[ May 3, 2024 ]
No one should be surprised by this. Sarsour staged a narcissistic publicity stunt when hundreds of Jewish gravestones were desecrated and destroyed at various cemeteries (most likely by her coreligionists); Sarsour glommed onto the news story and made it her own. She jumped on a campaign to raise money to repair the the vandalism (and her reputation due to her long history of antisemitism).
Sarsour hijacked the horror for her own personal aggrandizement, and the elite media ate it up.
The campaign — named “Muslims Unite to Repair Jewish Cemetery” — had raised $162,468 through the Muslim crowdfunding site LaunchGood, far beyond its set goal of $20,000. But only 30% of the proceeds were disbursed, while designated cemeteries pleaded for promised funds. Their calls were met with deafening silence.
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And even before that, she defrauded people before with hoaxes, but exploiting dead Jews, that was a new low, even for that lowlife. Now she has done it again. And she will likely do it again in the future, and the enemedia still lauds this vicious and hateful hoaxster as a hero.
“On Linda Sarsour, Islamic Missionary, and Jewish Fundraisers: The Whole Story,” by Hen Mazzig, IsraellyCool, December 18, 2018 (thanks to Mark):
When you raise 10 dollars for a cause, the 10 dollars should go to that cause, you should not keep 4 dollars for yourself, because it is not what people donated for, right? Simple. Well, not always.
On November 25th, 2018, The Forward (which has been the strongest and most outspoken Jewish media outlet to defend Linda Sarsour from criticism of her antisemitic rhetoric and involvement with her antisemitic spiritual leader Louis Farrakhan), published a very bizarre article.
The writer of this article attempted to convince readers that the money Sarsour helped fundraise with the Muslim organization, CelebrateMercy (CM), would be used to support the victims of the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting- ultimately a Jewish cause. As I read through the article I was surprised to find out that according to CelebrateMercy, only $10,000 were sent there, out of $238,000 raised.
Sarsour and CelebrateMercy consistently used this fundraiser for PR, claiming to support the Jewish community. As the article twisted the whole story, it appears that the money sent to Tree of Life Synagogue was in fact raised in another fundraiser for Jewish cemeteries, totalling $162K, out of which $60K still remains in the account of CelebrateMercy.
Are you confused? So was I, but as I looked into the numbers, agreements, articles and statements, the picture became clear.
CelebrateMercy (CM), based in Philadelphia, is Tarek El-Messidi’s charity and “its aim is to teach the life and character of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon”.
Meanwhile, Linda Sarsour helps run another organization called, MPower Change, which is primarily political. MPower and CM logos were both on the two fundraising campaigns to “Repair Jewish Cemeteries” and for the victims of the Pittsburgh shooting and Sarsour promoted the fundraisers as her own.
The two organizations have raised a total of $400,000 for Jewish causes (supposedly), in two fundraisers:
A. “Repair Jewish cemeteries” (162k) – with Sarsour mentioned as the organizer. This campaign reached its goal on Jun 1, 2017.
B. “Support Tree of Life shooting victims (funeral expenses, medical bills)”- with CelebrateMercy as the organizer and Sarsour’s MPower as co-sponsor. This campaign reached its goal on Nov 7, 2018
Fundraiser (A) had significant delays in distributing the funds to the Colorado Jewish cemetery, to which the fundraiser was dedicated. In fact, it took six months for the community to receive anything at all. This fact alone raised legitimate questions about whether Sarsour and El Messidi can be trusted to manage funds for Jewish causes. Out of the money raised for the cemeteries (A), more than a third still has not been paid out, a year and a half later and it’s not earmarked for a specific recipient ($62,000).
In The Forward piece, CM claimed that $10,000 were sent to the victims of the Tree of Life attack on the same day that Messidi was interviewed, but this money was taken from Fundraiser A.
It must be noted that according to The Forward, the cemetery director said that no longer did they require funds, so the remaining money from the fundraiser ($62K), as decided in late November, would be used as a “rapid-response fund” for “any hate crimes or vandalism that takes place at synagogues or any kind of Jewish institution”. That’s how the $10K from this fundraiser was brought to Tree of Life.
The writer mentioned that “El-Messidi wrote on the crowdfunding website that he ended up sending $155,000, $5,000 more than promised, to the Islamic Center. On Sunday he posted a document signed by himself, Mohamed, and a Tree of Life representative detailing exactly how the funds will be distributed to victims and their families. The document was signed by Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha, CelebrateMercy and the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh.” These funds were provided from fundraiser (B).
