Responses to False Claims ABOUT Muslim Individuals & Organizations & Incidents Involving Muslims

ISLAMOPHOBIA - RESPONSES TO ISLAMOPHOBIA AND EXTREMISM

NOTE:  We have had as part of our Muslim Voices against Terrorism and Extremism resources a section on responses to Islamophobia.  This was in five parts:  - Responses to Claims Made ABOUT Islam and Muslims in General - Responses to Claims Made ABOUT Qur’an Verses, Arabic Terms, Prophet Muhammad - Responses to False Claims ABOUT Muslim Individuals & Organizations & Incidents Involving Muslims - Responses to Actual Extremist Statements & Incidents of Extremism or violence BY Muslims - Responses to Claims Made BY Specific Individuals and Organizations About Muslims.  Because of a restriction in the possible length of articles, we were unable to organize these in a more user-friendly manner.  Our webmaster has now resolved this problem.

We have combined all these five sections into one section.  The entries are alphabetical, and it should now be much easier to locate a response to a particular issue, incident, or individual.  In order to keep load time down for our readers, this single resource will still be divided into two sections:  A to L, and M to Z.  Sheila Musaji 3/5/2010.

We will leave this section online, but it has now been replaced by the new resource.

Includes urban legends, hoaxes, charges that were subsequently cleared, or individuals or organizations that were exonerated.
compiled by Sheila Musaji

... 7/7 bombings supported by a majority of Muslims (M15 allegation) [1]
... 9/11 Prosecutions End With a Whimper [1] 

... A Common Word letter from 138 Muslim scholars to Christian leaders [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Muhammad Abdul Bari (MCB) accused of implicitly condoning the kidnap and killing of British soldiers, BBC pays damages [1]
... Maulana Abdul Haleem arrested in India over Ahmedabad bombing [1]
... Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah shooting 1]
... Afghan Boyfriend Disappears, Warns not to Fly on September 11, Then Issues Other Warnings of Terrorism FALSE [1]
... Akbar Ahmad and film “Journey Into America [1]
... Airline incidents - Airline Sparkler Incident, Saudi man acquitted [1]  - Airlines Schedule Christian Pilots with Non-Christian Crew in Case the Christian Disappears in the “Rapture” FALSE [2]  - 6 Imams removed from airline flight for praying 3, 4  - Syrian musicians on Northwest Airlines flight [5]  -  Ted Petruna sends out email claiming he thwarted a group of Muslims acting suspiciously on an AirTrans flight, turns out the whole thing was made up [6] 11/09 - Air Tran flight 297 [7]
... Shakil Akhtar wins libel case against newspaper [[url=http://iengage.org.uk/component/content/article/1-news/464-shakil-akhtar-wins-libel-case-against-news-of-the-world1[/url]]
... Sami Al Hussayen, webmaster, Cleared & acquitted [1], [2], [3]
... Sami Al Arian Acquitted of terrorism charges [1], [2], [3],  [4]  and [5]
... Sami al-Hajj, journalist held at Guantanamo and released after years [1] (Bob Egelko)
... Ahmed al-Halabi QUESTIONS REMAIN [1]
... Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais accused of extremism [1], [2]
... Azad Ali cleared [1]
... Imam Shamsi Ali defamed by Islamic Thinkers Society thugs [1] (Richard Silverstein)
... The ‘Al Qaeda Training Manual’ (Not)  [1]
... Rehab Amer, cleared of responsibility for her childs death, which led Michigan authorities to give her three young children for adoption by an evangelical Christian couple. [1]
... Anthrax attacks claimed to be by a Muslim [1]
... April Fools Day commemorates overthrow of Muslims in Spain FALSE [1] 
... Apple store in NY, MEMRI allegation that Muslims were upset about new Apple store in New York being shaped like the Kaaba FALSE [1]
... Maher Arar falsely accused, cleared [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
... Archbishop of Canterbury’s speech on Sharia [1] Jonathan Birt
... Yassin Muhiddin Aref, Mohammed Mosharref Hossain, Released on Bail [1] 
... Arizona school bomb scare, Muslim teen falsely implicated [1]
... Abukar Arman cleared of any terrorist connection after Front Page wrote 3 articles making claims about him [1], [2] , [3] (Barbara Carmen)
... Mazen Asbahi pressured to resign as Muslim outreach person for Obama campaign after accusations of terrorist connections [1] (James Zogby), [2] (A. Arain), [3] (Hussein Ibish), [4] (Ahmed Rehab), [5] (Assia Boundaoui)
... Dr. Ayaad Assaad falsely accused in Anthrax case [1]
... Australia: “Jihad Jack” Conviction Quashed [1]  - Ramzi Ali awarded $125,000 in defamation case [2]
... Nihad Awad’s supposed support for Hamas [1] p. 5

