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?
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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.
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
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
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”".
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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Some might say the case studies are only the bad apples
Yet the report dispels this myth by showing how widespread the issue is, based on detailed analysis of more than 48,000 print articles & 5,500 TV clips that mentioned Muslims or Islam
Denial of the scale of Islamophobia in the Conservative Party is no longer acceptable
Will @BrandonLewis, Chair of @Conservatives, now apologise after he said: "I would dispute that [Islamophobia in the party] is an issue that exists in the first place"?
Will former Deputy Chairman @JamesCleverly apologise, after he had said he didn't agree with @SayeedaWarsi assessment of "almost weekly occurrences of Islamophobic incidents".
There are some very important recommendations laid out in the Investigation, which the Party must take on board.
In many ways these recommendations reflect some of the concerns laid out by the @MuslimCouncil in our previous submission to the EHRC & to the Singh Review itself (see Appendix 3)
The pro-Israel rally had 1% (?) of the attendance of yesterday, yet had:
1. Tommy Robinson attending (plus fans) 2. Tzipi Hovotely on stage speaking 3. One participant screaming: "there will never be Palestine. It's our country. My f***ing country"
Let's see how it's covered
The way that yesterday's pro-Palestine protests were reported on by sections of the media (especially the right wing), shows the double standards at play.
This man was cheered on by so many of the crowd.
And even Tommy Robinson - watch how he is hugged by one of the crowd..
The presence of a small number of individuals who espoused awful views in a demonstration of 200,000 people was used to undermine yesterday's pro-Palestine protests in many newspapers and amongst many people