Lexington, Kentucky TV news broadcaster WLEX gave almost three minutes to claims by the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) that the Fayette County Detention Center forced a woman to remove her hijab. Another Lexington TV station, WKYT, also covered this unsubstantiated story. The police say they know nothing about CAIR’s claims, and the Detention Center […]
Connecticut: Fox 61 reports TikTok video claiming harassment of hijab-wearing Muslimas as news
Should TV stations report on trending TikTok videos? And if so, how should they do those reports? Let us see how Connecticut’s WTIC Fox 61 handles the question. Fox 61 begins a news segment describing a “shocking incident” of a “verbal attack” against two Muslim women wearing hijabs on a Hartford rail train in Connecticut. […]
Connecticut: Hamas-linked CAIR blames police for assault on State Representative Maryam Khan
On June 28, Andrey Desmond assaulted Connecticut State Representative Maryam Khan outside the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut. Khan was leaving an Eid al-Adha prayer service with her family and friends when Desmond put her in a headlock, tried to kiss her, slapped her, knocked her to the ground, and ran off. “Rep. Maryam Khan […]
Hamas-linked CAIR blames the police for a car crash
On June 27, the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) held a press conference after five Somali women were killed in a car crash in Minneapolis. “Lake Street crash victim’s families grieve, call for ‘independent investigation,’” by Rob Olson, Fox 9, June 26, 2023: Since the crash Derrick Thompson, 27, has been charged in their deaths, but […]
Maryland: Hamas-linked CAIR demands apology from councilwoman for supposedly insulting Muslims
Washington, D.C. TV station WTTG has once again lost the thread in its news coverage of the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Two recent WTTG broadcasts were both entitled “CAIR demands apology from Montgomery County councilwoman over ‘offensive’ remarks.” In response to Muslim parents saying at a school board meeting that they wanted to […]
North Carolina: Hamas-linked CAIR played role in getting legal charges brought against phone pranksters
On June 6, Spartanburg, South Carolina police arrested and charged two teenagers with threatening the Islamic Center of Charlotte; the teens said “I will blow you harder than 9/11.” The public has heard only a snippet of the phone call. So we are primarily relying on the reactions of the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations, while […]
Hamas-linked CAIR succeeds in having legal charges brought against a minor
In a follow-up to this story, the Islamic Center of Charlotte is now pressing charges against the two people who phoned in threats to the Center. This is an unexplained reversal from news reports of two weeks ago, when Center spokesman Jibril Hough told the Charlotte Observer they would accept an apology. “Rambling call about […]
Hamas-linked CAIR is denied a hate crime charge in Melrose, Massachusetts
Maya Jamaleddine is in the news again. We last saw her in December, when the Melrose, Massachusetts City Council member used a council meeting to share her experience of receiving a hate crime. “To the person who attacked us, I wish you heard me, I thought your car was rolling back and no one was […]
Hamas-linked CAIR wants 16-year-old charged with hate crime
The Charlotte, North Carolina municipal police have decided not to bring charges against a 16-year-old for phoning in a bomb threat to the Islamic Center of Charlotte Mosque. The Charlotte Municipal Police said in a statement: The investigation concluded that the verbiage communicated during the call did not rise to a criminal level. WJZY reporter […]
A Look at Hamas-Linked CAIR’s ‘Beyond the Courts’ Report
News12’s Syma Chowdhry begins her report by telling us that “anti-Muslim incidents are up, right here in New Jersey,” according to a new report from the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in New Jersey. But she never defines what an anti-Muslim incident is, or gives us any examples of such incidents. For that kind of […]