... Ghassan Ballut, Not Guilty on All Charges [1], [2]
... Fatimah Rifqa Bary Case [1], [2] (Louay Safi)
Benamar Benatta cleared [1]
... Bin Laden family flown out of U.S. immediately after 9/11 before air space opened up [1]
... Blind man’s guide dog barred from restaurant [1]
... Bosnian Muslim Leader, Sefer Halilovic Acquitted of All Charges in War Crimes Trial [1] 
... Boston mosque controversy over building new mosque [1] Joachim Martillo
... Britain: Brothers Released Without Charges [1], Raided, Arrested, Released, the Price of Wrong Intelligence [2] - British paper ‘apologizes’ for false report about Muslim vandals [3]  - First Muslim Tried Under British Anti-Terror Laws Acquitted [4]  - British Muslim Cleared in Terror Charges [5]  - British terror raids may have been false alarm [6] - Hundreds arrested, few convicted [7]  - Abdul Kahar not guilty [8]  - Few convictions for terror arrests in Britain [9]  - More than half of all arrested on terrorism charges in U.K. released without charge [10] - Mohammed Sarwar, Muslim MP Acquitted [11], UK setting up board of Muslim theologians appointed by government [12] (Ziauddin Sarwar) - Qur’an television documentary [13] (MCB) - Muslim anti-terror officer accused of being extremist by police co-workers wins £14,000 damages (14) - Daily Express apologizes for claim that Inayat Bangawala is an extremist (15)  - Muslim Post Office Manager Bans Woman from Sending Parcel Because Her Son Serves in Afghanistan [16] - Bradford men accused of possessing terrorist propoganda freed [17] - Gaza Peace Convoy mistaken arrests [18]
... Budweiser Pulled Its Products From A Convenience Store Where Muslim Employees Celebrated 9/11 FALSE [1]
... Inayat Bungawala stabbing incident [1], accused of extremism [2]  newspaper apologizes [3]
... Bus driver supposedly told passengers to get off the bus so he could pray FALSE [1] (Sheila Musaji) - Sun issues apology to driver for story http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1562296.ece

... CAIR vs Michael Savage incident [1],  Michael Savage lawsuit against CAIR dismissed [2], response to various claims about CAIR [3], charge CAIR trying to infiltrate capitol hill [4] - CAIR memo saying they were attempting to place interns on capitol hill blown out of all proportion [5] (Richard Silverstein) - CAIR as “unindicted co-conspirator” [6] p. 5 to 6 - CAIR and arrested employees [7] p. 7 to 8 - CAIR receives foreign money [8] p. 4
... Canada: Candidate Denies Making ‘Islam Won’ Remarks [1] 
... Charities - Muslim Charities Cleared in Senate Investigation [1], [1a] (Shahed Amanullah)  - Evidence Against Holy Land Foundation Appears Fabricated [2], [2a], prosecution ends in mistrial [2b] and   [2c]  - Interpal Cleared [3] - Al Aqsa Foundation cleared [4]  - Help the Needy Charity & Dr. Rafil Dhafir, the Terrorism Case That Wasn’t [4], [4a]
... Cell Phone terrorism allegations in Ohio Macinac Bridge case unraveling [1], charges dropped [2], there was no threat [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]
... Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) [1]
... Chicago Muslims Acquitted of Conspiracy to Fund Hamas [1]
... Chicago school districts’ decision to include Ramadan in holiday decorations [1] Sheila Musaji
... Coca Cola’s logo when viewed in a mirror shows anti-Islamic statements FALSE [1]
... Converts to Islam are radicals FALSE [1] (Svend White)
... Coptic Family in NJ murdered, Muslims falsely charged [1] 
... Stephen Coughlin Pentagon anti-terrorism specialist was ousted because his superiors thought he was too critical of Islam FALSE [1]

