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| name = Linda Sarsour
| image = Linda Sarsour on 19 May 2016.jpeg
| alt = Linda Sarsour speakingmenjadi atpembicara adalam sebuah panel discussiondiskusi
| caption = Sarsour inpada MayMei 2016
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1980}}
| birth_place = [[Kota New York City]], Amerika Serikat
| residence = [[Bay Ridge, Brooklyn]]
| alma_mater = {{ubl|[[Kingsborough Community College]]|[[Brooklyn College]]}}
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'''Linda Sarsour''' (lahir 1980, {{lang-ar|ليندا صرصور}}, ''Līndā Sharshūr'')<ref name="Mitter">{{cite news|date=May 9, 2015|first=Siddhartha|last=Mitter|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/5/9/linda-sarsours-rising-profile-reflects-new-generation-of-muslim-activists.html|publisher=[[Al Jazeera America]]|accessdate=January 7, 2018|title=Linda Sarsour's rising profile reflects new generation of Muslim activists|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210011608/http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/5/9/linda-sarsours-rising-profile-reflects-new-generation-of-muslim-activists.html|archive-date=December 10, 2017|dead-url=no}}</ref> adalah seorang aktivis politik [[Amerika Serikat]] (AS) yang berasal dari [[Kota New York]]. Ia menjadi salah satu pemimpin [[Pawai Perempuan 2017|Pawai Perempuan (''Women's March'') 2017]], [[Hari Tanpa Wanita]] 2017, serta [[Women'sPawai March 2017]]Perempuan 2019, dan juga mantan direktur eksektif [[Asosiasi Arab Amerika New York]]. Ia dan para pemimpin Women'sPawai MarchPerempuan lainnya termasuk dalam "[[Time 100|100 Tokoh Paling Berpengaruh]]" tahun 2017 oleh majalah ''[[Time (majalah)|Time]]''. SarsourSelain adalahitu, seorangia Muslimjuga mendapat penghargaan ''[[Champion of Change]]'' (Jawara Perubahan) oleh Pemerintah AS pada tahun 2012.
 
Ia pertama kali mendapat sorotan ketika menentang kegiatan polisi memata-matai Muslimin Amerika Serikat, dan setelah itu terlibat dalam banyak isu hak-hak sipil di AS seperti [[kebrutalan polisi]], [[feminisme]], [[kebijakan imigrasi]], dan isu [[pemenjaraan di Amerika Serikat|pemenjaraan di AS]]. Ia juga terlibat dalam demonstrasi gerakan ''[[Black Lives Matter]]'' yang memprotes kekerasan dan merupakanrasisme penggugatterhadap utamapenduduk dalamberkulit [[perkarahitam. hukum]]Sehari menentangsetelah legalitasdilantiknya Presiden AS Donald Trump pada Januari 2017, ia dan beberapa rekannya memimpin "Pawai Perempuan" untuk mempromosikan hak-hak wanita dan memprotes tindakan-tindakan Trump. Saat Trump mencoba menerapkan [[Perintah Eksekutif 13769|larangan masuk]] yangterhadap dicobapendatang diterapkandari Donaldnegara TrumpMuslim, terhadapSarsour imigranikut darimenentangnya negaradan Muslimmenjadi penggugat utama dalam sebuah [[perkara hukum]] menentang legalitas tindakan ini. Aktivisme politiknya telah mendapat pujian dari sebagian kalangan liberal dan progresif di AS, sementara posisi dan komentarnya dalam [[konflik Israel-Palestina|isu Israel-Palestina]] ditentang sebagian kalangan konservatif dan [[Yahudi Amerika Serikat]]. Sarsour yang berasal dari keluarga keturunan Palestina aktif menjadi pendukung bangsa Palestina di daerah yang diduduki Israel, mengkritik [[Zionisme]], dan mendukung kampanye ''[[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]]'' (BDS) terhadap Israel.
 
== Asal ==
Sarsour lahir di [[Brooklyn, New York]] dan anak sulung dari tujuh bersaudara dalam sebuah keluarga imigran Palestina.<ref name="Mishkin">{{cite news |url=http://www.ny1.com/archives/nyc/all-boroughs/2011/07/25/one-on-1--arab-american-association-director-finds-time-for-it-all-NYC_143662.old.html |title=One On 1: Arab American Association Director Finds Time For It All |first=Budd |last=Mishkin |location=New York |publisher=[[NY1]] |date=July 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202030506/http://www.ny1.com/archives/nyc/all-boroughs/2011/07/25/one-on-1--arab-american-association-director-finds-time-for-it-all-NYC_143662.old.html |archivedate=February 2, 2017|accessdate=January 19, 2019}}</ref> Ayahnya adalah pemilik sebuah pasar kecil di [[Crown Heights, Brooklyn]] yang bernama "Linda's".<ref name="Mishkin"/> Ia menghabiskan masa kecilnya di [[Sunset Park, Brooklyn]], dan bersekolah di [[John Jay High SchooSchool]] di [[Park Slope]].<ref name="Chandler">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/womens-march-catapults-a-muslim-american-leader-onto-national-stage/2017/02/07/56bb6156-ea31-11e6-80c2-30e57e57e05d_story.html|title=March catapults Muslim American into national spotlight and social-media crosshairs|last1=Chandler|first1=Michael Alison|date=February 7, 2017|work=[[The Washington Post]]|accessdate=January 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202213521/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/womens-march-catapults-a-muslim-american-leader-onto-national-stage/2017/02/07/56bb6156-ea31-11e6-80c2-30e57e57e05d_story.html|archive-date=December 2, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> Setelah SMA, ia mengikuti kuliah di [[Kingsborough Community College]] dan [[Brooklyn College]] dengan maksud menjadi guru bahasa Inggris.<ref name="Feuer">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/nyregion/linda-sarsour-is-a-brooklyn-homegirl-in-a-hijab.html |title=Linda Sarsour Is a Brooklyn Homegirl in a Hijab |first=Alan |last=Feuer |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 9, 2015 |page=MB1 |accessdate=January 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102070914/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/09/nyregion/linda-sarsour-is-a-brooklyn-homegirl-in-a-hijab.html |archive-date=January 2, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref>
 
== Aktivisme politik ==
=== Asosiasi Arab Amerika New York ===
Sarsour mulai terjun menjadi aktivis politik pada 2001, setelah [[Serangan 11 September]] di New York, AS, dengansaat ia mengadvokasikan [[hak-hak sipil]] [[Islam di Amerika Serikat|Muslim di Amerika Serikat]].{{refn|name=Chandler}}{{refn|name=Hajela}} Tak lama sebelum serangan tersebut, Basemah Atweh, kerabat Sarsour dan pendiri Asosiasi Arab Amerika New York, memintanya untuk bergabung menjadi sukarelawan di organisasi tersebut.{{refn|name=Mitter}} Atweh, yang memiliki peran politik besar (tak umum di kalangan wanita Muslimah setempat), menjadi mentor bagi Sarsour.{{refn|name=Feuer}}
 
Saat Sarsour dan Atweh pulang dari acara pembukaan [[Museum Nasional Arab Amerika]] di [[Dearborn, Michigan]], mobil mereka ditabrak sebuah [[truk semi-trailer]]. Atweh tewas akibat luka yang dideritanya, dan dua penumpang lain menderita patah tulang. Sarsour, yang mengendarai mobilnyamobil pada saat itu, tidak terluka serius.{{refn|name=Mitter}}{{refn|name=Feuer}} Ia langsung kembali bekerja, mengatakan bahwa inilahpekerjaanlah tempat yang diinginkan Atweh untuknya.{{refn|name=Mitter}} Ia lalu terpilih menggantikan Atweh sebagai direktur eksekutif Asosiasi Arab Amerika New York. Saat itu ia berumur 25 tahun. Dalam beberapa tahun berikutnya, ia mengembangkan organisasi tersebut, dan anggaran organisasi itu meningkat dari $50.000 menjadi $700.000 per tahun.{{refn|name=Mitter}}{{refn|name=Feuer}}
 
