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Debbie Schlussel: Zayn Malik of the Boy Band One Direction is “Pimpin’ Jihad”

Posted on 21 June 2012 by Emperor

Debbie Schlussel has succeeded in getting herself some attention. She’s obviously a believer in the idea that any publicity is good publicity. Schlussel’s latest “shwang, wang, wang” moment came when she labeled Zayn Malik, a member of the British boy band “One Direction” a “pimp for jihad.”

One Direction’s Zayn Malik accused of ‘enticing jihad’

(The Week)

POP STAR Zayn Malik has been accused of “pimping Islam on your kids” by US political blogger Debbie Schlussel. The right-wing commentator claimed One Direction band member Malik was “using [his] influence to preach the Islamic faith” to “millions” of fans in America, listing occasions when the 1D member had tweeted about fasting for Ramadan and Allah, according to The Sun. Schlussel warned that “mindless girls” were being exposed to Malik’s “dangerous influence”, adding that even President Obama’s daughter Malia was a fan. “Keep your daughters away from Zayn Malik’s enticing jihad… He is a devout British Muslim whose family is from Pakistan,” said Schlussel. “He’s no dummy.”

  • Sam Seed

    @desi subono

    LOL! Are you the ‘Desi’ version of Halal Pork?

  • Amber

    She’s completely right. I was an atheist and then I followed zayn on twitter and now I’m a Muslim extremist! It’s amazing that someone can think that by reading a tweet about Ramadan people will suddenly change their beliefs. He’s hardly a strict Muslim either, I think he drinks alcohol too. People’s bigotry never fails to amaze me.

  • zayn

    pure discrimination against him and against muslims , what kind of people r u ? wait i know u’re an hypocrit insane girl who’s telling lies about islam, the truth is that you want to eliminate islam for once in a while well hony u can always dream , i’m sick of this and i’m sick of hearing everyone isulting islam and saying bad things about it ,ur problem dear debbie is that people like u are so naif to what they’re inventing about islam just because of some politicals that happened in the usa…well islam is the religion of peace as it says islam in arabic means peace, and 4 those who are telling that music and having girlfriend/boyfriend is haram it’s definitely not true God it’s the proof that u don’t know anything about the real islam , just stop judging religions that u don’t even know , so proud of muslims and so proud of zayn because he didn’t hide his identity in FACT WHY should he hide it after all.
    yeah ,i can see when biber tatoo himself the sign of jesus oh it’s just a religious freedom ,but when zayn revealed his identity you’ve started a war againt him COME ON PEOPLE we’re in the 21th century !!!!!

  • abbey

    @Marco singing,being in music industry or having a girlfriend is not haram guys come to urself muslims r not closed minded they are similar to christians

  • Jasmine

    You know what, Debbie’right!I’m totally converting to Islam
    now after seeing Zayn Malik wearing a scarf. Wait, I just saw
    a picture of Justin Bieber wearing a cross pendant,
    I’m thinking of converting to Christian now. Did you know
    that Elton John is a proud atheist, yeah, I’ll believe in
    atheism tomorow. I’ve read online that Madonna
    sings Kabbalah’s praises. I’ll try that next week.
    Just when you think the world’s becoming a better place,
    “Debbies” (bitches) pop out from the ground. Spread Love Not Hate!
    No matter what you believe in. <3 STAY STRONG ZAYN!

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  • Sir David ( watching the football Spain 1 France 0

    Islam= lycanthropy
    I think that’s a first on these pages
    ( I think you missed an opportunity for a Discworld referance there jack :-) )

  • http://thepenofawanderingstranger.com/personal/ Jack Cope

    “I 1000% agree with Debbie.”

    We are going to get on so well… check your mathematics as well. Do you also agree with Debbie’s other points on other topics? She is an idiot and an attention whore.

    “Moslems has been trying to convert Christian through many ways, from the cruellest to the softest way.”

    Missionaries of every faith exist, what’s your point?

    “Why Zayn wrote sahadat in his blog? Sahadat is a confession to Mohammed and being a moslem.”

    Erm, so what? Why don’t you complain that little twerp Beirber or whoever you spell his name has a ‘Jesus’ tattoo and goes on about Christianity in his music?

    “How if a Christian write Bible verses in his/her blog?”

    Case point for the above; no one would care.

    “All moslems are actually wolves, but some of them masquerade as lambs.”

    Was unaware that I was a wolf pretending to be a lamb, I sound messed up. Perhaps I should see a vet to confirm.

    “But finally, they all will reveal who they are…Remember what happened in Nigeria, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Indonesia, Thailand.”

    Shite happens the world over, are you going to start complaining about ‘evil Christians’ based upon murder rates in the US or Mexico?

    “They kill a lot of non-moslems people on behalf of religion.”

    Really? Or are these criminals that kill just killing for other reasons and using religion to justify it?

    I think we are done here.

  • desi subono

    I 1000% agree with Debbie. Moslems has been trying to convert Christian through many ways, from the cruellest to the softest way. Why Zayn wrote sahadat in his blog? Sahadat is a confession to Mohammed and being a moslem. How if a Christian write Bible verses in his/her blog. All moslems are actually wolves, but some of them masquerade as lambs. But finally, they all will reveal who they are…Remember what happened in Nigeria, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Indonesia, Thailand. They kill a lot of non-moslems people on behalf of religion.

