Shaun Maguire
Shaun Maguire is a general partner at Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. He has used his social media to spread and platform anti-Muslim rhetoric and conspiracies.
The Border Czar’s Inner Circle Revealed: Are Anti-Muslim Hate Groups Influencing Tom Homan’s Immigration Crackdown?
“Islam is the enemy.” These are the words of Tom Trento, founder of The United West, an organization designated as an anti-Muslim hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. It is also the same organization that Tom Homan – the Trump administration’s ‘Border Czar’ – has reportedly collaborated with as recently as May 2025, and even apparently tapped in 2020 to help run his border project, described as a “two-year educational program on the crisis at our southern border.”
University of California, Irvine (UCI)
Total Points: 27%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
The United West
Read more about CAIR’s designation of The United West as an Islamophobic organization.
Randy Fine
Randy Fine (R-FL) serves as the U.S. Representative for Florida’s 6th congressional district. For years, he has invoked Islamophobic and anti-Palestinian stereotypes and incited violence against Muslims and Palestinians at home and abroad.
Christians United for Israel (CUFI)
Read more about CAIR’s designation of Christians United for Israel (CUFI) as an Islamophobic organization.
Terminated: Employment Discrimination at the Core of Islamophobia and Anti-Palestinian Racism
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is today releasing a new analysis on the role of US employers in targeting Palestinians, Muslims, Arabs, and other workers who demonstrate support for Palestinian rights.
A Correctional Officer’s Guide to Islamic Religious Practices
The information contained in this booklet is designed to assist correctional officers in formulating and implementing policies related to the religiously mandated practices of Muslims.
A Healthcare Professional’s Guide to Islamic Religious Practices
The information in this booklet is designed to assist healthcare providers in developing policies and procedures aimed at the delivery of culturally competent patient care. It can also serve as a guide for the accommodation of religiously mandated practices of Muslim patients.
RAIR Foundation USA
Amy “Mek” Mekelburg is the founder and editor-in-chief of Rise Align Ignite Reclaim (RAIR), a hate organization and website that regularly publishes anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim conspiracy theories.
Betar US
Betar US includes doxxing, “vigilante-type action,” and extreme rhetoric in its toolbox.
2025 Civil Rights Report: Unconstitutional Crackdowns
CAIR received 8,658 complaints nationwide in 2024, marking the highest number of complaints CAIR has ever recorded in its organizational history.
Stanford University
Total Points: 37%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Indiana University (IU)
Total Points: 27%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Harvard University
Total Points: 12%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Columbia University
Total Points: 2%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
Total Points: 22%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
New York University (NYU)
Total Points: 37%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Northwestern University
Total Points: 17%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Pomona College
Total Points: 37%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Michigan (U-Mich)
Total Points: 7%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Georgia (UGA)
Total Points: 32%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Chicago (UChicago)
Total Points: 10%
Ratings: ‘Hostile Campus’
Swarthmore College
Total Points: 27%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Emory University
Total Points: 20%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Total Points: 25%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)
Total Points: 12%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
George Washington University (GWU)
Total Points: 22%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Portland State University
Total Points: 15%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
Employer’s Guide to Islamic Religious Practices
Demographers say that Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in the United States and around the world. American Muslims are now found in all sectors of society. This growing Muslim population adds a new dimension to be considered by employers when dealing with issues of multiculturalism and diversity.
‘Hostile’: How Universities Target Anti-Genocide Protesters While Enabling Anti-Palestinian Racism and Islamophobia
The Council on American-Islamic Relations is releasing a new analysis on the disturbing role of universities in targeting students protesting against the Israeli government’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
2024 Civil Rights Report: Fatal: The Resurgence of Anti-Muslim Hate
CAIR received 8,061 complaints nationwide in 2023, marking the highest number of complaints CAIR has ever recorded in its 30-year history. Nearly half of all complaints received in 2023 were reported in the final three months of the year.
Gaza: The Resurgence of Islamophobia in 2023
Read CAIR’s new preliminary paper on the state of Islamophobia leading up to and during the ongoing attacks by the far-right Israeli government against Palestinians in Gaza, which many legal and human rights experts have indicated may constitute the crime of genocide.
Defining Islamophobia
CAIR is reissuing our definition of Islamophobia here as we continue to urge employers, schools, media, government entities, and others to identify and address Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism wherever it may appear.
Employee Guidance: Speaking with Human Resources
What do I do if human resources wants to speak with me about my Palestine social media content? See our new guidance here.
Know Your Rights: Encounters with Law Enforcement
CAIR is releasing Know Your Rights guidance for individuals approached by law enforcement.
Guidance to U.S. Employees in Response to Islamophobic and Anti-Palestinian Rhetoric in the Workplace
See CAIR’s new guidance for employees responding to Islamophobic and/or anti-Palestinian rhetoric at work.
Letter to U.S. Employers in Response to Islamophobic and Anti-Palestinian Rhetoric in the Workplace
Read our letter urging U.S. employers to respond to Islamophobic and anti-Palestinian rhetoric in the workplace.
U.S. Corporate Leaders Promote Anti-Arab, Islamophobic Bias
CAIR publishes list of corporate leaders who have promoted a one-sided narrative that neglects Palestinian civilians in Gaza and releases recommendations for employers.
Guidance for Students Speaking Out Against Islamophobia and for Palestinian Rights
CAIR is issuing new guidance here to students and advocates seeking to speak and advocate effectively and safely in support of Palestinian human rights.
