In doing this to Pirro, Fox is validating the idea that there was something wrong with what she said. Yet the hijab is in many cases, if not most, indicative of adherence to Sharia, and Sharia does contradict Constitutional principles in numerous ways, including the denial of the freedom of speech and the denial of the equality of rights of women. So what is wrong with asking the question Pirro asked? It is increasingly taken for granted that it is “bigoted” and “Islamophobic” to utter the slightest critical word about Islam or about any Muslim individual or group. As this continues it will have numerous negative effects, including making it impossible to oppose jihad terror activity.
“Jeanine Pirro’s Show Won’t Air on Fox Saturday After Remarks About Ilhan Omar,” by Joshua Caplan, Breitbart, March 16, 2019:
The Fox News Channel will air a repeat episode of its documentary series Scandalous on Saturday instead of Jeanine Pirro’s weekly program —Justice with Judge Jeanine — following the conservative host’s recent remarks about Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) use of a hijab.
Pirro is facing criticism after appearing to suggest on her program last Saturday that Omar wears a hijab in defiance of the Constitution. “Think about this: She’s not getting this anti-Israel sentiment doctrine from the Democrat Party. So if it’s not rooted in the party, where is she getting it from?” Pirro asked during her opening segment. “Think about it. Omar wears a hijab, which according to the Quran 33:59, tells women to cover so they won’t get molested. Is her adherence to this Islamic doctrine indicative of her adherence to Sharia law, which in itself is antithetical to the United States Constitution?”
Pirro’s remarks came in response to Omar’s most recent antisemitic outburst, in which she suggested pro-Israel groups pressure members of Congress to pledge allegiance to a foreign country.
In a statement to Deadline, a Fox News spokesperson said the network would not comment on “internal scheduling matters.”
Fox News denounced Pirro’s comments last Sunday, saying in a statement: “We strongly condemn Jeanine Pirro’s comments about Rep. Ilhan Omar. They do not reflect those of the network and we have addressed the matter with her directly….
Justine says
fox needs to grow some balls. pirro did nothing wrong. big black mark on fox for not supporting Pirro. very bad move
Victoria says
Fox had better decide which side of the fence they are on. This struggle for dominance of America has no place for neutrality. As for listeners. OANN and NEWSMAX are out there. They are my ‘go to” when Fox gets too sloppy trying to appease the left with the idiot remarks by Juan Williams, the snide remarks by Shep, the weather man. The constant gloom by the Never Trumpers, Cavuto and, Napolitano .Find them on cable and be pleasantly surprised.
J D.S says
Oh no …not just wearing a head covering is not the only sharia complicit thing but every command in the koran is sharia complicit…..but what about full body coverage? isn’t that a requirement?
As to FOX and Mean he being not aired…Has anyone else, say in the last year or do, noticed Fox leaning leftward in some Areas? Or is it just Muslim slanted view..
Don’t get me wrong…Fox still outshines the other so called news outfits. But still it’s not enough for just one news outfit to bare the whole load…Just think…If they all worked together Islam would go away or st least stay out f the forefront and do many other GOOD things could happen .
Too many LEFTIST in the pot makes . for a bad tasting stew.
Carol the 1st says
Type OANN or NEWSMAX into your media player and a selection will crop up. Here’s one:
Jewish Activists Stage Sit-In at Nancy Pelosi’s Office
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW9hAp6E-
abad says
I agree. Fox should not be caving into Omar. She – and Tlaib – are very dangerous women, being in Congress.
eduardo odraude says
One of the producers, I believe her name was Hafsa Kamal, who is Muslim, complained about Pirro’s remarks.
So folks, no more criticism of Islam allowed. Muslims have a veto on free speech. If they want you to shut up, you have to shut up. You can criticize any other religion, but not Islam. A Muslim can use two methods to force you to shut you up: 1) leftist tropes about racism, though Islam is not a race, it’s an ideology and a choice; or 2) death threats and violence. Some Muslims use #1. Some use #2. Some use both. Some refrain from using either, but most of the refrainers do nothing to stop those using #1 and/or #2.
Support Robert Spencer. And join Brigitte Gabriel’s Act for America.
Demsci says
Fox is already now much vilified and despised for wholeheartedly supporting the most vilified and despised president in the history of the US! It is called A state run network!