... Dayton Mosque incident [1] (Aziz Poonawalla)
... Doctors (female, Muslim) in British hospitals supposedly refused to roll up their sleeves to wash their hands [1]
... Dunkin Donuts, claim that Arabs Cheered the 9/11 the Attack - FALSE [1] - Dunkin Donuts and Rachel Ray ad [2], [3] (Ray Hanania)

... Ehab Elmaghraby cleared and awarded $300,000 damages [1] 
... Eid Stamp said to have a sword through the price FALSE [1], objections to [2] (Sheila Musaji)
... Professor Nadia Abu El-Haj, Barnard College professor claims in petition to deny her tenure FALSE [1] (Larry Cohler-Esses)
... Keith Ellison’s Use of Qur’an for Swearing in - objection by Dennis Prager [1]  (Rabbi Dr. Barry Leff) and [2] -  M. Osman Siddique, the first Muslim ambassador in U.S. history, was sworn in on a Koran in 1999, when he became U.S. Ambassador to the Fiji Islands 3 (Eric Kleefeld) -  objections by by Rep. Virgil Goode 4,  [5],  about Michael Savage’s comments on this issue 6, Sean Hannity’s comments on this issue 7,  Historical perspective [8](Abdul Malik Mujahid)
... Emails: - “Allah or Jesus” encounter between a Christian minister and a Muslim imam in which the latter admits that his religion requires violent jihad (holy war) against all infidels (non-believers in Islam) FALSE [1] -  Qur’an verse 9:11, The Verse of the Eagles FALSE, there is no such verse [2] - “You Worry Me” (by American Airlines pilot John Maniscalco) [3], [4], [5] (Asim Mughal), Rebutting Bigots [6], claiming Britain will ban teaching about holocaust in schools because of Muslim pressure [6]

... False Flag Terrorism - VIDEO: Terror Storm, Chronicle of False Flag Terrorism - part 1 Historical Incidents - Part II - Part III - Part IV  - Part V  - Part VI  - Part VII - Part VIII - Part IX - Part X  - Part XI  - Part XII 
... “Fitna”, Geert Wilder’s anti-Qur’an film [1] (Sheila Musaji), Obsession and Fitna vs. Schism [2] (Sheila Musaji)
... Florida Muslim college students arrested for having bomb making materials in their car may have been falsely accused according to the FBI [1], bogus terror plot claim [2] 
... Florida Muslim Student Refuses to Stand for Pledge, story that wasn’t [1]
... Fort Dix Conspiracy [1]
... Fort Jackson plot to poison food [1] (Media Matters)
... France - Burkini incident [1] (Shabana Mir)

... Khalil Gibran school in NY in New York and Debbie Almontaser [1], [2] (Anthony DiMaggio), [3] (Andrea Elliot)
... Glasgow bombing case - Mohammed Haneef, cleared of terrorism charges [1]
... Ali Gomaa, Grand Mufti of Egypt claims about fatwas 1] (Jay Tolson)
... Guantanamo:  Chinese Muslims Detained at Guantanamo Cleared [1] 
... Gujarat, India - An Indian state government admitted on Friday its police killed an innocent Muslim man in a staged gun battle known as a “false encounter” in 2005, wrongly accusing him of plotting to kill its chief minister [1]  - Indian Inquiry Clears Muslims of 2002 Train Fire [2], Muslims Did Not Set, But Put Out the Fire on Indian Train in 2002 [3]

... Adel Hamad, a Sudanese relief worker in Pakistan falsely accused and sent to Guantanamo [1] (Jonathan Finer)
... Hamas TV mouse exchange with small girl, translated as something more sinister than what was said.[1]
... Hamas “child bride” incident [1] that never happened [2] (Tim Marshall)
... Salman Hamdani, No More Rumors For Muslim Hero of 9/11 [1]
... Samee Hammoudeh, Judge Says Hammoudeh Should Be Released [1], Acquitted and Now Deported [2], Not Guilty on All Charges [3]
... Syed Fahad Hashmi case [1] (Hena Ashraf)
... Mehdi Hassan [1] Senior Editor of New Statesman, [2], [3]
... Harvard “Jihad” speech [1]
... Maher Hathout’s appointment to the L.A. County Human Relations Commission - American Jewish Committee’s objection [1], and Steve Emerson’s objection 2, and Dr. Hathout’s track record [3]
... Abdullah Higazy false confession case [1]
... Sheikh Hilali, Sydney Muslim cleric cleared of financing Hezbollah [1]
... Holocaust museum shooting blamed on Islam [1]
... Hospital in Britain supposedly told to turn Muslim beds towards Mecca five times a day FALSE [1] Sheila Musaji
... Dr. Basem Hussein, Cleared of Terrorism Charges, Awarded $2.45 Million [1]

