Islamic Watch: FBI Stats Further Debunk 'Islamophobia' Myth

The following by David J. Rusin is reposted with permission of Islamist Watch

FBI Stats Further Debunk 'Islamophobia' Myth

by David J. Rusin  •  Nov 30, 2013 at 12:58 pm

The FBI's newly released hate crime statistics covering 2012 have once again thrown cold water on the tirednarrative that American Muslims find themselves under siege from increasingly violent "Islamophobes." The 2012 numbers reinforce the conclusion drawn by Islamist Watch's previous analysis of post-9/11 (2002–11) FBI data: Muslims endure fewer hate crimes per capita than other prominent minorities. A closer look at the details:

Barry Rubin: More Intellectual Junk from the NY Times: Author Knows Zero About Sharia Except That It Is No Problem

More Intellectual Junk from the NY Times: Author Knows Zero About Sharia Except That It Is No Problem

by Barry Rubin

Jerry [Seinfeld]: “I wanted to talk to you about Dr. Whatley. I have a suspicion that he’s converted to Judaism just for the jokes.”
Priest: “And this offends you as a Jewish person.”
Jerry: “No, it offends me as a comedian.”
–Seinfeld, “The Dentist” episode


The New York Times has run (still another) article about how Sharia law coming to America is nothing to fear. Question: Will the New York Times ever run an op-ed opposing Sharia law in the United States? Twenty years ago I would have said: Of course, any responsible newspaper publishes one piece on each side of an issue. Today, of course, we know there is no chance of balance.

Eliyahu Stern, an assistant professor of religious studies and history at Yale, seems to be an expert on Jewish history. In fact, Stern is so ignorant of the topic on Islam that he states most Muslims in America “don’t even come from the Middle East (the majority have roots in Southeast Asia).” Really? That’s a geographical term usually applied to Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Perhaps he meant Pakistan, a well-known locale of moderate Islam? If anyone on the other side said something so obviously ridiculous they would never be taken seriously.