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New York Times worries about ‘Islamophobia’ in France after beheading of teacher over Muhammad cartoon

Nov 1, 2020 4:00 pm By Robert Spencer 65 Comments

Here we go yet again. This is how this narrative, which we see after every jihad massacre, works. When Muslims murder infidels, Muslims are the victims. Any measures taken in the wake of the jihad massacre to prevent Muslims from massacring infidels in the future is a sign of “collective punishment” and “Islamophobia.” Always and […]

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Filed Under: "Islamophobia", backlash, claiming victim status, Featured, France Tagged With: New York Times

Al Jazeera: Muslims in France ‘fear rising Islamophobia’ after Muslim beheads teacher over Muhammad cartoon

Oct 22, 2020 11:00 am By Robert Spencer 51 Comments

Here we go yet again. This is how this narrative, which we see after every jihad massacre, works. When Muslims murder infidels, Muslims are the victims. Any measures taken in the wake of the jihad massacre to prevent Muslims from massacring infidels in the future is a sign of “collective punishment” and “Islamophobia.” Always and […]

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Filed Under: "Islamophobia", backlash, claiming victim status, Featured, France, journalistic bias Tagged With: Al Jazeera, Collective Against Islamophobia in France (CCIF), Gerald Darmanin, Yasser Louati

Here We Go Again: Pensacola Muslims Fear “Backlash” After Jihad Massacre

Dec 10, 2019 9:00 am By Robert Spencer

My latest in PJ Media: The Pensacola News Journal was first out of the gate this time around with what is a recurring feature of establishment media coverage of jihad attacks: the follow-up weeper about how the local Muslims are shocked (Shocked!) by the massacre, and are now cowering in fear of an “anti-Muslim backlash.” […]

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Filed Under: backlash, Featured, Jihad in the U.S., journalistic bias, Robert Spencer Tagged With: Florida, Islamic Center of Northwest Florida, Pensacola, Pensacola News Journal, Salma Ashmawi

Pensacola: Muslims keeping children home “out of fear they will become targets of backlash aimed against Muslims”

Dec 8, 2019 5:00 pm By Robert Spencer

“As news reports of the shooter’s background have come out, Ashmawi said parents who usually take their children to Sunday school at the mosque are planning to keep their children home this week out of fear they will become targets of backlash aimed against Muslims.” This was eminently predictable: after every jihad massacre and foiled […]

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Filed Under: backlash, claiming victim status, Featured, Jihad in the U.S., journalistic bias Tagged With: Islamic Center of Northwest Florida, Pensacola, Salma Ashmawi

Far-Left Open Democracy says “Islamophobia” on the rise in Sri Lanka after Easter jihad massacres

Oct 22, 2019 4:00 pm By Robert Spencer

“As it unfortunately happens in any part of the world after a terrorist attack carried out by Islamist groups, the immediate consequence is a backlash against the Muslim community.” That’s a false claim. There is media handwringing about a backlash against Muslims after every jihad massacre, but hardly ever is there an actual backlash. There […]

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Filed Under: "Islamophobia", backlash, claiming victim status, Featured, Sri Lanka Tagged With: Carmen Aguilera-Carnerero, National Thowheeth Jama'ath, Open Democracy

Canada: Community leaders work to head off “anti-Muslim backlash” after terror arrests

Jan 27, 2019 1:47 pm By Robert Spencer

See how the establishment media narrative works? When Muslims plot to murder infidels, Muslims are victims. When racist, bigoted “Islamophobes” supposedly target Muslims, Muslims are victims. And when Muslims fake “Islamophobic hate crimes,” Muslims are victims. Always and in every situation, Muslims are victims, to be appeased and accommodated in every possible way. Once you […]

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Filed Under: backlash, Canada, Featured Tagged With: Bronek Korczynski, Hussam Eddin Alzahabi

CBC says Muslims “fear scapegoating” after Muslim migrant murders Canadian girl

Sep 12, 2018 12:41 pm By Robert Spencer

See how the establishment media narrative works? When Muslims murder infidels, Muslims are victims. When racist, bigoted “Islamophobes” supposedly target Muslims, Muslims are victims. And when Muslims fake “Islamophobic hate crimes,” Muslims are victims. Always and in every situation, Muslims are victims, to be appeased and accommodated in every possible way. Once you understand, we […]

