(Jewish Insider) Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) is scheduled to give remarks at a fundraising banquet for a leading Muslim advocacy group on Saturday alongside several speakers who have made antisemitic and homophobic comments. The freshman Squad member, a vocal critic of Israel […]
(Washington Examiner) Congressional Democrats pocketed campaign donations from a leader within an anti-Israel organization that has long been accused of being linked to Palestinian terrorism, records show. Over the last two decades, Hussam Ayloush has sprinkled tens of thousands of dollars combined […]
(Jurist) The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled on Thursday that a district court used the wrong standard when it determined that the Arkansas Division of Corrections (ADC) policy that requires Muslim prisoners to pray with members of the […]
(NY Post) Yusef Salaam — one of the exonerated “Central Park Five” defendants now running for a City Council seat in Harlem — is touting an endorsement from an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Imam Siraj Wahhaj, 73, was identified […]
(Free Beacon) After they were deemed too anti-Semitic for the Women’s March, controversial activists Linda Sarsour and Tamika Mallory have their sights set on a new mission: stopping Republican Daniel Cameron from becoming Kentucky’s first black governor. Sarsour and Mallory announced the […]
(Free Beacon) The ticketing giant hated by Taylor Swift fans and everyone else who has ever tried to buy concert tickets is now under fire from Jewish activists for selling tickets to a Louis Farrakhan event in which the minister defended Adolf […]
(NY Post) The City Council is set to rename a Harlem street after Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad — a figure civil rights activists consider a bigot who promoted black separatism. According to a street-naming list, the corner of West 127th […]
(Fox) The New York Times published a report over the weekend claiming that the outrage over the controversial ties of the Women’s March organizers, which eventually dismantled the movement, was fabricated by Russian internet trolls who were deployed by the Kremlin in […]
(Algemeiner) The insurance giant GEICO has cancelled an event set to feature activist Linda Sarsour, apologizing and saying it “does not condone hatred.” Soon after a social media outcry against Sarsour’s planned appearance at a company event marking Middle Eastern and North […]
(Religion News) Increasing numbers of African American mosques are closing, while the overall number of mosques in the United States continues to grow, according to a new report. “The American Mosque 2020: Growing and Evolving,” released Wednesday (June 2), shows key changes […]
(NY Post) Andrew Yang’s new mayoral campaign manager Sasha Ahuja is a longtime progressive activist with ties to controversial Palestinian-rights fighter Linda Sarsour, a review of social media records by the Post shows. Sarsour, 41, has for years been a deeply polarizing […]
(Washington Times) Democrat Raphael Warnock was already struggling to beat back allegations of anti-Semitism, and then Linda Sarsour and Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib jumped into the Georgia Senate election picture. The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations [CAIR] […]
(Free Beacon) Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden touted an endorsement from a group of leading Muslim officials who have accused Jews of dual loyalty to America and praised anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. A group of nearly 50 Muslim elected […]
(Free Beacon) Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) took a shot at Joe Biden on Wednesday after his presidential campaign dissociated itself with anti-Semitic liberal activist Linda Sarsour. “I am so sick and tired of folks going after @lsarsour and other Palestinian activists […]
(IPT) It was an event to celebrate freedom and protest ongoing bigotry and discrimination. But the group Muslims4Abolition, which wants “… to be part of the movement to abolish bail, abolish jails, abolish the police, abolish prisons,” openly engaged in bigotry and […]
(JNS) ViacomCBS is scheduled to host this month former Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour, who is known for her support of the anti-Israel BDS movement and has been accused of spreading anti-Semitism. “Join us 3/11 at 4:30 pm EST for a conversation […]
(Free Beacon) Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders touted the endorsement of Ako Abdul-Samad, who once defended an al Qaeda propagandist and runs a Muslim-American organization so controversial that other Democrats have returned its donations. “I’m honored to have Rep. Abdul-Samad’s endorsement,” Sen. […]
(Jerusalem Post) As the second decade of the 21st century ends with heightened partisanship descending to new depths of divisiveness, the positive evolution of Jewish-Muslim interactions and cooperation in the United States are a welcome and hopeful indication that seemingly irredeemable rivals […]
(IPT) The first thing Linda Sarsour likes to say in her speeches is that she is unapologetic. Unapologetically Palestinian. Unapologetically in favor of a boycott against the world’s lone Jewish state. Unapologetically for a “one state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and […]
(Religion News) Imam Fateen Seifullah wants to transform Sin City into the City of Light. The imam, who leads Masjid As-Sabur, the oldest mosque in the Las Vegas area, is quick to clarify: “Not casino lights — I’m talking about noor,” he […]
(NY Post) Pressure is mounting on Sen. Bernie Sanders to cut ties with longtime campaign surrogate Linda Sarsour, with critics such as Manhattan billionaire Ronald Lauder citing her long history of anti-Semitic comments. “Linda Sarsour is a virulent anti-Semite who has publicly […]
(Free Beacon) Zahra Billoo, who has been outspoken about her hatred of Israel and Memorial Day, was voted off the board of the Women’s March Wednesday night after serving only two days. Billoo, the executive director of the San Francisco Bay Area […]
(Washington Post) The Women’s March is replacing three inaugural board members who have been dogged by accusations of anti-Semitism, infighting and financial mismanagement — controversies some say have slowed the organization’s progress and diminished its impact. Co-Chairs Bob Bland, Tamika Mallory and […]
(Daily Caller) In a new ad for Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign, activist Linda Sarsour appears. Sarsour has previously been criticized for allegedly anti-Semitic comments. Specifically, she has been accused of being anti-Semitic by Jewish organizations and has refused to condemn […]
(Daily Caller) Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders enlisted the services of far-left activist Linda Sarsour to campaign for him this week as he seeks the Democratic presidential nomination. Sanders tweeted Sarsour’s remarks in a video that went viral Friday night and Saturday […]
(FrontPage) Last month, the South Florida Muslim Federation (SFMF) took a delegation of a half-dozen people to meet with the Palm Beach Post to propagandize against Israel and demand their reporting of “Muslim issues” meet with their approval. Partaking in this show […]