CAIR’s Guide to Bullying and Bias in Schools
It is no secret that bullying affects Muslim youth in schools. Read our guide to learn more about bullying prevention strategies for youth and their families.
2023: Twenty Years Too Many: A Call to Unwind The FBI’s Secret Watchlist
CAIR has studied more than 1.5 million entries on a 2019 version of the FBI’s list. One scroll through it reveals a list almost completely comprised of Muslim names.
An Educator’s Guide to Islamic Religious Practices
The information contained in this booklet is designed to assist teachers, principals, administrators and other educators in formulating and implementing policies and programs that will help to create a supportive academic environment.
ACT For America
ACT for America is one of the largest anti-Muslim hate group in the U.S. ACT advances harmful conspiracy theories about Muslim Americans, supports anti-Muslim politicians, and advocates for anti-Muslim policies.
Adelson Family Foundation
The Adelson Family Foundation is among the largest private donors to anti-Muslim groups, warding $5.85 million to anti-Muslim groups between 2014 and 2016, and then giving nearly $4 million to these groups between 2017-2019.
American Center for Law and Justice
The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) is an anti-Muslim, constitutional law firm established by televangelist Pat Robertson and Jay Sekulow. This organization is known for disseminating anti-Muslim propaganda.
American Constitutional Rights Union
The American Constitutional Rights Union (ACRU) is a legal organization that has advanced anti-Muslim statements, briefs, and lawsuits.
American Freedom Defense Initiative
The American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) is an Islamophobic hate group led by Pamela Geller. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) identifies the organization as an anti-Muslim hate group. At one time, SPLC considered Geller “the anti-Muslim movement’s most visible and flamboyant figurehead.”
American Freedom Law Center
The American Freedom Law Center, Inc. (AFLC) is an anti-Muslim law firm co-founded and co-led by David Yerushalmi and Robert Muise. The center often acts as the Islamophobia Network’s legal counsel and has represented Frank Gaffney’s Center for Security Policy and Pamela Geller’s American Freedom Defense Initiative.
American Islamic Forum for Democracy
American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) is an anti-Muslim lobby group founded by Zhudi Jasser. Under Jasser’s leadership, AIFD has allied itself with institutions and legislative efforts that attempt to limit Muslims’ access to enumerated freedoms in the Bill of Rights.
Americans for Peace and Tolerance
Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT) is a Boston-based lobby group founded by Charles Jacobs that proliferates misinformation and conspiracy theories about Islam and Muslim-Americans. It is dedicated to undermining mainstream Muslim institutions and promoting Islamophobia within the media.
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter, a conservative media personality, has gained notoriety for her unabashed Islamophobia. Her influence extends to the social media platforms, where she boasts over 2 million followers on X (formerly known as Twitter).
Bare Naked Islam
Bare Naked Islam is an anti-Muslim Internet blog and online community that portrays Islam as “a totalitarian political cult-like ideology.” Bannered with the line “It isn’t Islamophobia / When they really are trying to kill you,” the blog Bare Naked Islam is run by New York-based ‘Bonni’ Benstock-Intall.
Center for Security Policy
The Center for Security Policy is a key anti-Muslim lobbying and propaganda group founded by Frank Gaffney. CSP seeks to advance anti-Muslim sentiment in both policy and society and predicates Islam as an existential threat to America.
Citizens for National Security
Citizens for National Security (CFNS) is a Florida-based lobby and research group that advances stringent anti-Muslim conspiracy theories and lies.
Clare Lopez
Clare Lopez is an anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist. The Bridge Initiative at Georgetown University asserts that Lopez “promotes falsified claims about Muslims in America, particularly the notion of a Muslim Brotherhood infiltration under President Obama.”
Clarion Project
The Clarion Project is a non-profit organization founded by Rapheal Shore that creates, funds, and disseminates anti-Muslim propaganda to influence American politics. Formerly known as the Clarion Fund, the organization purports that its films have been seen by 125 million people globally.
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting
The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting (CAMERA) is an organization recognized for promoting anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian narratives.
Concerned Women for America
Concerned Women for America (CWA) is a public policy women’s group that has engaged in anti-Islam legislative efforts in at least Florida and North Carolina. This group hosts anti-Islam speakers at their events.
Daniel Pipes
Daniel Pipes is the founder and president of Middle East Forum, an anti-Muslim think tank. Pipes is a longtime advocate of racial and ethnic profiling of the Muslim community.
David Horowitz Freedom Center
The David Horowitz Freedom Center (DHFC) is a far-right anti-Muslim think tank that is notorious for “giving anti-Muslim voices and radical ideologies a platform to project hate and misinformation.” Founded in 1988 by David Horowitz, the Freedom Center has amassed substantial financial backing, receiving nearly $36 million in funding between 2017 and 2021.
David Yerushalmi
David Yerushalmi is an attorney who the Southern Poverty Law Center has described as a “key figure in the U.S. anti-Muslim hate movement” and an “anti-Muslim ideologue.” Georgetown University’s Bridge Initiative described Yerushalmi as “an advocate for the criminalization of adherence to sharia and Islam.”
Eagle Forum
Eagle Forum is a lobby group founded by Phyllis Schlafly whose representatives have been involved in anti-Muslim legislative efforts in several states, and spreading anti-Muslim sentiments through its advocacy efforts.
Florida Family Association
Florida Family Association (FFA) is an anti-Muslim hate group that employs email pressure campaigns in an effort to promote anti-Muslim conspiracy theories and compel businesses to adhere to anti-Islam viewpoints.
