Hyping the non existent backlash: Why Muslims always claim they are in danger after terrorists threats and attacks against non Muslims

Fort Dix: The Backlash that Wasn't
By Robert SpencerFrontPageMagazine.com May 14, 2007

In the wake of the Fort Dix jihad plot arrests, the mainstream media featured numerous news articles focusing on the fears of other Muslims in America. Philadelphia's CBS3 reported: "Muslims in the region are bracing themselves for a possible backlash in response to the terror plot arrests." There was no shortage of Muslim spokesmen available to confirm these fears. "What we're all afraid of is a new backlash," said Hesham Mahmoud of the New Jersey chapter of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. An official of the South Jersey Islamic Center, the spiritual home of several of the jihadist suspects, also expressed fears that they "are going to face a backlash." A Muslim in New Jersey, Tajwar Roomi, expressed fear for her family: "My husband works for the state. My son, my daughter, they all work. I do get worried about them because some people are nice, [but] some people are not." As far away as Iowa, the imam of Des Moines' Islamic Center, Ibrahim Dremali, said: "Some are afraid backlash may be coming. People are becoming cautious again. I've told them they have to be careful."
But none of the backlash reports included news of any actual backlash incidents, because four days after the arrests, there hadn't been any...

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