Messidi also said on The Forward’s piece that, “he is still brainstorming what exactly to do with the remaining $83,000 promised for Muslim-Jewish partnerships. “I do have some ideas: If there’s a mosque that wants to host fast-breaking dinners in Ramadan for the Jewish community…” He said he wanted to have a conversation soon with MPower Change, Sarsour’s organization, to “brainstorm more ideas…”
I took to Twitter and tweeted that “Interfaith efforts are important, but raising money under the guise of helping victims of tragedy (B), then repurposing to interfaith efforts is wrong.” Some activists including a Haaretz journalist claimed that I am misleading the public and that the money will be sent directly to the Tree of Life.
However on November 27th, Sarsour posted a Facebook update confirming that I was right, saying: “Celebrate Mercy will administer these funds and will act as grant makers.”
So by November 27th it was still clear to Sarsour and CelebrateMercy that the $86,000 (B) will be kept by Tarek El-Messidi’s missionary organization, CelebrateMercy (“its aim is to teach the life and character of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon”), for “projects that help foster Muslim-Jewish collaboration & solidarity.”
One can only wonder how they wanted to spend the money. While The Forward is busy digging up dirt on Jewish charities (as the editor proudly stated), they fail to document the fact that CelebrateMercy is a missionary charity with the goal of promoting the religion and even converting people to Islam, as well as hosting events with speakers such as Omar Suleiman, who openly call for an intifada or violent uprising against Israel. Maybe the character of this organisation, and its official and unofficial missions should raise a red flag and question El-Messidi, who wants to administer more than $80,000 of donations for a Jewish cause, and then decides to use it for so-called “Muslim-Jewish projects.”In response to requests for transparency, Sarsour lashed out on social media at what she called “right wing Zionists and the alt-right”. In the same sentence, Sarsour claimed she was “using her brand” to help Jews. This hypocrisy and demonization are unacceptable.
Funnily enough, the Rabbi of ToL is a strong Zionist, the type that Sarsour calls to dehumanize and shut down.
On November 28th, Allison Kaplan Sommer, reported for Haaretz that the aforementioned were false in her article titled, “Muslim Fundraisers Falsely Accused of Not Handing Over Money to Jewish Victims of Pittsburgh Shooting”. Yet at the same time that her article was published, ironically enough, CM announced that they have “transferred the additional funds raised ($84,534) to the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh for them to deliver to the Tree of Life synagogue. As stated above in Update #6, these additional funds (beyond the $155,000 raised for the victims) will be spent on projects that help foster Jewish-Muslim solidarity, collaboration, and dialogue.”
Some may point out that CM updated the fundraising page to say that any donation over $150k will go to interfaith projects, but this update was far on the bottom of a fundraising page titled, “Muslims Unite for Pittsburgh Synagogue Support Shooting Victims with Short-Term Needs (Funeral Expenses, Medical Bills, Etc),” along with the Pittsburgh synagogue logo. Many voiced outrage online for this grossly misleading fundraiser.
Moreover, CelebrateMercy continued to promote the fundraiser, even after reaching $215,000 and passing the $150,000 mark, as a fundraiser for the victims of Tree of Life shooting.
We now know that until November 27th, Sarsour and CM were still looking to manage the $86,000 from fundraiser (B). Following the burst of outrage online regarding the lack of accountability for the funds raised, otherwise known as the Sarsour and CM “conspiracy theory swirl”, the fundraiser website was surprisingly updated on November 28th….
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21 Comments
5 years ago
you must be stupid to believe a jihadi anti-semite sarsour and fund her !
They come, steal , threaten and ethnically cleanse without violence
https://tinyurl.com/y7yhc4dl
you cannot win unless there is organised legal /political pushback. And that
cannot happen without more ppl sharing real news that expose the truth that MSM will not cover
5 years ago
“Messidi also said on The Forward’s piece that, “he is still
brainstorming what exactly to do with the remaining $83,000 promised for Muslim-Jewish partnerships.” Yeah, that’s certainly tough to figure out where to send the money that was specifically raised for the Jewish Cemetary repairs. Yes, perhaps, they can hire a consultant at the rate of $250K a year, to help advise them where to send it.