Frank Gaffney
Frank Gaffney is the founder of the anti-Muslim think tank Center for Security Policy Studies (CSP), which seeks to advance anti-Muslim sentiment in both policy and society and alleges that Islam is an existential threat to America.
Jihad Watch
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Jihad Watch is a far-right anti-Muslim conspiracy theory blog that has been identified as a prominent node in the “Islamophobia Industry” in the United States.
John Bennett
John Bennett is an anti-Muslim public official that has previously served as chair of the Oklahoma Republican Party and as a member of Oklahoma House of Representatives.
Jonathan Matusitz
Jonathan Matusitz is a tenured professor at the University of Central Florida who has leveraged his academic credentials to espouse anti-Muslim propaganda and has ties with ACT for America, an anti-Muslim hate group.
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann is an anti-Muslim political figure who previously served as a former U.S Representative.
Oak Initiative
The Oak Initiative is a religious national organization that creates and advances bigoted anti-Muslim views.
Straight Way of Grace Ministry
Straight Way of Grace Ministry is an anti-Muslim organization founded by Usama K. Dakdok that demonizes and vilifies Islamic practices and beliefs, and spreads lies about Muslims in America.
Middle East Media Research Institute
The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) is a sensationalist and Islamophobic media monitor, playing a significant role in the U.S. Islamophobia Network.
2023 Civil Rights Report: Progress in the Shadow of Prejudice
In 2022, CAIR received a total of 5,156 complaints nationwide. This is a 23 percent decrease in total complaints since the 6,720 complaints CAIR received in 2021.
Moorthy Muthuswamy
Moorthy Muthuswamy is an Indian-American anti-Muslim extremist who has promoted Islamophobic rhetoric and policies of the BJP and the RSS, two far-right political organizations in India. In 2009, Muthuswamy published a book titled Defeating Political Islam: The New Cold War. Muthuswamy portrays Islam has a force of conquests in his arguments. He argues that Islam is “less of a […]
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) defines itself as “a bipartisan American organization that advocates for a strong U.S.-Israel relationship.” Throughout the decades since its establishment, AIPAC has targeted Muslim populations. AIPAC holds ties to Islamophobic groups and individuals. AIPAC has falsely accused American Muslim public figures of supporting or engaging in terrorist activities […]
StopAntisemitism.org
Anti-Muslim and Anti-Palestinian Activity StopAntisemitism.org is an Islamophobic, anti-Palestinian website founded by right-wing extremist Liora Rez. Although the website claims to focus on antisemitism, Rez primarily uses the platform to falsely smear critics of the Israeli government as “antisemites.” In particular, Rez obsessively attacks human rights activists, Muslim leaders, and people of color, particularly African-Americans. Rez has also referred to […]
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
The ADL has a history of aggressively intimidating Arabs, Muslims, and others who speak out in favor of Palestinian human rights.
The Investigative Project on Terrorism
What is the Investigative Project on Terrorism? According to its website, the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) “is a non-profit research group” founded by Steven Emerson in 1995. In reality, the Investigative Project on Terrorism is a hate group that curates and proliferates anti-Muslim propaganda and prejudiced content. Anti-Muslim Activity Steven Emerson is the founder […]
2021: Remembrance and Resilience: American Muslims Twenty Years After 9/11
2021 Civil Rights Report: Resilience in the Face of Hate
Executive Summary CAIR has been at the forefront of defending the civil rights and civil liberties of American Muslims while pursuing justice for all. As part of our mission, CAIR provides free legal services to individuals who have been a victims of anti-Muslim discrimination or bigotry. We have offices in 25 states to help clients […]
2021: American Muslims Breaking Barriers Running for Office in 2020
Our Team
Research and Advocacy Director Corey Saylor. He is an expert on political communications, media relations, and anti-Islam prejudice in the United States with over two decades of experience. Media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Washington Post have sought his opinions. Saylor has run numerous campaigns combatting the Muslim Ban, anti-Islam […]
2021: CAIR’s 2021 Mid-Year Snapshot Summary Report of Anti-Muslim Bias Incidents
Executive Summary
Bigotry and Brutality in Foreign Police Training
Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE) is a privately controlled and funded police training program housed at Georgia State University that has been under scrutiny by civil and human rights activists for over a decade. At the heart of the advocates’ concerns is the fact that GILEE conducts police trainings with authoritarian governments notorious for […]
Bullying and Bias: Addressing Islamophobia in Schools
In the current political environment, anti-Muslim bigotry and Islamophobia have become pervasive features of American public life. Whether in formal politics or national media, it is common to see and hear negative stereotypes and fear-mongering messaging about Muslims and their place in society. Fortunately, there are a number of efforts underway across the country to […]
The Rise of American Muslim Changemakers
(Updated July, 2019) Key Findings More Mobilization, Less Persuasion Campaigns that focused on providing political access for traditionally marginalized populations resulted in a significant rise in voter turnout. This newly activated political base translated into direct political support in the form of votes, finance, or in-kind contributions. Uphill Battle Most political candidates were grassroots oriented, […]
American Freedom Alliance
