Following a six-month long investigative research project, the Center for American Progress released a 130-page report today which reveals that more than $42 million from seven foundations over the past decade have helped fan the flames of anti-Muslim hate in America.

The authors — Wajahat Ali, Eli Clifton, Matt Duss, Lee Fang, Scott Keyes, and myself — worked to expose the Islamophobia network in depth, name the major players, connect the dots, and trace the genesis of anti-Muslim propaganda.

The report, titled “Fear Inc.: The Roots Of the Islamophobia Network In America,” lifts the veil behind the hate, follows the money, and identifies the names of foundations who have given money, how much they have given, and who they have given to:



THE FUNDERS

THE AMOUNT

THE RECIPIENTS

Donors Capital Fund

$20,768,600

Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT),Middle East Forum(MEF), Clarion Fund(Clarion), David Horowitz Freedom Center (Horowitz)

Richard Scaifefoundations

$7,875,000

Counterterrorism & Security Education and Research Foundation (CTSERF), Center for Security Policy (CSP), Horowitz

Lynde and HarryBradley Foundation

$5,370,000

MEF, CSP, Horowitz

Russell Berrie Foundation

$3,109,016

IPT, CTSERF, MEF

Anchorage Charitable Fund and William Rosenwald Family Fund

$2,818,229

IPT,CTSERF, MEF, CSP, Clarion, Horowitz

Fairbook Foundation

$1,498,450

IPT, MEF, CSP, Jihad Watch, Horowitz,American Congress for Truth

Newton and Rochelle Becker foundations

$1,136,000

IPT, CTSERF, MEF, CSP, Clarion, Horowitz, American Congress for Truth

Total

$42,575,295



The money has flowed into the hands of five key “experts” and “scholars” who comprise the central nervous system of anti-Muslim propaganda:

FRANK GAFFNEY, Center for Security Policy – “A mosque that is used to promote a seditious program, which is what Sharia is…that is not a protected religious practice, that is in fact sedition.”

DAVID YERUSHALMI, Society of Americans for National Existence: “Muslim civilization is at war with Judeo-Christian civilization…the Muslim peoples,those committed to Islam as we know it today, are our enemies.”

DANIEL PIPES, Middle East Forum: “All immigrants bring exotic customs and attitudes, but Muslim customs are more troublesome than most.”

ROBERT SPENCER, Jihad Watch: “Of course, as I have pointed out many times,traditional Islam itself is not moderate or peaceful. It is the only major world religion with a developed doctrine and tradition of warfare against unbelievers.” [Source]

STEVEN EMERSON, Investigative Project on Terrorism: “One of the world’s great religions — which has more than 1.4 billion adherents — somehowsanctions genocide, planned genocide, as part of its religious doctrine.” [Source]

These five “scholars” are assisted in their outreach efforts by Brigitte Gabriel (founder, ACT! for America), Pamela Geller (co-founder, Stop Islamization of America), and David Horowitz (supporter of Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch). As the report details, information is then disseminated through conservative organizations like the Eagle Forum, the religious right, Fox News, and politicians such as Allen West and Newt Gingrich.

Over the past few years, the Islamophobia network (the funders, scholars, grassroots activists, media amplifiers, and political validators) have worked hard to push narratives that Obama might be a Muslim, that mosques are incubators of radicalization, and that “radical Islam” has infiltrated all aspects of American society — including the conservative movement.

To explain how the Islamophobia network operates, we’ve produced this video to show just one example of how they have mainstreamed the baseless and unfounded fear that Sharia may soon replace American laws:

http://www.truth-out.org/42-million...ped-fuel-rise-islamophobia-america/1314539147

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Acerac said:

Only 42 million?

I bet there is plenty more where that came from.

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xbhaskarx said:

the central nervous system of anti-Muslim propaganda:


DANIEL PIPES, Middle East Forum: “All immigrants bring exotic customs and attitudes, but Muslim customs are more troublesome than most.”

If this is the worst example of "anti-muslim propaganda" they could find from the guy....

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xbhaskarx said:

the central nervous system of anti-Muslim propaganda:


DANIEL PIPES, Middle East Forum: “All immigrants bring exotic customs and attitudes, but Muslim customs are more troublesome than most.”

If this is the worst example of "anti-muslim propaganda" they could find from the guy....

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irfan said:

Is that the best you can do to deflect from the main topic .. ?

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nib95 said:

Oh God...here comes GAF's resident anti-Islamic propaganda campaigner. Will be interesting seeing what kind of posts, links and points you bring up in this one.

First one's already a gem. Ignore the main grunt of the article and research, all the terrible things it highlights and disseminates, and instead focus on one trivial and rather un-important point to try and downplay the importance of it all. CLASSIC xbhaskarx tact in action.

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xbhaskarx said:

lol

Would you go as far as to say I'm "more troublesome than most" people on GAF, is that the "main grunt" of your comment? Your comment is far more inflammatory than that quote, are you part of "the central nervous system of anti-xbhaskarx propaganda"?

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xbhaskarx said:

Look, THEY picked quotes from those individuals. Presumably they picked quotes that support their position that these people "comprise the central nervous system of anti-Muslim propaganda." So is that the best quote they could come up with? That all immigrant groups have their own unique customs and attitudes, but that Muslim customs are "more troublesome than most"? Based on the difficulty Muslim immigrants have when it comes to integration into mainstream society in various western countries, what about that observation is so questionable? Even if it's incorrect, how is it "anti-Muslim propaganda"? So my question, which I believe to be entirely valid, is: is that really the best quote they could come up with?

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xbhaskarx said:

Why did he say more troublesome than MOST? If his goal is to spread anti-Muslim propaganda, why not go with wording like Islam is "the most troublesome"? What about the other customs that are presumably even more troublesome than Islam given the wording, is he engaging in even worse anti-X propaganda against those cultures?

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nib95 said:

Oh God...here comes GAF's resident anti-Islamic propaganda campaigner.

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