Then we hear that “anti-Muslim hate incidents” have increased, when really only the chutzpah and dishonesty of those compiling these reports has increased.
“Fact Checking the New Islamophobia Inflation Hoax Report,” by Daniel Greenfield, FrontPage, February 13, 2018:
Yasmin Seweid, a Muslim college student, claimed that Trump supporters had tried to tear off her hijab on the New York City subway and shouted, “Look it’s a f______ terrorist” and “Go back to your country”.
“The president-elect just promotes this stuff and is very anti-Muslim, very Islamophobic, and he’s just condoning it,” she complained.
It was all a lie.
Yasmin was charged with filing a false police report on December 2016. On September 2017, she pleaded guilty to falsely reporting an incident and disorderly conduct.
An Islamophobia hoax doesn’t get any more discredited than the Seweid case. But Islamophobia hoaxes never die. They’re rolled into hate crime statistics and reports even when they are completely false.
“Reported anti-Muslim hate incidents, rhetoric rose in year after election, report finds,” NBC News claims. Like The Nation, Think Progress and a variety of other sites, it’s touting a report by South Asian Americans Leading Together or SAALT.
The SAALT report, “Communities on Fire,” fits into an annual media tradition. Every year, fake statistics are used to inflate the Islamophobia threat. And the media reports every year that Islamophobia is getting worse. The statistical gimmicks of Islamophobia inflation vary from the clever to the terrible.
The Southern Poverty Law Center hit a new low when it claimed that the “number of anti-Muslim hate groups increased almost three-fold in 2016” by counting 45 chapters of Act for America as separate organizations after counting them as one in 2015. Another report documented a 66% increase when 6 cases increased to 10. But the SAALT report’s listing of discredited hoaxes is even more outrageous.
Even though the report was issued now, its list of incidents includes the Seweid case. “Three drunk white men repeatedly screamed ‘Donald Trump!’ and hurled anti-Islam slurs at a Muslim Baruch College student, Yasmin Seweid, before trying to rip her hijab off on an East Side subway.”
And that’s far from the only hoax on the SAALT list.
In Lafayette, LA, its report claims, “Two men knocked a young Muslim student wearing hijab to the ground with something metal and verbally assaulted her with obscenities before making off with her wallet and hijab.”
The Muslim student claimed that she had been attacked by Trump supporters. She was charged with filing a false police report. “She made up the entire story about being attacked, about her hijab being taken. There was no truth to any of it,” the Lafayette Police Department spokesman said.
In Ann Arbor, MI, the SAALT report claims, “A man approached a Muslim student and threatened to set her on fire with a lighter unless she removed her hijab.”
That story was also a hoax.
“Following a thorough investigation, detectives have determined the incident in question did not occur,” the Ann Arbor Police Department stated.
These weren’t just hoaxes. They were hoaxes from over a year ago. And SAALT still included them.
“An anti-Muslim message was spray painted on a residence hall on the Beloit College campus,” the report claims.
The student confessed to having vandalized his own door with anti-Muslim graffiti. He was arrested and charged with criminal damage.
“Two men confronted a San Diego State University student wearing hijab in a parking structure, made comments about President-elect Donald Trump and the Muslim community, and then took her purse and backpack. The men also took the student’s car keys and ran off,” the SAALT report claims.
The car turned out not to be stolen. No evidence of the attack was found and the student refused to cooperate with police.
Incidents like these, which were reported after Trump’s victory, play a crucial role in SAALT’s efforts to connect the supposed rise in Islamophobic attacks to him. The SAALT report mentions Trump nearly 200 times. It claims that, “One in five perpetrators of hate violence incidents referenced President Trump, a Trump policy, or a Trump campaign slogan.” But quite a few of those Trump “incidents” were hoaxes.
The SAALT report lists violence that happened to Muslims without any evidence that it was motivated by their religion. It lists the drive by shooting of Mohamed Abdulkadir in Ohio, and the robbery and fatal beating of Ali Khan even though they appear to be ordinary crimes.
In Milwaukee, “A perpetrator beat a woman leaving morning prayers and pulled off her hijab,” the SAALT report claims. “She then pushed her to the ground, repeatedly stomped on her head, and took out a knife and slashed her clothing.”
The police report however quoted the victim as saying that she didn’t think it was a hate crime, that the man had not tried to take her hijab, but that the assault had to do with her lesbian daughter.
