Democrats supporting Israel’s self-defense against the “Palestinian” jihad? That isn’t allowed. Hamas-linked CAIR is ensuring that the miscreants get back in line, and pronto. Independent thought? Pshaw! That’s only for “right-wingers.”
“Muslim advocacy group accuses College Democrats of ‘Islamophobia,’” by Sean Salai, Washington Times, November 12, 2021:
A Muslim advocacy group is accusing the College Democrats of America of “Islamophobia” for harassing one of their officers on social media over pro-Palestinian comments she made online as a child.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) this week called in a letter for the Democratic Party-affiliated group to open an “independent investigation” with the intent of disciplining or expelling the unnamed members who “repeatedly harassed” Rollins College senior Nourhan Mesbah on social media when she ran successfully for national vice president in August.
The harassment includes the members’ “liking” a social media comment that read in part: “Boot this jihadist out, no room for racist totalitarianism,” CAIR says.
In the letter sent this week to College Democrats President Jalen Miller, CAIR’s national deputy director Edward Mitchell also accuses the CDA members of “weaponizing” an “anti-Muslim” political ad against Ms. Mesbah over the pro-Palestinian comment she said she regretted making online as a 13-year-old.
“Anti-Muslim bigotry is not unique to any particular party, and no party is immune to it,” Mr. Mitchell told The Washington Times on Friday.
“The perception is that only the Republicans have a problem with Muslims, but the truth is that you find Islamaphobia [sic] on the Democratic side, too,” he added.
Ms. Mesbah declined to discuss the incident, which erupted after the ad featuring her childhood comment prompted fellow College Democrats to accuse her of antisemitism and push for her censure.
The letter includes testimony from several Muslim members of the organization, including College Democrats Muslim Caucus Chair Tyrese Rice, who complained on Ms. Mesbah’s behalf about the “bigoted and imbalanced implications of the organization” at both the state and national levels.
“There was a lack of Muslim representation and an underlying stigma against discussion [of] related topics and concepts,” Mr. Rice said about the College Democrats when he first joined them.
Another comment in the letter from an anonymous student says CDA perpetuates a culture of hostility toward “Palestinian liberation” and silences Muslim students who speak up about it.
“By creating a space to allow Muslim members to be called ‘jihadist[s]’ among other names, we have abandoned our progressive ideals,” the student writes.
The College Democrats have not responded to Mr. Mitchell’s letter, and their spokesman did not respond Friday to telephone and email requests for comment.
Reached Friday afternoon, a spokesperson for the Democratic National Committee declined to comment on the dispute….
Infidel says
The real news in this story is College Democrats supporting Israel. I was under the impression that they all had been flushed out of the party by the likes of Huma Abedin, Linda Sarsour, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. I’m pretty impressed that the College Dems in this story made someone account for her activities when she was a kid, since we all know that under cancel culture rules, being a minor does not give one a hallpass for not being woke, and neither does the prevailing culture at the time of the offense
If the adult Dems took a page out of the College Dems here, there may be hope for Dems after all, w/o going full blown communist behind the likes of Sanders, AOC, Soros and Omarova
somehistory says
aoc needs a T shirt for cancelling “woke.” She could get the one that says, “I naps, but I stay woke.”
https://www.gopusa.com/the-end-of-woke-aoc-blasts-carville-conservatives-over-leftist-term/
She says “old people and conservatives” are using the term and it’s a ““derogatory euphemism” (whatever that means) for racial and social justice”
Infidel says
I really miss Mini-AOC, but she must have grown up by now to continue being as funny. As for the real AOC, for whom being morally right is more important than being factually accurate, I found it hilarious that she blamed her party for not being communist enough for losing Virginia and almost losing the NJ governor’s races
PRCS says
Mini-AOC was hilarious!
Bob C says
as I see it, I don’t think we have enough Islamaphobia in this country.
somehistory says
Something to agree with here. Not enough knowledge and spine to acknowledge what rot is islam.
PRCS says
As the term Islamophbia was concocted to prevent criticism–or even factual analyses of Islam–we should push back against those who use it.
A specific ayat, hadith, or example of Muslim violence against anyone–especially “unbelievers”–anywhere in the world (plenty to choose from) should be included in every rebuttal.