Sarsour mulai mendapat banyak sorotan ketika menentang tindakan polisi memata-matai kalangan Muslimin di AS.{{refn|name=Chandler}}<ref name="Hajela">{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/30499a4ba384447ba85b4054e87407dd|title=Attacks target Muslim-American activist after DC march|last1=Hajela|first1=Deepti|date=January 26, 2017|accessdate=January 19, 2019|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203133133/https://apnews.com/30499a4ba384447ba85b4054e87407dd|archive-date=February 3, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Harris">{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Paul |title=Living with 9/11: the Muslim American |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/05/living-with-911-muslim-american |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=September 5, 2011 |accessdate=January 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913055525/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/05/living-with-911-muslim-american |archive-date=September 13, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref> Sebagai direktur Asosiasi Arab Amerika New York, ia mendorong disahkannya undang-undang daerah ''Community Safety Act'' di New York, yang mendirikan sebuah biro terpisah untuk meninjau kebijakan polisi dan memperluas cakupan definisi ''bias-based profiling'' di New York. Ia dan organisasinya mendukung undang-undang ini setelah melihatmeliha tindakan oleh polisi setempat yang mereka anggap tindakan tidak adil oleh polisi di daerah setempat. Undang-undang ini berhasil disahkan walaupun ditentang WalikotaWali kota [[Michael Bloomberg]] dan Kepala Polisi [[Raymond W. Kelly]].{{refn|name=Feuer}} Sarsour juga berperan dalam sebuah kampanye yang berhasil melobi pemerintah untuk meliburkan sekolah negeri di Kota New York pada hari [[Idul Adha]] dan [[Idul Fitri]] sejak 2015.{{refn|name=Chandler}}<ref name="Botelho">{{cite news |last1=Botelho |first1=Greg |title=New York public schools to have Muslim holidays off |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/04/us/new-york-muslim-school-holidays/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=March 4, 2015|accessdate=January 19, 2019}}</ref>
 
Menurut artikel ''[[New York Times]]'' pada tahun 2017, Sarsour telah bergelut dengan isu seperti [[kebijakan imigrasi]], pemenjaraan massal, kebijakan penggeledahan di New York, dan operasi [[New York City Police Department]] (NYPD) memata-matai kalangan Muslim, sehinga ia "menjadi terbiasa menghadapi kritik-kritik berbau kebencian".<ref name="Rosenberg">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/nyregion/linda-sarsour-cuny-speech-protests.html|title=A Muslim-American Activist's Speech Raises Ire Even Before It's Delivered|last=Rosenberg|first=Eli|date=May 26, 2017|work=The New York Times|accessdate=July 23, 2017|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803132259/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/nyregion/linda-sarsour-cuny-speech-protests.html|archive-date=August 3, 2017|dead-url=no}}</ref>
 
=== ''Black Lives Matter'' ===
Setelah [[penembakan Michael Brown|penembakan terhadap Michael Brown]] di [[Ferguson, Missouri]], Sarsour turut serta mengorganisir demonstrasi ''[[Black Lives Matter]]'' ("Nyawa Orang Hitam Itu Penting", sebuah gerakan yang memprotes kekerasan dan rasisme terhadap kaum berkulit hitam). Sarsour ikut membentuk kelompok ''Muslims for Ferguson'' ("Muslimin untuk Ferguson") dan bersama aktivis-aktivis lain mengunjungi kota tersebut pada 2014.{{refn|name=Feuer}}<ref name="Hing">{{cite news |last1=Hing |first1=Julianne |title=Facing Race Spotlight: Palestinian-American Activist Linda Sarsour |url=http://www.colorlines.com/articles/facing-race-spotlight-palestinian-american-activist-linda-sarsour |work=[[ColorLines]] |publisher=[[Race Forward]] |date=October 24, 2014 |accessdate=January 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213122841/https://www.colorlines.com/articles/facing-race-spotlight-palestinian-american-activist-linda-sarsour |archive-date=December 13, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref> Sejak peristiwa ini, ia banyak bekerja bersama ''Black Lives Matter'' (BLM).{{refn|name=Chandler}}<ref name="NPR201512">{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/12/08/458869660/some-muslim-americans-irritated-by-obamas-call-for-them-to-root-out-extremism|title=Some American Muslims Irritated By Obama's Call For Them To 'Root Out' Extremism|publisher=[[NPR]]|first=Tom|last=Gjelten|date=December 8, 2015|accessdate=January 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118164111/https://www.npr.org/2015/12/08/458869660/some-muslim-americans-irritated-by-obamas-call-for-them-to-root-out-extremism|archive-date=January 18, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> Ia banyak menghadiri demonstrasi BLM serta sering muncukmuncul di televisi menjadi narasumber tentang [[feminisme]].<ref name="Hajela">{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/30499a4ba384447ba85b4054e87407dd|title=Attacks target Muslim-American activist after DC march|last1=Hajela|first1=Deepti|date=January 26, 2017|accessdate=January 19, 2019|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203133133/https://apnews.com/30499a4ba384447ba85b4054e87407dd|archive-date=February 3, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref>
 
