“Al-Shaab yureed isqat al-nizaam” in Arabic is literally translated, “The people want to overthrow the regime,” according to Daniel Pipes of the Mideast Forum.
Ok, repeat after me:
Al-Shaab yureed isqat al-nizaam.
(Arab Spring chant)— Hussam Ayloush (@HussamA) November 9, 2016
After some online backlash, Ayloush backtracked and claimed his post was a joke that those who spoke Arabic would get. “Arab Spring” was a reference to a wave of demonstrations and uprisings throughout the Arab world, beginning in 2010.
Many Americans “get” it. They get that this so-called joke looks very much like a threat we should be taking seriously, given what we know about CAIR, a group widely believed to have ties to terrorist organizations.
According to Pipes, the slogan was used during the Tunisian revolution, which kicked off the Arab Spring. It was also used during the overthrow of Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak.
Pipes added that Ayloush might be the most “vicious” of the CAIR leaders. Ayloush blamed the U.S. for the San Bernardino terrorist attack because U.S. foreign policy allegedly fuels extremism. Knowing this, it’s hard not to take Ayloush’s statement seriously.
Groups like CAIR continue to be a threat to Western culture when their spokesmen spread these kinds of ideas.
Liberals have had a hard time accepting this loss, but they need to find a way to cope that doesn’t involve making threats to overthrow the government.