EDL Division Spreads Cat Crucifixion Hoax

The amount of fake stories the Islamophobia network create is mind-boggling. In case you didn’t know, the network has been known to misrepresent facts, twist stories and then target minorities to further their intolerant agenda.

The story we examine is one spread around by the Islamophobic bloggers and hate-group founders Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller, who also have ties to the English Defence League (EDL). They claimed that Nigerian ‘Muslims’ crucified a cat in protest of the recent anti-Islam movie Innocence of Muslims and it has been regurgitated by parts of the far-right, like the EDL's North West Alliance Division.

But the story has been twisted, and most probably doesn’t even involve Muslims!

The original story originated from Ghana not Nigeria, and surfaced around a year ago, reported by GhanaWeb (here), and on a Cat Defender Blog (here). Early articles simply note a person uploaded the image to Facebook and the case of animal abuse was raised. The crucifiers were and remain unknown.

As well as the story being over a year old, there is no evidence by early sources that the criminals who crucified the cat were Muslims. Considering that Ghana is a predominantly Christian nation, it would actually be more possible for Christians to have done it.

This is a new low for the Islamophobia industry, in which they have begun to lie about stories and pass them off as truth.

Further reading:

1. Pamela Geller Spreads Loon Hoax: “Nigerian Muslims Crucify Cat Over Muhammad Film”
2. Geller & Spencer Create “Muslim Cat Crucifixion” Lie to Inflame Hatred