Type of Organization: Politics, Grassroots, Education The American Freedom Alliance (AFA) is a non-profit organization which, according to its mission statement, “promotes, defends, and upholds Western values and ideals” through sponsored conferences, publications, and networking groups. the AFA acts as a grassroots organizer, hosting conferences and forming coalitions amongst like-minded entities and individuals. Its conferences […]
Gatestone Institute
Type of Organization: Media, Politics According to its website, the Gatestone Institute claims to be “a non-partisan, not-for-profit international policy council and think tank, dedicated to educating the public about what the mainstream media fails to report in promoting human rights, institutions of democracy and the rule of law, etc.” Gatestone’s founder, Nina Rosenwald, is […]
2019 Islamophobia Report: Hijacked by Hate
Executive Summary Anti-Muslim bigotry is a common and widespread feature of our country’s mainstream cultural and political landscape. However, it is important to remember that Islamophobic attitudes and policies are propagated by special interest groups with deep sources of funding. This decentralized group of actors is known as the Islamophobia Network, a close-knit family of […]
2018: FBI Abuses Top Anti-Muslim Incidents in the First Quarter of 2018
CAIR’s 2018 first quarter report indicates that FBI-related anti-Muslim incidents were the most frequent type of anti-Muslim incident in the first quarter of 2018. Government agency-instigated incidents constituted 31 percent of all bias incidents from January to March. These numbers continue the disturbing trend witnessed last year of government agencies being responsible for at least […]
2018 Civil Rights Report: Targeted
Executive Summary We have witnessed an increase in the onslaught of institutional and individual prejudice against American Muslims in 2017. This report presents the data on, impact of, and legal pushback against anti-Muslim bias in the United States. Within weeks of his January inauguration, President Trump ordered the first version of the unconstitutional Muslim Ban. […]
2017: Anti-Muslim Bias Incidents in the Third Quarter of 2017
In its third quarter data update on anti-Muslim bias incidents in 2017, the Council on American-Islamic Relations has documented that the overall number of anti-Muslim bias incidents is down as compared to the second quarter. However, bias incidents as a whole have risen 9 percent in the first three quarters of 2017 as compared to […]
Our Mission and Vision
CAIR’s mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, protect civil rights, promote justice, and empower American Muslims. Our vision looks toward the time when Muslims in America are granted equal access to social opportunities and equal protection under the law. Unhindered by Islamophobia, Muslims are afforded equal opportunities to pursue their dreams and potential. […]
2017 on Track to Becoming One of the Worst Years Ever for Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes
In its data update on anti-Muslim bias incidents for the second quarter of 2017, the Council on American-Islamic Relations has documented that the number of hate crimes in the first half of 2017 has spiked 91 percent as compared to the same time period in 2016. From January through June of 2016, CAIR recorded 70 […]
Profile: FBI Director Nominee Christopher A. Wray
In May, following President Trump’s dismissal of former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey, over a dozen candidates under consideration for the vacant position had been mentioned by current and former government and intelligence officials. CAIR profiled those candidates’ positions on the interconnected issues of refugee resettlement, domestic spying, torture of prisoners, rendition, federal watch-lists, […]
2017: The Hate that ACT for America Wrought
ACT for America has a prejudice problem. Founder Brigitte Gabriel believes that, “America is at stage two Islamic Cancer.” She also argues that “every practicing Muslim is a radical Muslim,” a Muslim “cannot be a loyal citizen of the United States,” and that Arabs “have no soul.” On June 10, 2017, at a series of […]
Islamophobia 101
What Is It? In short, Islamophobia is anti–Muslim racism. At length, Islamophobia is a fear, hatred, or prejudice toward Islam and Muslims that results in a pattern of discrimination and oppression. Islamophobia creates a distorted understanding of Islam and Muslims by transforming the global and historical faith tradition of Islam, along with the rich history […]
2017: Facts on FBI Director Candidates
Following President Trump’s dismissal of former FBI Director James Comey, over a dozen candidates under consideration for the vacant position have been mentioned by current and former government and intelligence officials. Many of these candidates are highly regarded civil servants who have dedicated their careers to protecting the nation and promoting equality. However, some of […]
Anti-Muslim Bias Incidents 2017 Quarter One Update
Just prior to President Trump’s first official travel to a Muslim-majority country, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) released an update of anti-Muslim bias incidents reported to the organization in the first quarter of 2017. In more than 50 percent of incidents, federal government agencies were identified as the instigator. The civil rights data quarter […]
2017 Civil Rights Report: The Empowerment of Hate
The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Civil Rights Report 2017: The Empowerment of Hate assembles a wealth of data to offer a larger and more comprehensive reflection of the civil rights implications of Islamophobic bias in the United States. Key Findings In 2016, CAIR recorded a 57 percent increase in anti-Muslim bias incidents over 2015. This […]
2017: Borderline Constitutional Disorder
“…look to the Muslim woman as an indicating factor. By the way she wears her hijab. If the hijab is a solid color it indicates religiosity. If it’s a patterned scarf, with colors, it’s more likely that she is less religious.” – Testimony of a Customs and Border Protection official in a 2013 lawsuit as […]
