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   MSM pushes narrative Muslims are heroes of the Hurricane Harvey   
      
   By Katie Jones   
   Geller Report, pamelageller.com   
   Saturday, September 2, 2017   
      
   If you search the internet for "Houston mosque" or even   
   simply "Houston," nearly every mainstream media   
   publication has multiple articles, being updated   
   regularly, showcasing Houston area "mosques opening their   
   doors to hurricane Harvey victims." In fact, even so-   
   called fact-checking website Snopes published an article   
   on the matter, and not as a fact-checked one, but as a   
   promoted news story. Many of these articles are centered   
   on the issue that mosques opened their doors to evacuees,   
   but Christian pastor Joel Osteen did not immediately open   
   his megachurch doors. (Osteen later alleged that the   
   surrounding streets were not open or safe; and the city   
   never asked him to use the building as a shelter.)   
   Personal feelings about Osteen aside, the media is using   
   this as an opening to push the narrative that Muslims are   
   the heroes of this hurricane, and the white people   
   seeking solace were forever changed by the kindness and   
   generosity of their Muslim neighbors.   
      
   A few issues with the story right from the start -- it's   
   not the Houston mosques that are taking in these   
   evacuees; it's a few Houston Islamic Centers. Non-Muslims   
   generally aren't allowed in mosques, unless they are   
   allowed entry for a reason like seeing how Muslims pray.   
   We'll get to that later.   
      
   The other part of the news story that is conspicuously   
   hidden is that there were only 35 evacuees at the   
   Champions mosque, also known as Masjid al-Salam, at the   
   peak. As of Friday morning, 14 evacuees stayed on. The   
   majority of those evacuees were Muslim. Brand Lane Center   
   in Stafford, Texas claims to be housing 80 to 90 people   
   currently. Whether those figures are accurate and whether   
   those were families from the mosque or non-Muslim   
   evacuees, nobody knows. The picture used in one of the   
   articles about the Muslim heroes is a picture from the   
   Convention Center. Out of an estimated 200,000 Muslims in   
   the greater-Houston metro area, the headline-worthy news   
   is that they were able to help about 125 evacuees.   
      
   Harvey, like all tragedies, brought out the best in   
   people and proved once again that America houses some of   
   the greatest and bravest individuals in the world. People   
   of all races were going head-on into danger to save   
   people of all races. The agenda-driven mainstream media   
   knew they were in trouble after a video went viral where   
   an understandably frantic mother at an evacuation center   
   became frustrated with a CNN reporter "shoving   
   microphones in her face." Many shelters said they would   
   not be letting any more news stations in because evacuees   
   needed privacy. Then, suddenly mid-day Wednesday, CNN had   
   one of the first front-page headlines that "mosques were   
   opening their doors to evacuees." Within a few hours USA   
   Today, NPR, ABC News, and the other standard leftist   
   media sites that masquerade as news all followed suit.   
      
   Continues at:   
      
   https://pamelageller.com/2017/09/muslim-harvey-centers.html/?utm   
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