Mohammed Hijab declares bankruptcy after legal loss to Douglas Murray and The Spectator

In August 2025, Mohammed Hijab (his real name is Mohammed Hegab but he evidently wanted to show his Muslima feminine side), a prominent Islamic influencer and debater, lost a high-profile defamation lawsuit he brought against Douglas Murray and The Spectator magazine.

The case stemmed from a 2022 article by Murray that linked Hijab to inflammatory rhetoric during the Leicester riots (involving tensions between Muslim and Hindu communities). The High Court ruled in favor of Murray and The Spectator, finding the article "substantially true" and determining that Hijab had "lied on significant issues" in court, rendering his evidence "worthless."

Can you say "taqiyya" guys?  

His appeal was later rejected by the Court of Appeal in October 2025. 

As the losing party, Hijab was ordered to pay the defendants' legal costs, with estimates circulating around £670,000 to £850,000 (including his own fees and the awarded costs). On or around January 23, 2026, Douglas Murray publicly stated on X that Hijab had declared himself bankrupt following the failed case. Douglas was kind enough not to add that Hijab is mentally bankrupt as well.

This situation has been widely discussed and shared across X, with multiple posts referencing the bankruptcy filing as a direct consequence of the massive legal bill. Hijab has responded on X in threads (including quoting hadiths about spiritual "bankruptcy" on Judgment Day and questioning the enforceability of payments post-bankruptcy), but he has not denied the declaration itself.

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This development has drawn significant attention, mockery from critics, and commentary on the risks of unsuccessful libel actions in the UK (where losers like Hijab typically pay costs). 

Bankruptcy in such cases can limit immediate enforcement of debts but does not erase all obligations, and assets may still be pursued by an insolvency practitioner. 

The story highlights broader issues around free speech, press freedom, and the high costs of defamation litigation in the UK.

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Sky News reporter has head up her nether regions when discussing "racist" hostage deal

You cannot make this stuff up: an Israeli government spokesman, Eylon Levy was questioned by a Sky News "reporter" as to whether the hostage deal, that is to trade 150 Palestinian security prisoners in exchange for just 50 hostages held by Hamassholes, meant that Israel valued Palestinian lives less than Israeli ones. 

[H/T Jerusalem Post]

In her pea brain it didn't register that Israel values lives of their citizens to the degree that they are willing to release three times as many Palestinian murderers and convicts for their men, women and children but instead meant that Israel believes their people are three times more valuable. What a complete dolt and likely anti-Semite. 

The interviewer explained that she had spoken to a hostage negotiator in preparation for the interview and that he had said that the unfair exchange spoke of Israel’s diminished valuation of Palestinian lives.

No, the exchange is unfair because Hamas demanded the numbers be as they are, not the other way around. Seriously, how can this reporter be allowed to work for Sky News, a fairly right-of-center media company?

Asked to comment on the preposterous accusation, Levy answered with a look of shock, and said such a comment was “an astonishing accusation."

Levy replied, “If we could release one prisoner for everyone hostage, we would obviously do that. We are operating in horrific circumstances.

“We’re not choosing to release these prisoners who have blood on their hands. We are talking about people who have been convicted of stabbing and shooting attacks.

“Notice the question of proportionality doesn’t interest Palestinian supporters when they’re able to get more of their prisoners out. But really, it is outrageous to suggest that the fact that we are willing to release prisoners who are convicted of terrorism offenses, more of them than we are getting our own innocent children back, somehow suggests we don’t care about Palestinian lives. Really, that is a disgusting accusation."

Levy later posted on X that the question had left him “speechless.”

The first question that left me speechless (but only for a second): pic.twitter.com/P4Bh0SKtl9— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) November 23, 2023

This thread “Every 100 likes, I’ll make him more surprised” https://t.co/cq3KOJbLBU— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) November 23, 2023

Gary Mond, Chairman of the National Jewish Assembly told the Jerusalem Post "Like most others, I believe that this is an insidious comparison. To even put the totally innocent hostages taken by Hamas in the same sentence as those guilty of stabbing, attempted murder, and other heinous crimes is sickening. The very fact that a journalist can make such a comparison is a demonstration of the depths to which anti-Israel bias has now sunk."

I am personally surprised by the anti-Semitism displayed by a Sky News reporter. Sky News Australia regularly has conservative author and commentator Douglas Murray comment on the Israeli Hamas war, as he is currently in Israel covering it. The fact that the outlet has this execrable, anti-Semitic dolt working for them is beyond comprehension.

The hostage release is part of a larger ceasefire agreement which included the terms that the International Committee of the Red Cross could visit the hostages who remain in captivity and supply them with medicine. Fuel will also be allowed to enter Gaza and a six hour window where Israel will not fly UAVs over the Strip will be employed. 3

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