Omar Suleiman is a practiced deceiver, and he is now trying to ensure that Google will not give people access to accurate information about Islam and jihad. If Google accedes to his demands, how will it know that the sites he is blocking are wrong and the sites he is referring traffic to are correct? It won’t, of course, but it won’t be troubled by this, because, you see, the Islamocritical sites are “white supremacist.” How do we know that? Because the Huffington Post tells us so.
“Indeed, there is a distinct correlation between anti-Muslim searches and anti-Muslim hate crimes, according to researchers.”
Really? What is the evidence for that? There is absolutely none. But the Left wants to convince you otherwise, so as to aid in its censorship program.
If Omar Suleiman gets his way, Google will only return Sharia-compliant results, and another battle against the imposition of Sharia blasphemy laws upon the West will have been lost.
“Google Search Is Doing Irreparable Harm To Muslims,” by Rowaida Abdelaziz, Huffington Post, June 24, 2017 (thanks to Lookmann):
Google asks its employees to “Do the right thing.” At least, that’s what its revised 2015 motto states in an upgrade from the original company maxim, “Don’t be evil.”
But when a user searches Google for information on Islam, the results often link to propaganda, anti-Muslim hate and outright lies. The algorithm for the world’s largest search engine is definitely not doing the right thing ― especially when it comes to the first page of results, where most users stop their searches.
Basic searches for words like “Muslim” and “Islam” return reasonable results with links to reputable sites. But more specific terms, like “sharia,” “jihad” or “taqiyya” ― often co-opted by white supremacists ― return links to Islamophobic sites filled with misinformation.
The same thing happens with the autofill function. If a user types in “does islam,” the first suggestion that pops up to complete the query is “does islam permit terrorism.” Another egregious example occurs when a user inputs “do muslim.” The autofill results include “do muslim women need saving.”
There are endless possibilities for misinformation, and the consequences are disturbing.
“Ninety percent of people don’t make it past the first page,” Heidi Beirich, a project director for the Southern Poverty Law Center, told HuffPost. “It’s miseducating millions, if not billions of people on many subjects.”
Indeed, there is a distinct correlation between anti-Muslim searches and anti-Muslim hate crimes, according to researchers.
The result? At the extreme end of the spectrum, white supremacists commit heinous acts of violence, like in Portland, Oregon and Tulsa, Oklahoma. But more commonly and perhaps more nefariously, such searches normalize a culture of fear, leading to the harassment of hijab-wearing teenagers and 7-Eleven store clerks.
But Omar Suleiman, a Muslim American imam from Dallas and founder of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research, has a plan to take on Google.
Suleiman and his team have been publishing reports on controversial topics in Islam ― like jihad ― in the hopes of influencing the search algorithm. His goal is to flood the search results with accurate information on Islam.
Suleiman, 30, realized a few years ago that there was a dire need for factual information during the rise of the self-described Islamic State, when he noticed how right-wing groups were equating ISIS’s language with the beliefs of the world’s entire Muslim population.
One of Suleiman’s most popular reports is on the Islamic idea of taqiyya, a term Islamophobes and white supremacists have appropriated and exploited to accuse Muslims of lying to non-Muslims for a sinister objective like taking over the world.
Suleiman explains in the report that taqiyya is actually a centuries-old concept that permits a Muslim to conceal his or her faith when under the threat of persecution. Applied more commonly by the minority Shia sect of Islam, taqiyya is rarely, if not ever, applicable to modern-day Muslims.
Because it is an Arabic word, Islamophobes use the word “taqiyya” solely to instill fear, Suleiman told HuffPost. It’s a foreign-sounding word from a religion that’s perceived as foreign, and it sends “chills down the spines of well-meaning but woefully misinformed patriotic Americans wary of those turban-wearing bearded foreigners, right? What could possibly go wrong?” Suleiman wrote in the report.
The Yaqeen Institute has also published reports on honor killings, stoning and jihad, all topics Islamophobes constantly twist to degrade Islam and Muslims.
But taking on the internet is not easy, and may not even be possible.
Suleiman’s report on taqiyya doesn’t come up until the second page of Google search. The first link that appears on the first page, an article from meforum.org, may appear legitimate, but the Middle East Forum is actually an Islamophobic “think tank” and website that “promotes American interests in the Middle East and protects Western values from Middle Eastern threats.” TheReligionOfPeace.com and Billionbibles.org are other anti-Muslim websites whose articles appear on the first page.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has documented a similar ― and arguably worse ― problem when users search for the term “sharia.”
Factual content about Islam “in basic searches often gets choked off by anti-Muslim propaganda,” writes Alex Amend, digital media director at the Southern Poverty Law Center….
