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Young TikTok users reportedly posted videos contemplating the dead
terrorist's anti-Zionist, anti-American screed

Washington Times opinion editor Charlie Hurt sounds off on 'The Story'
after young leftists praise terrorist.

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After the sudden online trend of dead terrorist Usama bin Laden's "Letter
to America" led a major U.K. newspaper to remove the text from its news
archive as TikTokers praised the man whose attack killed 2,977 people on September 11, 2001, several critics said the U.S. education system
deserves much of the blame.

The Guardian quickly removed text of the letter from its website after it reportedly became the top Google search result amid the TikTok storm.

On FOX News, Washington Times opinion editor Charles Hurt said the entire situation highlights the issues of social media and Chinese-owned TikTok, remarking how much of what is pushed from the latter is intentionally
meant to hurt America.

"It's such a startling snapshot of how far we have come over the past 20
years since 9/11," he said.

"The fact that we as a country in our schools and universities have done
such a poor job of teaching actual history and the truth behind these
things that somebody like Usama bin Laden can kind of come out on the back
end and be some sort of truthsayer or some kind of leader among young
people who have no concept of the history that ù obviously older people remember firsthand. But, you know, our children should have learned about
it. It really does remind you that this is an onslaught."

He said nefarious forces are "winning" the battle of young minds, as
evidenced by many young activists suddenly telling their followers to read
bin Laden's letter as if it is some kind of justification for their
disdain for America and Israel.

"This is all very intentional and it is designed to destroy our country
from within. And right now, they are winning unless we figure out how to
do something about it," Hurt said, adding it is essentially up to
political leaders to stem the "poison" young people are exposing
themselves to.

On "America Reports," co-anchor Sandra Smith reported on a White House
response to the situation, in which a Biden spokesman said in a statement
that "no one should ever insult" those Americans lost on 9/11 by
"associating themselves with the vile words of Usama bin Laden,
particularly now at a time of rising antisemitic violence in the world and
just after Hamas terrorists carried out the worst slaughter of the Jewish people since the Holocaust... "

Additionally, activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali told FOX News she was shocked and disgusted by bin Laden's letter trending, agreeing with Hurt that the
education system is to blame as well as the media.

"If you look at what happened in the last 20 years, it's the rise of the
woke mind virus. And what does the woke mind virus do? It propagates that America is a place built on slavery; it's about exploitation," she said.

"And so if you get that letter with no context, it looks like this [TikTok influencer] woman stumbled on it. She talks of an existential crisis."

"She says she felt as if she lives in some kind of dystopiaà so I think
part of what we need to do, aside from having these conversations about
what to do about TikTok, is to try and see if we can rescue that
generation from itself and remind them what is good and right and fine
about America."

Ali, who was born a Muslim in Somalia, said bin Laden's letter is similar
to an Islamic "fatwa" or Sharia ruling, adding she had a fatwa lodged
against her in the past.

"It sums up all of these things that bin Laden accuses America of doing.
But essentially what he's saying is he's applying Sharia law and based on
his understanding of Sharia law, America should, among other things, stop supporting Israel, stop all of these policies that he blames them for,"
she said.

Ali said the letter tells America to accept Islamic Sharia or fail to live
in peace ù lacking the context today's youth do not understand because
they were never informed.

Bin Laden's letter justified Al-Qaeda attacks on the United States because
"you attacked us in Palestine," before going on to complain that the
United States aided the British in "hand[ing] over" the lands to "the Jews
who have occupied it" in a way "overflowing with oppression, tyranny,
crimesà "

"The blood pouring out of Palestine must be equally revenged," bin Laden
went on, as TikTok users like raeyreads posted the entire letter on their
page and said "it confused me" to watch in their childhood as people
cheered bin Laden being killed by Navy SEALs in Pakistan.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/bin-laden-letter-trending-shows-education- system-failed-gen-z-destroy-from-within-critics

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