5 years ago
Well, I will keep this money…
5 years ago
Is that the PRO ISIS unity sign?
http://b1ff5939f6.nxcli.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/sarsour-poster-400×267.jpeg
5 years ago
Trump is Linda Sarsour’s best friend.
He promotes Twitter which is partly owned by Saudi Arabia & censors.
Facebook is censored by for example Hamas-CAIR.
Trump said Pamela Geller would insult everybody. He supports a paradigm that keeps figures like unjust Muhammad & Linda Sarsour credible in the eye of the public.
Meanwhile people are deceived. While Muhammadists act on unjust Muhammadist codes.
Trump sells weapons to Saudi Arabia where Africans are enslaved*, atheists killed & girls raped & clitodirectomized.
El-Messidi said he would use the money to host a Ramadan fast-breaking during Ramadan for Jews.
Before or after sunset? Because what most Jews due to the Trump-supported censorship don’t know is that, unjust Muhammad said that whoever doesn’t fast during the Ramadan “is not a Muslim. He can be killed.”
Unjust Muhammad also said that his Messiah would return when trees & stones would lure Muhammadists to unjustly murder Jews.
* Africans are enslaved, castrated, divorced, beaten & killed today in Saudi Arabia & enslaved in the UAE, Oman, Yemen, Kuwait, Lebanon, Bahrain, North-Sudan, Libya (surge), Algeria (surge), Mauritania (20 percent), Niger, Mali, Somalia, Nigeria in emulation of unjust Muhammad who started the global African slave-trade by saying his unproven deity had turned Africans black so Africans’ descendants would be slaves to Arabs & Turks.
5 years ago
5 years ago
Well,
Hillary still has millions (billions?) that belong to relief efforts for Haiti..
5 years ago
Truth comes out in the end. Thankfully we are ahead of the truth than European nations.
5 years ago
The IslamoNazi should be stoned live on TV
5 years ago
A lying, cheating, embezzling, antisemitic Muzzie? And…we should be shocked?
5 years ago
Deport her!
5 years ago
Asian for Asian, African for African, White places for Everybody?
Who hasn’t noticed that open borders is a White ‘privilege’?
Who hasn’t noticed that anti racist is CODE for anti White?
Who hasn’t noticed that diversity is CODE for White Geno cide?
– STOP Anti-White Torture and Genocide in South Africa –
5 years ago
Oh…say it isn’t so! The frustration from her mutilated genitals will never let her be rational and her commitment to mohammedanism will never allow her to be civilized. The koran requires the killing or enslaving of Infadels. Why do the progressive/democrats not get that? I have spent 2 tours in ‘red zones’ and understand that when people want to kill you, you have to kill them first…simple. She needs to be taken to the “vet” and put down.
5 years ago
Linda would only become a true “feminist” the moment she leaves Islam and her hijab for good. Sadly, that moment has not yet come.
5 years ago
Another disgusting example of the lack of honor and integrity of this deplorable woman.
5 years ago
I’ve been asking whether anyone with the knowledge is willing to give us the ammunition to take down this Sarsour woman because it seems she’s been lecturing at public meetings to the misinformed how mohammad was a feminist.
The renowned David Wood has come to our aid with an article over on barenakedislam.com or you can find it on YT
Top 10 reasons why mohammad was not a feminist.
Watch it, David does a wonderful job of employing their own teachings against her. Thanks David, we owe you.
5 years ago
Well, there’s always those little chitlin’s to worry about. There’ll be some left over fo sho!
5 years ago
HIAS-Jews & CAIR-Muslums work together to genocidally flood Christianity:
http://newobserveronline.com/the-hebrew-immigrant-aid-society-hias-organization-targeted-by-the-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooter-robert-bowers-works-full-time-to-bring-fake-refugees-to-america-and-europe-while-at-t/#comment-37459
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) Imports “Refugees” to White Countries, Even from Israel
TNO STAFF — NOVEMBER 1, 2018 0 COMMENT
The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) organization—targeted by the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers—works full time to bring fake refugees to America and Europe, while at the same time helping to expel them from Israel and ship them to white countries, a review of that organization’s activities shows.
5 years ago
Libs love her, she da bomb. We’ve let the enemy in the gates, the only question is, when when’s game time.
5 years ago
Cockroach had no intentions in giving a dime to the Jewish cemetery. It was a ploy to keep the money for Hamas.