Paul N Silas says
Hey how about all Jews having to wear a yellow star of David on their coats and all Christians a yellow Cross on ours. This way the Mud-slimes can point us out and kill us easier. Easy as pork pie.
Maybe the phone book should be Sharia compliant too? Better yet, a Sharia compliant version of the New Testament! Sharia compliant comic books, kid’s bed time stories, the list is endless, if you want to live under tyranny!
Steve Klein says
If Google were to bow to this demand it would be devastating.
Bamaguje says
If Google complies with this Sharia diktat, it will loose a lot of internet users to other search engines, because it will no longer be trusted as an unbiased source.
James says
Google already limits searches so that people with something to hide can do so. This spills over into unrelated searches. Not good.
Mysterex says
Google are tax-dodging, sharia-compliant scum. I only use DuckDuckGo now.
Sarah says
What the hell is a Muslim-American? Because I’ve never heard of someone labeling themselves a Christian-American or Hindu-American or Buddhist-American. It must be more of this ‘Muslim is a race’ nonsense we keep hearing about.
Cunning little POS. His opinions and ideas are not worth publishing. Frankly he’s not worth my time. Good article -this is not a reflection on JW or the author, I just refuse to give that sly looking douche any attention.
WPM says
Muslim American? Why not A Nazi American ?,KKK American?, Islam is not a race these progressives cannot see thru their own P.C. fog. It is political and religious way of life, it is supremacy over all other ways of life around it. Islam has white members ,black members, Asian members ,and in every part of the world .What makes it different then Christian ,Hindu , Buddhist members is its unwillingness to coexist with anyone outside it faith. Its open hostility to every other way of life is closer to the American KKK of 1920s or the German Nazis of the 1930s to 1940s then any other political organization that is active in every area of the globe in the 21 century. They the {Islamics} must hide truth like the Nazis try to hide truth in 1930s Germany. Instead of burning books like the Nazis, they try to censure the internet better and easier then burning books.
WPM says
The biggest fear Islamics have is fear of the truth coming into view for all people of Gods earth to see. The internet is the first time in history for that to happen.
Elizabeth Davis says
We are slowly loosing our freedom of speech but that said, No matter what your religion when in in Rome do as the Romans do in other word follow our laws not another countries while in the US. If you can not then go home to your country where they are the laws you want to use. Why did you come here to begin with if not to do better and have our freedoms. Now here you want to change us to your country or maybe that is why you are here to change our country by you Korean book. I say if you can’t abide by our laws then leave
old white guy says
the blood will run as high as the bridles. keep that in mind when talking about reforming or eliminating islam.
B.J. says
Google is hardly the correct source to determine which opinion deserves to be read by people. If they decide what can or cannot be on their internet site … they are proving themselves an unreliable source. Let the people decide, without your intervention Google.
Andrew Swallow says
So this Imam is a man of evil who wants lies hiding the crimes of Islam distributed rather then the truth. The Inquisition used to operate in Texas. I hope the police arrest this religious conman so a recreated Inquisition can burn him at the stake.
balafama says
why is it only islam trying to censor stuff .no jews or christians are trying to censor the bible or search engines ,that should tell u that islam is as guilty as charged,
Jack Holan says
If the Revered Respected Neutral Southern Poverty Law Center makes makes many of these declarations it must be factually true. After all, it isn’t as though they lie or are Agenda Driven. The Leftist Chairman in charge works for peanut. I believe the figures north of $350,000 per year but I might BBEdit a little off. His name is is Mark Potok and he’s friends with that awesome American patriot Champion of the Free Enterprise/Capitalist-Democrat System George Soros who made his Billions in the Currency market here and in England.
Have you you ever noticed that for this ilk anyone who disagrees with them is a Right Wing Gun Loving Christian (Howe do they they know that for sure I’m Jewish) mentally crazed racist uneducated. Perceptions, it’s like their polls they got that wrong too, both on Trump and Bush. On the other hand how many news people write or say the opposition or demonstrators are far leftist, Atheist anarchist agitators used by the party to promote violence and act as though they’re from Right. Never
The SPLC is a Special Interest funded by Special Interest Groups with an Agenda. The SPLC is not an altruistic organization they would have you believe them to be.
