Seven foundations funneled 42 million dollars to five anti-Muslim activists
Evidence
The Center for American Progress (CAP) once prepared a comprehensive report entitled Fear Inc.: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America, which explored the multimillion dollar Islamophobia industry in the United States. The CAP report found that over a seven-year period alone, at least seven well-endowed American foundations and conservative donors provided over forty-two million dollars to anti-Muslim activists in America. According to CAP’s findings, these wealthy right-wing funders of Islamophobia included the Richard Mellon Scaife Foundation, Donors Capital Fund, Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation, Newton & Rochelle Becker Foundation/Charitable Trust, Russell Berrie Foundation, Anchorage Charitable Fund, and the Fairbrook Foundation. The majority of the forty-two million dollars went to five prominent anti-Muslim activists: Frank Gaffney (Center for Security Policy), David Yerushalmi (Society of Americans for National Existence and the American Freedom Law Center), Daniel Pipes (Middle East Forum), Robert Spencer (Jihad Watch), and Steven Emerson (The Investigative Project). — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 621
Categorization
- XREF: This is the canonical Fear Inc. figure that anchors the US-side of the Islamophobia-industry story this book ties to the global order. — connects to: Seven right-wing foundations spent over $40 million funding Islamophobia from 2001 to 2009.; Seven foundations gave over forty-three million dollars to Islamophobic groups from 2001 to 2009 — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 549; A well-funded network of professional Islamophobes drives anti-Muslim activism in America — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 446 (+1 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 621
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- A well-funded network of professional Islamophobes drives anti-Muslim activism in America (similarity 0.84)
- Organized funding sustains professional anti-Muslim propaganda networks in the US (similarity 0.83)
- Anti-Muslim fear-mongering empowered by right-wing foundations fuels mainstream hatred. (similarity 0.82)
- Anti-Islamic propaganda reached tens of millions of voters through shadowy funding (similarity 0.81)
- Zionist foundations explicitly funded the Islamophobia network (similarity 0.79)
- Zionist foundations shifted to donor-advised funds to keep funding Islamophobic groups (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Seven foundations gave over forty-three million dollars to Islamophobic groups from 2001 to 2009
#corroborates(0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 549 - A well-funded network of professional Islamophobes drives anti-Muslim activism in America
#expands(0.60) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 446