Spectator and Douglas Murray Win Defamation Claim
The Spectator and Douglas Murray have today won a defamation claim brought by Mohammed Hegab, who “lied on significant issues” in court and gave evidence that “overall, is worthless”, according to the judge. The Spectator has more.
Hegab, a YouTuber who posts under the name Mohammed Hijab, claimed that an article about the Leicester riots published in September 2022 had caused serious harm to his reputation and loss of earnings as a result. Hegab travelled to Leicester in September 2022 after disturbances between local Muslims and Hindus there had begun, and gave a speech to a group of Muslim men, the majority of them in balaclavas, masks, hoods or caps, in which he said “if they believe in reincarnation, yeah… what a humiliation and pathetic thing for them to be reincarnated into some pathetic weak cowardly people like that”. Hegab said this comment was referring to Hindutva – a Hindu nationalist group – and not Hindus. But it was “substantially true” to say that he was referring to Hindus, the judge found: “It was them that he was ridiculing.”
The earnings Hegab claimed to have lost included a £3,500-a-month deal to be a brand ambassador for the charity One Ummah, a £1,500-a-month advertising contract with supplements company Nature’s Blends and £30,000 for a Ramadan fundraising campaign with the charity Salam.
But messages that he relied on for these claims “have the appearance of being contrived for the purpose of these proceedings”, the judge said. They addressed Hegab formally, despite coming from people who knew him well; they blamed the article; and they “provided material that would be necessary to support a claim for financial losses…when one might not generally expect such detail”. They also arrived at “roughly the same time, which was several weeks after the article, but very shortly before a letter of claim was sent”.
The judge found that “as a witness [Hegab] was combative and constantly argumentative… arguing his case rather than giving straightforward responses”. He made an “untenable… denial of vigilantism” over his actions in Leicester. He made claims that were “not credible” when he said he was unaware of having given a speech in front of a van displaying images of the Holocaust on another occasion in Golders Green. He also “described the Jewish people he encountered in Golders Green as ‘Zionists’ without any objective basis”.
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Brilliant news!
Looking at that photo of Mohammed Hegab, and remembering the photos of those Manchester Airport attackers who looked like storybook Ogres, I ask again, in all sincerity,
“Why are Muslims so ugly?”
Its the neat beard I think.- speaking as one who has had a beard for 55 years.
Even without a beard they’re ugly— every man, woman and child. The infants & toddlers also make a strange sound when they cry in a public place. Even their crying is creepy and weird, in my opinion.
Some are, but not all. I suspect the really ugly ones are the result of generations of inbreeding.
Douglas Murray has an off the scale IQ, I’m not surprised he won.
Charming guy, this Mohammed Hegab.
The beautiful thing about Islam is how peaceful it is and respectful of other religions. Oh yes, and for women as well.
One Ummah. Who Are We? With your help, we aim to end the suffering of our brothers and sisters worldwide and ultimately save their lives. As well as providing immediate relief to those in need, we also focus on empowerment projects, giving beneficiaries the opportunity to transform their entire families’ lives for a brighter future. Thanks to your kindness, beneficiaries are given the skills and tools to build a better life, free from the shackles of poverty. After a decade of life-saving work, we have significantly expanded, recruited more dedicated volunteers, employed highly-skilled staff, and established offices across the UK and worldwide. Without Allah’sﷻ Mercy, and the generosity of our amazing donors, we would not be able to save millions of lives around the world each and every single year. May Allahﷻ endlessly reward and accept the deeds of everyone who takes part in our journey, and grant you the highest levels of Jannah. Ameen. Typical 21st century charidee. Probably receives thousands from the UK government taxpayers, peace be upon him etc, etc. innit. I suspect the brothers and sisters referred to at the top of this piece are other co-religionists? Saving millions eh? Never heard of them. And why… Read more »
The judgment is absolutely devastating. If you haven’t time to read all 113, paragraphs, just read the very final one. My initial take is that the plaintiff is delusional rather than malicious: he seems to believe (a) that what he is said in court about the events in Leicester was substantially true (b) that any reasonable person would surely agree with him. What is perhaps of more concern is that much of his intended audience, as opposed to the average UK citizen, might actually believe him and be taken in by his dog-whistle rhetoric.
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/kb/2025/2043
No doubt comparable with the shit stirring ‘Muslim representative of the NEU’ causing unfounded, ideologically motivated havoc for his teacher colleague at their school. Nice guy.
If you believe he was just delusional then you’re very charitable. Personally, while knowing nothing more than what I’ve read about the case (including the judgement), I believe he’s malicious. Among other things I take from the judgement is that he conspired with his three witnesses to lie to the court.We can only hope that action is taken against all four of them.
He lives his life by the dogmatic scribblings of a bloodthirsty 6th century salesman who most likely had sex with a 6 year old. He’s not delusional at all.
Well the Judge has certainly brought his retirement date forward somewhat.
Our Ange won’t be too happy.and Our Jess will be apoplectic. Expect some calm and measured rhetoric shortly.
Any women that side with misogynists need their heads read. Mind, they’re even on here, so go figure! These traitorous flying monkeys that ingratiate themselves to toxic narcissists ( who only tolerate them because they’re easily manipulated and submissive ) because it makes them feel powerful are like alien beings to me. I think their brains have short-circuited.🥴 Exact same thing applies to the transmaidens that support the ‘cocks in frocks’ brigade that are all about violating women’s sex-based rights.
There’s various flavours of misogyny these days and many women have demonstrated how that word applies to them the same as any man. All roads lead to the betrayal of your own sex, at the end of the day.
Check out how many of the female socialist buggers take part in the next ‘Stand Up for Rapists’ gathering for further evidence. They’re like the Jews that shopped other Jews to the Nazis.
Anyone familiar with Hijab and his dawah affiliates know that they are happy to lie to the kāfir. This is based in the concept of ‘taqiyah’.
Britain has become the dustbin for the World’s garbage.
This would be the Mohammed Hijab who took a second wife, bedded her, and then informed her he would only meet her in hotels for sex. His reputation is already shot, if so. The problem seems to be as much a narcissistic personality disorder as Islam.
It is more likely that he already had his quota of Four Wives allowed by Islam before meeting her, so he told the fifth one that she was only the second one, and treated her as one of his allowed “Unlimited War Captives as Sex Slaves”.