Think Progress
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 | $7,875,000 | Counterterrorism & Security Education and Research Foundation (CTSERF), Center for Security Policy (CSP), Horowitz | | Lynde and Harry Bradley 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 Players.
Think Progress 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]
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