Infidel says
I agree! Just as being afraid of a butterfly or a ladybug ain’t the same as being afraid of a scorpion, similarly being afraid of a Christian or Buddhist ain’t the same as being afraid of a muslim. In other words, there is nothing phobic about ‘islamophobia’
somehistory says
mozlums see themselves as so special…they must be a part of every thing….and no one, absolutely no one, male, female, old, young, Black, White, or purple, can be allowed not to fawn over them and let them know just how wonderfully special they truly believe themselves to be.
“anti-mozlum bigotry”…..people are not allowed to have personal feelings, no matter the abuse they may have endured, or experiences they have had, nor what they see daily happening to others…if those feelings include a dislike of mozlums or ilsam.
See the definition of bigotry provided by google:
”
obstinate or unreasonable attachment to a belief, opinion, or faction; in particular, prejudice against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular group.”
Since it is not “unreasonable” to have the “belief or opinion” that islam is pure filth and that adherents to this are prone to hatred and *bigotry,* and many have carried out terrorism, killing of family members over clothing choices, mutilating little girls and then selling them to dirty old males to be daily raped, those who don’t like mozlums are not **bigots.**
And rightly, these ones who recognize the dangers in islam, should stay “obstinate” in their belief, which has been proven true time and again.
These young students should not bend to the demands of c.a.i.rats.
Wellington says
Muslims and their useful idiot non-Muslim allies will use Western freedom in order to finally destroy Western freedom. Guaranteed.
You have to be a complete fool to any longer buy into the Islamophobia nonsense. Unfortunately, there are huge numbers of fools who do buy into this rot, never anywhere more so than on college campuses in America.
Hard to say which is the greater culprit—Muslims using freedom in order to destroy freedom or useful dhimmis who buy into this monumental deception by Muslims. I vote the latter.
Meanwhile, in Muslim lands non-Muslims don’t have 10% of the freedoms that Muslims have in Western countries. Fools like Bush 43 and Tony Blair still don’t get this or, in the alternative, they do but in full cowardly fashion they refuse to speak up and acknowledge how wrong they have been all along about the worst religion of all time.
James Lincoln says
Wellington says,
“Fools like Bush 43 and Tony Blair still don’t get this or, in the alternative, they do but in full cowardly fashion they refuse to speak up and acknowledge how wrong they have been all along about the worst religion of all time.”
Agree 100%.
Bush 43 and Tony Blair should stand up NOW and admit their mistakes.
They both have nothing to lose politically – and if they NOW spoke the truth words about islam (and how they originally got it ALL wrong) it would definitely help the anti-jihad effort.
Terry Gain says
The whole point of this Islamophobia accusation is to entice Republicans to attack Democrats. Democrats are evil, so I will take a pass.
Infidel says
Precisely! Just like Republicans need to be properly dinged when they act as apologists for either islam/muslims, similarly Dems, on the rare occasions that they tend to be correct about islam/muslims, ought to be congratulated. Years ago, I was among those who lauded then Sen Barbara Boxer for rescinding an award given to someone later proven to have made anti-Semitic or anti-Israel statements (forgetting the entire story behind this), even though she had nothing to politically gain by this
I harbor no illusions about today’s Dems, but in this case, on this occasion, I do laud the College Dems making their official accountable, particularly by today’s woke standards (when they could easily have copped the easy way out by giving her a pass since she said those nasty things when she was 13)
gravenimage says
With respect, Terry, I disagree. I think it is clear that Muslims don’t want anyone–not even their usual allies the College Democrats–to be able to say anything negative about the murder of Jews.
Infidel says
I thought that Terry was passing the opportunity to bash the Dems on the behalf of jihadists
gravenimage says
Oh…OK…you might be right. In that case, Terry, sorry if I misread your post.
Shawn says
“A lack of a Muslim representation?Are we nuts over here,uh yeah.I hope there are many many out there when push comes to shove this problem will be dealt with.
gravenimage says
Hamas-linked CAIR accuses College Democrats of America of ‘Islamophobia’
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Note that this doesn’t actually say what the content of the thing that Nourhan Mesbah “liked”–this sort of thing is very common. But my guess is that it was something a *lot* nastier than some vague reference to “palestinian liberation”.
But of course it is the Muslims playing the victim, as always.
Now even the College Democrats are not appeasing enough…
gravenimage says
OK–I found the exact reference, and it is, as I suspected, *damned ugly*:
A 2016 tweet by Nourhan Mesbah, who is now CDA National Director of Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA), showed her commenting on a presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump by saying, “I blame this debate on the yahood” — Arabic for “Jew.”