(IPT) Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, a former Democratic National Committee deputy chairman, posted a photo of himself Tuesday night with U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Corbyn’s Labour Party has been embroiled in an anti-Semitism controversy that has seen key leaders […]
(Daily Caller) Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib has continued attending events and posing in pictures with one of her campaign fundraisers who repeatedly shared anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. Maher Abdel-qader, a Palestinian-American businessman, was a key fundraiser for Tlaib in 2018 and organized […]
(IPT) When you think about black civil rights groups in the United States, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) likely springs to mind. There are numerous others working on issues like voting rights, criminal justice reform and more. […]
(CNS) Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour urged a group of Muslims demonstrating outside the White House on Sunday to support Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) — “the best that our community has to offer” — and to prepare in the 2020 election to “say […]
(Washington Times) Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Michigan Democrat, offered Passover greetings to her “Jewish sisters and brothers” with a graphic that included two fluffy loaves of bread. There’s just one problem: Jewish people don’t eat leavened bread on Passover. The first-term congresswoman’s fans […]
(Daily Caller) Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib met with another extreme anti-Israel activist and terrorist-supporter in her Capitol Hill congressional office during American Muslims for Palestine Advocacy Day in mid-April. American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) hosted the annual advocacy and training event, […]
(Daily Caller) The Nation of Islam’s research group Tuesday morning appeared to publish a video on Twitter that alleged 9/11 was a hoax orchestrated by the U.S. government. It was narrated by leader Louis Farrakhan in an attempt to demonstrate the group’s […]
(News & Observer) A talk by Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour calling for a progressive movement in which people may not always agree with one another drew a standing ovation Sunday from most of her audience. About 60 demonstrators, both critics and supporters, […]
(IPT) She certainly looked like Linda Sarsour, the flame-throwing Islamist political activist. And the speaker had Sarsour’s voice. But the woman who spoke Monday night at New York University’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts seemed entirely unfamiliar with Sarsour’s own views. […]
(Detroit News) Freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib reiterated Wednesday that her criticism of Israel does not equate to hostility against Jews, saying she’s been the first to speak out against anti-Semitism “in a room sometimes where people don’t even want to talk about it.” “When I […]
(CNS) A collection of Muslim and left-wing groups are rallying around Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), demanding that House Democratic leaders condemn not just anti-Semitism, but “all forms of bigotry” as well as threats to members of Congress. House Democratic leaders reportedly plan […]
(Daily Caller) Women’s March co-chair Linda Sarsour attacked Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Monday night as a “typical white feminist upholding the patriarchy doing the dirty work of powerful white men,” in response to a House resolution condemning anti-Semitism. House Democrats announced […]
(Arkansas Times) The Council on American-Islamic Relations has sued the state Correction Department for requiring inmates to attend combined religious services for three faiths — Islam, Nation of Islam and Nation of Gods and Earths. CAIR and Douglas Laycock of the University […]
(Tower) Anti-Israel activist and Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour gave the keynote address at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Minority Health Conference on February 22. Many community members were baffled that the UNC Minority Health Conference extended an invitation […]
(IPT) Linda Sarsour, dogged by accusations of anti-Semitism, will speak next month at a New York University program on immigration. The announcement for the March 25 event, sponsored by NYU’s Asian/Pacific/American Institute, makes no reference to Sarsour’s divisive views. It ignored the […]
(Free Beacon) Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan on Sunday praised Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) for her anti-Semitic language, saying she has “nothing to apologize for.” Farrakhan, who has a long history of using anti-Semitic language, including comparing Jews to “termites” […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) wrote in 2006 an op-ed for the Final Call, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s publication known for espousing anti-Semitism. Tlaib’s piece focused on how legal immigrants should not be deported for minor criminal offenses, […]
(Mediaite) Pro-Palestine activist and Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour weighed in on the controversy over comments by Rep. Ilhan Omar, in which the Minnesota Democrat mocked the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in tweets described by many as blatantly anti-Semitic. Sarsour has […]
(Daily Caller) Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib has declined to address the fact that one of her top campaign allies repeatedly promoted anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. A key fundraiser for Tlaib, Maher Abdel-qader, repeatedly promoted anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, an investigation by the Daily Caller […]
(Daily Caller) Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s ties to anti-Semitism run deeper than previously known, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation found. Tlaib, part of a heralded freshman class of House Democrats, has already come under scrutiny over her positions on Israel […]
(Free Beacon) Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour penned a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement that omitted any mention of the Jewish people, two years after she attacked President Donald Trump for the same thing. In January 2017, the White House was criticized after […]
(JTA) The top two Jewish members of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee revile BDS, the boycott Israel movement. Its newest member, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has embraced the movement. It’s not a big deal, the Jewish Democrats say. Reps. […]
(JTA) Linda Sarsour defended the legality of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel during her speech on stage in Washington, D.C., at the third Women’s March. Her critique of anti-BDS laws came hours after rejecting the anti-Semitic statements of Louis […]
(Washington Times) The Women’s March kicked off Saturday in Washington, D.C., shortly after leaders released a sweeping policy document that includes opposition to legislation targeting the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. The 71-page Women’s Agenda took a stand against anti-BDS bills, […]
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