2017: The Evolving Muslim Ban
Five months after President Donald Trump announced his bid for presidency in 2015, he provided the first clue to his planned offensive against an entire religious community. In a November interview with Fox News from his gilded tower in New York City, Trump announced he would have “absolutely no choice” except to shut down mosques […]
2017: The Islamophobia Network’s Surrogates
The U.S. Islamophobia Network’s ninja-like efforts to promote its astroturf Muslim pawns. On December 29, 2016, the Clarion Project, part of a network of U.S. organizations committed to poisoning America’s understanding of Islam and excluding Muslims from public life, issued a petition asking its supporters to urge President-elect Trump to meet with the Muslim Reform […]
2016: Islamophobia and the Trump Team
A number of individuals serving in the Trump Administration have a history of problematic and misleading statements about Islam and Muslims. Many of them are also connected with virulent Islamophobic groups, indicating the influence these organizations exert in the new administration. Presented here is a record of these individuals, their background, and examples of their […]
Islamophobia in Politics: A 2016 Review
When politicians exacerbate and perpetuate toxic anti-Muslim and anti-Islam prejudice, it can lead to spikes in incidents of Islamophobia. This brief on the presence of Islamophobia in politics aims to provide a snapshot of 2016, and is not meant to be a complete record of Islamophobic statements. (This does not cover the statements of 2016 […]
2013 Islamophobia Report: Legislating Fear
Key Findings Finding 1: Subject matter experts perceive a small, but highly welcome, decline in Islamophobia in America during the period covered by this report. In 2012, CAIR rates Islamophobia as a 5.9 on a scale of one to 10, with one representing an America free of Islamophobia and 10 being the worst possible situation […]
Shoebat Foundation
The Shoebat Foundation is an organization linked to fake former terrorist Walid Shoebat. While Shoebat’s website announces the latest news from the Foundation, CAIR researchers can find no evidence that the group has ever filed paperwork with the IRS. Further muddying the waters of transparency, is a banner on Shoebat.com announcing a “New Shoebat Foundation […]
Center for the Study of Political Islam
The Center for the Study of Political Islam is a think tank founded by Bill French, who also goes by the alias Bill Warner. The think tank’s mission is “to educate the world about political Islam, its founder Mohammed, his political doctrine and his god, Allah.” French has said, “Let me be clear: I do […]
2015: Not in Isolation: Anti-Islam Incidents in Texas
Ahmed Mohamed, a ninth grader in Irving, Texas, brought a homemade clock to school. While such a productive use of time normally gets a student praised, Ahmed was placed in handcuffs after police were summoned. This is not the first incident where Texans who follow Islam felt were singled out. Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne […]
Toxic Hate: American Muslim Experiences of Violent Backlash Since August 2014
After Daesh (ISIS) murdered two Americans in late August 2014, Americans of all backgrounds, Muslims included, responded with rejection and revulsion. Despite abundant evidence that Daesh was also slaughtering Muslims, the vast majoirty of whom reject Daesh’s ideology, some in our country blamed all followers of Islam for the group’s actions. When the Kouachi brothers […]
F.M. Kirby Foundation
The F.M. Kirby Foundation was established in 1931 by one of the founders of the F.W. Woolworth Company. The foundation has made routine payments to an inner core Islamophobic organization. Grants tend to be awarded based on an already established relationship between the grantee and a member of the Kirby family. According to the foundation’s […]
Randolph Foundation
The New York-based Randolph Foundation was originally a trust of the Smith Richardson Foundation but became its own distinct entity around 1993. The foundation has granted money to a number of organizations in the inner core of the U.S. Islamophobia Network. Between 2011 and 2013, the foundation provided $140,000 in funds to groups dedicated to […]
Allegheny Foundation
The Allegheny Foundation is one of a group of three grantors known collectively as the Scaife Foundations. The Foundation “concentrates its giving in the Western Pennsylvania area and confines most of its grant awards to programs for historic preservation, civic development and education.” Over a five-year period, $600,000 was gifted to the David Horowitz Freedom […]
Newton and Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust
Type: Private Family Foundation Established by the late entrepreneur Newton Becker in 2006, the California-based Newton and Rochelle Becker Charitable Trust is a private, tax-exempt charitable foundation possessing millions in revenue. The Trust’s grantmaking focuses exclusively on Jewish organizations including the Zionist Organization of America and Birthright Israel. Between 2014 and 2016, the Trust poured […]
Stephen Harold Schimmel Foundation
Type: Private Family Foundation The Stephen Harold Schimmel Foundation is a California-based, private, tax-exempt entity founded in 1995. According to its tax filings, the president, secretary, and treasurer of the Foundation is Rosalba Schimmel, the wife of millionaire Stephen Harold Schimmel. There is little other publicly available information about the Schimmels’ or the Foundation. Between […]
Islamophobia in the 2016 Presidential Election
As of September 28, 2016, the threshold for inclusion on this list is participation in a debate hosted by the Commission on Presidential Debates. This page is intended to provide readers with insights into the presidential candidates’ views on Islam, anti-constitutional policy proposals and connections with the U.S. Islamophobia network.
