On Nov. 13, 2015, Muslim militants slayed Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old American student, amid terrorist attacks across Paris that killed 130 people and injured 400. Soon after, the Islamic State took credit for the attacks, writing “the scent of death will not leave their nostrils as long as they partake in the crusader campaign, as long as they dare to curse our Prophet.”
Earlier this month, lawyers for Gonzalez’s family argued before the Supreme Court that social media companies “aided and abetted” the terrorists by providing them a forum overseas.
The Supreme Court should rule in favor of the Gonzalez family, while Congress closes loopholes that allow social media platforms to avoid responsibility for what they publish. But this is not just a problem overseas. Social media companies also allow masked radicals from my Muslim community in the United States free reign on their platforms, shielding extremists and terrorists overseas from criticism.
One of their lines of attack is to allege their targets are insulting Islam, the prophet Muhammad, and Muslims using a made-up word, “Islamophobia.” That tactic is heralded this week in the third observance of the “International Day to Combat Islamophobia” on March 15. The United Nations “officially” recognizes the day after years of lobbying by hardline Muslim countries in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which use “Islamophobia” to deflect discussions about Muslim radicalization.
In a new book, “Woke Army: The Red-Green Alliance Destroying America’s Freedom,” I uncover a domestic character assassination campaign that spans 20 years. It