The SAALT report lists arson at the Islamic Center of Ypsilanti. But the police ruled that out as a hate crime. A Detroit mosque whose vandalism was also listed by SAALT was trashed by an African-American thief when he couldn’t find anything to steal.
The SAALT report lists the shooting of a 16-year-old Muslim in Ohio. The Muslim teenager claimed that his attacker had shouted racial slurs at him, but the attacker, Denzal Johnson, is African-American and his girlfriend appeared to be Muslim. Denzal’s religion is unknown.
The SAALT report claims that “Black Muslim girl, Nabra Hassanen” was killed after she and her group had “been at a late-night event at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society and were headed back to the mosque after a trip to a fast-food restaurant.” Nabra Hassanen wasn’t black and she was killed by an illegal alien gang member from El Salvador who got into a fight with her friends. There’s never been any evidence that her killer was motivated by her religion. And he was not charged with a hate crime.
Sometimes SAALT’s spin is deliberately dishonest. For example, it claims that, “a Somali Muslim woman, Rahma Warsame, who intervened to protect another Muslim woman from harassment by a white male perpetrator was beaten unconscious, resulting in facial fractures and the loss of several teeth. The attacker screamed, ‘You all will be shipped back to Africa’ prior to beating her.”
Rahma Warsame had actually gotten into a fight with Samantha Morales, a Latino woman. Morales claimed that a Somali woman had hit a little boy with a shoe. According to the police, another member of the Warsame family, had tased Morales. The only white male in the story is Morales’ boyfriend. The police couldn’t decide what really happened.
The SAALT report tries to attribute violent attacks on Muslims to “white supremacists”, but many of its more violent incidents are actually the work of African-American and Latino attackers. The Victoria mosque fire was set by a mentally unstable Latino man. The Islamic Center of Eastside fire was set by a schizophrenic African-American homeless man who may have previously tried to pray in the mosque and had smashed a window at NikeTown. Not exactly your typical Trump supporter.
A number of the acts in the SAALT report were actually committed by mentally unstable homeless people with a violent history. But SAALT has its own curious definition of white supremacist.
According to the report, Act for America 9/11 commemoration illustrated a growth in white supremacist Islamophobia. But Act for America was founded by Brigitte Gabriel, a Lebanese Arab immigrant.
The SAALT report not only includes hoaxes, but it attacks civil rights groups and defends hate groups.
The SAALT report lists the Freedom Center’s campaign against hate groups. “Palestinian rights activists at California universities were targeted with posters calling them terrorists.” The posters called out SJP and other hate groups that have expressed support for terrorists.
Many of the activists who were called out in these Freedom Center campaigns weren’t even Muslims.
The first name on the poster that SAALT is complaining about is that of Daniel Alvarez. The second name is Mohammed Hammad who was investigated by terrorism officials and the FBI for posting violent threats. These included, “I think about killing a lot/and some of you are usually the targets of my daydreams.” Instead of condemning Hammad’s threats, SAALT instead attacks the Freedom Center.
The SAALT report leaves out key pieces of information that might provide alternative explanations.
It mentions that Vibert White, was “forced to resign” from the University of Central Florida and sued the college. It neglects to mention that he had been arrested three times on domestic violence charges involving two ex-wives. It mentions the vandalism at the Ahram Halal Market in Maine, but not that a few weeks earlier its owners had been charged with fraud.
The multiple hoaxes that never happened and other incidents that were not hate crimes ought to be enough to raise serious questions about the credibility of the SAALT report. Unfortunately the media unthinkingly passes along Islamophobia inflation reports without ever fact checking them.
The SAALT report and the media stories about it exist to push the narrative is that President Trump is causing anti-Muslim violence. And the narrative is too good to bother checking the facts.
And that not only destroys the media’s own credibility, but hurts the people it claims to be trying to protect. When hoaxes, ordinary crimes and attacks by mentally ill homeless people are all treated the same way, then even real attacks will be drowned out by the torrent of fake incidents.
Benedict says
Islam itself is rightly understood an “odium generis humani” – a diabolical conceived hate crime that promulgates and insists that Muslim law/sharia is THE divinely ordained way that leads to righteousness with God. And that’s why Muslims hate the gospel of Christ and want to obliterate and replace the Jews.
Bob Carrillo says
Well Robert… Thank you for your work..
We have two recent beauty’s right here in Minnesota. Both involving FAKE attacks of
“vandalism” and firebombing” of mosques..
