Report: $42 Million From Seven Foundations Helped Fuel The Rise Of Islamophobia In America

[Peter Lemkin]

Published on Friday, August 26, 2011 by Think Progress

Report: $42 Million From Seven Foundations Helped Fuel The Rise Of Islamophobia In America

by Faiz Shakir

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 Scaife foundations$7,875,000Counterterrorism & Security Education and Research Foundation (CTSERF),

Center for Security Policy (CSP), HorowitzLynde and Harry Bradley Foundation$5,370,000MEF, CSP, HorowitzRussell Berrie Foundation$3,109,016IPT, CTSERF, MEFAnchorage Charitable Fund and William Rosenwald Family Fund$2,818,229IPT,CTSERF, MEF, CSP, Clarion, HorowitzFairbook Foundation$1,498,450IPT, MEF, CSP, Jihad Watch, Horowitz,

American Congress for TruthNewton and Rochelle Becker foundations$1,136,000IPT, CTSERF, MEF, CSP, Clarion, Horowitz, American Congress for TruthTotal$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." [Source]
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." [Source]
DANIEL PIPES, Middle East Forum: "All immigrants bring exotic customs and attitudes, but Muslim customs are more troublesome than most." [Source]
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 somehow sanctions 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:

Much more info. can be found here: full report.

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I don't doubt one bit/jot that Zionist forces are hyping up the 'Islamophobia threat'; I only think that there are forces in the USA who are not 'Zionist' who are as well. They work together for their own purposes, but toward a mutual end. Many of these forces in the USA are Christian-Right-Millennialist groups and their supporters in the Military, Intelligence, and other structures of the USG.