Who is Dilly Hussain?
Dilly Hussain is the Deputy Editor of 5Pillars, which describes itself as the largest English-language Muslim news site in Europe, Australia and the Americas. Mr Hussain currently has a following of over 150,000 on X and over 75,000 followers on Instagram.
So what gets posted on these accounts?
On 7th October 2023, the day of Hamas’ barbaric attacks in Israel, terrorists abused and murdered some 1,200 people in cold blood, including women, children and the elderly in sovereign Israeli territory.
Mr Hussain’s X account shared a 5Pillars video, which was posted with the title, “A Palestinian fighter reassures a Jewish settler and her baby that they will not be harmed.” Alongside the video was the text: “Don’t believe the lies of the mainstream media about the alleged mistreatment of Israeli women, children and elderly by the Palestinian resistance.”
Just under a week later, a post appeared on his X profile which read: “‘Never again,’ the West said after the Holocaust, but when it comes to Palestine, it’s same again.”
According to the International Definition of Antisemitism, “Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis” is an example of antisemitism.
In January 2024, a post appeared on his X profile with the claim that “many” Israeli children “were killed by Israel’s superior firepower” and the statement: “Mass rapes? No evidence.”
There is no evidence that Israeli children were killed by Israel, which is an appalling example of victim-blaming and a clear attempt to downplay the atrocity that took place that day.
There has in fact been considerable evidence of the sexual abuse of victims on 7th October and of hostages taken by Hamas.
The same month, another post appeared on his profile that read: “Comparing Zionism to Nazism is not antisemitism. Comparing Israeli policies to Nazi policies is not antisemitism. Comparing the Holocaust and the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza is not antisemitism. The weaponisation of the Holocaust by Zionists IS ANTISEMITIC.”
Once again, according to the Definition, “Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis” is an example of antisemitism.
In February 2024, a reply on his account to a post by the State of Israel’s account on X read: “‘Age is just a number’ according to Israel. That’s why Israel is a safe haven for pedophiles. That’s why Israeli soldiers kill children.”
Claims that Jews butcher children for their own purposes is a millenia-old blood libel, and the associated accusation that Jews are pedophiles or enablers of pedophiles is a well-established antisemitic trope.
