Sarsour fights back after ‘jihad’ remarks
Arab-American activist pens Washington Post op-ed
In the wake of a controversy that erupted after she delivered a speech to an Arab-American organization in which she used the term “jihad,” Bay Ridge activist Linda Sarsour used the pages of one of the nation’s most prominent newspapers to defend herself and blast her critics.
“In short, I am their worst nightmare,” Sarsour wrote in an op-ed for the Washington Post published on July 9.
She charged that her critics took parts of her recent speech at the Islamic Society of North America’s 54th Annual Convention out of context to make it appear as if she was calling for “jihad” against President Donald Trump.