In addition, the tweet was a reply to Dima Jubara, who once stated “God will kill the Jews” and wished that she “had a dollar for every time” she’d said it.
In addition, the tweet was a reply to Dima Jubara, who once stated “God will kill the Jews” and wished that she “had a dollar for every time” she’d said it.
The College Democrats of America Jewish Caucus issued a statement on Saturday expressing frustration that they had received no response from CDA President Gabrielle Harris regarding their concerns about Mesbah’s statements.
NOVEMBER 16, 2021 5:48 PM0
National Pro-Israel Student Group ‘Disturbed’ After New Duke University Chapter Blocked Over Social Media Post
Students Supporting Israel (SSI) said on Tuesday that it was “appalled” after a rare veto was issued by the student…
They called Mesbah’s comment about “the yahood” “blatant antisemitism” that “plays into centuries old tropes of Jews playing puppetmaster over the politics and media.”
Citing Jubara’s genocidal statements, they noted another tweet “featuring a conversation between her and Ms. Mesbah where Dima Jubara is also calling for God to kill the Jews and Ms. Mesbah says nothing regarding how offensive it is.”
https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/09/19/college-democrats-of-america-jewish-caucus-decry-antisemitic-comments-from-national-org-vp-candidate/
So the College Democrats were just objecting to a Muslim approving of the murder of Jews.
Now even this is deemed “Islamophobic”…
somehistory says
g,
Everything that is **true** about mozlums and islam and that is spoken by infidels, whether Jews, Christians or others is ‘phobic’…or, in more understandable terms, unacceptable to mozlums. They know what they say about Jews, are aware of what they say about Christians, and are fully aware of the horribly evil, disgusting things written in their book, but it **offends** them to have the rest of us know it and speak it and write it and **object** to being forced to submit to it.
I know you know this; their ‘phobic’ claim is because they don’t want to come out and say how they hate Truth and are afraid the rest of the population will become aware of just how ugly the Truth about islam is, that they demand apologies and whine and threaten until they get those who speak up to be silenced.
Remember h. clinton telling the mozlums of the oic that they would have to “shame Americans” into being silent about islam and what mozlums believe? Back in 2011. That is what they have tried to do…shame all of us into silence.
I won’t be shamed and I know you won’t either. We can hope these young students won’t either.
gravenimage says
Too true, Somehistory.
Infidel says
Graven
Under normal circumstances, her apology as an adult for something she did when she was 13 should be acceptable, except that that’s not the way the cancel crowd operates when it comes to offenders on the Right. There are no statute of limitations, nor are there any ages where any offenses are forgivable, since, as Mark Steyn noted, forgiveness is a non-existent attribute in this new religion called ‘Wokeness’
Therefore, since a right leaning offender would not be excused for such an offense, it’s pretty fitting that this muslimah is not excused either. And I’m pretty glad that CAIR’s complaint (so far) has fallen on deaf ears
gravenimage says
Under normal circumstances, her apology as an adult for something she did when she was 13 should be acceptable…
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Dear Infidel, Nourhan Mesbah did *not* apologize for this–she pointedly declined to comment. Then, she is fine with others saying that anyone who condemns calling for the murder of Jews is “Islamophobic”.
Then, she is described as a college senior in the story above. This comment was made in 2016–just five years ago, when she says she was 13. So is she *really* just 18 years old now–did she start college at the age of 14? I started college young–at 17–and only ran across one or two students my age or younger during my entire university career. It is not impossible that she started college this young–but it is *damned unlikely*. Oddly, I haven’t been able to find statistics for the US in a quick search, but in the UK the percentage of college students under the age of 18 is just 2.8%. I imagine it is similar in the US.
In fact, the average college senior is 22-23 years old. If this is the case with this student, then she was about 18 at the time of this statement–a young adult, but an adult all the same, certainly *not* a child.
Infidel says
Okay, in that case, the College Dems were even more justified in rebuking her for her past comments than I initially thought
Prabhakar Shetty says
Boot them out of US. Don’t be sitting ducks for Izlamic terrorism, due to woke left liberalism.
Amend the laws and WITHDRAW HUMAN RIGHTS for demons.
notnolib says
CAIR is a terror organization. Its officers, its members, and its supporters are terrorists. They need to be treated as terrorists.
somehistory says
They were on trial for funding terror in 2008, but ‘bo’ stopped the trial when he slithered into the Oval Office.
They are”un-indicted co-conspirators” in the operation to fund hamas, and will remain so unless they are again charged and taken to trial.