Elle Magazine gave Muslim-American activist Linda Sarsour the grand treatment in a piece published earlier this week. The story heaped praise on Sarsour for her role in organizing the Women’s March on Washington and her dedication to progressive causes. It also lamented attacks on her on social media, citing the Daily Caller’s publication of a photo of her together with an advocate of the terrorist organization Hamas. Elle called Sarsour a victim of Islamophobia.
But what Elle strangely neglects to tell readers is that Sarsour is also a staunch advocate of sharia law—which in some places allows wives to be beaten and men to have sex with prepubescent girls—and is a defender of misogynist Saudi Arabia.
10 weeks of PAID maternity leave in Saudi Arabia. Yes PAID. And ur worrying about women driving. Puts us to shame. https://t.co/xZAwgg6HXL
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) November 16, 2014
@DawudWalid they don't know the 1st thing about Sharia Law! If they did, they would all become Moozlums. Hahaha. #GOP
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) March 1, 2011
If only my fellow liberals understood what Sharia Law actually is. Smh. #ScaliaLaw
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) July 3, 2014
The Elle piece—headlined “Women’s March Organizer Linda Sarsour is Under Attack on Social Media”—notes that she has been “an activist for decades” and offers a bunch of tweets demonstrating the widespread support Sarsour has among progressives and women rights advocates.
“We are proud to have Linda Sarsour as our co-chair. We will always have her back,” reads official Women’s March Twitter account.
“These despicable attacks on Sarsour simply demonstrate that she’s got people shook,” reads another tweet with a new, already trending hashtag #IMarchWithLinda
Instead of sharing some of Sarsour’s more incendiary tweets, Elle magazine, along with other progressive liberal publications, chose to share Sarsour’s Facebook post, where she writes:
“The opposition cannot fathom to see a Palestinian Muslim American woman that resonates with the masses. Someone whose track record is clear and has always stood up for the most marginalized. They have a coordinated attack campaign against me and it’s vicious and ugly.”
That awkward moment when you realize the organizer of the #WomensMarch is pro Sharia Law, the very opposite of women's rights. #AddHerName pic.twitter.com/r3AZywd9oA
— Patriotic Rosie (@almostjingo) January 20, 2017
“Most marginalized” ? In America and not in Saudi Arabia? Really?