=== Keterlibatan partai politik ===
Sarsour adalah anggota gerakan [[Sosialis Demokrat Amerika]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://m.jpost.com/BDS-THREAT/Democratic-Socialists-of-America-vote-to-endorse-BDS-on-Shabbat-501700|title=Democratic Socialists of America Votes to Support BDS on Shabbat|last1=Kranish|first1=Shoshana|date=August 8, 2017|work=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|accessdate=February 5, 2019}}</ref> Pada 2016, ia mencalonkan diri sebagai anggota Komite tingkat ''[[County]]'' [[Partai Demokrat (Amerika Serikat)|Partai Demokrat]] di Kings County, New York.<ref name="Primary Contest">{{cite web |url=http://vote.nyc.ny.us/downloads/pdf/documents/boe/2016SeptemberPrimaryElection/2016PrimaryContestList.pdf |title=Primary Contest List |date=August 31, 2016 |publisher=Board of Elections City of New York |accessdate=January 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213195055/http://vote.nyc.ny.us/downloads/pdf/documents/boe/2016SeptemberPrimaryElection/2016PrimaryContestList.pdf |archive-date=December 13, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref> Ia tidak terpilih dan mendapat posisi ketiga.<ref name="Return Report">{{cite web |url=http://vote.nyc.ny.us/downloads/pdf/election_results/2016/20160913Primary%20Election/01306564080Kings%20Democratic%20Female%20County%20Committee%20080%2064%20Recap.pdf |title=Statement and Return Report by Election District |date=September 13, 2016 |publisher=Board of Elections City of New York |accessdate=May 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505212431/http://vote.nyc.ny.us/downloads/pdf/election_results/2016/20160913Primary%20Election/01306564080Kings%20Democratic%20Female%20County%20Committee%20080%2064%20Recap.pdf |archive-date=May 5, 2017 |dead-url=no }}</ref> Ia beberapa kali membicarakan aktivismenya dalam konteks membangun gerakan [[progresivisme di Amerika Serikat|progresif]] di AS,<ref name="Sarsourprogressivelist2">* {{cite news|url=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2017/2/21/sarsour-leaving-post-arab-american-association-ny|title=Sarsour leaving post at Arab American Association of NY|last=Katinas|first=Paula|date=February 21, 2017|accessdate=January 19, 2019|work=[[Brooklyn Eagle]]|quote='We are in a critical moment as a country and I feel compelled to focus my energy on the national level and building the capacity of the progressive movement'|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002142330/http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2017/2/21/sarsour-leaving-post-arab-american-association-ny|archive-date=October 2, 2018|dead-url=no}}
* {{cite news|url=http://time.com/4641575/womens-march-washington-coalition/|title=How the Women's March Has United Progressives of All Stripes|last=Alter|first=Charlotte|date=January 20, 2017|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]]|location=New York|quote='People are expecting us to show up at a march and talk about our bodies and our reproductive rights,' says co-chair Sarsour ... Instead, she says, 'we're bringing together all the progressive movements.'|access-date=January 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124064339/http://time.com/4641575/womens-march-washington-coalition/|archive-date=January 24, 2017|dead-url=no}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/14/womens-march-on-washington-protest-size-donald-trump|title=Women's March on Washington set to be one of America's biggest protests|last=Walters|first=Joanna|date=January 14, 2017|accessdate=January 19, 2019|work=The Guardian|quote='We need to stand up against an administration that threatens everything we believe in, in what we hope will become one of the largest grassroots, progressive movements ever seen,' said Sarsour.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125181454/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/14/womens-march-on-washington-protest-size-donald-trump|archive-date=January 25, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> dan telah dipuji berbagai politisi dan aktivis kelompok liberal.{{refn|name=Sales}} Pada 2012, di masa [[kepresidenan Barack Obama]], [[Gedung Putih]] memberikan penghargaan ''[[Champion of Change]]'' (JuaraJawara Perubahan) kepada Sarsour.{{refn|name=Chandler}}{{refn|name=Hajela}} Pada kampanye pemilihan presiden 2016, ia ikut berkampanye untuk Senator [[Bernie Sanders]], bakal calon presiden dari Partai Demokrat.{{refn|name=Sales}}{{refn|name=Nussbaum Cohen}}
=== Memimpin Women'sPawai MarchPerempuan ===
==== Women'sPawai MarchPerempuan 2017 ====
[[Berkas:Linda Sarsour speaking.jpg|kiri|jmpl|lurus|250px|Sarsour berorasi dalam sebuah demonstrasi menentang [[Donald Trump]].]]
''Women's March'' atau [[Pawai Perempuan 2017]] diadakan pada 21 Februari, sehari setelah [[pelantikan Donald Trump]]. Teresa Shook dan [[Bob Bland]], pemrakarsa acara tersebut, merekrut Sarsour sebagai salah satu ketua acara tersebut.<ref name="Alter January 2017">{{cite news |url=http://time.com/4641575/womens-march-washington-coalition/ |title=How the Women's March Has United Progressives of All Stripes |date=January 20, 2017 |accessdate=January 19, 2019 |last=Alter |first=Charlotte |location=New York |work=Time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112113349/http://time.com/4641575/womens-march-washington-coalition/ |archive-date=November 12, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref> Menurut Taylor Gee yang menulis untuk ''[[Politico]]'', pada saat itu Sarsour telah dikenal sebagai "wajah resistansi" kontroversial terhadap Trump, dan menambahkan bahwa "untuk Sarsour, terpilihnya Trump terjadi setelah bertahun-tahun Sarsour membela orang-orang yang menjadi target kebencian Trump—bukan hanya wanita, tapi Muslim, imigran, dan orang berkulit hitam di Amerika. Hubungan Sarsour dengan para aktivis di seantero negeri ini membantunya dalam membangkitkan berbagai kelompok pada masa-masa penuh kelinglungan setelah pemilihan umum tersebut".<ref name="Gee">{{cite news |last1=Gee |first1=Taylor |title=Linda Sarsour: Activist and national co-chair of the Women's March |url=https://www.politico.com/interactives/2017/politico50/linda-sarsour/ |work=[[Politico]] |date=September 2017 |accessdate=January 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910105846/http://www.politico.com/interactives/2017/politico50/linda-sarsour/ |archive-date=September 10, 2017 |dead-url=no }}</ref> Sarsour aktif menentang kebijakan Trump melarang pendatang dari beberapa negara Muslim, dan menjadi [[penggugat utama]] dalam perkara hukum yang diajukan [[Council on American–Islamic Relations]] (CAIR) terhadap kebijakan tersebut.{{refn|name=Chandler}} Dalam gugatan tersebut (dinamakan ''Sarsour v. Trump''), para penggugat berargumen bahwa kebijakan pelarangan ini harus dibatalkan karena dilakukan semata-mata untuk mencegah datangnya orang Muslim ke Amerika Serikat.<ref name="Ford">{{cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/how-trumps-travel-ban-could-be-upheld/520995/|title=How Trump's Travel Ban Could Still Be Upheld|last1=Ford|first1=Matt|date=March 28, 2017|accessdate=January 19, 2019|work=[[The Atlantic]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029071505/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/how-trumps-travel-ban-could-be-upheld/520995/|archive-date=October 29, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref>
 
Sarsour menjadi target kebencian kelompolk sayap kanan dan konservatif di Amerika Serikat setelah keterlibatannya dalam Pawai Perempuan ini. [[Melissa Harris-Perry]] menulis bahwa Sarsour menjadi "target perkataan kasar yang paling konsisten" di antara para pemimpin Pawai Perempuan selama setahun setelah pawai tersebut.<ref name="Harris-Perry">{{cite magazine|last=Harris-Perry|first=Melissa|date=January 19, 2018|accessdate=January 19, 2019|title=What Women's March Co-Chairs Tamika Mallory, Carmen Perez, & Linda Sarsour Are Doing Next|url=https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a15755101/power-to-the-polls-one-year-after-the-womens-march/|magazine=[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906074252/https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a15755101/power-to-the-polls-one-year-after-the-womens-march/|archive-date=September 6, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> Sarsour menjadi target banyak ancaman kekerasan di [[media sosial]]{{refn|name=Chandler}}{{refn|name=Nathan-Kazis}}{{refn|name=Schmidt}} maupun diserang secara pribadi di media-media konservatif. Serangan pribadi ini termasuk berita palsu bahwa ia mendukung [[Negara Islam Irak dan Syam|ISIS]] dan berusaha menerapkan [[hukum syariah]] di Amerika Serikat.{{refn|name=Chandler}}{{refn|name=Hajela}}{{refn|name=Nussbaum Cohen}} Sarsour berkomentar bahwa walaupun perannya dalam Pawai Perempuan merupakan salah satu peristiwa terpenting dalam kariernya, serangan media yang terjadi setelah itu membuatnya khawatir akan keselamatan pribadinya.{{refn|name=Hajela}} Namun, ia didukung beberapa pihak, termasuk Senator Bernie Sanders, maupun [[Sharon Brous]] dari [[National Council of Jewish Women]] (rekan Sarsour dalam mengorganisir Pawai Perempuan), yang menggunakan [[tagar]] [[Twitter]] ''#IMarchWithLinda''.{{refn|name=Nussbaum Cohen}}<ref name="Wang">{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/orgs-leaders-show-support-women-s-march-co-organizer-imarchwithlinda-n712286|title=Orgs, Leaders Show Support for Women's March Co-Organizer With #IMarchWithLinda|last1=Wang|first1=Frances Kai-Hwa|date=January 25, 2017|work=[[NBC News]]|accessdate=January 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117014817/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/orgs-leaders-show-support-women-s-march-co-organizer-imarchwithlinda-n712286|archive-date=January 17, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> Sarsour bersama tiga pemimpin Pawai Perempuan lainnya, masuk ke dalam [[Time 100|100 orang paling berpengaruh]] tahun 2017.<ref name="Sales">{{cite news|url=http://www.jta.org/2017/05/02/news-opinion/united-states/linda-sarsour-why-the-palestinian-american-activist-has-courted-controversy|title=Linda Sarsour: Why the Palestinian-American activist is controversial|last1=Sales|first1=Ben|date=May 2, 2017|accessdate=January 19, 2019|agency=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124182040/https://www.jta.org/2017/05/02/news-opinion/united-states/linda-sarsour-why-the-palestinian-american-activist-has-courted-controversy|archive-date=November 24, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Time100">{{cite news|url=http://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/|title=See who is on @TIME's list of the world's most influential people #TIME100|date=2017|accessdate=January 19, 2019|work=Time|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420210330/http://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/|archive-date=April 20, 2017|dead-url=no}}</ref>
 