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Filed Under: "Islamophobia", backlash, Canada, Featured, journalistic bias Tagged With: Ibrahim Ali, Marrisa Shen

CTV: “Muslims fear backlash” over fake “Islamophobic hate crime”

Jan 16, 2018 12:11 pm By Robert Spencer

See how the establishment media narrative works? When racist, bigoted “Islamophobes” supposedly target Muslims, Muslims are victims. And when Muslims fake “Islamophobic hate crimes,” Muslims are victims. Not only that, but when Muslims scream “Allahu akbar” and murder infidels, Muslims are victims. Always and in every situation, Muslims are victims, to be appeased and accommodated […]

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Filed Under: "Islamophobia", backlash, Canada, claiming victim status, Featured Tagged With: Amira Elghawaby, CTV, Khawlah Noman

Canada: Muslim leader “bracing for the hate” she thinks will come because “Islamophobic hate crime” exposed as hoax

Jan 16, 2018 11:49 am By Robert Spencer

You gotta hand it to Amira Elghawaby of the Hamas-linked National Council of Canadian Muslims. Up until yesterday, she had a nicely-packaged “Islamophobic hate crime” she could use to portray Canada as a threatening place full of “Islamophobes,” such that Muslims in Canada needed the special protection of “anti-Islamophobia” Motion M-103 that would, if its […]

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Filed Under: "Islamophobia", backlash, Canada, claiming victim status, Featured Tagged With: Amira Elghawaby, Khawlah Noman

Pennsylvania: Family of Muslim who shot at cops “shocked,” worried they’ll be harassed by non-Muslims

Dec 23, 2017 6:15 pm By Robert Spencer

They’re shocked? Really? They have never heard of the jihad imperative? I find that hard to believe. It is much more likely that they just hope that the infidels don’t know about it. In any case, “Soweilam said that one of his family’s biggest concerns is that they will be harassed by the community because […]

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Filed Under: backlash, claiming victim status, Featured, Jihad in the U.S. Tagged With: Ahmed Aminamin El-Mofty

In the wake of the NYC subway jihad bombing, “Muslim Americans are bracing for backlash”

Dec 12, 2017 9:56 am By Robert Spencer

NYC Police have identified this morning’s #PortAuthority subway bombing suspect as 27-year-old Akayed Ullah. As the story develops, Muslim Americans are bracing for backlash: pic.twitter.com/L47LRvmfmo — Splinter (@splinter_news) December 11, 2017 Again we see it: for the establishment media, Muslims are always the primary victims of Islamic jihad massacres and attempted massacres. Imagine the hysterics […]

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Filed Under: backlash, claiming victim status, Featured, Jihad in the U.S. Tagged With: Akayed Ullah

AP: “In aftermath of bike path killings, mosques near NYC face hostility again”

Nov 4, 2017 6:48 pm By Robert Spencer

Again and again we see it: whenever there is an Islamic jihad massacre, the establishment media acts as if Muslims were the victims. One would get the impression that Sayfullo Saipov were a “right-wing extremist” who had run over Muslims with his truck. As for the death threats this mosque supposedly received, is there any […]

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Filed Under: "Islamophobia", backlash, claiming victim status, Featured, journalistic bias Tagged With: Associated Press, Islamic Center of Passaic County, Sayfullo Saipov

New Yorker on NYC jihad massacre: terror is “evil opposite” of Islam, Muslims “fear being tarred”

Nov 1, 2017 9:14 pm By Robert Spencer

“Especially after 9/11, every time I see that something is a terrorist incident, and someone has said ‘Allahu Akhbar,’ I feel a pit in my stomach, because terrorism is the evil opposite of what Islam is.” She should feel a pit in her stomach because of the people who were murdered, but no, she is […]

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Filed Under: "Islamophobia", backlash, claiming victim status, Featured, journalistic bias Tagged With: Allahu akbar, New Yorker, Stuyvesant High School

Video: Robert Spencer on Michelle Malkin Investigates on the fictional post-terror anti-Muslim backlash

Nov 1, 2017 11:54 am By Robert Spencer

We’re already seeing these “anti-Muslim backlash” stories in the establishment media in the wake of the New York City jihad massacre yesterday. Subscribe to Michelle Malkin Investigates on CRTV and see the full episode, “IslamoFAUXbia/The Hoax Crime Epidemic,” here. Subscribe using promo code “Malkin” for a discount.

