita says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 4:06 am

    Lying is Halal.

  19. Adrian says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 7:14 am

    Just another “misunderstander” of the Religion of Peace

  20. Phil Copson says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 8:12 am

    Throwing the liar out of the country won’t be possible, but Trump’s admin should take legal action for defamation against Hager, proceeds to charity, media sources who spread the lie without doing a simple check on when, where and whether the event had actually taken place should also be invited to contribute.

    One or two cases like that might have a salutary effect on the population.

  21. Florida Jim says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 9:15 am

    Democrats and muslims have this in common they lie at will and cannot be believed.Obama lied with every three paragraphs he spoke. Saul alinsky, his and Hillary’s mentor, taught them “make up a lie as needed and the people will forget” this is called taqiyya in Islam.

  22. mortimer says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 9:50 am

    Muslims can lie to the dirty kufaar in six different ways: taqiyya (or muda’arat), tawriyya, kitman, taysir, tawriya, muruna, darura.

  23. BC says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 10:48 am

    Today on CNN Amanpour says ‘Muslim Ban’, with no correction like it is a fct according to her. That is how they spread the propaganda.
    Of course we know where Amanpour’s sympathies lie

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