On Columbus Day, we looked at another side of Christopher Columbus, one which those who love and hate him are unaware of—a Crusader side: his life’s work, his voyages, were first and foremost dedicated to launching a final crusade to recover the Holy Land from Islam.
If, as seen in that article, “the Left” uses that fact to paint him as an “Islamophobe,” so too have Muslims in the America also exploited this smear in an effort to “shame” Americans for Columbus’s purported crimes.
As one example, the Yaqeen Institute, a Texas-based Islamic think tank which, according to its own description, works to combat “Islamophobia,” published a ▶video titled “The Real Story of Christopher Columbus,” narrated by one “Imam Tom” (apparently an American convert to Islam).
As might be expected, the video engages in all the sorts of defamation and propaganda which many — including Donald Trump — have of late dismissed as anti-American propaganda.
Not only does Imam Tom present Christopher Columbus as the devil incarnate, but he seems to imply that any American who likes Columbus is guilty by association.
Now why is Imam Tom, who, as a Muslim, lives in a very fragile glass house, hurling stones at anyone?
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