  • Sarah Brown

    Exactly – I do not know if I have actually *read* a piece moaning that there is something sinister about the lack of Muslims in the X Factor, but it struck me too, Zakariya, as a blog post waiting to be written by Geller or someone. There is no pleasing some people.

  • Fred

    I think its turned round on Debbie.

    By a lot of news agencies reporting on it, she’s become a known loon. And judging by comments on these agencies, they aren’t quite positive about it either.

    Carry on Debbie, let’s see how loony you can go…

  • Zakariya Ali Sher

    Actually, Abdul-Rahman, your analogy isn’t that far off. Debbie Schlussel’s entire complaint is that Zayn Malik is a Muslim. Not only is he unapologetic about his Islamic beliefs, but he has the audacity to be a cheesy pop star with a multicultural audience. People like Schlussel and the other Islamophobes not only hate Islam (and Muslims) but they hate the fact that we can assimilate, participate in the wider culture and, perhaps worst of all from their point of view, gain popularity amonsgt non-Muslims. It makes Muslims and Islam look ‘good.’ Every Muslim who ISN’T a terrorist, who ISN’T a member of al-Qaeda, is bad for them.

    Personally I find the whole affair rather silly myself. After all, people like Debbie Schlussel and her ilk constantly harp on about Muslims not assimilating, or all being terrorists. But when we DO go mainstream, then she complains about ‘stealth jihad.’ And Zayn Malik, by all accounts, sounds like a fairly liberal Muslim. I mean, pop music, girlfriends and all. There are plenty of other Muslims who do the same things (myself included), and its hardly any different from other British teenagers, but not really a sign of fundamentalism. So there’s no pleasing her. The only acceptable Muslim in her mind is one who doesn’t practice Islam, observe Ramazan, read the Qur’an, eat halal or go to a mosque… at which point it stops being Islam and becomes… I don’t know, something else altogether.

    But then, it makes sense, because as I’ve said many times before, it is not just anti-Muslim sentiments. This same hatred extends to pretty much anyone from the Middle East or South Asia. We have seen examples of Islamophobes physically assaulting everyone from Copts to Greeks to Sikhs to even Latinos who ‘look too Muslim.’ They have jumped on stories in which non-Muslims like Omar Sharif did something bad and tried to vilify Islam. And I suspect that even were we to convert en masse, they would still hate us because of our accents and skin tones. This is a big part of the reason why I say that American Muslims should NOT try to appease the Islamophobes. They are basically just bullies, and giving them even so much as an inch is tantamount to surrender. But more to the point, why should I want to be friends with someone with such irrational hatred in their heart?

    Hell, even more to the point than that, why is Debbie Schlussel even a national news figure in the first place? Her only real claim to fame is running yet another Islamophobic blog, and people like Geller and Spencer are better at that than her. At least they can parlay their writings into cash. Schlussel doesn’t even really have that going for her. It’s rather akin to Fred Phelps; the only reason he got where he is is because people have bent over backwards to accommodate him and MAKE him a celebrity.

  • Abdul-Rahman

    The nutjob Debbie is coming very close to doing the equivalent of the white supremacists who claim Black men are supposedly after their daughters, as I guess she’s trying to claim Zayn Malik is out to make a “harem” of teenage girls or something!! Oh yeah and singing some typical teen “pop” music, is now the new “stealth Jihad” lol, I guess Bieber is on a stealth Crusade then!

  • Sarah Brown

    I found a pic of him wearing a red poppy too – sorry, I’m not sure how far this is worn in the US, but its connotations are of course patriotism and support for British troops.

  • Sarah Brown

    I have just posted about this too – I noted that he was tweeting about Christmas (not in any way which suggests he is not a Muslim, just against what I understand to be the stricter teachings of Islam) also that a few days before Schlussel’s post he was tweeting about how much he like Sacha Baron Cohen. Which somehow didn’t quite fit her image of him.

  • Christian-friend

  • jawad

    just to clarify (and im not trying to start a debate here) but not all muslims think music is haraam (myself included)
    i also dont think having a girlfriend and singing would exclude you from being devout. for all we know he is a great person and great muslim who, like all muslims, does some things that aren’t inline w/ our beliefs.

    i think hes being unfairly targeted by debbie and we should be supporting him because he is being attacked simply for being muslim (or at least having a muslim sounding name)

  • Fred

    And just because he tweets about Ramadan, means girls will convert? LOL.

  • Fred

    Eminem, Elton John and Justin Bieber have wore cross necklaces. Does this mean that they were trying to preach Christianity?

    According to Debbie’s logic, they did.

  • NurAlia

    Umm…

    Alot of Muslims think it is haram (not allowed) to play, sing, or listen to music.

    So…which ‘devout’ do the loons want us to be?

  • Steve

    @Marco, that’s very sad

  • jabegail

    debbie,
    we all know what you want, lets put it this way, you are 30 plus years too late for this chap, besides how can i put it, he might not dig a bi-ach of your type. all i can say is, try your luck in some 40 something pub southside of bricklane, london or queens in bronx if there is one.

  • marco

    I’m amazed at how easily they throw around the word ‘Devout’.
    A muslim in the music industry which as all muslims know is haram, he has a girlfriend which again is haram, is anything but devout.

  • Fred

    And the newcomer loon blogger award goes to… Debbie Schlussel

  • mindy1

    Why do people pay attention to such a hater??? :shock: Who can take her seriously??

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