Selanjutnya, Sarsour menjadi salah satu ketua [[Hari Tanpa Wanita]] (''Day Without A Woman'') 2017, sebuah aksi [[mogok]] dan demonstrasi dalam rangka [[Hari Wanita Internasional]] (8 Maret). Dalam sebuah demonstrasi di luar [[Trump International Hotel and Tower (Kota New York)|Trump International Hotel and Tower]] di Manhattan, ia beserta tokoh-tokoh pimpinan Pawai Perempuan 2017 lainnya, seperti Bland, [[Tamika Mallory]], dan Carmen Perez, ditangkap polisi lalu dibebaskan pada malam itu juga..<ref name="Alter March 2017">{{cite news |last1=Alter |first1=Charlotte |title=Women's March Organizers Arrested Outside Trump Hotel |url=http://time.com/4695840/womens-march-arrests-trump-hotel/ |work=Time |date=March 8, 2017 |accessdate=January 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129231912/http://time.com/4695840/womens-march-arrests-trump-hotel/ |archive-date=November 29, 2017 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="Chira et al">{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |title='Day Without a Woman' Protest Tests a Movement's Staying Power |author=Chira, Susan |author2=Abrams, Rachel |author3=Rogers, Katie |date=March 8, 2017 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/us/a-day-without-a-woman.html |accessdate=February 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124232059/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/08/us/a-day-without-a-woman.html |archive-date=November 24, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref> Aksi [[pembangkangan sipil]] ini memprotes banyak kebijakan pemerintahan Trump, termasuk dihentikannya program [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] yang melindungi imigran belia dari deportasi,<ref name="Sampathkumar">{{cite news |last=Sampathkumar |first=Mythili |title=Jewish and Muslim leaders arrested at deportation protest outside Paul Ryan's office |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/deportation-protest-paul-ryan-linda-sarsour-daca-dreamers-arrest-a8243141.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date=March 6, 2018 |accessdate=January 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113172716/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/deportation-protest-paul-ryan-linda-sarsour-daca-dreamers-arrest-a8243141.html |archive-date=November 13, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref> [[kebijakan pemisahan keluarga imigran oleh pemerintahan Trump]],<ref name="Simon & Pitofsky">{{cite news |last1=Simon |first1=Caroline |last2=Pitofsky |first2=Marina |title='Where are the children?' Women march on Washington in act of 'civil disobedience' to protest family separations |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/28/immigrant-children-women-march-protest-family-separation/742336002/ |work=[[USA Today]] |date=June 28, 2018 |accessdate=January 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128001650/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/28/immigrant-children-women-march-protest-family-separation/742336002/ |archive-date=November 28, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref> dan pencalonan [[Brett Kavanaugh]] menjadi [[Mahkamah Agung Amerika Serikat|Hakim Agung Amerika Serikat]].<ref name="Becker">{{cite news |last=Becker |first=Amanda |title=Hundreds arrested in multi-day protests of Supreme Court nominee |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-protests/hundreds-arrested-in-multi-day-protests-of-supreme-court-nominee-idUSKCN1LN2K3 |agency=[[Reuters]] |date=September 7, 2018 |accessdate=January 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118082721/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-protests/hundreds-arrested-in-multi-day-protests-of-supreme-court-nominee-idUSKCN1LN2K3 |archive-date=November 18, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="Breslow">{{cite news |last=Breslow |first=Jason |title=The Resistance At The Kavanaugh Hearings: More Than 200 Arrests |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/09/08/645497667/the-resistance-at-the-kavanaugh-hearings-more-than-200-arrests |work=NPR |date=September 8, 2018 |accessdate=January 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909180937/https://www.npr.org/2018/09/08/645497667/the-resistance-at-the-kavanaugh-hearings-more-than-200-arrests |archive-date=September 9, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref>
 
Pada sebuah pidato di hadapan kelompok Muslim [[Islamic Society of North America]] tahun yang sama, Sarsour berujar bahwa masyarakat harus menentang Trump yang ia anggap sebagai pemerintah yang zalim. Ia menyebutnya bagian dari [[jihad]], mengaitkannya dengan sebuah [[hadis]] dari Muhammad bahwa "jihad yang paling utama adalah perkataan yang benar kepada penguasa yang zalim."<ref name="Schmidt">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/07/07/muslim-activist-linda-sarsours-reference-to-jihad-draws-conservative-wrath/|title=Muslim activist Linda Sarsour's reference to 'jihad' draws conservative wrath|last=Schmidt|first=Samantha|date=July 7, 2017|accessdate=January 19, 2018|work=The Washington Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125234154/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/07/07/muslim-activist-linda-sarsours-reference-to-jihad-draws-conservative-wrath/|archive-date=January 25, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Piggott">{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/07/11/islam-bashers-blast-civil-rights-activist-linda-sarsour-twisting-her-use-word-jihad|title=Islam-Bashers Blast Civil Rights Activist Linda Sarsour, Twisting Her Use of the Word 'Jihad'|last=Piggott|first=Stephen|date=July 11, 2017|website=[[Hatewatch]]|publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center|accessdate=February 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115052913/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/07/11/islam-bashers-blast-civil-rights-activist-linda-sarsour-twisting-her-use-word-jihad|archive-date=January 15, 2019|dead-url=no}}</ref> Beberapa komentator dan media konservatif menuduhnya menghasut kekerasan terhadap Trump dengan menggunakan kata "jihad". Sarsour dan komentator lainnya menolak penafsiran ini, merujuk pada komitmennya terhadap aktivisme non-kekerasan dan bahwa kata "jihad" tidak harus berarti mengandung kekerasan. Sarsour juga berkomentar bahwa ia bukan tipe orang yang ingin mengajak penggunaan kekerasan terhadap Presiden Trump.{{refn|name="Schmidt"}}<ref name="Abrams">{{cite news|url=http://time.com/4848454/linda-sarsour-jihad-comments-donald-trump/|title=Linda Sarsour Spoke of 'Jihad.' But She Wasn't Talking About Violence|last1=Abrams|first1=Abigail|date=July 6, 2017|accessdate=January 19, 2018|work=Time|location=New York|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125094236/http://time.com/4848454/linda-sarsour-jihad-comments-donald-trump/|archive-date=January 25, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> Sarsour menulis dalam sebuah kolom opini ''[[Washington Post]]'' bahwa istilah "jihad" telah disalahgunakan baik oleh kalangan sayap kanan di Amerika Serikat maupun oleh para ekstrimis Muslim, dan menurutnya istilah jihad dalam konteks yang ia gunakan adalah "tepat walaupun sering disalahartikan"."<ref>{{cite news |last=White |first=Abbey |title=Conservatives claim Linda Sarsour called for holy war against Trump. Here's what she really said. |url=https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/7/12/15947652/linda-sarsour-trump-conservatives-jihad |work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]] |date=July 12, 2017 |accessdate=February 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720024624/https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/7/12/15947652/linda-sarsour-trump-conservatives-jihad |archive-date=July 20, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sarsour |first1=Linda |title=Islamophobes are attacking me because I'm their worst nightmare |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/linda-sarsour-no-i-did-not-call-for-violence-against-trump-heres-what-jihad-means-to-me/2017/07/09/c2acb086-64b6-11e7-9928-22d00a47778f_story.html |work=The Washington Post |date=July 9, 2017 |accessdate=January 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110161250/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/linda-sarsour-no-i-did-not-call-for-violence-against-trump-heres-what-jihad-means-to-me/2017/07/09/c2acb086-64b6-11e7-9928-22d00a47778f_story.html |archive-date=January 10, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref> Reaksi media sosial juga beragam, ada yang mengkritik pengunaan istilah "jihad" karena khalayak umum banyak yang mengaitkannya dengan kekerasan, tetapi ada juga yang membela penggunaan kata tersebut oleh Sarsour.{{refn|name="Schmidt"}}
 
==== Pawai Perempuan 2019 ====
Pada September 2018, Sarsour mengumumkan bahwa ia akan memimpin [[Women's March 2019|Pawai Perempuan 2019]] di Washington bersama Tamika Mallory, Bob Bland, dan Carmen Perez.<ref name="SaveriWashington">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/us/womens-march-2019.html|title=Next Women's March Is Set for January, With Main Protest in Washington|last1=Saveri|first1=Mihir|date=September 29, 2018|accessdate=November 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108224917/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/us/womens-march-2019.html|archive-date=November 8, 2018|dead-url=no|publisher=New York Times}}</ref> Pada 2018, Sarsour dan Mallory menjadi fokus kontroversi karena dianggap tidak tegas mengecam [[Louis Farrakhan]], pemimpin [[Nation of Islam]] yang retorikanya dianggap bersifat [[antisemitisme|antisemitis]] dan [[homofobia|homofob]] oleh organisasi seperti [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] dan [[Anti Defamation League]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/09/us/louis-farrakhan-facts-history.html|title=Why Louis Farrakhan Is Back in the News|last=Bromwich|first=Jonah Engel|date=March 9, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 1, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Terdapat pula tuduhan bahwa para pemimpin Pawai Perempuan telah mengabaikan kaum wanita Yahudi. Pada November 2018, Teresa Shook, salah satu pendiri Pawai Perempuan, mendesak agar para pemimpin Pawai Perempuan mengundurkan diri, dan menuduh mereka "membiarkan sentimen antisemitisme, anti-[[LGBT|LGBTQIA]], dan retorika rasis dan penuh kebencian menjadi bagian dari platform ini melalui penolakan mereka untuk memisahkan dirinya dari kelompok-kelompok yang mengusung kepercayaan rasis dan penuh kebancian tersebut."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/news/417480-womens-march-founder-teresa-shook-calls-for-linda-sarsour-tamika-mallory-and|title=Women's March founder calls for group's leadership to step down|last=Keller|first=Megan|date=November 19, 2018|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|accessdate=December 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203152229/https://thehill.com/homenews/news/417480-womens-march-founder-teresa-shook-calls-for-linda-sarsour-tamika-mallory-and|archive-date=December 3, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref>
 