The first in St Cloud MN two plus years ago -“at 5 am”, and now proved to be an inside job.
The second at the Bloomington MN mosque location (on the FBI Watch List for Years for years), and “fire bombing (at 5 am again interestingly, on a rainy/misty – dark – cloud covered morning) this past August… Stay tuned for the final outcome, relative to that manufactured distraction (to deflect attention away from the MPD Justine Damond killing, by rookie police officer, Mohamed Noor) ….a final report not likely to come on that one..
gravenimage says
No surprise…
Andy says
Bill Murray Comes Out Against Political Correctness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEfDpCmNT38
The Fight For Free Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxWdKKDs4_8
Andy says
Exposing The Global News LIE About Rohingya & Myanmar – MORE FAKE NEWS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SsAVbtUZig
livingengine says
CAIR’s 2017 Hate Crime report is exploding with fraud. Here is just one example of CAIR’s so-called hate crimes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egkgpePn_1c
CRUSADER says
CAIR couldn’t care less about anyone who isn’t a viable Muslim to them.
They will try anything to see if it sticks. And they are vile villains to undermine our society.
CAIR needs to be taken apart, dismantled, dismembered, and de-Nazi-fied, so to speak.
Well, it is splitting hairs about the Arm or Shoulder….
….and a he said / they say about the derogatory epithet….
Misspelling / typo on the word “Retriving” (rather than Retrieving)…
As for the instrumental song underscoring the video…it is hilarious to think
it is a reference to “WestSideStory” song “Shariah” (Maria)
“…I just met a (demonic) girl named Shariah….”
livingengine says
Thanks for the feedback.
I chose the music because this story sounds like a possible modern retelling of WSS.
Suppose the girl is trying to escape an oppressive family situation, and Denzel Johnson is defending her. Was the 16year old boy trying to defend the family’s honor? A gun goes off, Johnson goes to jail, and the girl, Khadija (rhymes with Maria) faces an uncertain future returning to the family without his protection.
Add the right cast, and this thing will go supernova.
Buraq says
These reports should always be taken with a pinch of SAALT! Clowns!
Jackie Rozell says
And then there was the Muslim girl in New York whose family claimed she had been kidnapped, that she had said she was being followed by white men who called her racist names. Turned out, after all the man hours of the police department and social media hate directed at Trump and whites, she was hiding out at a friend’s house. She had stayed out late and didn’t want to go home for fear of being punished. Her sister, who had gone to the police to file the kidnap report, knew where she was all along.
gravenimage says
Yes–I remember that case.
Tom says
Takiyya for the uneducated masses is similar to a physical attack on non-believers in causing damage to our society. Only the observable blood and guts of the victims is missing from the Takiyya attack.
The mind of the average left wing and progressive person is ripe for absorbing the lies of Takiyya and that is when the damage is done, for now they become even more adamant that muslims are the victims and need protection from the big bad right wing wolf.
CRUSADER says
“Muslims in America, a personal look”
http://www.cdapress.com/archive/article-f59211c2-ad28-11e5-ba06-27a76fbd0085.html
The Coeur d’Alene Press –
December 27, 2015 | By UYLESS BLACK / Special to The Press
This article is related to a two-part series that appeared in the Coeur d’Alene Press Nov. 27-28. Below are three emails a dear friend and I exchanged recently.
*** First email from my friend: My primary care physician is [Dr.’s name] and my housekeeper is [housekeeper’s name].
Yes, both are Muslims, but not Jihadi Islamists. I’ve been with them for years and cherish them dearly. Where am I going wrong? Thanks, [name of my friend]
*** Second email from me: [My friend’s name], you are doing nothing wrong! I have stated in the article if Muslims are not dedicated to having their religion subsume the state, and they do not practice this aspect of religion, they are more than welcome. If you were to ask [Dr.’s name] and [housekeeper’s name] if they believe Islam and its associated laws should supersede the laws of America that separate church and state, that Catholicism would be out the door, what would be your reaction? [My friend is a devoted Catholic.] Mine would be of uneasiness, especially if they were activists seeking to achieve this goal. If they did not practice this aspect of their religion, I would be completely at ease with them.
(Of course, in some areas of the world, Christians and Muslims co-exist.)
Compromise is part of living, certainly part of politics.
But for this issue, compromise to the extent of allowing people to practice a religion that if it comes to power, and it adheres to its basic tenets, means others cannot practice their religion…that’s where I draw a line…and I very rarely draw lines.
