(Forward) Rep. Ilhan Omar plans to join the new Congressional Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations, a spokesman confirmed to the Forward on Thursday. Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota and one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, had already praised the creation […]
(CNS) Three U.S. lawmakers on Monday announced the establishment of a bipartisan Congressional Black-Jewish Caucus, and immediately drew a backlash from Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour. The Women’s March co-leader took issue with the fact that one of the three is Rep. Lee […]
(JTA) It was an honor for the young but popular Imam Omar Suleiman to be invited to deliver the opening prayer for a session of the U.S. House of Representatives. Suleiman is the founder and president of the Texas-based Yaqeen Institute for […]
(Bridgewater Courier News) A library event featuring the children’s book “P is for Palestine” and its author has been shelved … for now. Author Golbarg Bashi was scheduled to read her alphabet-based Palestinian culture book on May 19 at the Highland Park […]
(IPT) Facts, in the social media age, often fail to overcome a simple, emotional punch. That’s especially true when dealing with uncomfortable facts. Rather than offer contrasting information, or even try to explain how a situation or opinion might have changed over […]
(Breitbart) Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour was ripped on social media after posting a selfie with Roger Waters on a private jet with an accompanying text extolling the Pink Floyd frontman’s “empathy” and “personal risk” in standing up for the Palestinians. Sarsour […]
(CBC) Inside a packed room at the Ukrainian Labour Temple in Winnipeg’s North End Friday night, Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour began by addressing the controversy surrounding her appearance there. “It is I — I am the drama that you heard about before you got here. This is it,” […]
(CTV) An activist invited to speak in Winnipeg said she was shocked by recent comments from Mayor Brian Bowman, who earlier this week called for her to be removed from a panel discussion Friday night. “I thought I was being invited to […]
(CBC) In an era when demagogues flourish on social media, reason gives way to rhetoric and opinion masquerades as fact, it’s easy to understand how ordinary, decent people have grown weary and wary of all sorts of political and cultural debates. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict […]
(IPT) U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has faced a series of controversies over her statements about Israel, Jews and even the 9/11 attacks. Each time, allies were quick to rally to her side and argue the statements weren’t hateful exhibitions of ignorance. But […]
(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. […]
(CBC) Mayor Brian Bowman is calling for the removal of U.S. activist Linda Sarsour from a speaking engagement planned for Winnipeg on Friday. The Social Planning Council of Winnipeg and the Canadian Muslim Women’s Institute had booked Sarsour, one of the co-chairs […]
(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 […]
(Duke Chronicle) Other than one protester being removed, Linda Sarsour’s on-campus talk on “Islam and Intersectionality” took place on campus Monday night without issues — and with a heavy security presence. Sarsour, a prominent political activist who co-chaired the 2017 Women’s March […]
(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, […]
(Daily Caller) Women’s March co-founder Linda Sarsour explained Friday how she and other left-wing organizers influenced the final language of the “anti-hate” resolution that passed the House Thursday night. The resolution, initially launched as a rebuke exclusively against anti-Semitism following remarks made […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(Algemeiner) Anti-Israel activist and [Women’s] March co-chair Linda Sarsour was excoriated as an “antisemite” on Sunday by a former ally who once headed the DC chapter of the popular political movement. Mercy Morganfield, who is also the daughter of famed American blues singer-songwriter Muddy […]
(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, […]
(Forward) Last week, 13 prominent rabbis held a secret meeting — with Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour, leaders of the Women’s March. The reason: to try to decide whether the rabbis and their congregations should attend the third annual march, scheduled for […]
(Daily Beast) The Southern Poverty Law Center will not partner with the Women’s March this year, the Daily Beast has confirmed. Jen Fuson, a spokeswoman for the SPLC, said “other projects were a priority,” but added they would continue to be involved […]
(Forward) As Rashida Tlaib prepared to be sworn in as the first Palestinian-American congresswoman on Thursday, she wore a traditional Palestinian robe — and was joined by activist Linda Sarsour. “It’s a national holiday, I’m doing no work today,” Sarsour, who is […]
(Washington Times) Linda Sarsour’s latest effort to distance the Women’s March leadership from Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan may have backfired. A Women’s March national co-chair, Ms. Sarsour met with heavy skepticism after insisting that she has never met Mr. Farrakhan […]
(Conservative Review) Women’s March leader and Islamist activist Linda Sarsour is scheduled to speak at the end of the month at the Muslim American Society-Islamic Circle of North America (MAS-ICNA) annual conference in Chicago. The announcement comes on the heels of a Tablet […]
(Free Beacon) Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), who was initially scheduled to speak at the same conference as controversial Women’s March organizer and liberal activist Linda Sarsour, is no longer speaking at the conference due to a scheduling conflict. Warren had been […]
(Free Beacon) Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) will attend an immigration conference next month with Women’s March organizer and liberal activist Linda Sarsour, who has come under increased scrutiny for her ties to radical Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan. Both Warren […]
(Free Beacon) Left-wing activist Linda Sarsour has been alternately apologetic and defiant this week about the Women’s March and its previous refusal to disavow radical Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan. After saying Sunday in an open letter that Farrakhan has “said […]
(IPT) Ice cream now is controversial. Welcome to America in 2018. Ben & Jerry’s, which has supported liberal causes throughout its history, likely did not anticipate the criticism and talk of boycotts that followed its Oct. 31 announcement of a new, limited-time […]
(JTA) Women’s March co-founder Teresa Shook called on its current organizers to step down Monday, saying they “allowed anti-Semitism.” In a Facebook post, Shook said Bob Bland, Tamika Mallory, Linda Sarsour and Carmen Perez “have steered the Movement away from its true […]
(Jerusalem Post) The think tank for the German Social Democratic Party withdrew its Human Rights Award to the Women’s March USA in Washington, DC, on Thursday because doctoral students associated with the foundation accused the organizers of the march of hardcore antisemitism […]
(IPT) Expressions of grief, shock and solidarity came from all corners Saturday and Sunday as a horrified nation learned about a Jew-hating gunman’s attack on a historic Pittsburgh synagogue. Eleven Jews were killed because they were Jews, gathered for Shabbat services at […]
(Washington Times) Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour on Friday launched a racial attack against Sen. Susan Collins, saying the Maine Republican was guilty of espousing “white supremacy” with her decision to support the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Ms. Sarsour, […]
(Free Beacon) Women’s March organizer and activist Linda Sarsour ignored a question on Friday about whether she believes Karen Monahan, Democratic National Committee deputy chair Keith Ellison’s ex-girlfriend who accused the Minnesota Democrat of physically and emotionally abusing her. Monahan accused Ellison in […]
(Free Beacon) Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) spoke Thursday outside the Supreme Court at a rally hosted by prominent Women’s March organizers and anti-Israel activists Linda Sarsour and Tamika Mallory. Sarsour and Mallory hosted the rally to show […]
(IPT) When police officers in America shoot unarmed black people, Jewish hands lurk in the background. So says Linda Sarsour, perhaps the most visible Muslim political advocate in the United States — a co-chair of the national Women’s March and a campaign […]
(IPT) In a year in which Muslim political candidates are breaking new ground or falling just short, it’s not surprising to see politics dominate the country’s largest annual gathering of Muslim Americans. But the political sessions at the annual Islamic Society of […]
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