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Filed Under: backlash, Featured, Jihad in the U.S., Robert Spencer Tagged With: Michelle Malkin Investigates

NBC News: Muslim Americans Again Brace for Backlash After New York Attack

Nov 1, 2017 7:17 am By Robert Spencer

Again we see it: for the establishment media, Muslims are always the primary victims of Islamic jihad massacres. Imagine the hysterics and histrionics had Muslims actually been the victims. NBC News is a disgrace; the best response to this agitprop is to turn them off and never go back. “Muslim Americans Again Brace for Backlash […]

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Filed Under: "Islamophobia", backlash, claiming victim status, Featured, mosques, New York City Tagged With: NBC News

Post-jihad attack, Edmonton cop warns against “backlashes against people of colour and Muslims”

Oct 1, 2017 8:18 pm By Robert Spencer

We see it virtually every time there is a jihad attack in the West: the political and media establishment, joined here by law enforcement, act as if Muslims were the victims. A visitor from outer space would read Sgt. David Jones’ message and get the impression that a racist, bigoted “Islamophobe” had attacked Somali refugees. […]

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Filed Under: backlash, Canada, claiming victim status, Featured, Jihad in the West, Useful idiots, Vehicular jihad Tagged With: Edmonton, Sgt. David Jones

Barcelona “backlash” fears: “In the end Muslims are the main victims”

Aug 19, 2017 8:32 pm By Robert Spencer

It’s the same after every jihad attack: the establishment media goes into high gear to make sure that no one thinks that Islam had anything to do with it, and that Muslims at the place where the jihad massacre occurred are now living in fear of an “anti-Muslim backlash” that seldom, if ever, actually materializes. […]

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Filed Under: backlash, claiming victim status, Featured Tagged With: Barcelona

UK: Muslim leader fears anti-Muslim “backlash” after Muslim rape gang conviction

Aug 12, 2017 11:31 am By Robert Spencer

“It’s not a ‘Muslim issue’ but they are mostly Muslims. So are Isis – they might not represent what Islam says but you can’t deny they’re Muslims.” Ahad is ignoring the massive justification for this behavior within the Qur’an and Sunnah, as I detail here. This makes it overwhelmingly likely that he and his colleagues […]

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Filed Under: backlash, claiming victim status, Featured, journalistic bias, sexual assault and rape, United Kingdom Tagged With: Dipu Ahad, Independent, Newcastle

Washington Post: After Muslim cop shoots unarmed woman, Muslims “brace for backlash”

Jul 18, 2017 12:36 pm By Robert Spencer

“Already, hateful posts criticizing Islam and sharia law are filling social media in response to the police shooting.” That there needs to be a public discussion about Islam and Sharia law doesn’t enter into the Post’s mind. As I said yesterday, “We don’t have any indication at this point of why Mohamed Noor killed Justine […]

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Filed Under: "Islamophobia", backlash, claiming victim status, Featured, journalistic bias Tagged With: Justine Damond, Mohamed Noor, Mohamud Noor, Washington Post

Newsweek: “Muslims in Manchester fear reprisals” after jihad massacre

May 23, 2017 9:04 pm By Robert Spencer

The establishment media is sticking to its narrative: Muslims are always and in every case victims who must be accorded special solicitude. When a Muslim commits jihad mass murder, the establishment media immediately kicks into “backlash” mode, behaving as if Muslims were the victims of the attack, and that the real threat is racist, bigoted […]

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Filed Under: "Islamophobia", backlash, claiming victim status, Featured, United Kingdom Tagged With: Muslim Youth Foundation

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