Condemned
“The applause is what should trouble us. Bigotry doesn't become acceptable because we like the target.”
Kutty condemned both Yousef's remarks and the audience applause and argued that standards applied to antisemitism should also apply to anti-Muslim bigotry.
- Speaker
- Faisal Kutty
- Capacity
- Lawyer, law professor, and commentator
- Observed
- September 5, 2026
- Published here
- September 5, 2026
- Targets
- Mosab Hassan Yousef, Jewish American Summit
- Classification rationale
- The statement directly calls the incident bigotry and rejects selective acceptance based on the targeted group.
Surrounding material
Full context
Before the quotation
Kutty recounted Yousef's statement, the applause, and condemnations from Nexus and CAIR.
After the quotation
He argued for a consistent standard when prejudice appears in Jewish or Muslim spaces.
Evidence
Complete source record
Archived Faisal Kutty and Max Blumenthal reactions to Mosab Hassan Yousef (opens in a new tab)
Third-party social archive preserving Kutty's extended condemnation and a quoted Max Blumenthal post.