One might call this brave.
So why won’t Fox be brave and go One step further and expose Islam, Some of the Muslims, by supporting judge Pirro?
It s not as if when Fox News spares it s opponents, like Muslims and Leftists, that it Will get any less verbal abuse from them.
And no, the judges question was NOT somehow racist or unfair as it could be asked to anybody, on all sides of the political spectrum, as it was protected by the first amendment.
Indiana Tom says
RINO alert! RINO alert! It is amazing how Faux News fawns over Jeb! and Mittens. Kasich too! Faux News is a towering monument of Jello.
George says
where is fox’s condemnation of omar on her anti-semitic views? ever think that what is good for the goose is good for the gander. wake up fox. omar, tlaib, oca should all be removed from Congress. they hate our country. soros paid for them to get elected. ocasio won an audition for the part; she’s the mouthpiece for justice democrats and following the soros plan. read about it on wikipedia/justice democrats. soros’ should be in prison for treason. wake up America. the snakes are taking over. watch the 23 min video on Canada Free Press 3/14 edition about ‘the brains behind oca” it is all there and they are working the plan.
John W. says
And Trump just tweeted about this topic.
gwendolyn e mugliston says
Another reason to assign Fox News to the CNN pit of hell.
Richard Schultz says
GOD BLESS JUDGE PIRRO … HE QUESTIONS ARE JUSTIFIED , HER STATEMENTS ARE JUSTIFIED ..
Elizabeth Baklaich says
+1
gravenimage says
Good post.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
“Fair and balanced reporting?” I think not. How about, ” We grovel at the seat of Sharia Law and political correctness” or “Corporate profits before the truth.” This was their own personal Waterloo and they failed miserably.
Shame, shame, shame!
patsw says
Hijab => adherence to and advocacy of Sharia
Sharia => incompatible with constitutional principles
Connecting those dots should be allowable opinion.
Terry Gain says
Judge Jeanine’s question was completely appropriate. This is another example of Muslim privilege. Shame on Fox News.
gravenimage says
Exactly, Terry.
Paul Olsen says
Fox News…you just lost me. Judge Jeanine’s comments were perfectly legitimate questions…you are becoming a bunch of jellyfish snowflakes. Is it going to MSNBC/FOX NEWS next? GROW UP!!!!
Jan Strucker says
Well, Fox joins the rest in banning Free Speech. Pirro was 100% correct. I guess Fox is using fb guidelines for limited speech.
Elizabeth Baklaich says
Fox has submitted too? This is ridiculous; so the MB is controling ALL our national news media?
The next time I see some anti-semite trying to push the narrative that “the Jews control the media” I am bringing up the fact that they are wrong with this as proof. ‘Cause if they were in charge, why wasn’t the Judge given a raise, an extended 2 hour show and a condo in Tel Aviv?
Bezelel says
Ms Pirro has a huge following, no way fox won’t suffer for this in more ways than one. I remember Juan the token liberal was fired from npr for saying he was nervous about seeing headscarves at the airport. It would be interesting to hear his hypocritical opinion on this. I’m sick of the FONIES!!!
Ashley says
Yes! NPR took a major blow with the Juan Williams fiasco. Folks were cancelling their pledges and foundations refused funding grants.
I hope Fox faces a similar fate…
gravenimage says
I hope everyone here writes to FOX to protest.
J_not_a says
I think Fox is being bought up by the saudis slowly but surely.
Carolyne says
I am a huge fan of Judge Pirro. I always watch her show and her opening statements are always wise and to the point. FOX almost lost me as a viewer when they fired Bill O’Reilly for some accusation we were not allowed to know. I am undecided as to what I will watch in the future. Tonight I watched Discovery I D about murders. Last night I watched a documentary about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Later tonight I will watch an HBO program about the Duchess of Windsor.
Judge Pirro merely scratched the surface of the uncivilized ways of Islam. If the men who run FOX would read the Koran and the Hadiths (I am assuming they are literate, but who knows?) They might absorb just a tiny bit of the evil of Islam and produce a program with Judge Pirro trying to make the American people understand the danger it poses to our country, to our culture and to the freedoms given us by the Constitution. But they have no cajones.
No Fear says
Ditto.
