If Ali Erbaş really wants to end “Islamophobia,” here is how he and his fellow Muslims could accomplish it. They could call upon Muslim individuals and groups to: 1. Focus their indignation on Muslims committing violent acts in the name of Islam, not on non-Muslims reporting on those acts. 2. Renounce definitively, sincerely, honestly, and […]
Michigan: Hamas-linked CAIR claims “Islamophobia,” sues city of Troy over denial of mosque in residential area
Troy City Attorney Lori Grigg Bluhm said: “The city articulated several reasons for its denial of Adam’s multiple and significant variance requests for a retrofit of an existing building on Rochester Road that abuts residential properties. Some of these requested variances were significant.” In response to this, Hamas-linked CAIR is crying “Islamophobia” and suing. We […]
Robert Spencer Video: University Lecturer Under Fire for Saying Muslims Commit Terror Attacks
In this new video, I discuss the case of Michael Blackburn, a lecturer at the UK’s Lincoln University. Blackburn has been accused of “Islamophobic” tweets — ones that identify Muslims as the perpetrators of jihad terror attacks — and the predictable controversy has ensued.
Robert Spencer: A message to my critics
Recently I’ve been called a “notorious Islamophobe” and an “anti-Muslim propagandist” in the Left-wing media, and while these charges aren’t new, I thought it worth noting today that they are based as much on ignorance as they are on malice. My message to my critics is this: if you knew what I know, you would […]
UN Secretary General condemns “Islamophobia” in statement about Pittsburgh synagogue mass murderer
Eleven Jews were murdered in Pittsburgh; no Muslims were. But Antonio Guterres called on the world to “roll back the forces of racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia…” Why add in “Islamophobia”? Because the idea that “Islamophobia” is akin to anti-Semitism is a common Leftist talking point, along with the Leftist claim that Muslims in the West are […]
UK: Muslim Tesco worker sues chain for $26,000, claiming that work colleague broke wind in his face
Islamic advocacy groups in the UK and the US, along with their media allies, would have you believe that Muslims in both countries are victims of discrimination and harassment on a massive scale. Hence there are university and sometimes even government studies of “Islamophobia.” But behind such claims, we find that Jews are vastly more […]
LA: 72% of hate crimes target Jews, 12% target Muslims
No crime targeting innocent people is ever justified. These statistics explode the mainstream narrative about “Islamophobia.” “Report: 72% of L.A. Religious Hate Crimes Targeted Jews In 2017,” by Aaron Bandler, Jewish Journal, October 18, 2018: The latest report from the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations shows that 72 percent of hate crimes against […]
Maine: Muslim migrant activist targeting businesses with discrimination complaints
Victimhood is big business: insofar as they can claim protected victim status for Muslims, Islamic supremacists can deflect unwanted scrutiny and any critical examination of how jihadists use Islamic texts and teachings to justify violence and supremacism. That’s most likely why Hamas-linked CAIR and others have not hesitated to stoop even to fabricating “hate crimes.” […]
Rutgers apologizes for canceling foreign policy speech after Leftists brand speaker “Islamophobe,” “bigot”
It’s great that Rutgers apologized. Usually universities and colleges shun those who have been smeared as “Islamophobes,” with no right of appeal or any chance for open discussion. But note this: “The petition calling on the school to block Daftari misquoted the 2015 speech she gave at the Heritage Foundation when she said ‘Islamic terror […]
New study shows that Islam is the subject Americans feel most “pressure to think a certain way about”
Predictably, since he is writing in the Washington Post, Charles Lane blames Trump for this pressure to conform: “For the time being, the president of the United States is openly sowing fear and anger for political gain in the 2018 midterm elections, and his Democratic Party opponents seem increasingly tempted to respond in kind.” This […]