Women's March organiser targeted by online 'coordinated attack campaign'

Linda Sarsour--one of the leadorganisers ofthe Women's March, the historic anti-Trumpprotests participated in by millions around the world--has been attacked by right-wing and anti-Muslim websites, the Huffington Post reports.

Sarsour is one of the more high-profile organisers behind the protest, and gave a powerful five minute speech at the protest in Washington to halfa million people.

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Since then, The Daily Caller, FrontPageMag, The American Thinker and The Gateway Pundit and others have written articles spuriouslycriticising Sarsour, The Huffington Post reports.

Sarsour described it a a "coordinatedattack campaign against me and it'svicious and ugly...I have helped build a movement, I am ready for what's to come so they can spew alternative facts and piece a twisted narrative together if they want - I and we will still rise".

The Huffington Post reports that The Gateway Pundit, "thedisreputable website, which claims to have received White House credentials from the Trump administration", said she was a supporter of the Islamic State (IS), citing a picture of her with her index finger in the air.

This was falsely labelled"flashing the ISIS sign".In August 2015, Sarsour saidIS "are a cancer of this earth".

Sarsour is a Palestinian-American,the director of the Arab American Association of New York, a member of the police reform group the Justice League, and also the 2012 recipient of a Chamption of Change award from President Barack Obama, The Huffington Post reports.

She was a strong supporter of Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders during the 2016 US election. In response to these attacks, thousands have come to her defence with the hashtag #IStandWith Linda.

She called the outpouring of support from Muslims, Jews, celebrities, faith leaders and others"remarkable".

(WION)