Of course, if it were not Islam, it would be something else.
The Jews have been denied throughout their history the right to practice their religion in many parts of the world. Recently, the Buddhists in parts of Asia are slaying Muslims on the pretext that the Muslims are taking over their societies.
*** Third email from my friend: I am not against Muslims. I cherish mine. I AM against Sharia. My guys are also against Sharia. Thanks, [My friend’s name]
*** Hopeful Indicators “I cherish mine.” My friend has his own Muslims! What an endearing thought, and his statement is one of pride and friendship. My friend is a very conservative Catholic. His words speak volumes about the magnanimity of the American spirit as well as the concern of earnest Americans.
With these thoughts in mind, I return to the themes of the essay “Keep Ancient Lands” to pose a question: Why are the incidences of radical Islamic-based terrorism in America relatively few?
First, American Muslims have blended into our melting pot in a more homogeneous way than other parts of the world, notably France, and, of course, the Middle East, where Sunnis and Shias routinely kill off each other. American Muslim citizens are better educated than many Muslim populations of other countries. They number less than one percent of the United States’ population, yet account for almost 10 percent of its doctors. Fewer than one-half of the Muslims in America say most of their closest friends are Muslim. In essence, Muslims in America are not as interested in deadly religious zealotry as Muslims in other parts of the world.
Second, America is farther removed from the Middle East than are France and Belgium. As well, we have relatively effective law enforcement and surveillance systems. The FBI’s counter-terrorism staff has grown by 2,000 agents in the past few years and is investigating IS activity in all states. American Muslims are prone to report suspected jihadists in their midst. According to a study by The Economist, 42 percent of uncovered jihadist plots in the United States were reported by suspicious Muslims.
Since 9/11, over 400,000 people in the U.S. have been killed by firearms while 45 people have been killed by jihadist Islamic fanatics. France has already suffered nine attacks this year alone. America has experienced nine in the past 14 years.
Opposing Views –
The recent massacre in San Bernardino (Dec. 2) by a Muslim couple has baffled the experts. They were affluent, middle-class citizens. Some terrorist specialists attribute the killings to workplace rage. President Obama asks Americans to view this killing of 14 people in the context of “an already violent society.”
Others contend it is part of an Islamic conspiracy to turn America into a Muslim caliphate. Donald Trump says, “Look at all mosques. … [there should be] a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on.”
Success and Security for All –
I was taken to task by some readers for my “Keep Ancient Lands” essay. I stand by my contentions, which are reinforced by the emails about the Muslim friends of my Catholic friend. This example is just one of many in America: Members of two substantially different religions and cultures can come together, yet both can blend into America’s melting pot of religious tolerance and the separation of church and state. My friend’s Muslim friends have indeed embraced “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” In so doing, they have achieved success and have likely been granted freedom from death and torture in their “ancient lands.”
By their willingness to assume aspects of the American fabric, and subsume parts of their past to this country’s laws, America has benefited from their presence. This approach is a reasonable and pragmatic compromise to their taking in America’s succor.
*** The statistics, data, and direct quotes in this article are sourced from “The Home-grown Threat,” The Economist, Dec. 12, 2015, pages 29-30.
Uyless Black is an award-winning author who has written 40 books on a variety of subjects. His latest book is titled “2084 and Beyond,” a work on the origins and consequences of human aggression. He resides in Coeur d’Alene.
http://www.cdapress.com/archive/article-f59211c2-ad28-11e5-ba06-27a76fbd0085.html
gravenimage says
All pious Muslims seek the eventual impositon of Islam here. Over half of Muslims in America openly admit to this.
MFritz says
Political correctness is not about facts, it’s about feelings. So even fake news can be “real”.
And shameless liars profiting from fake news know that too.
RealTrueFreeThinker says
I love that the police DNA tested the feces that the black girl had smeared all over her face from the 3 white men that did that to her.
I wonder how the 3 white men got the chicks own feces to then smear on her own face?
**** I’m being sarcastic, obviously the black girl smeared her own feces on her face then went and told police that 3 white men did it to her.***
TheBuffster says
Wow, RealTrueFreeThinker, that’s real dedication to one’s hoax!
gravenimage says
New “Islamophobia” report contains “hate crimes” faked by Muslims as if they really happened
……………………..
Disgusting. And how many Infidels–including news outlets–will just uncritically swallow this bs?