The New York Times has published a lot of ridiculous articles in its day, but this is one of the most ridiculous ever. It portrays Linda Sarsour, who has led a charmed life as a darling of the Leftist intelligentsia, as the poor victim not just of the sinister “alt-right,” but of “Russian trolls,” no less.
They supposedly spread material about Sarsour that was “inflammatory and based on falsehoods.”
Is she a “radical Islamist”? Well, she hasn’t flown any planes into skyscrapers, but on September 22, 2011, Sarsour tweeted: “Shariah law is reasonable and once u read into the details it makes a lot of sense. People just know the basics.”
On May 12, 2015, she tweeted: “If you are still paying interest than Sharia Law hasn’t taken over America. #justsaying.”
And on April 10, 2016, Sarsour tweeted about Sharia again: “Sharia Law is misunderstood & has been pushed as some evil Muslim agenda.”