Sarsour awalnya balik mengkritisi Shook, dan menyebutkan bahwa ia diserang karena dukungannya terhadap gerakan BDS melawan Israel dan bahwa Mallory diserang karena ia adalah seorang wanita berkulit hitam. Namun, kelak Sarsour meminta maaf kepada para pendukung gerakan tersebut, dan mengatakan bahwa ia dan rekan-rekannya menyesal telah kurang sigap dalam menegaskan komitmen mereka melawan antisemitisme. Ia juga meminta maaf kepada anggota Pawai Perempuan dari golongan Yahudi dan LGBTQ, berjanji bahwa ia menghargai mereka dan akan "berjuang" demi mereka.<ref name="Sales November 2018">{{cite news|url=https://www.jta.org/2018/11/20/news-opinion/linda-sarsour-apologizes-jewish-members-womens-march|title=Linda Sarsour apologizes to Jewish members of the Women’s March|last=Sales|first=Ben|date=November 20, 2018|accessdate=January 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130115946/https://www.jta.org/2018/11/20/news-opinion/linda-sarsour-apologizes-jewish-members-womens-march|archive-date=November 30, 2018|dead-url=no|agency=Jewish Telegraphic Agency}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-women-defend-decision-to-join-womens-march-steering-committee/|title=Jewish women defend decision to join Women's March steering committee|last1=Cohen|first1=Debra Nussbaum|date=January 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117101054/https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-women-defend-decision-to-join-womens-march-steering-committee/|archive-date=January 17, 2019|dead-url=no|accessdate=January 17, 2019|newspaper=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref> Kontroversi ini, serta tuduhan antisemitisme terhadap pimpinan Pawai Perempuan dianggap sebagai salah satu penyebab anjloknya jumlah peserta Pawai Perempuan dibandingkan tahun-tahun sebelumnya.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/19/us/womens-march-2019.html|title=Smaller Crowds Turn Out for Third Annual Women’s March Events|last=Wines|first=Michael|date=January 19, 2019|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 7, 2019|last2=Stockman|first2=Farah|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
 
=== Posisi dalam konflik Israel-Palestina ===
Koran Israel ''[[Haaretz]]'' menyebut Sarsour sebagai salah satu wanita Palestina-Amerika yang paling terkenal karena aktivitasnya membela bangsa Palestina di [[Wilayah pendudukan Israel|daerah yang diduduki Israel]],{{refn|name=Krupkin}} dan karena kritiknya terhadap pemerintah Israel maupun terhadap [[Zionisme]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/linda-sarsour-apologizes-to-woman-s-march-members-for-slow-response-to-anti-semitism-1.6675453|title=Linda Sarsour Apologizes to Woman's March Jewish Members for Slow Response to anti-Semitism|last=JTA|date=November 21, 2018|work=[[Haaretz]]|accessdate=December 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221204103/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/linda-sarsour-apologizes-to-woman-s-march-members-for-slow-response-to-anti-semitism-1.6675453|archive-date=December 21, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> Sarsour menyatakan bahwa ia mendukung [[solusi satu negara]] (pembentukan satu negara yang mencakup seluruh bangsa Israel dan Palestina), mendukung hak Israel untuk berdiri sebagai sebuah negara, dan tidak mendukung [[Hamas]] maupun [[Otoritas Palestina]].{{refn|name=Mishkin}}{{refn|name=Nazaryan}} Ia membantah klaim yang beredar di media sosial dan situs-situs konservatif bahwa ia memiliki hubungan dengan Hamas,{{refn|name=Hajela}}<ref name="Krupkin">{{cite news |last=Krupkin |first=Taly |title=Palestinian-American Behind Women's March Attacked by Right Wing for Being 'Hamas Supporter' |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-linda-sarsour-attacked-by-right-wing-for-being-hamas-supporter-1.5490039 |work=Haaretz |date=January 25, 2017 |accessdate=January 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209132743/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-linda-sarsour-attacked-by-right-wing-for-being-hamas-supporter-1.5490039 |archive-date=February 9, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref> dan menyebutnya "[[berita palsu]]".{{refn|name=Hajela}} Sarsour menyatakan bahwa memang ada kerabat jauhnya di wilayah pendudukan Israel yang ditangkap dan dipenjara akibat tuduhan mendukung Hamas,{{refn|name=Hajela}}{{refn|name=Mekhennet}} tetapi ia sendiri membantah memiliki kontak dengan kelompok Muslim radikal apapun.<ref name="Mekhennet">{{cite news |last1=Mekhennet |first1=Souad |title=Under Attack as Muslims in the U.S. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/us/08iht-letter08.html |work=The New York Times |date=August 7, 2012 |accessdate=January 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227030419/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/us/08iht-letter08.html |archive-date=December 27, 2017 |dead-url=no }}</ref> Ia berujar bahwa ia ingin bangsa Israel dan bangsa Palestina hidup bersama-sama dengan damai dan adil.{{refn|name=Mishkin}} Di sisi lain, menurut ''[[Brooklyn Eagle]]'', dukungan Sarsour terhadap kampanye presiden Bernie Sanders (seorang Yahudi), pandangannya mengenai hak Israel untuk berdiri, dan hubungannya dengan wali kota [[Bill de Blasio]] telah memancing kritik dari beberapa kelompok [[Islamisme|Islamis]].<ref name="Hajela & Frost">{{cite news|url=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2017/1/27/brooklyns-linda-sarsour-muslim-activist-faces-more-threats-after-womens-march|title=Brooklyn's Linda Sarsour, Muslim activist, faces more threats after Women's March|last1=Hajela|first1=Deepti|date=January 27, 2017|accessdate=January 19, 2018|work=Brooklyn Eagle|agency=The Associated Press|last2=Frost|first2=Mary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218163309/http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2017/1/27/brooklyns-linda-sarsour-muslim-activist-faces-more-threats-after-womens-march|archive-date=December 18, 2017|dead-url=no}}</ref>
 
[[Berkas:Israel - Boycott, divest, sanction.jpg|jmpl|ka|275px|Dukungan Sarsour terhadap kampanye ''[[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]]'' terhadap Israel telah memicu sejumlah kritik.]]
Sarsour mengatakan pada ''Haaretz'' bahwa ia adalah, dan akan terus menjadi seorang pengkritik Israel dan sepenuhnya mendukung kampanye BDS.<ref name="Nussbaum Cohen">{{cite news |last=Nussbaum Cohen |first=Debra |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-why-jewish-leaders-rally-behind-a-palestinian-american-women-s-activist-1.5490480 |title=Why Jewish Leaders Rally Behind a Palestinian-American Women's March Organizer |date=January 25, 2017 |accessdate=January 19, 2018 |newspaper=Haaretz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121013107/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-why-jewish-leaders-rally-behind-a-palestinian-american-women-s-activist-1.5490480 |archive-date=January 21, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref> Sunaina Maira menyebut dukungan Sarsour terhadap BDS sebagai salah satu unsur politik feminisnya.<ref name="Maira 2018 p. ">{{cite book | last=Maira | first=S. | title=Boycott!: The Academy and Justice for Palestine | publisher=University of California Press | series=American Studies Now: Critical Histories of the Present | year=2018 | isbn=978-0-520-29488-2 | page=144}}</ref> Dalam satu wawancara bersama ''The Nation'' di bulan Maret 2017, Sarsour berpendapat bahwa siapapun yang mendukung dan tak mengkritisi negara Israel mana bisa menjadi bagian dari gerakan feminis; ia memercayai orang-orang yang seperti begitu akan abai soal hak-hak wanita Palestina.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Meyerson |first1=Collier |title=Can You Be a Zionist Feminist? Linda Sarsour Says No |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/can-you-be-a-zionist-feminist-linda-sarsour-says-no/ |date=March 13, 2017 |accessdate=January 19, 2018 |work=[[The Nation]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118162549/https://www.thenation.com/article/can-you-be-a-zionist-feminist-linda-sarsour-says-no/ |archive-date=January 18, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref>
 
