There are so few instances of actual “Islamophobia” that the victimhood narrative and hysteria surrounding Muslims in the West has to be constantly shored up with fake hate crimes. This may not be one, it may be real, but the previous false claims cast doubts.
“Support For A Muslim Business Owner Backfires Because Of Social Media,” by Gene Marks, Inc., November 25, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
There’s a curious story developing in Appleton, Wisconsin, a small town of about 75,000 residents located near Green Bay.
The story is about Sapphire Moon Chocolates and its owner Tarina Swanson. Swanson, who opened the chocolate and sweet shop this past September, proudly calls herself a United States Army veteran. She is also a Michigan-born Muslim who wears a traditional hijab headscarf. Where I live, that fact would hardly raise an eyebrow. But Swanson says her faith has attracted unwanted attention – even discrimination.
When customers would enter her store she “would pop up over the counter and say, ‘Hi there,'” Swanson told local television station WBAY. “They would look at me kind of blankly, and they would just turn around and leave.” But that wasn’t all. In another report, Swanson says that one woman assaulted her verbally and another woman stood in her doorway and yelled that she “would never buy anything from a woman who wears a headscarf.’” Hard to believe? Not really. Swanson’s story isn’t an isolated tale.
“I believe her,” Mohamed Abdelazim, the leader of a local Islamic Center told the Appleton Post Crescent. “Some other members complained about similar things. It’s not very common in Appleton, but it could have happened to her.”
To show support, a pastor and former college professor of Swanson’s posted a photo and encouraged her friends to shop at the store. The post garnered more than 4,000 shares and 3,000 reactions in just a few days on Facebook and people began “lining up” to buy her chocolates. So, a happy ending, right?
Unfortunately, not. Because here the story takes a turn.
The well-intentioned Facebook post also drew the attention of someone else: a private investigator working for an insurance company. The investigator was looking into a $550,000 workmen’s compensation claim that Swanson filed a few years before, alleging injuries she incurred at her former employer. But those injuries were called into question after the investigator visited the store and photographed Swanson bending over and doing other physical chores. Because of these photos, a judge last week awarded her an amount far less than what she expected….
Was she the victim of religious discrimination in the first place? Given the times, it wouldn’t surprise me. But unfortunately her story, once it became public, revealed facts about her which ultimately influenced a judge to rule against her in another, unrelated case. “It did not go well because of the Facebook posts,” she admitted….

Joe MacDonald says
duplicity is inherent in isLIEam (just as Truth is inherent in Christianity).
Same can be said re how isLIEam advocates
hate/vengeance/violence/perversion…
And Jesus’ Gospels espouse
Love Forgiveness Healing & Morals.
The results of these two opposite cultural mindsets manifest themselves in the societies where they prevail…
iran saudiBarbaria somolia syria libya etc.
OR
Modern Western Prosperous Civilized Christian/Judeo Nations….
Jayell says
The muslim ideology openly condones and promotes dishonesty. especially in dealings with ‘unbelievers’. It is therefore logical NOT to get involved in dealings with musiims. If Ms.Swanson wants to avoid situations where people avoid dealing with her, she might be advised to conceal her muslim connections by NOT wearing her headscarf, although this would also add up typically-islamic deception. But it might be better still if she examined the reasons why people might shun her instead of indulging in the usual ‘;islamophobia’ whingeing, and she might find that find that these are clearly written into her rubric of her ‘faith’, and that people are very well aware of that fact. Perhaps then she might ask herself why she has chosen to associate herself with this ‘faith’.
Joe MacDonald says
“550g claim for injury”…???
What “injury”..??
This is standard scam behaviour for isLIEmists that drives up good people’s insurance costs and makes all legit claims suspect & very difficult to settle fairly.
people who bow to the sociopath false “prophet” of isLIEam should be refused insurance or face much higher risk assessment & greatly inflated premiums.
It’s just common sense.
And why would a cowardly deluded gullible “judge/enabler” not toss this criminal seditionist liar’s claim and award significant punitive damages to her targeted victims (the insurance co./employer) as well as have this hate-ideology satanist charged with criminal fraud & extortion..???
“Born in America”..???
There should be a program to deport such subversive economic terrorists to where their “cult-ure” of corruption is systemic, filthy fiefdoms like libya.
Ashley says
She claims the lawsuit stems from injuries sustained while she was a nurse and a patient fell on her.
https://www.postcrescent.com/story/money/2019/11/18/muslim-wisconsin-woman-says-bias-part-struggle-keep-shop-open/4205067002/
mortimer says
Agree. It’s a scam to claim victimhood. What? Does the Islamic veil signal to people: ‘I’m friendly and laid back’? Or does the veil tell people ‘I BELIEVE IN ISLAMIC APARTHEID from the DIRTY KUFAAR… and I am likely to claim victimhood if you look at me the wrong way’ ?
I think you know what the message of the veil is. The Islamic veil is a sign of SEGRATION from society, rather than of integration.
Sun says
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Joe MacDonald says
This all begs the question as to wether this clearly ill-motivated selfish hater would follow the clear instructions in the koran/hadith/sura and lace the ‘sweet temptations’ so as to poison & sicken the “isLIEmaphobic” non-believers she loathes so much….
