The Islamophobia misinformation experts A small group of conservative foundations and wealthy donors are the lifeblood of the Islamophobia network in America, supporting a central nervous system con- sisting of a clutch of misinformation experts. Just as Newt Gingrich relied on these experts’ talking points to grossly mischaracterize the dangers of Sharia law in our country, the five men profiled in this chapter are responsible for orchestrating the majority of misinformation about Islam and Muslims in America today. This small network produces talking points and messages relied upon and repeated by every segment of this interconnected network of money, grassroots leaders, media talk- ing heads, and elected officials.There are five key think tanks led by scholars who are primarily responsible for orchestrating the majority of anti-Islam messages polluting our national discourse today:• Frank Gaffney at the Center for Security Policy• David Yerushalmi at the Society of Americans for National Existence• Daniel Pipes at the Middle East Forum• Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch and Stop Islamization of America• Steven Emerson of the Investigative Project on TerrorismAll five are actively promoting the deeply mistaken portrayal of Islam—a religion of nearly 1.6 billion people worldwide, including 2.6 million Americans—as an inherently violent ideology that seeks domination over the United States andall non-Muslims.1 Spencer neatly sums up their inaccurate and perverse view of Islam as “the only religion in the world that has a developed doctrine, theology and legal system that mandates violence against unbelievers and mandates that Muslims must wage war in order to establish the hegemony of the Islamic social order all over the world.”
Posted on: Thu, 22 May 2014 14:39:52 +0000
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