J D.S says
Those who run FOX, COULDN’T, even if they really wanted to, shine a deserving bad light on Islam.
The government and the leftist public and the Democrats would raise such a fuss that the FOX elites would have to resign. That’s just the way we have gone when it. ones to religion…
I believe when the founders if the constitution built in the freedom of religion they were mainly thinking on Christianity as the religion that needed protecting seeing as why the first pilgrims came to America looking for some place where they could worship without the state or church (Same thing at that time) forcing them how to worship a certain way with lots of rules and regulations placed upon them.
As a Christian, or at least I try to be, I don’t want to see ANYONE go to Hell and Christianity teaches that if one does not repent and believe that Jesus is Lord, then they are headed to hell .
That said I’m not going to try and use FORCE and FEAR -(That’s what Muslims use) to make converts to Christianity and they and all the other religions have the RIGHT to BELIEVE what their religion dictates but DO NOT have the right to use government or intimidation or anything else to FORCE me to join their religion. THEY JUST NEED TO GET OUT OF MY FACE with all the Islamic rhetoric that is presently on the scene .and oh yeah quit killing people!!!
SamMadson says
Cynical age of Fox corporate media control Pirro is meant to be shamed into apologizing and is to walk back any criticism of Islam. She by a shinning example to all is to submit to the one true will like a good Kafir to save her show. Criticism by western free speech is portrayed as the real reason behind this slaughter when in fact free speech here deemed “hate speech” is the only true understanding given of Islam using Mohammed being its one true example. At this common core Corporate Censorship of Pirro and ban of many others sits the real: “Islamophobic”, speaks the real progressive rich racist accusing all with its lies and untruths, that perhaps being such a controlling menace could inspire mass murder by its deranged consumer. “Dar al-Harb to Dar al-Islam”
Agostino Armo Pellegrini says
Islam and muslims are becoming a sacred cow that nobody can criticize or even question. And I find that dangerous in a democracy.
Omar can suggest “that Israel is mesmerizing members of Congress,” and “that members are being bribed by Jews,” but Jeanine can’t ask a rhetorical question about her hijab, or her loyalty?
Crazy.
Democratic Minnesota state senator Ron Latz said, “Rep. Omar has used up the reservoir of goodwill generally granted to those who begin new jobs by repeatedly insulting the Jewish people even after being told that her words are dangerous and hurtful.” What I want to know is, is Omar the Jew hater she appears to be? I think journalist Boteach was right when he said, “I don’t believe that anyone in the history of Congress has so openly and vilely attacked Jews and Israel.” And that’s exactly how you’d expect a Jew hater to act.
This whole approach by Fox is disturbing to me, they let Jeanine do that good thing, but then they played it safe with a condemnation for the sponsors. Why is Fox self-censoring for this congresswoman? Omar is nobody to be treated with kid gloves. She has burst on the scene like a loud mouth Nazi spewing hate against Israel and the Jews. She’s your typical “moderate” muslim towing the party line for muhammad and allah, encouraging divisiveness and hate. She can act so sweet, so charming, but like a cobra waving gently under the hand of her snake charmer, allah. Honestly, I don’t trust her. I tried to be open minded about her, but she’s acting too much like a Nazi Jew hater than a respectable member of congress. She has made a really bad first impression for me and it only reinforces what I already think I know, that muslims have a loyalty to allah and islam that supercedes their loyalty to our nation. This is going to be a real problem for us in the future. This little upstart has marched into congress with drums banging and whistles blowing, and she seems to be saying, “here I am you dhimmis, I hate the Jews and you can all kiss my a$$.” Why am I not surprised?
(The italicized quotes are from JPost art. by SHMULEY BOTEACH)
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
Just read that Pirro has been fired from Fox. If this is true, we should all send letters to Fox and its sponsors announcing our boycott
of the channel and their products. I thought of another quote they can use that more accurately reflects their position on free speech and one the “congresswoman” would probably approve. “The truth when it’s convenient, just keep those Benjamins flowing.” I believe the congresswoman has a job waiting for her when she leaves office- the chief censor for Fox News.
Ashley says
“Just read that Pirro has been fired from Fox.”
Can you please provide a link? It is my understanding that Pirro has been suspended, not fired.