Anyone who bows to the sociopath false “prophet” should never have access to food preparation… current existing legislation makes their hate-ideology & conspiracy to commit crime illegal.
China knows exactly what to do with musLIEims…. BAN the koran..!!!
roberta says
Is it discrimination to not buy chocolate from someone that practices a ”religion” that openly practices hate and discrimination toward all other beliefs? Im kinda lost on this one.
Was it wrong of me to change pharmacies after the hijab behind the counter messed up my prescription 3 times in a row? How many times can I smile and say ”oh, its ok, Ill come back tomorrow”? It is almost like she is inept or has a diploma mill title out of pakistan. Naw, Im the problem.
I dont buy the gas at their EBT fraud mini-marts either. Dont like paying for the weapons stash at the mousk.
WPM says
+1
,I would not buy or go into a store with someone in a KKK hood and robes, or someone wearing Nazi symbols why should I buy anything from a bigot who wants to enslave or kill me? Anyone in a hijab is in the uniform of hate Any food they sell could be tamper with .Any money they make could go to other terrorist who plan to murder people like me and my family at some future date or place.
somehistory says
She’s blaming fb for her own deceit. That’s the moslim way. It’s the way of the psychopath. Never accept responsibility for one’s actions that have a bad outcome; never just accept the consequences of bad decisions…blame someone else.
“she would *pop up* from behind the counter.’ Doesn’t sound very professional. It seems to me that it was meant to startle the customer…to walk in and not see anyone and then she “pops up” and speaks.
To tell the truth, if I went in to a shop and saw a moslim popping up or just standing behind the counter, I too, would walk out again.
So, I can believe that others walked out, but to the moslims, it’s all about the head rag. and never about what the person knows about islam they find so distasteful.
One thing moslims don’t get….a person can choose to be a customer of a particular business…or not. it isn’t against the law to not buy because of dislike of another’s ‘culture’ or ‘religion.’ A few years ago, people were forced to buy certain insurance, but it isn’t a law…yet, anyway…that we must buy from moslims whatever they may be selling.
somehistory says
there used to be a saying heard frequently: He has discriminating tastes. Or she has. Those who choose not to do business with moslims are just using their “tastes.” And in that, it is acceptable to discriminate.
Who can tell what she puts in her chocolates or if her hands are clean? some of their “cultural” religious practices are just so dirty, they are nasty.
FYI says
She sounds like a convert to islam:islam does attract stupid women
I mean if you convert to islam and are female..
1]The koran insists you have only HALF the value of a man k2:282
You will NEVER be equal to a man in islam!
2]islam’s child-raping “prophet” muhammed said the reason the koran insists a woman’s value is HALF that of a man is due to women having “a deficiency of the mind”
3]That hijab is worn in honor of a fake Arab misogynistic bigot of a god,al LAH, who knows LESS BIOLOGY than any modern woman{see the scientific mistakes in the koran,especially the Biology ones},will be sending women to hell anyway{Sahih muslim 241 for being TAKFURNA,ungrateful}and doesn’t like women
{the koran is all about what MEN get:women don’t count!}
Any woman who converts to such a misogynistic cult is,i’m sorry,a complete moron!
Mark Berlinger says
The Hijab
It’s the “in your face” advertising of a woman’s mandatory submission to a seventh century cult. The black flag, minarets and the veil indicate that Islam rules in this place.
You don’t need to be an imam to understand Sura 4. Read it. There is absolutely nothing in Islam for women spiritually or politically. Females are kept in bondage of this retrograde culture through family and fear. The typical convert’s willful ignorance of Sharia exhibits a giving up of the freedom of self-determination and acceptance of spiritual bondage.
FYI says
On You Tube..2 relevant videos…
1}Apostate Prophet:the origin of the hijab-allah takes orders from a man.
Explains where the hijab REALLY comes from.
islamic apologists will say that it is mandated by allah in the koran:but do you know what else is in the koran?
2}SyeTen the sound of muslims
worth looking at….
James Lincoln says
Based upon my research,
Swanson is about three years into a workers’ compensation lawsuit against a former employer. She stated that a patient had fallen on her and that she was unable to work because of her injuries. She specifically stated the following:
“I can’t lift, bend, stoop or twist. The physical stuff, I can’t do,” she said. “I still have a bad knee. I limp. I still have a bad back.”
She claimed $140,000 for knee replacements and lost lifetime wages of $410,000 for a total of $550,000.
Facebook pictures / posts prompted a private investigator to look into the shop. After this, the investigative team got a picture of her bending into a chocolate case. BENDING…
Based upon this, the judge decided to lower the amount of the settlement, which she apparently refused.
The judge was actually quite lenient. The settlement portion regarding lost wages could have been reduced very substantially and Swanson could have been charged with workers compensation insurance fraud – a felony. This could have resulted in the following:
–Personal refund to the employer of any amounts paid that were not a direct result of the work injury.
–A fine.
–Possible jail time.
And she’s worried about her chocolate shop…
somehistory says
Thank you, James Lincoln, for the extra information. Sounds like she got off easy.
And now, she wants even more based on her “discrimination” claims. But one does not have to buy from any particular merchant or frequent any particular business. It is the choice of the customer with whom to do business. moslims don’t seem to have any understanding of the ways of a free society as opposed to one run entirely by their kind. If they do understand it, they still fight it tooth and nail to get their own way established.