Family Security Matters
Family Security Matters is a conservative news source sponsored by Frank Gaffney’s Center for Security Policy. The site regularly carries Islamophobic articles. In “The Fraudulent Frankenstein of Islam” Edward Cline asserts, “[Islam] is a totalitarian horror patched together by successive generations of cackling, malevolent mystics and haters of life stretching back twelve centuries.” Contributing Editor […]
Pat Robertson
Robertson is a commentator for Christian Broadcasting Network and the co-founder of American Center for Law and Justice. He is a media executive and Baptist minister known for being a key face of Christian conservative politics. Robertson compared Islam to Nazism on at least two separate occasions, in 2011 and 2013. In 2013, he said […]
Heavenly Father’s Foundation
Type: Private Family Foundation The Heavenly Father’s Foundation was founded in 2011 by Dan Wilks and his wife, Staci. Wilks is a Texan billionaire who made his fortune with his brother Farris from the fracking boom in the early 2000s. Both brothers, with their wives, operate independent foundations that avidly and primarily fund right-wing politicians […]
Mirowski Family Foundation
Type: Private Family Foundation The Mirowski Family Foundation is a private tax-exempt family foundation established in 1997. The Foundation has no public presence and does not provide any mission statement on its financial documents. Over the years it has funded an array of causes, including health and various Jewish and pro-Israel groups. Recipients include Oxfam, […]
Sarah Scaife Foundation
The Sarah Scaife Foundation’s “grant program is primarily directed toward public policy programs that address major domestic and international issues.” In early 2017, the Foundation had a reported “$708 million in assets.” The David Horowitz Freedom Center, whose president believes Islam “is a sick death cult,” was granted $1.2 million over a six-year period. Cliff […]
Islamophobia in the 2014 Elections
The most significant anti-Islam action of the 2014 midterm election, Alabama’s Amendment 1, was approved by voters. Alabama is the eighth state to approve a law intended to vilify Islam. The measure was inspired by Islamophobe David Yerushalmi’s American Laws for American Courts legislation, which stigmatizes Muslims as a group from which the US needs […]
American Islamic Leadership Coalition
As of October 2017, AILC remains on the AIFD website, though Jasser seems to have moved on to his new credibility vehicle, the Muslim Reform Movement. Formed in 2010, the American Islamic Leadership Coalition appears to exist only as a credibility vehicle for Zuhdi Jasser and his American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD). The coalition’s […]
Phyllis Schlafly
Phyliss Schlafly is the founder and president of The Eagle Forum, and worries about Muslim immigrants “bringing in a bunch of wives who will now go on our welfare”. She has a history of making bigoted comments. On Schlafly’s October 15th, 2014 Eagle Forum Live radio program, Islamophobe David Horowitz said of Ferguson, Mo. protesters […]
American Public Policy Alliance
The American Public Policy Alliance is an advocacy organization whose work has focused primarily on pushing for legislation which demonizes Islam. Specifically, APPA is responsible for David Yerushalmi’s “American Laws for American Courts” template of anti-Islam legislation which has been considered by legislators across the nation. On its website, APPA identifies “foreign laws and foreign […]
Tom Trento
“Dear Muslims of the Levant, We Americans know you enjoy your oil-drenched lives of crass debauchery and fake religiosity.” This is a quote reportedly straight from notorious anti-Muslim figure Tom Trento. Thomas Anthony Trento, better known as Tom Trento, is an American conservative figurehead who has a deep-rooted professional history in anti-Muslim and Islamophobic rhetoric. He is the founder […]
Bill Maher
Bill Maher is a commentator and comedian who hosts the political satire talk show Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO. Maher stirred controversy on his October 3rd, 2014 broadcast when he claimed that “liberal” ideologies – like freedom of speech, freedom of religion, marriage equality, and gender equity – were incompatible with Islam. Maher […]
Steven Emerson
Steven Emerson is the founder and executive director of the Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT), a hate group that curates and proliferates anti-Muslim propaganda and prejudiced content.
Shalom Lewis
Rabbi Shalom Lewis is a cleric at the Congregation Etz Chaim synagogue in Marietta, Georgia. Etz Chaim’s website states Lewis “generates a caring warmth”, but his hateful speech about Islam is alarming and barbaric. In October 2014, Lewis sermonized that Muslims “are here” and a “holy crusade” to “exterminate [Islam] utterly and absolutely” is required. […]
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a former Dutch politician and a current anti-Islam figure residing in the United States. She founded the Ayaan Hirsi Ali Foundation in 2007. According to the AHA Foundation’s website, the organization fights “the continued oppression of women and girls in the US committed in the name of religion and culture”. CAIR […]
Allen West
Allen West is a former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida. In 2015, he left his position at Pajamas Media after an altercation with a female staffer during which West “called her a ‘Jewish American princess’ while telling her to ‘shut up.’” Shortly after, West authored a blog post in which […]
2013 Anti-Islam Legislation
(This is a supplement to the “Anti-Islam Legislation” section of CAIR’s “Legislating Fear: Islamophobia and its Impact in the United States 2011-2012” September 2014. Full citations are available in the report’s pdf.) In 2013, 36 bills or amendments designed to vilify Islamic religious practices were introduced in the legislatures of 16 states. Party of the […]
Wafa Sultan
Wafa Sultan is a board member of Former Muslims United. She is on record stating, “Believe me, personally, I don`t believe Islam really can be reformed unless we recreate a totally new belief system and keep the name.” She later added, “I don`t see any difference between radical Islam and regular Islam…You cannot be American […]
Peter King
Peter King is a former U.S. House representative from New York who has a history of promoting Islamophobic and anti-Muslim narratives. During his tenure, King utilized his position of power in Congress in a manner that discriminated against and adversely affected the American Muslim community – most infamously his congressional hearings on Muslim ‘radicalization.’