Thanks!
gravenimage says
I know her show has “gone dark”, but can find no indication that Pirro has been fired. Links?
PRCS says
Robert Spencer accurately notes: “Sharia does contradict Constitutional principles in numerous ways.
ISLAMIC law. The sharia. Not the misnomer “sharia law” so many use.
And not in its entirety, but in numerous ways.
Wiping with one’s left hand, praying, fasting and other benign practices are components of the sharia.
That aside, I do believe Pirro’s viewers would have been better served if she’d noted that Qur’an 33:59 says that MUSLIM women who are known (i.e., not confused with “unbelieving” and “slave” women) will not be abused.
“That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused.”
Essentially, abuse/hassle/assault/rape her–not me.
Does Omar know that?
Until she’s asked…..
somehistory says
There was a news story a couple of days ago about a fox getting into a hen house. If my memory is correct, it housed about 3,000 chickens.
“In herd mentality, the chickens attacked the fox, pecking with their beaks.” The fox was pecked to death.
Sometimes, foxes venture where they should not go.
Judge Pirro should consider other places of employment. She is too good for this FOX.
ploome says
like where?
gravenimage says
That’s the problem–FOX has long been the best of the major cable news stations, if sometimes only by default.
Joe says
The larger story is that no major news source is willing to report the news with any objectivity. Citing a fact that sharia is nor compatible with the US constitution gets you fired. It is getting to be where most facts are taboo. Only certain lies qualify as “news”. Only the most misinformed read the “news”.
eduardo odraude says
To hell with Fox and all the people at Fox who fail to stand up for Pirro. Cowardly ignorant conformists. They want to play it safe, not rock any boats. Don’t want to end up like Charlie Hebdo, after all.
eduardo odraude says
The answer to bad speech is not censorship, but more speech. Come on, Fox! Have a spine!
eduardo odraude says
People should stop watching Fox until we hear that someone there has the spine to stand up for Pirro’s right to ask reasonable questions.
Wellington says
No guts, no glory. Eventually no free nation either. Those running Fox should consider this.
Dan Lara says
I don’t know(?) Could it be that the men of Fox don’t have a set of testicles?
gravenimage says
Judge Pirro herself seems to have quite a pair, though–and I mean that in the most complimentary way possible.
ploome says
so Pirro questions Omar’s loyalty to USA–bad
Omar questions loyalty of American Jews–good?
really?
Pam Minnick says
Omar has defended terrorism in the past this also needs to be brought to peoples attention. She voted yes to the families of terrorists to be able to collect on their life insurance policies if they were killed committing a terrorist attack, she sent a letter to the Judge that was going to be doing the sentencing of 9 Somali men who were trying to join ISIS asking for light sentencing for them, she has blamed Islamic terrorism on the US and on non muslims who as she says labels musllims in other words tells the truth. She claims love and understanding will rehabilitate them and prevent them. When she addressed the welfare fraud she pulled the backlash card and victimized muslims, and there is the anti-semitism also. What fox did was completely wrong and it was fox 5 news out of Minnesota that did the investigation of the daycare fraud. I say if it walks like a duck sounds like a duck, it is a duck. Jeanine told the truth plain and simple.
No Muzzies Here says
Sharia law is 100% incompatible with the US Constitution.
Wellington says
Well, no, not all of it. For instance, the requirement to wash before praying. But there’s enough of it which surely is and it is my conviction the way to deal with this is to very publicly state that heinous aspects of Sharia which are contrary to Western legal norms, for example death for apostasy and as another example polygamy, will not in the least be tolerated and those Muslims who violate such Western legal norms will be prosecuted to the maximum. Any Muslims who have a problem with this should move to an Islamic nation.
Islam must be called out as the one major religion which is full of iniquities. Anything short of this is both stupid and cowardly. No free pass to Muslims wanting to implement those aspects of Sharia which violate Western law. No exceptions.
GreekEmpress says
+1
And if Judge Jeanine doesn’t come back to Fox, I’m not either!!!
gravenimage says
Fine post.
Rufolino says
Quite agree with what you say Wllington, but going by what has happened to Pirro, you are crying in the dark !
