The Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says there is a huge increase in “Islamophobia,” as always undefined but here apparently referring to discrimination against and harassment of Muslims. Yet CAIR has a history of publicizing fake anti-Muslim hate crimes. Do the feds investigating campus “Islamophobia” know that? Would they care if they did? Or would concern about that be “Islamophobic”?
“Feds open investigation into alleged antisemitism, Islamophobia at colleges,” by Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, November 18, 2023:
For the first time since the Israel-Hamas war began, the Department of Education is moving forward with several investigations into U.S. colleges and schools where students have reported antisemitism or Islamophobia.
The department has opened the investigations under Title IV, a law that bans discrimination based on race or a person’s shared ancestry. So far, there are five antisemitism cases and two Islamophobia cases under investigation at seven different schools, including Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, Columbia University, in New York City, the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, and others.
If the investigations determine that schools violated the law, they could lose federal funding or be referred to the U.S. Department of Justice for further action.
“Ultimately, removal of federal dollars is something that can happen, but that would require someone to refuse to create safe learning environments. That’s not the culture that we have on our campuses,” Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said in an interview with ABC News on Friday….
Nationwide, both Jewish and Muslim advocacy groups have seen startling increases in reports of antisemitic or Islamophobic incidents.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim advocacy organization, said in the four weeks after the war began, they received 1,283 requests for help and reports for bias, a 216% increase over the previous year. The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish advocacy group, reported a 316% increase in incidents through Nov. 13 as compared to this time last year. The group said it documented 832 incidents of assault, vandalism, and harassment across the U.S., for an average of nearly 28 incidents a day.
Wellington says
One knows or should know that antisemitism is real and Islamophobia is fake. Anyone conflating the two as equally objectionable and an ongoing reality should be dismissed as either a liar or a fool.
Lots of liars and fools out there. Tons of them. Two who come to mind are America’s puppet President and Vice-President World Salad.
James Lincoln says
Tragically, all 100% true Wellington.
somehistory says
Attorney and professor, Alan Dershowitz, says the fake ‘phobia’ “does not exist on college campuses.”
mozlums and their supporters attack Jews and those supporting Israel’s right to self-defense, and the goal of eliminating the terror threat to their population.
Calling out the insults, threatening, even pushing, shoving, and killing Jews and their supporters. But according to the rats of the mozlum c.a.i. terror-supporting org. it’s mozlums who are in danger, suffering and terrified of what is being done due to the fake ‘phobia.’
Attention hogs; they cause the rioting, threats, killing which gets some attention, and then claim to be the victims in search of yet, more attention and beyond that, to sympathy and calls for stopping the phobia of free speech.
BTeboe says
Yep. War is deceit and Allah is the best of the deceivers!
James Lincoln says
According to the feature article ABC news states:
“The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim advocacy organization…”
No, ABC. Try to practice actual journalism instead of parroting what you see on Wikipedia.
cair is a terrorist organization.
Say it: terrorist organization.
Even the UAE states this:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-group-cair-named-terrorist-organization-by-united-arab-emirates
Hudders. says
Lately the Islamo-Marxist propaganda machine has really kicked it up a few gears.
In the UK, even young children are now recruited at school & actively taking part in protest actions in school hours.
It’s despicable.
Straight from a strange but highly effective marriage of the unholy koran & Alinskys’ Rules For Radicals,
Their evil influence has recently become widespread & dangerously effective.
ESPECIALLY in schools, colleges & Universites.
Investigations, whilst welcome are one thing; but will any serious lasting action be taken to curtail the poisonous actions of these influential criminal scum, such as CAIR & associates afterwards?
Baloo says
Dear sir,
You write: ‘(…) apparently referring to discrimination against and harassment of Muslims. Yet CAIR has a history of publicizing fake anti-Muslim hate crimes. Do the feds investigating campus “Islamophobia” know that?’ If the Feds do their work properly, they should find out. After all it’s an investigation.