Actual anti-Muslim hate crimes are so thin on the ground that the Islamophobia industry — the real one, a multimillion dollar effort dedicated to making it appear as if Muslims in the U.S. were the objects of widespread persecution and harassment — has to make everything it can out of every incident that even remotely might seem to involve “anti-Muslim hate.” A sane and independent media would be denouncing the cynical exploitation of this poor girl by Hamas-linked CAIR and other Islamic advocacy groups. Instead, this.
“The Washington Post Has Been Misleading In Its Coverage Of A Slain Muslim Teen,” by Alex Pfeiffer, Daily Caller, July 3, 2017:
An illegal immigrant allegedly killed a Muslim teenager two weeks ago in an incident The Washington Post is doing its best to spin as a hate crime.
Nabra Hassanen, 17, was murdered on June 18 shortly after leaving a mosque in Sterling, Virginia. Her alleged killer, Darwin A. Martinez Torres, beat her with a baseball bat in what officials have described as a road rage incident. Torres’s illegal immigration status was reported by The Daily Caller the day after Hassanan was murdered, but this has been omitted in several stories by The Post.
The Post published “Pressure grows to classify Muslim girl’s slaying a hate crime” on June 20 in which the paper described Torres, 22, as simply a “construction worker” from Virginia. The article did note that local police found no “evidence that Martinez Torres was motivated to kill Nabra because of her religion.”
The story, however, still quoted the victim’s father, Mohmoud Hassanen, saying that Nabra was killed because she was Muslim. It also featured a bizarre quote from Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, who said it is “premature” to classify the killing as a road rage incident. Hooper instead claimed it is safer to say that it was motivated by Hassanen’s religion.
The Post has stuck to this narrative in its coverage of the killing by promoting the idea that Hassanen was murdered by an illegal immigrant from El Salvador because she was a Muslim.
One article about attacks on Muslims during Ramadan said, “Fairfax County police said [Hassanen’s] killing was probably a ‘road rage incident,’ although many Muslims, including her father, believe she was targeted because of her religion.”
That same piece made an effort to tie violence against Muslims to President Trump and mentioned “anti-Muslim rhetoric” during the election. The Post also ran a story from a columnist titled: “Nabra Hassanen’s death may not legally be a hate crime, but it sure feels hateful.”
Hassenen’s alleged killer, Torres, was previously accused of punching, choking, and sexually assaulting a woman who said he was a member of MS-13. This fact was disclosed in a WaPo report, which was followed up by a story saying the police have not found any connections between Torres and the notorious street gang.
But Washington Post reporter Sharif Hassan did not mention this record in the paper’s most recent story on the killing….
mortimer says
Libtards have a real problem now! Hmmmm tough choice! Which of the two PROTECTED victim groups comes first or neither? Both are official NOBLE SAVAGES.
Do they now condemn illegal Hispanics? Hmmm. Muslims are still untouchable even if they have committed mass murder.
Louis Schwartz says
Boy, You hit the nail on the head with this comment.
John A. Marre says
That would enable the Muslims, the Democrats and other America-haters to claim that it is just another instance of those evil White Christians killing innocent Muslims and they should be stripped of their rights and money to make room for the streams of Muslims who are eager to take their place, and money.
gravenimage says
The killer was Hispanic–but you are probably right about how dhimmis would see it.
DRHazard says
The liberal media’s victim ranking system can’t handle a situation like this; illegal Hispanic immigrant vs. Muslim woman. So the Washington Post just leaves out facts in a desperate attempt to turn an incident of road rage into an anti-Muslim hate crime.
It just goes to show how few and far between are real anti Muslim hate crimes and how eagerly the liberal media seeks them out. The whole thing has no truth in it, which means that the newspaper and it’s reporters are all guilty of fraud. The left has no integrity when it comes to reporting on Islam and Muslims and most other minorities. And they also have no integrity when it comes to reporting on white males, Christians, and especially Jews. In fact, they are not a news source at all. They’re just pretending.
Adrian says
The tragedy of today’s brainwashed society: smearing by meaningless labels – “hate” crimes, “phobias”, all varieties of “-isms”….