This censorious situation is getting scarey, and even scarier if one projects into the future…
Judi O'Connor says
Jeannine should be allowed to continue her tv show. Double standards should not be tolerated. Congresswoman Omar is permitted to serve in Congress despite her anti-Semitism.
paul 316 says
Start watching One American News for the truth in news. It was only a matter of time for Disney owned Fox to start hacking away at the conservative, constitution honoring approach that exposed the truth on all matters. Goodbye friend, “friends”, I’ll miss you, but I can stand for what is right and honorable even when you begin to fall short and become like the slackers of the left stream lying news. Consider yourself in the same boat of failures, soon you’ll sink like them. Blaze tv is another venue to gather the truth and hear what is actually happening, they won’t allow threats to make them compromise. Stand strong Pirro, you got it right and no one should be condemned for being right and exposing the truth.
theanimalthatthereforeiam3 says
Fox has capitulated and bowed to political correctness and is now no better than the rest of the FAKE NEWS propagandists; Judge Pirro deserved better and should leave Fox while her honesty and integrity are still intact; Hannity and Carlson will be next to be censured along with others who can’t or won’t follow the “party line”; Fox News reporters and contributors who might have believed that they could say what they wanted and when they wanted, better think again; unfortunately the claim to balanced, objective and factual reporting did not include critical analysis and questioning in pursuit of the truth; hence the “free ride” the anti-semites are getting along with their equally brain-dead supporters of leftist extremism.
commonsense says
For what it’s worth, e-mail Fox and complain. There are also telephone numbers (212-301-3000, 888-369-4762), but even if you get through, there’s no one to speak to, and it’s necessary to leave a message…except the mailboxes are full and even that wasn’t an option today, as recently as an hour ago. Earlier this week, I e-mailed Tucker Carlson and questioned his sincerity about his clamoring for free speech, since he had said nothing about Pirro’s being condemned by Fox executives for asking a perfectly appropriate question about how Omar’s views about Jews and other matters might be colored by her religious beliefs. I requested that he put his money where his mouth is and make a statement supportive of Pirro before the end of the week. Obviously, he did not do so, nor, to my knowledge, did any of the other Fox pundits. When it comes to Islam, Fox hosts have always pulled their punches, with Hannity, perhaps, coming closer than the others in revealing Islam’s malevolence. He even quoted Qur’an 5:51, the proscription against taking Christians and Jews as friends. But that was some years ago, when the memory and scars of 9-11 were still fresh and raw. Since then, he has largely refrained from citing Qur’anic verses, although he still makes remarks critical of Shari’a. But he has said nothing to date supportive of Pirro.
James Lincoln says
Commonsense,
You are correct in your analysis of Fox news.
Both Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, so far, have said nothing regarding Jeanine Pirro being unfairly condemned by Fox executives.
Both Tucker and Sean are two the best news analysts at Fox, but it would be inexcusable – and totally unprofessional behavior if they do not quickly address this.
Unless things change, and quickly, Fox news will very soon enter the waste bin of the mainstream media.
The world is in dire need of truth in reporting – and the courage to confront Islam.
The stakes could not be higher.
Wellington says
Completely supportive of you, James, and commonsense
And if Carlson and Hannity don’t stand up for Pirro then they will have lost a great deal of my respect. I will consider them wusses. Time to man up, Tucker and Sean—and no pc/mc wiggle room here by way of defending Pirro but not really defending her.
All who know that Islam is the one major religion which is also a totalitarian ideology are holding both Carlson and Hannity to account here. Big time. And time is up too for making the faux distinction between “Islam” and “radical Islam.” Enough already. The exculpations of Islam must end once and for all.
gravenimage says
Yes. Everyone–Americans especially–should contact FOX.
Demsci says
Judge Jeanine asked where Omar got her anti semitism mindset from. And whether it might have come from Islamic law, the Shariah. And, if Shariah was in contradiction to the constitution, and to which law Omar would-be first and foremost loyal to.
And many think:
Of course her anti semitism came from Islamic law and upbringing and worldwide Islamic attitude!
Of course Shariah is in part in contradiction to the constitution!
And when A devout Muslima like Omar does not (dare) to specifically clarify that her first and foremost loyalty is to the constitution over and above the Shariah, when the 2 contradict, then it is very possible that that loyalty is first and foremost to Shariah over and above the Constitution when the 2 contradict. And frankly even when she WOULD declare for the constitution. There is this question of TRUST.