... IRAN - August 22nd Nuclear Apocalypse a false claim by Bernard Lewis [1], [1a] [1b] (Sheila Musaji)- Newspaper Apologizes for False story that Iran’s Jews would be forced to wear yellow badges [2], [2a], [2b], Ahmedinejad’s supposed (mistranslated) statement about wiping Israel off the map [3] (Robert D. Crane)[3a] Caught Red Handed (Arash Norouzi), and [3b], and [3c]  (Dr. Robert D. Crane), and [3d] Lost in Translation (Jonathan Steele), claim that Jews in Tehran are in danger [4] (Jonathan Cook), Pres. Ahmadinejad of Iran supposedly wishing to “wipe Israel off the face of the map” - claim that Iran is anti-semitic [5], [5a] (Jonathan Cook), Gordon Brown repeating false translation of Ahmedinejad’s statement about Israel [5c]

Iraq: Security Firm Cleared by U.S. Army [1]

Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens [1], wins libel damages and an apology from a news agency which reported he refused to talk to women at an awards ceremony who were not wearing a veil [2]

Islamic Center of Macomb IL responds to allegations [1]

“Islamo Fascism Awareness Week” [1]  (Sheila Musaji)

Israel/Palestine:  False claim of ‘massacre’ of Jewish of worshippers in Hebron [1] -  Palestinian Christian population reduction due to Muslim persecution [2] - Qana Ambulance attack by Israel denied and claimed to be a hoax [3] (Human Rights Watch), [4]

... Glen Javney article claiming a ‘hit list’ of top British Jews on the website Ummah.com turns out to have been made up and the Sun newspaper apologized for printing the inaccurate information.  [1]

Jewel of Medina book - ... Steve Huntley article in Chicago Sun Times about Jewel of Medina book [1] (Ray Hanania)

Sahel Kazemi murder of Steve McNair referred to as terrorism [1] (Ray Hanania)

Rashid Khalidi, Someone owed Rashid Khalidi an apology (article includes many references to further articles) [1] (Sheila Musaji), [2] (Ron Kampeas)

Khalil Gibran Academy and Debbie Almontaser [1], Daniel Pipes’ witch hung [2] (FAIR), [3] (Sheila Musaji)

Kind Heart Charities, Court Rules Government’s Freeze Of Charity’s Assets Unconstitutional [1], Kind Hearts assetts unfrozen by court [2]

Martin Luther King Letter Equating Anti-Zionism with Anti-Semitism FALSE [1]

Library of Alexandria destroyed by Caliph Omar FALSE [1]

Lockerbie bombing - Scottish Court Challenges Lockerbie conviction of Libyan official [1], collection of questions about incident [2]

Lodi Case - Credibility of Informant in Lodi Case Comes Under Fire [1], [2]

Macedonia Admits Six Muslims Executed as Terrorists Were Innocent [1]

Malagaon bombing in India falsely blamed on Muslims [1]

Prime Minister Mahathir of Malaysia’s speech and accusations of anti-Semitism [1][2],  [3]  [4] (Naeem mohaiemen), [5]

Ali Mazrui claimed by David Horowitz to have been connected with Al-Muhajiroun [1]

Michelle Malkin Publishes False Story [1]

Brandon Mayfield, Settles Claim for False Arrest on Terrorism Charges [1], Acquitted, Cleared of All Charges [2], [3] (Jonathan Finer)

Youssef Megahed case [1]

Miami “Seas of David” terror bust the government’s case ended with one exoneration and six mistrials. [1]

Missionary in Senegal Faces Execution Because of a Traffic Violation - FALSE [1]

Dalia Mogahed’s appearance on the show Muslimah Dilemma 1], views on Shariah 2]

Multiculturalism aids terrorism claim FALSE [1] (Yusuf Smith)

Hamaad Munshi, Britains “youngest terrorist” [1] (Inayat Bungawala)

Muslim Day at 6 Flags in Texas [1] and [2]

Sheila Musaji and The American Muslim [1] by Hugh Fitzgerald, and [2]

Muslims hate the West claim [1]

Sayed Hassan Nasrallah’s supposed anti-Semitic remarks [1]

