You can’t celebrate terrorism and then cry ‘Islamophobia’ when people notice

Published February 6, 2024 9:55am ET



Muslim activists who take the side of Palestinian terrorists and then cry about Islamophobia when people notice have no one to blame but themselves and their dishonest bait-and-switch.

The outrage this time comes from Dearborn, Michigan, which was described in the headline of a Wall Street Journal opinion piece as “America’s Jihad Capital.” Dearborn is an Arab American-majority suburb of Detroit, and so, naturally, this brought condemnations from several corners of liberal media and politicians. Dearborn’s mayor called the piece “bigoted” and “Islamophobic,” and President Joe Biden condemned the piece and said it could lead to “anti-Arab hate.”

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