New in PJ Media:
The supposed trauma took place last year: the family of Sumayyah Wyatt, a seven-year-old Muslim second-grader at Seth Boyden Elementary School in Maplewood, New Jersey, claimed that a rogue “Islamophobic” teacher tore off their daughter’s hijab, thereby traumatizing the little girl. The story quickly traveled around the world, and even hijab-wearing Olympic medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad, a Maplewood native, weighed in, saying: “This is abuse. Schools should be a haven for all of our kids to feel safe, welcome and protected — no matter their faith.” The only problem was that the whole incident was a misunderstanding, not a hate crime, and was irresponsibly magnified by a victimhood industry desperate to find examples of “racism” and “Islamophobia.” Now, the teacher who was the real victim of this incident is fighting back: she is suing Ibtihaj Muhammad and others for defamation.
The New York Times reported Tuesday that in the immediate aftermath of the incident, Wyatt’s family “sued the school district and the teacher, Tamar Herman.” But now the tables have turned: Herman has “filed a defamation suit in New Jersey’s Superior Court that accuses the Olympian and the New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Rights [sic] and its director of causing ‘irreparable harm.’” What The Paper of Record calls the “Council on American-Islamic Rights” is actually the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which seems never to be far away when a “hate crime” has allegedly been committed.
Herman, who suffered grievous professional and personal harm as a result of these cynical and baseless hate-crime claims, is “suing the school district, South Orange-Maplewood, in federal court, claiming it was complicit in what she called ‘relentless discriminatory treatment.’” Her lawsuit states: “What started as a simple misunderstanding between plaintiff, who is Jewish, and one of her second-grade students, who is Muslim, was transformed into defendants’ complicity in a parade of outrageous, false, defamatory and antisemitic statements.” That’s how “hate crime” witch hunts generally go, and it’s refreshing to see one of the targets pushing back.
The charges, the Times claims, “tapped into a deep sense of anxiety among many Muslims, who make up roughly 3% of the state population and have faced an uptick in bias crime.” In reality, FBI hate crime statistics show that Muslims are rarely targeted in such crimes, which happen far more often to Jews and others; what’s more, anti-Muslim hate crimes declined by 42% from 2020 to 2021. But those facts don’t fit the CAIR narrative that Muslims face widespread discrimination and harassment in the United States, and so the facts have to take a back seat.
There is more. Read the rest here.
GreekEmpress says
Here’s some info on the organization representing Tamar Herman:
Lawfare Project
633 Third Avenue
21st Floor
New York, NY 10017
(212-339-6995)
Sounds like a good organization to support—
A list of their cases:
https://www.thelawfareproject.org/cases
somehistory says
thanks, GE, for the info.
Wellington says
Seconded.
Larry Estavan says
The Lawfare Project is specifically for Jewish people –
“We fight discrimination by providing legal counsel and services to members of the Jewish community who have been targeted and harmed based on their ethnicity, religion, citizenship, or nationality. ” – https://www.thelawfareproject.org/whatwedo
Which is fine, but we need a similar fund to protect people from CAIR’s almost weekly attacks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdYscCOsS6s&list=PLlXFRJgYud-YDz1rXOgpYMo-9oHpoLM1k
There are over a hundred such attacks in the past 6 years, of which Tamar Herman is only one example. But, there is also: Bill Larion. Dan Leonard, Sharon Dickson, Roman Iqbal, and many others.
Considering over 90% of these TV attacks are against white people, along with CAIR’s clearly stated contempt for white people this should be understood as motivated by racial animus.
Maybe Daniel Pipes, or David Horowitz, or Greenberg Traurig, or who ever can help, but there is a real need here, or someone is going to get physically hurt by CAIR’s incitement.
PRCS says
“Considering over 90% of these TV attacks are against white people, along with CAIR’s clearly stated contempt for white people this should be understood as motivated by racial animus.”
In great measure, you’re right.
Here, an example in which Minnesota CAIR ‘rep’ Jaylani Hussein, a black, racist Muslim originally from Somalia says “get uncomfortable, white people”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FvqCAkSKjQ&lc=UgwhedQenml2_ZJAUyF4AaABAg
See @ 0:42
Larry Estavan says
Yes, there are many examples of CAIR’s anti-white racism –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqbUJXvngQQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD-HLDoEmss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFpJnKVPr9o
PRCS says
Thank you, Larry.
gravenimage says
Thank you, GreekEmpress.
mg says
Brooke Goldstein has been practicing and reporting on her work in this area for some years now. There are interviews with her about some cases on Youtube that people can view to get a feel for her take.
mg says
From the lawfare site:
“Lawsuit against CAIR, Olympic athlete for defaming teacher’
The Lawfare Project is proud to be assisting Tamar Herman, a beloved New Jersey elementary school teacher for over three decades with a stellar record, in a defamation lawsuit predicated on a vicious and antisemitic campaign to falsely depict an innocent, seconds-long classroom interaction as an act of anti-Muslim bias.
The lawsuit seeks justice for Ms. Herman by clearing her name in the public eye, holding her accusers to account, and sending a powerful message of deterrence against similarly destructive and antisemitic lies.
Wellington says
No matter a child’s faith? Bull.
Try being a Christian child in today’s American public school system and see how safe such a child is, for instance if they express that marriage should only, per Biblical principles, be between one man and one woman.
We live in a very phony time. A hypocritical time. And yes, a tyrannical time. Courtesy of Leftism and way too many non-Leftists who, knowing what is right, still remain silent and thus are sheep.
somehistory says
100+
gravenimage says
Fighting Back: Teacher At Center of Fake ‘Hate Crime’ Brouhaha Sues Olympic Medalist for Defamation
……………………………….
Glad tp see this teacher fighting back against this calumny.
somehistory says
OT
“An Afghan couple says a US Marine abducted their baby when they evacuated to the US. He says it was a legitimate adoption.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/an-afghan-couple-says-a-us-marine-abducted-their-baby-when-they-evacuated-to-the-us-he-says-it-was-a-legitimate-adoption/ar-AA13cKB1?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=
PRCS says
The GREATEST missed opportunity in this scenario:
Islam requires Muslim WOMEN to cover themselves. NOT prepubescent girls.
Challenge the family to explain what womanly ‘ornaments’ she’s hiding from view. And from whom.
A CAIR ‘rep’ declared “a hijab is like any other article of clothing for a Muslim woman”.
Challenge him to explain why he thinks that little girl is a Muslim WOMAN.
When will so-called journalists start asking such questions?
Aloha Akbar says
Sung to the tune of “What’s love got to do with it?“ by Tina Turner
You must understand how the touch of your hand
Makes my Hijab drop
That it’s only the shrill cry of “phobia”
It’s an agitprop
It’s theatrical
Not logical
You must try to ignore there’s more to it than that
Oh Oh Oooh
What’s Truth got to do, got to do with it?
What’s Truth? Islamaphobia unproven
What’s Truth got to do, got to do with it?
Who needs the Truth when the law can be broken
It may seem to you, l’m not telling the truth
Bout my Hijab scene
If l tend to look guilty get CAIR on the phone
I am innocent
We demand some cash
“Lawsuit” in a flash
But whatever the outcome, the hate-crime is real
Oh Oh Oooh
What’s Truth got to do, got to do with it?
What’s Truth when the money keeps on flowing?
What’s Truth got to do, got to do with it?
Who needs to work when the welfare’s mind-blowing?
PRCS says
Excellent!