Behold the fruits of Saul Alinsky!
Shmooviyet says
“… but it sure *feels* hateful.” And that’s what really matters in Justice these days!
Hooper and his ilk are desperate to continue showcasing those feelings: ‘hatred’, ‘marginalization’, etc. It’s too rich a vein to give up.
CAIR, etc. doesn’t give a rat’s behind about the facts of this girl’s death; to them she’s just a number on a toe tag.
Paul says
The Quran sure feels hateful to me. But in that case of course, it will be my feelings that are seen to be hateful!
mohamonator says
The operative word here is “pressure”. If you–the authorities– don’t do what we TELL you to do, we–the mohammedan victimhood lobby–will call you “racist, bigoted, islamophobic”. We will call out a gaggle of victimhood advocates to protest and force you to accede to our demands.
It’s just blackmail, folks. And the Fairfax County police WILL cave. Bet on it!
Seabird says
From accounts reported, Torres sexually assaulted a woman about a week before the incident (in front of her child) but she refused to press charges because of the fear he was an MS-13 member.
Another report stated that the girl was walking (with about 14 other teens) to an Islamic center at 4:20am(!) The group was walking on the sidewalk (and street) when the perp got into a verbal argument with a boy in the group who threw a drink at his car (the road rage component?).
He (Torres) then chased the group which ran to another location .Torres caught up with them, took a metal baseball bat from his car and chased them and the girl fell where he beat her unconscious and dragged her into his car. He then took her to another location, (very likely raped her) and killed her then dumped her body in a pond where she was discovered in the afternoon.
Torres was only charged with second degree murder (because of “road rage”?).
It was not reported what (if anything) he said to the group he attacked.
Barring that, only a thorough psych examine could determine his motives and the victims family (I believe) is entitled to that.
I don’t know what Reston, Virginia’s immigration policy is but nearby Chesterfield County is listed in a Govt. posting as a “sanctuary county”.
Could the Reston PD be seeking lesser charges for Torres to minimize its culpability due to lax immigration policies?
I’m no friend of any of these Muslim groups but they’re entitled to a complete (and unbiased) investigation into the crime.
The determination that it was a “hate crime” would bring enhanced penalties to the perpetrator (including the death penalty?) and possibly allow a lawsuit to proceed against the City for a lax immigration policy which allowed this savage to be on the streets.
Any case where victim’s families can proceed with a lawsuit against lax immigration policies of a City is a good case in my opinion.
Is the City trying to minimize the murder to avoid responsibility for its immigration policies and the financial losses of a lawsuit from allowing this killer to be on the streets?
I would to see all those questions answered and a complete investigation including a psychiatric examination of the killer done before reaching any conclusions.
Terry says
A question: the girl was 17–at 4:20 AM was walking to a mosque?
The time makes no sense.
And why the hesitation to say that he is an illegal alien?
Was the girl wearing the headscarf; and/or garbage bag, or other Muslim ideas of fashion that would lead Torres to KNOW that she was a Muslim? If not, I would go with road rage ( and /or over active testosterone – and that he was having a “sexual emergency”– Muslims would understand that.
Kessler says
“Washington Post reporter Sharif Hassan”
With this infiltration of stealth jihadists, it is hardly surprising that the media is peddling the Muslim victimhood strategy – one of their prime tools to advance their Sharia aspirations
gravenimage says
So true, Kessler.
Rotten Eye says
Infidel kills Mudslime = hate crime.
Mudslime kills infidel = Mudslime insanity defense.
Mudslime can dish it out, but they sure cant take it.
More Ham Ed says
It’s more proof that ILLEGAL gimmie-grants are lower on the leftist victim currency ladder than muslims (lowercase be upon them).
Creole Gumbo says
Muslims lie. It is part of the religion.
Halal Bacon says
They are correct, all illegals are islamophobes, deport them immediately /sarc
gravenimage says
Washington Post spinning road rage killing by illegal alien as “anti-Muslim hate crime”
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Since there are so few real “anti-Muslim hate crimes” beyond putting bacon on Mosque doorknobs, dhimmis have to gin them up.