As we covered in a VIP post earlier this week, former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan argued that if Christians could have church bells, then mosques could have loudspeakers blasting the Muslim call to prayer five times a day, starting at sunrise.
Mehdi Hasan to American Christians: "If you can have your church bell, we can have our Islamic prayer call" pic.twitter.com/Oy1IroBqS1
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 21, 2025
After Congressman Brandon Gill posted that he didn't want to hear "oppressive Muslim prayer calls," columnist Sharmine Nawrani, who says in her bio that she's a former senior associate at St. Antony's College, Oxford University, informed Gill that Christ was born in a Muslim country.
Christ was born in Bethlehem, Palestine, a Muslim-majority country. Be more tolerant, like Jesus. https://t.co/WoPC97J1rS
— Sharmine Narwani (@snarwani) October 22, 2025
She got handed a Community Note for that one:
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The Islamic prophet Mohammed wasn't even born until 570 AD, which is long after Jesus died. Islam as a religion didn't come to be until several decades later. This post is factually inaccurate and misleading.
Impressive that Jesus managed to be born in a Muslim-majority county more than 6 centuries before Islam was even founded.
— AG (@AGHamilton29) October 24, 2025
The Columbia School of Journalism in the bio really brings the whole thing full circle. pic.twitter.com/l3gQv7bitc
It has to be painful to be so confused 🤔
— Mack Urva (@MackUrva49408) October 24, 2025
My goodness you had no idea...I'm embarrassed for you.
— MAZE (@mazemoore) October 24, 2025
Islam did not exist when Jesus was born.
— Caesar (@caesar_pounce) October 23, 2025
You can read books, it won't hurt you.
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Really covering the Columbia School of Journalism in glory with this misfire of a comment. 🤡
— Jack Bauer after dark 🇺🇸🇮🇱 (@JackBauerAD) October 24, 2025
Almost took this seriously, then saw you were a journalist & realised it was satire.
— The Kiffness (@TheKiffness) October 23, 2025
How many Muslims lived there when Christ was born again?
— Oliver Twist (@OliverPenName) October 23, 2025
is this a real tweet?
— GeorgeSmith2 (@WestMichP2) October 23, 2025
Is this sarcasm? There was no Islam when Christ was born.
— Michael J. Hout (@michaeljhout) October 24, 2025
If you don't want people swarming you, then don't distort the facts for your own purpose. Bethlehem was in what was once known as Judea and the land of Judah was occupied by the Jewish people.
— Kim (@Texasgirlkiwi) October 25, 2025
She did the meme:
To clarify, for the swarm coming at me, Palestine is a Muslim-majority nation TODAY. It is Palestinian Muslims and Christians who have preserved Christian history in the Holy Land.
— Sharmine Narwani (@snarwani) October 23, 2025
— Nick der Schlitzer (@SchlitzerMcGuer) October 24, 2025
"Christ was born in Bethlehem, Palestine." How could anyone confuse what she was saying?
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