Newsweek: 'Pressures' on Muslim Women Led to Islamophobic Attack Hoax
By Matthew Balan | December 16, 2016 | 11:47 AM EST
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On Thursday, Newsweek's Lucy Westcott forwarded possible excuses for Yasmin Seweid's fake account about anti-Muslim men attacking her on New York City's subway. Westcott spotlighted an activist who played up that young Muslim women, like Seweid, are "children of either immigrant parents or U.S.-born Muslims, and parents have high expectations of them, putting [them under] tremendous pressure." She also pointed out an online post from Seweid's sister, who asked people to "think why Muslim [women of color] felt the need to do this."
Westcott led her item, "Yasmin Seweid's Arrest Highlights Pressures on Some Muslim Teenage Girls," by reporting how Seweid was "arrested on Wednesday after admitting to fabricating her story. She was arraigned at Manhattan Criminal Court early Thursday morning and appeared to be in shock, her head shaved and uncovered." As she summarized the circumstances of the hoax, the writer underlined that "Seweid was one of many Muslims to report being harassed in the wake of Donald Trump's election and to have their stories picked up by the media."
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http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/matthew-balan/2016/12/16/newsweek-pressures-muslim-women-led-islamophobic-attack-hoax