That seems to me the obvious answer, like the elephant in the room nobody in politics or media dares to mention, not even Fox News.
PRCS says
+1
gravenimage says
Fox doesn’t air Jeanine Pirro’s show Saturday because of her remarks about Ilhan Omar
………………..
More censorship.
Demsci says
And now Pres. Trump has tweeted in her defense! That I think puts Fox News in A quandary. Because Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Tucker are big defenders and Personal friends of the Predident. And he and they are big opponents to the Democratic Party, and Ilhan Omar and her ally AOC!
gravenimage says
+1
James says
I suppose Fox is thinking of what happened to the Mohammed cartoons or Charlie Hebdou in Paris or other cases. You insult the prophet, they kill someone. I suppose it was that way. Unless they got bribed. Omar said that the Jewish lobby gave so much to Congress. Well, lobbyists do not always get anything for the money they spend. And the Islamists spend much more money on propaganda, changing the text books, endowing chairs and institutes of Islamic studies, building cultural centers and Mosques. They plant people in the government, have people like Hillary’s friend Umma Abadeen and other trojan horses. It is getting to be like the McCarthy ear when there were so many communists in the government, but every Dem politician denied it and looked the other way. I suppose someday there will be another Woodward and Bernstein sort of book or film praising the brave WaPo journalists who proved there were no Muslims in the government, it was all Trump or all McCarthy or all J Edgar Hoover who made it all up.
Carolyne says
And that announcement will likely be made by loudspeaker from a minaret.
Max says
Fox’s message to Omar is that you she is untouchable, so there is no reason for her to hide your hate for Jews and Israel and love for Sharia. My message to Fox is that you have lost me as a viewer, as Fox is slowly but surely joining the Muslim apologist mob (CNN, CBS, ABC, etc.)
DAN III says
Ditto.
Linda Goudsmit says
Fox News has caved and finally declared itself a dhimmi news organization. This is not surprising considering that Fox News is now under the activist leadership of the leftist Murdock boys. The only question is where does this leave Fox stockholders as more and more viewers abandon Fox News and its ratings plummet.
Ilhan Omar’s district is the #1 terrorist recruitment area of the United States. Omar is a sharia compliant Muslim who represents the hostile norms and antisemitism of her sharia compliant district. Sharia law is completely incompatible with the cultural norms and freedoms of the United States and our Constitution.
Judge Jeanine was entirely justified in her 3.11.19 opening statement questioning if Omar’s hijab represents her adherence to sharia law. Instead, Judge Jeanine was reprimanded by Fox News and lost several sponsors. Political correctness has silenced the crucial debate about sharia law in America that would expose how sharia compliance is a threat to the safety and stability of the United States.
PUT JUDGE JEANINE BACK ON THE AIR and let the debate begin!
saf says
to know who rules over you… find out who you cannot talk about
Elizabeth Thorne says
Iranian, lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, 55, defended seven women in Iran for not wearing their head scarves. and now she has been sent to prison for 38 years and gets 148 lashes.
Asia Bibi is still in Pakistan and has been denied medical treatment.
We don’t want to live under Shari’ah law but I fear we are on our way. Where have all the heroes gone?
Judge Jeanine has shown some courage and people better stand up for her.
DAN III says
I would think that Ms Pirro at age 67, can financially survive without her FAUX News salary. It is my hope should the FAUX News big shots tell her she may resume her scheduled program, she tells them to DROP DEAD !
FAUX News has joined the communists of the American Left. Time is drawing ever nearer where Traditional Americans will have to defend themselves from the tyranny of government and the supporting mantra of the Leftist media.
Verify your zero.
Ed says
I thought Fox news stood for freedom of speech. Just because Ms Pirro spoke her opinion about a muslim member of congress I do not see the crime. If her remarks would have been anti Trump I think it would have been overlooked.
Dak Kol says
Only have to look at Omar’s recent history in Minnesota. Close friend or even worker with Hammas. She has been active in movements to replace Minnesota constitution at least in part with Sharia law.
Petition her out of office now before she can do real damage.
Sande says
Fox has made a serious mistake here and they are going to loose a lot of viewers, me included, if Judge Jeanine is not back on the air today!