Dave Agema
Introduction Dave Agema is a former Michigan state representative who served as majority caucus chair as a Republican party member. Agema was elected as the national committeeman from Michigan to the Republican National Committee (RNC) in May 2012. In early 2015, the RNC’s executive committee censured Agema and asked Michigan Republicans “to investigate a means […]
Glenn Beck
Beck is a nationally recognized conservative political commentator. He is currently the host of The Glenn Beck Program on The Blaze. In 2013, Beck implied that Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-Minn.) failed run for President was under investigation because, “We have been sold to radical Islam.” Bachmann had previously led a campaign falsely alleging that many […]
Brian Kilmeade
Brian Kilmeade is a commentator on Fox News Channel. In September 2013, Kilmeade attempted to link the phrase Allahu Akbar, which means ”God is Great,” to terrorism. After showing Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) video of a rocket attack on a Syrian city, Kilmeade said he had “a problem with helping those people screaming that after […]
Mike Huckabee
Huckabee was governor of Arkansas 1996-2007 and a 2008 Republican Presidential candidate during the primary election. As a Fox News host, Huckabee falsely claimed that Muslims believe “Jesus Christ and all the people who follow him are a bunch of infidels who should be essentially obliterated.” Huckabee also referred to Islam as the “antithesis of […]
Lauren Green
In a July 2013 interview for Fox News’ website with author Reza Aslan, Green asked, “I want to be clear you’re a Muslim. So why did you write a book about the founder of Christianity?” Aslan then listed off his academic credentials on the subject. Green, apparently unable to reconcile a Muslim writing about Jesus […]
Steven Crowder
Crowder is a Fox News commentator. In 2012, Media Matters for America collected a number of examples of factually questionable assertions about Muslims made on Fox News. Included on the list was a quote by Crowder from June 2012, alleging that a “high percentage” of Muslims “hate Jews and Christians.” According to Crowder, “the real […]
Roger Ailes
Roger Ailes is the president and CEO of FOX News Channel. In May 2011, Rolling Stone reported that Ailes may have a personal “paranoia” in regards to Muslims:”Once, after observing a dark-skinned man in what Ailes perceived to be Muslim garb, he put Fox News on lockdown. “What the hell!” Ailes shouted. “This guy could […]
Bryan Fischer
Bryan Fischer is the Director of Issue Analysis at the American Family Association (AFA). In blog posts, Fischer has called for an end to Muslim recruiting by the military, an end to immigration by Muslims, and notoriously claimed that Native American’s live in poverty because they have not accepted Christianity. In addition to his work […]
Timothy Wildmon
Timothy Wildmon is the president of the American Family Association. Wildmon is quoted as saying, “[Islam] is, in fact, a religion of war, violence, intolerance, and physical persecution of non-Muslims.’ He also falsely alleges, “One of the most striking differences is that Christianity teaches, practices, and encourages charity. Islam does not.”
Kamal Saleem
Kamal Saleem is a board membeer of Former Muslims United. On February 19, 2008, the Village Voice reported, “Kamal Saleem, whose real name is Khodor Shami, worked for Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network for sixteen years, and was hired by Focus on the Family in 2003. In 2006, he launched Koome Ministries, whose mission is […]
Nonie Darwish
Nonie Darwish is the founder of Former Muslims United. She is a self-styled “former Moslem,” has written that “Islam is cruel, anti-women, anti-religious freedom and anti-personal freedom in general.” After the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings, Darwish wrote, “The existence of nice, educated Muslims should also never blind us from seeing the deep problems within the […]
Ryan Mauro
Ryan Mauro is a former member of the Clarion Project and an anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist. He was a writer for FrontPage Magazine, a conservative blog operated by the David Horowitz Freedom Center that frequently attacks Muslims.
Robert Shore
Robert “Raphael” Shore is a member of the Clarion Project’s board of directors. He has been an executive producer on a number of Islamophobic documentaries, including Obsession: Radical Islam’s Attack on the West. Shore’s more recent film Honor Diaries is co-produced by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, whose anti-Constitution and anti-Islam rhetoric is documented on this site.
Zuhdi Jasser
Zuhdi Jasser is a public commentator who has promoted his identities as a medical professional and a Muslim to advance anti-Muslim sentiment and policies, including increased surveillance of American Muslims.
Nina Cunningham
Cunningham is the founder and CEO of Quidlibet Research a legal consulting firm. She also serves on the boards of many anti-Islam organizations, including the Center for Security Policy, the David Horowitz Freedom Center, and also the Clarion Project (formerly, the Clarion Fund).
Stephen Coughlin
Stephen Coughlin is a fellow at the Center for Security Policy. In “Manufacturing the Muslim Menace” researchers detail Coughlin’s belief that Islam “obligates Muslims to use violence in the name of spreading or defending the faith.”
Walid Shoebat
Walid Shoebat is the founder of the Forum for Middle East Understanding and the Shoebat Foundation. In 2011, CNN researchers “found no evidence” to support Shoebat’s trademark claim of being a “former PLO terrorist.” In separate video interviews, Shoebat’s contradicts himself regarding major details of his unsubstantiated claim that he attacked a bank in Bethlehem. […]
Mano Bakh
Mano Bakh is part of Concerned American Citizens. On November 15, 2010, the Press-Enterprise published a portrait of Bakh noting that he was forced to flee Iran shortly after that country’s 1979 revolution. Bakh asserts he was subject to human rights abuses prior to his flight. According to the article’s author, Bakh believes “an expansionist […]
Babu Suseelani
Babu Suseelani is a member of the Stop Islamization of Nations (SION). His words: In 2012 Suseelan told an audience “If we do not kill the bacteria, the bacteria will kill us. Muslims will breed like rats and they will be a majority.” He then added, “Islam can be stopped! And it can be wiped […]
Ali Sina
Ali Sina is a board member of Stop Islamization of Nations and the founder of faithfreedom.org where he publishes numerous anti-Islam papers and blog posts. When asked why he fights Islam he replied, “When I read the Quran and felt blood dripping from every verse of it, when I saw that Islam reduces humans into […]
Ashraf Rameleh
Ashraf Rameleh is a board member of the Stop Islamization of Nations (SION) and a contributing editor to Family Security Matters, a conservative news source sponsored by Center for Security Policy. His words: During his speech at Stop the Islamization of Nations’ 2012 International Freedom of Speech Congress, Ramelah defended Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller […]
Cliff Kincaid
Cliff Kincaid is the editor of Accuracy in Media and a board member of Stop Islamization of Nations. In 2013, the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups in the United States, listed Kincaid among the “30 new activists heading up the radical right.”
