Sam Kharoba
Sam Kharoba is the founder of the Counter Terrorism Operatinos Center. He has no formal academic degrees in Islamic studies and no experience in law enforcement. His only claim of any qualification is that he has a pre-university level certificate in Arabic culture, but Arabic culture is not Islam; in fact, only 20 percent of […]
David Horowitz

Introduction David Horowitz is the founder and chief executive offier of the David Horowitz Freedom Center. The Southern Poverty Law Center, a group that tracks hate movements in the United States, labels Horowitz “the godfather of the modern anti-Muslim movement.” In the Right-Wing Playbook on Anti-Muslim Extremism, People for the American Way notes, “One of the […]
William Boykin
William Boykin is executive vice president of the Family Research Council and a board member of the Oak Initiative. He was formerly the United States Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. Southern Poverty Law Center labeled William Boykin as an anti-Muslim extremist and had designated Family Research Council as a hate group.
Rick Joyner

Joyner is the president of the Oak Initiative. He is also the founder/director of Morningstar Ministries and the founder/director of Heritage National Ministries. He has authored more than forty books. His book, The Harvest, lays out some of his views on Islam: “Islamic terrorists will permeate the West with teams that target Christian organizations and […]
Usama Dakdok
Usama Dakdok is the founder of the Straight Way of Grace Ministry. In October 2013, a high school in Minnesota rescinded approval for an event featuring Dakdok after learning about his bias speech regarding Islam and Muslims. At a December 10, 2012 event, titled “Infiltration of Islam in America?” and sponsored by the Mansfield North […]
Robert Spencer
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Robert Spencer is an anti-Muslim blog writer. He is the founder and director of JihadWatch, a conspiracy theory website.
Pamela Geller
Pamela Geller is the founder and editor of PamelaGeller.com who has gained traction and influence through her writings and public and media appearances which vilify Islam and dehumanize Muslims.
James Lafferty
James Lafferty is the president of the Virginia Anti-Shariah Taskforce. In a February 2012, Lafferty said he expressed pride in “…pictures of some mosque somewhere, and it was usually in the South I’m proud to say where a guy would drive a pickup truck right into the mosque…” Lafferty also serves on the boards of […]
John Guandolo

Guandolo and others in his organization have trained law enforcement professionals around the country, teaching them any number of false stereotypes about Muslims.
Stephanie Reis
Stephanie Reis is the Virginia director for Act for America. The Republican Women of Clifton in Virginia invited Reis to discuss Islam in 2013. Announcements for the event noted that the guest speaker would discuss “how she believes the Hijab [Islamic head covering] is a catalyst for Islamic terrorism.” In 2010, as part of her […]