Hamas-linked CAIR’s Washington state chapter claims Muslims were true victims of Oct. 7 attacks

Because, you see, after the jihad massacre, they supposedly experienced “Islamophobia.”

This is a tried-and-true tactic for the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). They deployed it successfully after 9/11, to the degree that by the time the twentieth anniversary of the attacks rolled around, the establishment media coverage was all about how much Muslims had suffered after the attacks, with nary a word about the ongoing jihad. This is no different.

“Rantz: CAIR-WA, Seattle Times frames Oct. 7 about Muslim victimhood, not antisemitism against Jews,” 770 KTTH, October 7, 2024:

The Washington chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) released a poll ahead of the one-year anniversary of the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel to claim it’s local Muslims, not Jews, who are victims.

It’s disgusting that CAIR-WA decided to make October 7 all about their phony victimhood through their recently released propaganda poll. But it’s beyond the pale that The Seattle Times uncritically reprinted the results in a news report that reads like a press release. As thousands have marched against Israel, celebrating Hamas as “resistance” and “freedom fighters” and promoting genocide against Jews, CAIR-WA wants us to believe eight in 10 Washington Muslims have experienced Islamophobia in the last year, according to their poll.

The timing of their propaganda poll couldn’t be more cynical, as the report is tied to October 7, the anniversary of Hamas’s terrorist assault on Israel, and yes, we’re supposed to believe the narrative that progressive, deeply blue Washington is somehow a hotbed of Islamophobia. Give me a break.

The results of the poll provide every reason to be skeptical.

CAIR-WA claims that 82.5% of Washington Muslims experienced discrimination in the past year. This number conveniently ticks up to 91.7% when accounting for lifetime experiences. The poll itself doesn’t require there to actually have been discrimination, just how a respondent felt about their interactions. For example, a Muslim respondent can say “Yes” or “No,” to the question, “Have you experienced heightened discrimination since October 7, 2023?”

If one celebrated Israel being attacked as a joyous day because the Jews had it coming — much like the condemnable comments by Nihad Awad, CAIR’s national executive director — it’s fair to assume we may not have reliable or honest responses. Perhaps when “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH condemned people tearing down flyers of Jewish hostages hurt their feelings?

The poll report even includes essays that are, of course, skewed against Israel. Hamas is not mentioned once, but the war against them is labeled as “the Israeli war on Gaza.”…

This entire poll reeks of propaganda designed to deflect attention from the atrocities committed by Hamas and push a victimhood narrative that doesn’t hold up under scrutiny. Washington is not a hotbed of Islamophobia, and if anything, CAIR-WA’s exploitation of October 7 for their own gain is a slap in the face to those who were truly victimized by that day’s events — the innocent Israelis who were slaughtered by terrorists and the local Jews threatened by locals who march in support of a cause the seeks the end of Israel’s existence. If CAIR-WA truly cared about fighting discrimination, they wouldn’t be standing in solidarity with those who commit mass murder. Instead, they are twisting reality to fit their agenda, and The Seattle Times is shamefully enabling it.