Netherlands: Five freed on terrorism charges [1]

New York Muslim teenaged girls cleared of terrorism charges [1]

Ahmad Niazi arrest [1] (Lawrence Swaim)

Nike Suicide bomb ad FALSE [1]

Barack Obama’s name [1]

“Obsession: Radical Islam’s War With the West” [1] (Sheila Musaji),  2, 3

Oklahoma (U of OK) suicide bombing by Joel Hinrichs, claims that he was a Muslim FALSE [1]  (Cathy Young)

Oklahoma, distribution of Qur’ans to State Legislature [1] (Ray Hanania)

Omaha Mall Shooting supposed connection to Muslims FALSE [1] (Sheila Musaji)

Organizations (Muslim) - Islamic Society of Boston Falsely Accused of Terrorism [1]  - ISNA and 12 Other Muslim Groups cleared by U.S. Senate of Accusations [2], [2a],  ISNA ‘unindicted co-conspirator’ label explained [2b],  [2c]  (Sheila Musaji)  - MSU at U.C. Irvine cleared of charges of anti-Semitism for sponsoring Palestine Awareness Week [3] - CAIR and its leadership [4], [4a] (Aisha Aziz), claim that CAIR membership down [4b] (George Archibald) -
CSID “The U.S. Government and the CSID” on the Campus Watch site Article [5] (Svend White)

General Pershing soaked bullets in pigs blood to execute Muslim prisoners - undetermined [1] 

Perfume store in Houston, TX closed to honor 9/11 hijacker FALSE [1] (Snopes.com)

Piggy Banks banned by Halifax Bank not to offend Muslims FALSE [1]

Policy Exchange’s recent report on extremism in British mosques - it seems evidence was fabricated [1] (Osama Saeed) [2], East End Mosque, Times apologizes for repeating Policy report claims [3], [4]

Port of Miami terrorism scare incident Three men cleared [1]

Qur’an is in your DNA coding HOAX [1]

Qur’an reading assignment Objection to assignment by the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [1] (Michael Sells)

Tariq Ramadan objections to call for a moratorium on hudood punishments [1] (Tariq Ramadan), [2] Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s NY Times article saying he doesn’t speak out against injustices (Tariq Ramadan) ... Tariq Ramadan Visa Denial , and 2 court reverses ruling 3]

Affad Shaikh accused of plotting assassination of President [1] Brad Greenberg

Sirhan Sirhan alleged to be a Muslim FALSE (he is actually a Christian) [1]

Spielberg making a Crusade movie FALSE [1]

Sweden: terror suspects cleared [1]

Switzerland - 7 cleared of having links to Al Qaeda [1]

Texas Men Suspected of Terrorist Plot Cleared of All Charges [1] 

Thailand:  - Muslim Politician Acquitted of Rebellion Charge [1],  government admits that four Muslim youths riding in a pickup truck had been shot dead by government-backed village defense volunteers, rather than Islamic insurgents as authorities had originally announced [2]

Toledo terror suspects arrested on information passed to FBI by local Muslims [1]

Turkish hadith study [1]

Tyson Foods in Tennessee allowing Eid holiday for Muslim workers objected to [1]

Virginia Tech Massacre and supposed connection to Islam FALSE [1] (Ramzy Khoury)

Vatican conversion ceremony (Sheila Musaji) [1]

Mario Anthony Williams cleared of any links to terrorism [1] 

Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi, widely labelled as the key religious advisor to President Ahmadinejad, accused in an Israeli news article of saying last month that “coercion by means of rape, torture and drugs is acceptable against all opponents of the Islamic regime”.  Turns out the story is FALSE and was picked up as fact from a satire site. [1]

Chaplain James Yee Acquitted, Cleared of All Charges [1], [2]  see also Guantanamo

Sulayman Zain-ul-abidin CLEARED of terrorism charges [1]

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SEE ALSO:
ISLAMOPHOBIA - RESPONSES (The responses section was divided into into five sections on 12/16/07)
- Responses to Claims Made ABOUT Islam and Muslims in General
- Responses to Claims Made ABOUT Qur’an Verses, Arabic Terms, Prophet Muhammad 
- Responses to False Claims ABOUT Muslim Individuals & Organizations & Incidents Involving Muslims
- Responses to Actual Extremist Statements & Incidents of Extremism or violence BY Muslims
- Responses to Claims Made BY Specific Individuals and Organizations About Muslims

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