Posisi yang diambil Sarsour, termasuk dukungannya terhadap BDS, menjadi target kritikan kelompok konservatif AS,s{{refn|name=Rosenberg}}<ref name="Reilly">{{cite news|url=http://time.com/4799958/linda-sarsour-cuny-commencement/|title=Linda Sarsour's CUNY Commencement Address Has Become a Right-Wing Target|last1=Reilly|first1=Katie|date=May 31, 2017|accessdate=January 19, 2018|work=Time|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110023536/http://time.com/4799958/linda-sarsour-cuny-commencement/|archive-date=January 10, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Nazaryan">{{cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/linda-sarsour-feminist-movement-leader-too-extreme-cuny-graduation-speech-615031|title=Linda Sarsour, Feminist Movement Leader, Too Extreme for CUNY Graduation Speech, Critics Argue|last1=Nazaryan|first=Alexander|date=May 24, 2017|work=[[Newsweek]]|accessdate=February 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107084432/https://www.newsweek.com/linda-sarsour-feminist-movement-leader-too-extreme-cuny-graduation-speech-615031|archive-date=November 7, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> kalangan pro-Israel dalam Partai Demokrat,{{refn|name=Gee}} dan juga sejumlah aktivis Zionis.{{refn|name=Rosenberg}}<ref name="Schechter">{{cite news |last=Schechter |first=Asher |title=At anti-Semitism Panel, Linda Sarsour Asks, 'I Am the Biggest Problem of the Jewish Community?' |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-at-anti-semitism-panel-linda-sarsour-speaks-her-mind-1.5627181 |work=Haaretz |date=November 29, 2017 |accessdate=February 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125061150/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-at-anti-semitism-panel-linda-sarsour-speaks-her-mind-1.5627181 |archive-date=January 25, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref>{{efn |''[[The Independent]]'' has described Sarsour as "a Palestinian-American Muslim rights campaigner who has spoken in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) action group".<ref name="Agerholm">{{cite news |last=Agerholm |first=Harriet |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bds-pro-palestine-activist-linda-sarsour-vandalised-jewish-cemetery-chesed-shel-emeth-graveyard-st-a7595016.html |title=Pro-Palestinian activist raises $100,000 for vandalised Jewish cemetery |date=February 23, 2017 |accessdate=January 19, 2019 |newspaper=The Independent |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626094314/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bds-pro-palestine-activist-linda-sarsour-vandalised-jewish-cemetery-chesed-shel-emeth-graveyard-st-a7595016.html |archive-date=June 26, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref>}} Media Britania Raya ''The Guardian'' menulis bahwa Sarsour "sering menjadi target organisasi-organisasi lobi pro-Israel." Menurut investigasi ''Haaretz'', sebuah perusahaan detektif swasta Israel memata-matai Sarsour dan keluarganya dengan tujuan menggali informasi yang dapat merusak reputasinya. Perusahaan ini menyusun sebuah ''dossier'' atau laporan yang diberikan kepada kelompok pro-Israel [[Act.IL]], yang menggunakannya sebagai bahan untuk mendesak kampus-kampus AS agar tidak mendatangkan Sarsour sebagai pembicara.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holmes |first1=Oliver |title=Israeli intel firm spied on Palestinian-American Linda Sarsour, report says |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/25/linda-sarsour-israeli-intel-firm-spied-palestinian-american |work=The Guardian |date=May 26, 2018 |accessdate=January 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202135342/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/25/linda-sarsour-israeli-intel-firm-spied-palestinian-american |archive-date=February 2, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Blau |first1=Uri |title=Spying on Linda Sarsour: Israeli Firm Compiled BDS Dossier for Adelson-funded U.S. Group Battling Her Campus Appearances |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-spying-on-sarsour-israeli-firm-compiles-bds-dossier-on-activist-1.6115514 |work=Haaretz |date=May 25, 2018 |accessdate=January 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120144048/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-spying-on-sarsour-israeli-firm-compiles-bds-dossier-on-activist-1.6115514 |archive-date=January 20, 2019 |dead-url=no }}</ref>
 
Sarsour sendiri telah bekerja sama dengan kelompok Yahudi sayap kiri, seperti [[Jewish Voice For Peace]] dan Jews for Racial and Economic Justice. Namun, menurut ''Haaretz'', organisasi Yahudi aliran utama sering menjaga jarak dengan Sarsour akibat sikapnya yang mengkritik Israel dan mendukung BDS.{{refn|name=Nussbaum Cohen}} Menurut kantor berita Yahudi ''[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]'', kaum Yahudi golongan progresif dapat mengabaikan sikap anti-Zionis Sarsour sementara kalangan sayap kanan maupun tengah tidak.{{refn|name=Sales}} Dua direktur [[Anti-Defamation League]] (ADL, sebuah LSM Yahudi AS), maupun presiden [[Zionist Organization of America]], telah mengkritik sikap Sarsour terhadap Israel; Direktur ADL [[Jonathan Greenblatt]], menyebut dukungan Sarsour terhadap BDS telah menginspirasi dan meningkatkan antisemitisme.{{refn|name=Sales}} Sarsour pernah menulis di [[Facebook]] untuk membela Anggota [[Dewan Perwakilan Amerika Serikat|Dewan Perwakilan AS]] [[Ilhan Omar]], menyebut pengkritik Omar sebagai "orang-orang yang pura-pura berhaluan progresif tetapi selalu mengutamaan kesetiaan mereka terhadap Israel di atas komitmen mereka terhadap demokrasi dan kebebasan berpendapat"; tulisan ini kemudian dikriitk [[American Jewish Committee]], yang menuduh Sarsour menggunakan [[stereotipe]] anti-Yahudi.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/linda-sarsour-says-ilhan-omar-backlash-shows-allegiance-to-israel-1.6659774|title=Linda Sarsour Says Ilhan Omar Backlash Shows ‘Allegiance to Israel’|last=Forward|first=The|date=November 18, 2018|work=Haaretz|access-date=February 7, 2019|language=en}}</ref> Sarsour berulang kali menolak tuduhan antisemitisme terhadapnya, dan menyebutkan bahwa kritiknya terhadap negara Israel telah disalahartikan sebagai antipati terhadap Yahudi.{{refn|name=Nussbaum Cohen}}{{refn|name=Reilly}} Pada Januari 2019, ia dikritik karena tidak menyebutkan kaum Yahudi dalam pernyataan [[Hari Peringatan Holokaus Internasional]]-nya; beberapa komentator menghubungkannya dengan tuduhan antisemitisme yang pernah Sarsour layangkan pada Presiden Trump saat Trump tidak menyebutkan kaum Yahudi dalam pernyataan Hari Peringatan Holokaus-nya pada tahun 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://jewishjournal.com/news/nation/292927/sarsour-faces-criticism-for-not-mentioning-jews-in-holocaust-statement/|title=Sarsour Faces Criticism for Not Mentioning Jews in Holocaust Statement|author=Bandler, Aaron|date=January 29, 2019|accessdate=January 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129114319/https://jewishjournal.com/news/nation/292927/sarsour-faces-criticism-for-not-mentioning-jews-in-holocaust-statement/|archive-date=January 29, 2019|dead-url=no|agency=''[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]]''}}</ref>
==== Pidato wisuda di CUNY ====
Sarsour terpilih untuk memberikan pidato dalam [[wisuda]] di [[City University of New York]] (CUNY) pada Juni 2017. Pemilihan ini ditentang dengan kuat oleh sebagian kalangan konservatif.{{refn|name=Nazaryan}} [[Dov Hikind]], seorang anggota dewan negara bagian New York dari Partai Demokrat, melayangkan surat kepada Gubernur [[Andrew Cuomo]] untuk menentang dipilihnya Sarsour, dan ditandatangani oleh 100 mantan korban Holokaus.{{refn|name=Rosenberg}}{{refn|name=Reilly}} Dasar ketidaksetujuan Hikind adalah riwayat Sarsour yang pernah berpidato bersama [[Rasmea Odeh]], yang pernah divonis penjara oleh pengadilan Israel karena terlibat [[Pengeboman oleh PFLP di Yerusalem 1969|pengeboman yang menewakan dua orang pada 1969]].{{refn|name=Rosenberg}}
 
