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

Includes urban legends, hoaxes, charges that were subsequently cleared, or individuals or organizations that were exonerated.

compiled by Sheila Musaji

online 12/07, updated and combined with other sections for ease of use 4/22/08

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)

Afghan Boyfriend Disappears, Warns not to Fly on September 11, Then Issues Other Warnings of Terrorism FALSE [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]

Sami Al Hussayen, webmaster, Cleared & acquitted [1], [2], [3]

Sami Al Arian Acquitted of terrorism charges [1], [2], [3], [4] and [5]

Ahmed al-Halabi QUESTIONS REMAIN [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]

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]

Australia: “Jihad Jack” Conviction Quashed [1] - Ramzi Ali awarded $125,000 in defamation case [2]

Ghassan Ballut, Not Guilty on All Charges [1], [2]

Benamar Benatta cleared [1]

Bin Laden family flown out of U.S. immediately after 9/11 before air space opened up [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]

Budweiser Pulled Its Products From A Convenience Store Where Muslim Employees Celebrated 9/11 FALSE [1]

Bus driver supposedly told passengers to get off the bus so he could pray FALSE [1] (Sheila Musaji)

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] - 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]

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]

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]

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]

Fort Dix Conspiracy [1]

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]

[1] Hamas TV mouse exchange with small girl, translated as something more sinister than what was said

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]

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]

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),

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

Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens [1]

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]

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]

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]

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

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

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

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

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]

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]

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]

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

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]

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]

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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