Hamas-linked CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations) responded to a (fake news) report in the New York Times revealing how RUSSIA targeted radical American Muslim activist and community leaders Linda Sarsour and the historic Women’s March (from which Sarsour was fired for her virulent anti-Semitism) with an online smear campaign designed to benefit Donald Trump.
In a statement, CAIR National Executive Nihad Awad said:
“Every American should read today’s New York Times article, which reveals that the Russian government spent years systematically targeting Linda Sarsour with Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism on social media in order to undermine the Women’s March, protect President Trump and further polarize our society.
“By creating and elevating racist, Islamophobic posts about things that Linda never said or did, the Russian government easily manipulated social media and bolstered the efforts of pro-Trump extremists on the right and anti-Palestinian extremists on the left who wanted to smear and silence Linda because she is a prominent Muslim, Palestinian female activist who has spoken out against injustice here and abroad.
We cannot let this happen again. The federal government should investigate this conspiracy to determine whether any laws were violated. In the meantime, policymakers, activists and media outlets must never again give credence to the hateful, dishonest attacks leveled against Linda Sarsour and so many other civil rights and human rights activists inside and outside the Muslim and Palestinian communities.”
According to Steven Emerson of Investigative Project on Terrorism, in a New York Times article Sunday that largely whitewashed antisemitic activist Linda Sarsour. She is identified as a victim of a Russian troll farm’s 2017 campaign to smear her due to her faith. Sarsour had just helped lead the original Women’s March, which drew hundreds of thousands of people to protests throughout the country.
Not surprisingly, the Times article conveniently ignores all this while trying to make Sarsour seem like a victim:
befriending admitted terrorists 1, calling for a forced vaginectomy of a prominent 3rd world womens rights activist 2, defending Saudi Arabia 3, denying Israels right to exist 4, failing to deliver 100k she raised for Jewish cometary 5, getting randomly antisemitic at a rally in support of Former 49ers Quarterback and national anthem kneeler Colin Kaepernick 6, going on other antisemitic rants 7, branding Jake Tapper, who’s as Jewish as he is liberal, an islamphobic member of alt right 8, conflating feminism and zionism somehow 9, telling Muslims not to assimilate 10, calling for a jihad against America 11, accusing everyone who ever criticized her or any other muslim of “islamophobia” 12.
Az gal says
She needs to go marry an ISIS fighter.
Jack Rider says
May she enjoy female genital mutilation and fulfill her islamic destiny.
Easterndmondbk says
Let me tell you “March for Women” was a front for the Communist Party USA. Her support was a federal offense.
Women’s March
The Women’s March, the working class, and the resistance
https://www.cpusa.org/article/the-womens-march-the-working-class-and-the-resistance/