Sarsour membantah bahwa ia harus meminta maaf atas pidato tersebut, dan mempertanyakan keabsahan vonis terhadap Odeh. Ia juga menganggap reaksi ini masih terkait dengan keterlibatannya sebagai pimpinan Pawai Perempuan.{{refn|name=Rosenberg}}{{refn|name=Reilly}} ''Chancellor'' atau rektor universitas tersebut, dekan, sejumlah dosen, serta kelompok-kelompok Yahudi (termasuk Jews for Racial and Economic Justice) menyatakan membela hak Sarsour untuk berbicara.{{refn|name=Rosenberg}}{{refn|name=Reilly}} including Jews for Racial and Economic Justice.<ref name="JTA uncredited">{{cite news |title=Scuffle erupts at rally against CUNY's hosting of BDS promoter Linda Sarsour |url=http://www.jta.org/2017/05/26/news-opinion/united-states/scuffle-erupts-at-rally-against-cunys-hosting-of-bds-promoter-linda-sarsour |agency=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=May 26, 2017 |accessdate=January 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905055339/http://www.jta.org/2017/05/26/news-opinion/united-states/scuffle-erupts-at-rally-against-cunys-hosting-of-bds-promoter-linda-sarsour |archive-date=September 5, 2017 |dead-url=no }}</ref> A group of prominent left-leaning Jews signed an open letter condemning attacks on Sarsour and promising to work alongside her for the sake of justice.<ref name="Nathan-Kazis">{{cite news |last=Nathan-Kazis |first=Josh |title=100 Prominent Jewish Leaders Condemn Attacks On Linda Sarsour |url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/373499/prominent-jewish-leaders-issue-letter-in-solidarity-with-linda-sarsour/ |work=[[The Forward]] |date=June 1, 2017 |accessdate=February 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223212746/https://forward.com/fast-forward/373499/prominent-jewish-leaders-issue-letter-in-solidarity-with-linda-sarsour/ |archive-date=December 23, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref> Jonathan Grenblatt dari Anti-Defamation League mendukung hak Sarsour untuk berbicara, sesuai dengan [[Amandemen Pertama Konstitusi Amerika Serikat|Amendemen Pertama Konstitusi AS]], sekalipun ia menentang pandangan Sarsour tentang Israel.<ref name="Ziri ADL">{{cite news |last1=Ziri |first1=Danielle |title=After long silence, ADL defends Linda Sarsour's right to free speech |url=http://www.jpost.com/printarticle.aspx?id=493978 |work=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |date=May 26, 2017 |accessdate=January 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905055425/http://www.jpost.com/printarticle.aspx?id=493978 |archive-date=September 5, 2017 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref name="Middle East Eye">{{cite news |title=Right-wing activists protest against Linda Sarsour speech |url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/right-wing-activists-protest-upcoming-linda-sarsour-speech-university-1748954161 |work=[[Middle East Eye]] |date=May 27, 2017 |accessdate=February 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208045219/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/right-wing-activists-protest-upcoming-linda-sarsour-speech-university-1748954161 |archive-date=December 8, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ADL Statement on Controversy Surrounding Linda Sarsour |url=https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/adl-statement-on-controversy-surrounding-linda-sarsour |publisher=[[Anti-Defamation League]] |date=May 25, 2017 |accessdate=January 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423005037/https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/adl-statement-on-controversy-surrounding-linda-sarsour |archive-date=April 23, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref> Sebuah demonstrasi diadakan di depan [[Balai Kota New York]] untuk mendukung Sarsour. Pakar konstitusi Fred Smith Jr. mengaitkan kontroversi ini dengan isu [[kebebasan berbicara]] secara umum yang memang sedang diperdebatkan di AS. Pada akhirnya, Sarsour tetap menyampaikan pidatonya pada 2 Juni 2017.<ref>http://time.com/4802373/linda-sarsour-cuny-commencement-address-transcript/</ref>
 
=== Perdebatan dengan Ayaan Hirsi Ali ===
Pada 2011, Sarsour berkicau di Twitter tentang aktivis pengkritik Islam [[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]] dan [[Brigitte Gabriel]], aktivis konservatif dan pemimpin kelompok lobi [[ACT! for America]], yang berbunyi "''She's asking 4 an a$$ whippin'. I wish I could take their vaginas away - they don't deserve to be women.''" ("Ia minta digebuk. Andai saja aku bisa menghilangkan vagina mereka - mereka tidak berhak menjadi wanita."). Ia telah terlibat perdebatan dengan kedua wanita tersebut di radio dan televisi, yang ia sebut karena Ali dan Gabriel menggembar-gemborkan gagasan bahwa agama Islam bersifat [[misogini]]s atau anti-wanita. Ali balas menyebut Sarsour "feminis palsu" dan "pembela syariat Islam yang vokal". Kelak, pada 2017, Sarsour menyatakan bahwa kicauannya (yang saat itu telah dihapus) itu adalah "kicauan bodoh" dan ia sudah tidak ingat lagi pernah menulisnya.{{refn|name=Chandler}} Pada tahun yang sama, seorang mahasiswa menanyakan tentang kicauan tersebut dalam sebuah sesi tanya jawab, yang dibalas Sarsour dengan menyebutkan bahwa mahasiswa tersebut adalah seorang berkulit putih dan sesi tersebut terjadi dalam acara [[Asian Pacific American Heritage Month]] (Bulan Warisan Asia Pasifik di Amerika). Peristiwa ini menjadi viral di media sosial dan Sarsour dikritik karena mengabaikan pertanyaan tersebut atas dasar warna kulit penanyanya.{{refn|name=Nazaryan}}
 
