Miqdaad Versi Profile picture
Management Consultant, Media Spokesperson for @MuslimCouncil, Board member of @rightssecurity, Grassroots activist. Views my own. RTs not endorsements

Dec 10, 2021, 18 tweets

It is appropriate that on Stephen Pollard's last day as Editor of the Jewish Chronicle, it publishes this disgusting headline.

As people examine his tenure, I wonder if they actually are aware of the positions the Jewish Chronicle published during his tenure as Editor?

Thread.

After 51 Muslims were killed in a terror attack in a mosque in Christchurch, The Jewish Chronicle *chose* to publish this disgusting piece by Melanie Phillips playing down Islamophobia.

thejc.com/comment/column…

The reality is that the Jewish Chronicle regularly publishes disgusting pieces from Melanie Phillips

ICYMI See poster showing her alongside Katie Hopkins & Robert Spencer at the David Horowitz Freedom Center (defender of Tommy Robinson);

ICYMI Melanie Phillips was quoted by Anders Breivik in his manifesto "several times" (independent.co.uk/news/media/pre…)

ICYMI She attacked Warsi for highlighting Islamophobia after the Christchurch massacre ()

ICYMI her book title was an Islamophobic trope

This whole thread could be about how the Jewish Chronicle chose (A) to publish Melanie Phillips; and (B) to publish disgusting pieces by Melanie Phillips - given how it is an indicator of the choices by the Editor.

But let's move onto the Jewish Chronicle's lies about Muslims

Here is where the Jewish Chronicle under Stephen Pollard's tenure as editor, was forced to apologise for falsely linking the charity Interpal to terrorism, necessitating an apology and paying libel damages

thejc.com/news/uk-news/t…

Here is where the paper falsely accused Nada al-Sanjari of
- Inviting an antisemitic activist
- Turned a blind eye to antisemitic statements
- Launched a vicious protest against Luciana

All lies. They've been forced to apologise & pay libel
thejc.com/news/uk/nada-a…

Here is when The Jewish Chronicle corrected & apologised for its attempt to slur Professor Salman Sayyid with extremist links, as part of its ongoing campaign to undermine the definition of Islamophobia

Here is when the Jewish Chronicle lied about the largest Muslim body in the UK, and had to apologise for their error.

Could go on and on...but let's highlight another perspective.

After research, The Jewish Chronicle praised Colonel Richard Kemp & claimed "no comments made by Colonel Kemp could reasonably be interpreted as “Islamophobic”".

A little about Kemp:

The Jewish Chronicle chooses to publish Douglas Murray, and propaganda for Douglas Murray's book "A Strange Death of Europe"

More about Murray here: ()

Source of review: thejc.com/culture/books/…

Pieces by Murray: thejc.com/author/douglas…

If you want to find hated people within many Muslim communities, the place to find support for them, seems to often be within the pages of the Jewish Chronicle under Stephen Pollard's tenure.

But, on the other hand, what about prominent Muslims who speak out on Islamophobia?

For example, when Baroness Warsi raises issue of Islamophobia amongst a senior politician, he attacks the Muslim woman messenger.

But this is of course not new....there is a long history. See for example how he made the false suggestion that Islam Expo Limited is a "fascist party dedicated to genocide which organised a conference with a racist and genocidal programme".

Apology here.

It's also not historic.

Here Stephen Pollard seems to care about 2 Muslims holding up a Palestinian flag but not others similarly holding up a Nigerian flag.

I wonder why.

I guess maybe I should be happy that he retracted one set of false allegations against me personally?

Anyway, I better stop but hopefully the above gives another perspective to Stephen Pollard as he completes his tenure as Editor of the Jewish Chronicle.

Those upset about my thread include:

1. Robert Spencer - banned from the UK because it was not conducive to the public good

2. David Atherton - former-Breitbart columnist

3. Alt News Media - David Vance's outfit (he has been banned from Twitter after being accused of racism)

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