This guy petitioning Google, if you set investigators on his trail especially his financial one you will likely find Fundamentalist Griups supporting his mission financially and coaching on the side. Two last items if you’re not for Islam, Muslims, Sharia; you are classified as an Islamophobe. The Muslims are doing a great job of rewriting history, Anthropology, Sociology, all disciplines involving the interaction if man, Religion, geography etc. they are stealthily performing a great job. If we don’t argue it now and stop oh our past will vanish and be replaced with fiction as this joker would like to see regarding the meaning of Islam for non believers. Don’t forget Erdogan stated Columbus found a 500 year old Mosque when he landed in the Americas proving Muslims were here first. I guess he’s really saying back off Christians and Jews the Americas belong to Muslims like Jews having no connection to Jerusalem. This would mean the same for Christianity. I predict in the end with all their over reaching and bellicose posturing they won’t be left with a grain of s
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John A. Marre says
Google, being a billion dollar corporation run by America-hating leftists, will be very happy to comply. I guarantee you they have one person working full time at maintaining a list of websites that are eliminated from search results.
Cobalt-Blue says
“Taquiya” IS a foreign word, and Islam IS a foreign religion, and they are BOTH a threat to Western Civilization.
RonaldB says
I haven’t read all the responses yet, but want to make my point.
Going by the facts presented in the article, the situation is not as bad as the headline makes out. The imam Omar Suleiman is not trying to change the way Google does things, but simply to game the system on his own by ginning up the number of pro-Islamic references. By my opinion, this is fully within his prerogative and not grounds for concern. The issue of Google itself altering searches or censoring anti-jihad websites is a different issue altogether, although vitally important.
I personally welcome any Muslim attempt to put a gloss on the mold of Islam, as long as they don’t take the route of the $PLC. The $PLC attempts to intimidate its targets through publicity, doxing, or even open pressure to get them fired. But a debate of open ideas, or even a gaming of the system within the rules: let them at it.
There is more than enough information on Islam already available. It’s overwhelming. The big problems are to get people to look at it even when it’s in front of them, to get them to act on it and to make elected and non-elected public officials responsive to public wishes.
Westman says
That pesky internet! It has taken away the exclusive spin rights, profits, and power of MSM while making information more democratic.
And, as we all know, Islam and democracy are mortal enemies. If google should be so stupid as to acquiesce to Islamic demands it will bear an exorbitant cost. The internet is like a myriad of series-parallel interconnected long balloons which form infinite pathways. Google may squeeze and choke it’s own passageway which just directs the traffic through other passages; taking the profits with it.
So have at it, Google, maybe it’s time for a haircut. Perhaps Google could become the leading search engine for jihadists and the first to become sharia compliant. Why not work a deal with the Saudis to get some oil money in return for favorable searches? Think of the opportunities on the Islam bandwagon. Who needs integrity when flush with money?
Tom says
There have always been Quislings in every conflict and in this war of word control Google is one of many, who think they can make profit from taking advantage of a growing opportunity to serve muslims, without realizing the potential for their own demise once Islam has gained enough control that they, google and the like, become useless fools and will be disposed of.
Tom says
Control the words and you control the agenda. It is called FREE speech for a reason and was bought and paid for by millions who put their lives on the line to stop EXACTLY this kind of attempt at preventing or controlling free speech from a free people.
An invasion is an invasion, whether by armies of “refugees” or by terror attacks or the control of speech by creating fears online or by imposition of the law of a single religious group.
The single most dangerous threat to our way of life is to allow the control of our thoughts and words by anyone or anything, such as a single religios group or a government controlled and influenced by Muslim Brotherhood operatives who have infiltrated just about all western political parties so that whomever may win an election, they, the Muslim Brotherhood, have influence and control. We have seen it in Canada, the UK, France, Germany etc. and it will only end one way if we allow the MB tentacles to spread to the internet.
WPM says
Yes this what Nazis did in Germany when they burn books, beat up news columnist, keep foreign press out.. Today MSM is happy to carry fill good fluff pieces on Islam, not report violent acts carry out on behave of Islam thruout the world. The only way to get info is thru the internet. MSM media is losing ground to internet news papers all over the world are going broke. The MSM wants to control castrate news on the truth on Islam, they {MSM} have choose them as the winning team{Islam} to carry them with money and support into the next century.
underbed cat says
The MB are very clever….as the one source of factual information and videos are on Google…which along with many others not so factual, but once you read the Quran it is easy to see what is factual and what is not…and the more information about Islam show how it is quoted by jihadist, it calls for warfare in non muslim countries and is not peaceful continually but selectively aggressive and has an doctrine to command believers to deny the violence and the command for a islamic caliphate worldwide. So to get google to stop publishing factual information and the jihadist grow, although the violence they threaten also contribute…google may need protection. I do hope they do not submit. As Tom says, “a invasion is an invasion whether by armies of ‘refugees’ or by terror attacks or the control of speech”.. The MB and the supporters are very clever, very deceptive to target the truth as lies.
somehistory says
My antivirus told me yesterday, as it prevented me from pulling up this site, that Jihadwatch is “suspicious.” It did allow me to override and pull up the page, which I did.
