This is a common tactic of Leftists: represent facts that are patently true as if they were self-evidently false, and egregiously hateful and bigoted, without any actual attempt to refute them. The pathetic sheep who still think that the ADL is a civil rights organization will be taken in. Those who are more thoughtful will notice that in the terrible things I am represented as saying below, there are no links. And there is a very good reason for that. If the ADL had provided links, it would be clear that I was in all cases simply passing on information from news outlets, not making up wild claims out of whole cloth, as the ADL would have you believe.
1. “In a March 16 post on his conspiratorial, Islamophobic website called Jihad Watch, leading Islamophobe and right-wing conspiracy theorist Robert Spencer claimed that Muslims in India refused a coronavirus test because ‘Islam does not permit such tests.’”
The March 16 Jihad Watch post links to, quotes and credits this March 15 article from OpIndia, which says: “The Muslim youths objected to carrying out any medical tests citing that Islam does not permit such tests.”
2. “In a March 28 article on the right-wing news site PJ Media, Robert Spencer echoes this by claiming that Muslims believe ‘coronavirus is for infidels’ because ‘a hadith attributed to Muhammad accords martyr status to those who die in a plague.'”
The ADL doesn’t bother to inform you that I give the source of the hadith in question, Sunan Abi Dawud 3111. Nor does it mention that I quote a Muslim cleric, Sheikh Sani Jingir, saying that “coronavirus is Western conspiracy to stop Muslims from performing their religious rites.” (And here’s the source for that, also cited and linked in my article). The ADL likewise glides over the fact that I note in the article that “according to the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), an imam in Gaza, Jamil Al-Mutawa, preached a sermon in which he said that “the Muslims are the people who are least infected.”
3. “In a March 22 article on PJ Media, Robert Spencer writes that Muslims are going so far as to practice ‘coronavirus jihad’ because an activist known to be a vocal opponent of Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi encouraged Muslims who have ‘flu-like symptoms’ to try to spread any possible disease to members of the Egyptian government.”
That one is also on video, and cited and linked in my article.
The ADL article does the same thing with other writers as well, and in all those cases also it tendentiously leaves out the links and any indication that the claims in question are actually well-sourced and the judgments grounded in fact.
The ADL is, in a word, dishonest.
“Islamophobes React to Coronavirus Pandemic with Anti-Muslim Bigotry,” ADL, April 30, 2020:
As the coronavirus continues to spread, American anti-Muslim ideologues are propagating a range of conspiracies aimed at stoking fear, claiming Muslims are defying social distancing rules and/or actively trying to spread the virus….
…Similarly, in a March 16 post on his conspiratorial, Islamophobic website called Jihad Watch, leading Islamophobe and right-wing conspiracy theorist Robert Spencer claimed that Muslims in India refused a coronavirus test because “Islam does not permit such tests.”
…In a March 28 article on the right-wing news site PJ Media, Robert Spencer echoes this by claiming that Muslims believe “coronavirus is for infidels” because “a hadith attributed to Muhammad accords martyr status to those who die in a plague.”
…In a March 22 article on PJ Media, Robert Spencer writes that Muslims are going so far as to practice “coronavirus jihad” because an activist known to be a vocal opponent of Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi encouraged Muslims who have “flu-like symptoms” to try to spread any possible disease to members of the Egyptian government….
Lightship Chaplain says
Leftist take great pride in their ability to manipulate thinking; one of the biggest ways to brainwash people is by changing the language used. Today we have words like “xenophobe” and “chauvinist” as synonyms for the word “patriot.”!!! In my view this is all done in an effort to bring down traditional “Christian informed values”, destroy the family unit, borders language and culture, which are the very fabric of Nationalism – for Marxist Globalists. In short, it promotes rebellion and eroreds national unity all in the name so called equality, which can never exist, but it stirs up revolution instead of tranquility which has taken the west years to accomplish!.
Clarino says
We are living in an atmosphere of classic Orwellian doublethink here in the UK. This morning newspapers are reporting that BAME people are eight times more likely to die from Coronavirus than other people, and among the (entirely reasonable) demands to know the reason why, there are entirely hysterical demands to take extra-special measures tp ‘protect’ BAME healthcare staff.
So it’s OK to accept statistics showing BAME people as being disadvantaged. Fine : I’m OK with that.
But, if you have statistics which show that in the Midlands child rapists are more likely to be of Pakistani origin, or if the police in London have statistics to show that street crime is more likely to be commited by BAME people, those statistics are not ‘reliable’. Not factually incorrect, but morally unacceptable.
Jayell says
Informed opinion in the UK has it that BAME persons have suffered more than others from the Corona virus probably because (a) genetic factors including a failure to create sufficient vitamin D naturally in higher latitude locations due to darker skin pigmentation, that has rendered them more susceptible to viral infections, plus (b) they may have been marginally more in positions of risk due to their occupations, and (c) people in these groups have been observed deliberately or/and negligently flouting lock-down regulations proportionally more than members of other groups. The medical profession has been well aware of the vitamin D problem for years, the presence of a lot of BAME persons in the NHS and transport sectors (where they come into contact with the public) is self-evident, and proportionally more offences against the lock-down regulations have been committed by groups from the BAME communities than other groups for religious and other reasons, as reported in the MSM and on internet sources. So, if they are unfortunately naturally disadvantaged whilst living in in Western Europe for reasons beyond their control, they might appear to have compounded this disadvantage by choosing riskier occupations and failing to comply with official measures to reduce the risks. So the persons to blame for any adverse outcome in the Corona virus situation are…….?
gary fouse says
The pathetic sheep who still think the wolf is a vegetarian.
Jayell says
Definition of ‘bigotry’ – “The character or mode of thought of a bigot; obstinate and unreasonable attachment to a particular creed, opinion, practice, ritual, or party organization; excessive zeal or warmth in favor of a party, sect, or opinion; intolerance of the opinions of others.”
What’s that got to do with reporting the observable behaviour of any particular person or group? Or is it now just one of those nasty-sounding buzz-words that one throws in because one can’t think of anything sensible reasonable or constructive to say in response an adverse but accurate comment or observation relating to a particular creed, opinion, practice, ritual, or party organization toward which one exhibits an excessive zeal or warmth, and exhibits intolerance of the opinions of others that conflict with that? In other words, one accuses others of bigotry because they disagree with one, because one is a bit of a raving bigot oneself?.
James Lincoln says
The ADL’s (Anti-Defamation League’s) description of this website / Robert Spencer is as follows:
“Islamophobic website called Jihad Watch, leading Islamophobe and right-wing conspiracy theorist Robert Spencer…”
Completely nonfactual – and non-evidence-based.
I think that it’s safe to stop reading at that point in the article…
gravenimage says
ADL dubs accurate reporting of Muslim reactions to coronavirus “anti-Muslim bigotry”
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Dhimmi tools.
Roland says
The ADL is getting dumber and dumber. It’s been hijacked by the Left. I’m moving to Jewish organizations that have a better grip on reality. Ex. ZOA, Im Tirtzu,
gravenimage says
Good for you, Roland.
Lookmann says
A D L = Absolute Dhimmi League.