Seven right-wing foundations spent over $40 million funding Islamophobia from 2001 to 2009.

Evidence

Seven foundations contributed close to forty-three million dollars to these new McCarthyites between 2001 and 2009. The main funders are the Donors Capital Fund, the Richard Mellon Scaife Foundation, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the Newton D. and Rochelle F. Becker Foundations and Charitable Trust, the Russell Berrie Foundation, the Anchorage Charitable Fund, the William Rosenwald Family Fund, and the Fairbrook Foundation. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 549 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

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 (#qualifies, via linked claim)

“When you’ve got folks who are looking for the worst in Islam and are promoting that as the entire religion of 1.5 or 1.6 billion people, then you only empower the real extremists,” wrote Brian Fishman of West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center in a New York Times article on the rise of these anti-Muslim fear mongers. With millions of dollars coming from right-wing foundations, these Islamophobic hucksters have succeeded in pushing hatred of Muslims into the Western mainstream. This is directly tied to the numerical growth of anti-Sharia legislative bills proposed across the country in the last few decades. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 626 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Seven foundations gave over forty-three million dollars to Islamophobic groups from 2001 to 2009 — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 549; Seven foundations funneled 42 million dollars to five anti-Muslim activists — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 621; Anti-Muslim fear-mongering empowered by right-wing foundations fuels mainstream hatred. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 626 (+1 more)

Related

• Seven foundations gave over forty-three million dollars to Islamophobic groups from 2001 to 2009 (similarity 0.94)
• Seven foundations funneled 42 million dollars to five anti-Muslim activists (similarity 0.93)
• Seven foundations gave $43 million to anti-Muslim groups from 2001 to 2009 (similarity 0.93)
• Anti-Muslim fear-mongering empowered by right-wing foundations fuels mainstream hatred. (similarity 0.88)
• Zionist foundations explicitly funded the Islamophobia network (similarity 0.82)
• Organized funding sustains professional anti-Muslim propaganda networks in the US (similarity 0.81)
• Anti-Islamic propaganda reached tens of millions of voters through shadowy funding (similarity 0.81)
• Zionist foundations shifted to donor-advised funds to keep funding Islamophobic groups (similarity 0.79)
• A well-funded network of professional Islamophobes drives anti-Muslim activism in America (similarity 0.79)
• Zionist foundations shifted from direct donations to donor-advised funds after 2011 scrutiny (similarity 0.79)
• Zionist-funded Islamophobia does not represent most Jewish Americans’ views (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Seven foundations gave over forty-three million dollars to Islamophobic groups from 2001 to 2009 #corroborates (0.95) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 549
• Seven foundations funneled 42 million dollars to five anti-Muslim activists #qualifies (0.60) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 621
• Anti-Muslim fear-mongering empowered by right-wing foundations fuels mainstream hatred. #expands (0.55) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 626