=== Penggalangan dana ===
Saat sebuah pemakaman Yahudi di [[St. Louis, Missouri]] dirusak dalam aksi yang tampak bermotivasi antisemitisme pada Februari 2017,{{efn |Police later determined that the confessed vandal was not motivated by religious hatred.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Christine|last1=Byers|title=Man was drunk, mad at friend when he toppled headstones at Jewish cemetery in U. City, police say|url=http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-was-drunk-mad-at-friend-when-he-toppled-headstones/article_dd4cd8ae-8088-516c-9c70-7aa7435fe082.html|accessdate=April 27, 2018|work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]|issue=April 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426001753/http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-was-drunk-mad-at-friend-when-he-toppled-headstones/article_dd4cd8ae-8088-516c-9c70-7aa7435fe082.html|archive-date=April 26, 2018|dead-url=no}}
*{{cite news|first1=Doyle|last1=Murphy|title=Alzado Harris Charged in Jewish Cemetery Vandalism in University City|url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2018/04/25/alzado-harris-charged-in-jewish-cemetery-vandalism-in-university-city|work=[[Riverfront Times]]|date=April 25, 2018|accessdate=January 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624035723/https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2018/04/25/alzado-harris-charged-in-jewish-cemetery-vandalism-in-university-city|archive-date=June 24, 2018|dead-url=no}}
*{{cite news|first1=Ayesha|last1=Khan|title=Jewish community gets closure after man confesses to cemetery vandalism, but offer no 'forgiveness'|url=http://kplr11.com/2018/04/25/jewish-community-gets-closure-after-man-confesses-to-cemetery-vandalism-but-offer-no-forgiveness/|accessdate=May 3, 2018|work=[[KPLR-TV]] CW-11|date=April 25, 2018|quote=Harris confessed to the crime Tuesday, telling police that he was under the influence of drugs and alcohol and angry about a personal matter.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508054411/http://kplr11.com/2018/04/25/jewish-community-gets-closure-after-man-confesses-to-cemetery-vandalism-but-offer-no-forgiveness/|archive-date=May 8, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref>}} Sarsour dan aktivis Muslim lainnya melakukan [[urun dana]] melalui internet untuk perbaikan dan restorasi berbagai pemakaman.<ref name="Hanau">{{cite news|url=http://forward.com/fast-forward/363765/muslims-overjoyed-as-donations-pour-in-to-repair-vandalized-st-louis-jewish/|title=Muslims 'Overjoyed' As $130K In Donations Pour In For Vandalized St. Louis Jewish Cemetery|last1=Hanau|first1=Shira|date=February 23, 2017|accessdate=January 19, 2018|work=The Forward}}</ref><ref name="JTA Missouri">{{cite news|url=http://www.jta.org/2017/02/21/news-opinion/united-states/jewish-governor-of-missouri-muslim-activists-pitching-in-to-repair-vandalized-jewish-cemetery|title=Jewish governor of Missouri, Muslim activists pitching in to repair vandalized Jewish cemetery|date=February 21, 2017|accessdate=January 19, 2018|agency=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426193528/https://www.jta.org/2017/02/21/news-opinion/united-states/jewish-governor-of-missouri-muslim-activists-pitching-in-to-repair-vandalized-jewish-cemetery|archive-date=April 26, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref>{{refn|name=JTA Colorado}} Salah satu penerima dananya adalah sebuah pemakaman Yahudi di [[Colorado]] yang termasuk [[National Register of Historic Places|daftar tempat bersejarah di AS]].<ref name="JTA Colorado">{{cite news|url=https://www.jta.org/2017/12/07/news-opinion/united-states/colorado-jewish-cemetery-receives-money-from-linda-sarsours-fundraising-campaign|title=Colorado Jewish cemetery receives money from Linda Sarsour's fundraising campaign|date=December 7, 2017|accessdate=January 19, 2018|agency=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102214230/https://www.jta.org/2017/12/07/news-opinion/united-states/colorado-jewish-cemetery-receives-money-from-linda-sarsours-fundraising-campaign|archive-date=January 2, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Pink">{{cite news|url=https://forward.com/news/national/388964/jewish-cemetery-receives-30k-from-linda-sarsour-crowdfunding-campaign/|title=Jewish Cemetery Receives $30K From Linda Sarsour's Crowdfunding Campaign|last=Pink|first=Aiden|date=December 6, 2017|accessdate=January 19, 2018|work=The Forward|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317165102/https://forward.com/news/national/388964/jewish-cemetery-receives-30k-from-linda-sarsour-crowdfunding-campaign/|archive-date=March 17, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> Proyek ini menjadi kontroversi ketika Dov Hikind menuduh Sarsour memperlambat penyaluran dana tersebut karena dukungan Sarsour terhadap BDS.<ref name="JTA Cemetery">{{cite news|url=http://www.jta.org/2017/07/13/news-opinion/united-states/linda-sarsour-defending-cemetery-allocations-lashes-out-at-right-wing-zionists|title=Linda Sarsour, defending cemetery allocations, lashes out at 'right wing zionists'|date=July 13, 2017|accessdate=January 19, 2018|agency=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101135525/https://www.jta.org/2017/07/13/news-opinion/united-states/linda-sarsour-defending-cemetery-allocations-lashes-out-at-right-wing-zionists|archive-date=January 1, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Sarsour Blasts">{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/linda-sarsour-blasts-alt-right-zionists-amid-storm-1.5493833|title=Linda Sarsour Blasts 'Alt-right, Right-wing Zionists' Amid Storm Over Jewish Cemetery Funds|date=July 13, 2017|accessdate=January 19, 2018|work=Haaretz|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207201039/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/linda-sarsour-blasts-alt-right-zionists-amid-storm-1.5493833|archive-date=February 7, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Pink November 2018">{{cite news |last=Pink |first=Aiden |title=Muslims Have Raised Lots Of Money For Jews Recently. Here’s Where It's Going. |url=https://forward.com/news/national/414552/muslims-have-raised-lots-of-money-for-jews-recently-heres-where-its-going/ |work=The Forward |date=November 25, 2018 |accessdate=February 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219213102/https://forward.com/news/national/414552/muslims-have-raised-lots-of-money-for-jews-recently-heres-where-its-going/ |archive-date=December 19, 2018 |dead-url=no }}</ref> Sarsour menyebut bahwa kontroversi ini adalah buatan kelompok Zionis berideologi [[alt-right]].{{refn|name=JTA Cemetery}}{{refn|name=Sarsour Blasts}}
 
Sarsour juga menggalang dana untuk korban [[Badai Harvey]] (Agustus 2017); ini juga dikritik oleh kalangan konservatif yang memusuhinya. Menurut penulis ''[[Newsweek]]'' Alexander Nazaryan, ini menunjukkan meningkatnya antipati kalangan sayap kanan terhadap Sarsour.<ref name="Nazaryan September 2017">{{cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/activist-linda-sarsour-attacked-trying-help-hurricane-harvey-victims-658657|title=Activist Linda Sarsour Attacked for Trying to Help Hurricane Harvey Victims|last=Nazaryan|first=Alexander|date=September 2, 2017|accessdate=January 19, 2018|work=Newsweek|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109202806/http://www.newsweek.com/activist-linda-sarsour-attacked-trying-help-hurricane-harvey-victims-658657|archive-date=January 9, 2018|dead-url=no}}</ref> MPower Change, sebuah kelompok yang didirikan Sarsour, juga menggalang dana untuk korban [[Penembakan sinagoge Pittsburg]] pada 2018.{{refn|name=Pink November 2018}} Pendukung Sarsour menunjuk penggalangan dana ini, beserta penggalangan dana untuk pemakaman Yahudi setelah peristiwa St. Louis sebagai bukti bahwa Sarsour tidaklah antisemitis seperti dituduhkan.{{refn|name=Sales November 2018}}
 
== Kehidupan pribadi ==
Pada 2011, Sarsour tinggal di [[Bay Ridge, Brooklin]]. Ia menikah pada umur 17 setelah [[Perjodohan|dijodohkan keluarga]], dan memiliki tiga orang anak sejak pertengahan umur 20-an. Sarsour dan suaminya sama-sama berasal dari kota [[Al-Bireh]] di [[Tepi Barat]], Palestina, sekitar 14 kilometer di utara Yerusalem.
 
Sarsour adalah seorang Muslim. Mengenai topik [[wanita dalam Islam]], ia dikutip ''Washington Post'' menyatakan bahwa "Memang ada orang-orang Muslim dan rezim-rezim yang menzalimi wanita, tetapi aku percaya agamaku adalah agama yang memberdayakan." Ia memilih [[hijab|berhijab]]. Mengenai syariah, ia berpendapat bahwa prinsip dan hukum-hukum agama Islam yang disebut [[syariah]] tidak harus dipaksakan untuk non-Muslim, dan umat Islam pun juga harus mengikuti hukum setempat.
 
Beberapa pihak memuji Sarsour sebagai simbol pemberdayaan wanita dan "memecahkan stereotipe tentang wanita Muslim".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://qz.com/work/1181261/womens-march-leader-linda-sarsour-stop-telling-me-to-go-back-to-my-country-im-from-brooklyn/|title=Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour: Stop telling me to go back to my country. I’m from Brooklyn|author=Fessler, Leah|date=February 6, 2018|accessdate=June 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012180344/https://qz.com/work/1181261/womens-march-leader-linda-sarsour-stop-telling-me-to-go-back-to-my-country-im-from-brooklyn/|archive-date=October 12, 2018|dead-url=no|agency=[[Quartz (publication)|Quartz]]}}</ref> Dalam sebuah wawancara silang dengan aktivis feminis Iran [[Masih Alinejad]] tentang hijab, Sarsour menjelaskan pendapatnya bahwa mengenakan hijab adalah sebuah tindakan agama dan bukanlah simbol penindasan atau pemaksaan terhadap wanita, dan menekankan di Barat wanita yang berhijab malah sering mengalami tindakan [[Islamofobia]]. Alinejad menuduh Sarsour memiliki standar ganda, menyatakan bahwa Muslim di Barat pada umumnya, dan Sarsour pada khususnya, sering diam dan tidak mengecam diwajibkannya hijab di negara-negara Timur Tengah. Alinejad juga berkata bahwa jika Sarsour benar-benar peduli dengan hak-hak wanita, ia dapat melepas hijabnya (yang menurut Alinejad "merupakan simbol penindasan paling tampak di Timur Tengah") sebagai simbol perlawanan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/17/middleeast/macys-hijab-debate/index.html|title=Macy's decision to sell hijabs sparks debate among Muslim women|author=Scott, Kate|date=February 20, 2018|accessdate=January 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112044354/https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/17/middleeast/macys-hijab-debate/index.html|archive-date=January 12, 2019|dead-url=no|agency=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-03/linda-sarsour-hijabi-feminism/8583482|title='Dangerous' women: Why do Muslim feminists turn a blind eye to Islamist misogyny?|last=Symons|first=Emma-Kate|date=June 3, 2017|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref>
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