Café
targeted by 'Muslim privilege' complaint fires back, Women ejected after
refusing to abide by table-use policy now getting counter-sued, by Bob Unruh,
11/12/16
A
California restaurant targeted by Islamic “lawfare,” the practice of using
American law to enforce Muslims’ wishes, is asking a court to order Muslim
women who complained of religious discrimination to pay its legal expenses
as punishment.
The case developed after
managers at the Urth Caffe in Laguna Beach asked the Muslim women to leave
because they were causing a disturbance. They had
been asked by restaurant workers to abide by a publicly promoted policy at the
restaurant to give up or share popular patio tables after 45 minutes. But they
refused and eventually left only after police were called. The women
later obtained a lawyer who claimed they were the subjects of religious
discrimination and sued.
The restaurant
counter-sued for trespass. The countersuit was filed by the American Freedom Law Center. AFLC senior counsel
David Yerushalmi said at the time the Muslim women’s lawsuit claiming religious
discrimination “is a fraud and a hoax on the courts and the media.”
In “Stop the Islamization of America:
A Practical Guide to the Resistance,” renowned activist Pamela Geller provides
the answer, offering proven, practical guidance on how freedom lovers can stop
jihadist initiatives in local communities. “It is
nothing short of an abuse of process to extort public apologies and other
accommodations from my client, Urth Caffe,” he said.
Lawyers
for the cafe now are asking the court to order the women to pay costs. “As
set out in this opposition, cross-defendants’ motion ignores the unambiguous
law of ‘arising from’ set out by the Supreme Court in three separate companion
cases, asserts a preposterous public-interest issue to create ‘protected
activity’ when none existed, asserts without any legal authority a grace-period
for the trespasser, and misstates the requirement of trespass as requiring
actual damages. In short. The motion is frivolous.” The
argument was submitted to the Superior Court of Orange County, California, by
the American Freedom Law Center.
“Urth
Caffe did not discriminate against the women who have filed this fraudulent
lawsuit,” Yerushalmi explained. “The claim that these women were asked to leave
the café because they were wearing hijabs is laughable.
“That
night, as every Friday night, a large number of young people, including a
majority of whom are Muslim and of Arab descent, make up the base of Urth
Caffe’s customers. Not surprisingly, many of these customers are women wearing
hijabs. None of these other Muslim women was asked to leave,” he said.
“The
women who now claim victim status were not asked to leave, but only to abide by
the café’s policy to give up their high-demand outside patio table after 45
minutes to allow other customers, including those wearing hijabs, to enjoy the
experience. The women refused to abide by the policy and began causing a scene
and disrupting other patrons. The police were called and only after 45 minutes
passed did the women finally leave. This is trespass plain and simple.” The
countersuit charges the women now claiming to have been subjected to
religious discrimination are “aggressors and guilty of trespass.”
“Several
key facts demonstrate the contrived and abusive nature of the women’s claims.
First, one of two owners who manage the Urth Caffe is herself a Muslim woman.
Jilla Berkman, a co-owner of the Urth Caffe with her husband, was the one who
actually authorized the call to the police after the women now claiming
victim-status were loud and abusive to the Urth Caffe employees and refused to
give up their table per the stated policy.
“Second,
the lead plaintiff in the frivolous lawsuit is Sara Farsakh, a college-age
activist for Palestinian causes who self-promotes her involvement in radical
organizations, at least one of which calls for the destruction of Israel.
Third, the organization behind the scenes of this fraudulent lawsuit is CAIR,
or the Council on American-Islamic Relations.”
Robert
Muise, AFLC senior counsel, explained the concerns about CAIR. “CAIR,
currently named a terrorist organization by the UAE, was previously named as an
unindicted co-conspirator and Muslim Brotherhood-Hamas front group by the FBI
and the U.S. attorney’s office in the successful prosecution of a terrorist
funding cell organized around one of the largest Muslim charities, the Holy
Land Foundation (HLF). HLF raised funds for violent jihad on behalf of Hamas
and top CAIR officials were part of the conspiracy,” he said.
“It is
not surprising that the FBI has publicly terminated its outreach activities
with CAIR. Moreover, this fraudulent lawsuit is what the Muslim Brotherhood
itself describes as ‘civilization jihad.’ In other words, this lawsuit is being
waged to use our anti-discrimination laws not for equal protection, but to
attain special protection and rights for Shariah-adherent Muslims who reject
America and the Judeo-Christian values it stands for.”
In “Stop the Islamization of America:
A Practical Guide to the Resistance,” renowned activist Pamela Geller provides
the answer, offering proven, practical guidance on how freedom lovers can stop
jihadist initiatives in local communities. The OC Weekly explained the 45-minute policy
is publicly posted by the restaurant.
“During
our busy rush times, if you have already been at a table for 45 minutes or
longer, please share or give your table to someone who is waiting. If tables
are available, you are certainly welcome to enjoy Urth for as long as you
desire,” it states.
The
restaurant called police and had them ask the women to leave when they refused
to comply with a manager’s request regarding the policy, multiple reports say. But
commentator Daniel Greenfield at FrontPage Magazine jumped right to the
point in a commentary headlined “Another Muslim ‘minor inconvenience
hate’ hoax gets shot down.”
“Actual
minorities have hate crimes. Muslims mainly seem to have minor inconveniences.
Like the Muslim passenger who was supposedly refused a can of diet coke by the
flight attendant… only because she was Muslim. Or the Muslim who allegedly
suffered a dirty look. Or were asked to leave a coffee shop after 45 minutes of
hogging a table,” he wrote.
“For some
reason, this incredibly Islamophobic coffee shop let her and her friends order,
sit and hang out for 45 minutes. And then only asked them to leave after 45
minutes. Which is the policy,” he wrote. “I’m sure Obama will be commenting on
this before long. Because tragic minor inconveniences of hate like this cannot
and must not be tolerated. Muslims should receive special exemption from all
normal rules, whether while flying or at restaurants. The failure to respect
Muslim Privilege is itself discriminatory.”
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