When a group wishes to take over a city or a country, one of the first things they do when defeating the army that is on the defense is to take over the communications. They take over the radio and television stations, newspapers, etc. in order to completely control the information reaching the public.
This moslum is attempting something like that in order to limit what information people can find.
However, Jesus Christ said that nothing secret or hidden remains so, but all things come to light and the truth is revealed.
moslums lie and try to obscure the truth in every way, but they cannot succeed. The truth about their evil will be revealed even if they succeed with changing Google.
David says
Sharia is a race. I think? Islam cannot hold up to criitcism because it’s a weak theology! When anyone strats studying or asking hard questions of the history! You will be called names Or even worse. So study & ask hard questions of the history.
Barry says
…I know it’s ‘Old School’….but it brings to mind a very old (and good) movie….an old John Wayne western, ‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance’…with James Stewart….towards the end of the movie, the ‘bad-guy’ (Lee Marvin) is righteously killed…one of Valances’ underlings goes into a bar and tries to start an insurrection….tries to get the dinking men to ‘string up’ the guy that shot Liberty Valance…the Duke is in the bar and finally just grabs the guy and runs the bum out of the bar into the street…..this imam reminds me of the bum in the bar….grab this (imam’s) bum’s collar and pants, and run this bum outa town….
Peter Buckley says
“Omar Suleiman is a practiced deceiver, and he is now trying to ensure that Google will not give people access to accurate information about Islam and jihad.”
That’s because he is fully aware, as I keep pointing out, that the Internet is destroying Islam, because Islam is based on myths.
http://www.considerationsofacanadianex-muslim.org/Intro.html
http://www.answering-islam.org/Authors/Wood/islam_beheaded.htm
He will fail, as Islam will fail.
For those who still think “Islam is winning”, it should be pointed out that the black beast of Atheism has now passed Hinduism, and has its eyes on its next target, Islam:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2250096/You-wouldnt-believe-atheism-worlds-biggest-faith-Christianity-Islam.html
Atheism is expected to pass Islam within the lifetime of most JW readers:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nigel-barber/atheism-to-defeat-religion-by-2038_b_1565108.html
b.a. freeman says
i love how they say that theReligionOfPeace is an anti-muslim site. obviously, they didn’t see what it has to say about muslims in http://thereligionofpeace.com/pages/site/about-muslims.aspx, where the second sentence in the third paragraph says that “[w]e passionately believe that no Muslim should be harmed, harassed, stereotyped or treated any differently anywhere in the world solely on account of their status as a Muslim.” it is also made clear in many other places that the site is attacking *islam*, not muslims, and goes on to point out that the largest group of victims of islam are muslims themselves.
of course, when your agenda is ending freedom, a few lies and piles of bodies of innocents don’t matter. the Party must triumph!
No Fear says
GOOGLE is not compulsory. If GOOGLE becomes Sharia compliant then use a different search engine and let GOOGLE know why you are doing so.
wallery says
I quit using google years ago. But this demand is against all America stands for and if google does give in- boycott them 100% or live with it.
Lydia says
The days of freedom of the press, where one can get the truth, real history, and open minded facts and discussions via freedom of speech… are growing short and the window is closing. I am so glad I signed up for these updates via email so at least that is rolling for now. But all these internet platforms are going to go like dominoes, just like everything else. It is the ultimate tyranny that is on the way. Just FYI. I will continue operating based on my beliefs, principles, and convictions until my last day, and it most likely will be the cause of my death. That is the only thing they can’t take away from us if we don’t let them.
Flavius Claudius Iulianus says
Not to worry. I’ve seen lots of search engines come and go in my time. Remember Alta Vista? People said it was so good it would be around forever.
Why don’t you try DuckDuckGo? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo)
You can find it at … obviously: duckduckgo.com
brane pilot says
Accurate, logical and insightful analysis of Islam is white-supremacist anti-Muslim propaganda.
Delusional magical thinking about Islam as a ‘religion of Peace’, is Truth.
1984 was 33 years ago.
Cretius says
Mohammad said “war is deceit”. I have seen no evidence that Mohammad ever honoured treaties with non-believers. At best Moslem relations with non-believers are questionable. Lying about the aggressive history of Islam and its teaching is practised to protect Muslims and to further the goals of Islam. All of this is blatantly clear in the writings of Islam and in its 1,400 year history.
Hopefully, Google will not be seduced by these lies.
Terry says
Once we lose our freedom to information, or freedom of speech, ……. we’re fucked.
Sharon Boozer says
Just more satanic deception to restrict free speech and religious freedom. Imam is only trying to hide the ugly evil truth about islam to people who haven’t taken the time to study the truth about it…