Oskar Freysinger
Oskar Freysingeris a member of the board of directors of Stop Islamization of Nations and a Swiss parliamentarian associated with the Swiss People’s Party. He played a leading role in the movement to ban Islamic minarets in Switzerland.
Debbie Robinson
Debbie Robinson is a member of Stop Islamization of Nations and a leader of the Q Society of Australia. The group asserts, “Islam is a totalitarian ideology veiled in religion.”
Kevin Carroll
Carroll is a previous leader of the English Defense League. He left the EDL with Tommy Robinson in 2013. He has ties to Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer and is part of Stop Islamizaiton of Nations.
Anders Gravers
The leader of both Stop the Islamization of Europe and Stop the Islamization of Denmark, Gravers is included here due to his leadership role with Stop the Islamization of Nations.
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
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 […]
Carl Goldberg
Carl Goldberg is a member of the Arizona chapter of ACT for America. He is a self-styled “Islam expert” and is known for his speeches misrepresenting Islam to wide audiences. According to an announcement for an October 2013 ACT event, Goldberg would prove that “Islam is not just a religion but also a totalitarian and […]
Dorrie O’Brien
Dorrie O’Brien is the leader of the Grand Prairie Texas chapter of ACT For America. After attending a lecture by O’Brien, reporter Chelsea Schmid wrote, “What exactly constitutes radical Islam versus regular Islam, however was not mentioned in the presentation, nor was the speaker able to expound upon the idea.” Schmid continued, “When asked by […]
Debbie Anderson
Debbia Anderson is the head of the Minneapolis chapter of ACT for America. During a speech by ACT leader Brigitte Gabriel at the Mankato City Center in Minneapolis, Minn., Anderson handed out a “fact sheet” on Islam that she authored in which she alleged, “Despite Islam’s 1400 year history of Imperialism, land appropriation, genocide, cultural […]
Richard Swier
Richar Sweir is the director of the Sarasota, Fla. chapter of ACT for America. In 2011, Swier called world history textbooks that discuss Islam “anti-American.”
Scott Saunders
Saunders is affiliated with the Virginia Beach VA. chapter of ACT for America. In a September 2013 email opposing a local mosque, Sauders wrote, “My objection has to do with the 6th Amendment and the security of our city, state and nation. Unfortunately, Islam is unlike other recognized religions, i.e., it is not just a […]
Constance Gavras
Constance Gavras is the director of the Illinois chapter of ACT for America. He oopposed a mosque in Illinois because, “A lot of these mosques are directly connected to terrorist organizations.”
Guy Rodgers
Rodgers is the executive director and chief financial officer of ACT For America. He was formerly a former consultant for John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign and former national field director for Ralph Reed’s Christian Coalition. In 2010, Rodgers contended that “Muslims should be treated differently because their legal system is inherently flawed.”
Brigitte Gabriel
Brigitte Gabriel, also known as Hanah Kahwagi Tudor and Brigitte Tudor Brigitte Gabriel is the CEO, President, and Treasurer of ACT for America. She is a Lebanese-Christian who came to the United States after surviving the Lebanese civil war. She has made it her mission to warn that radical Muslims, a term she defines as […]
National Review
The National Review is a prominent neoconservative magazine which features anti-Islam commentary from Islamophobes such as Daniel Pipes, as well as from former Assistant US Attorney Andrew McCarthy, and syndicated columnist Deroy Murdock. In 2005, it was revealed that the publication distributed an Internet advertisement for a virulently Islamophobic book that, according to the magazine, […]
Stop Islamization of Nations
Stop Islamization of Nations was founded in January 2012 as an international derivative of Pamela Geller’s domestic project, Stop Islamization of America, and drawing inspiration from the Denmark based Stop Islamization Europe. Stop Islamization of Nations is part of the inner core of the U.S. Islamophobia network. Two of the group’s key individuals, Tommy Robinson […]
Forum for Middle East Understanding
The Forum for Middle East Understanding claims “to educate the public concerning the issues of the Middle East including culture, religion, politics and Terrorism.” Walid Shoebat is the main face of FFMU. The group’s web site includes headlines such as, “The Muslims Will Invade The Vatican, And Try to Destroy The Roman Catholic Church” and […]
Washington Times
The Washington Times is a conservative newspaper circulated in the DC metro area. The Times has been described as having a “rabidly anti-Arab, anti-Muslim, and pro-Israel” editorial policy. In May 2010, the Washington Times editorial board bizarrely attacked Rima Fakih, who had just been crowned Miss USA. Using unsubstantiated claims promoted by Islamophobe Debbie Schlussel, […]
American Family Association
Type of Organization: Lobbying, Media The American Family Association is a Christian lobbying organization who has stated that their mission is to “inform, equip, and activate individuals to strengthen the moral foundations of American culture, and give aid to the church”. The organization was founded by David Wildmon, a former pastor at the First United […]
Fox News Channel
The Public Religion Research Institute included the following points about the Fox News Channel in a report published in September 2012: “There is a strong correlation between trusting Fox News and negative views of Islam and Muslims. This pattern is evident even among conservative political and religious groups.” “Among all Republicans, nearly two-thirds (63 percent) […]
Russell Berrie Foundation
The Russell Berrie Foundation is a New Jersey-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting “the continuity and enrichment of Jewish communal life,” fostering “the spirit of religious understanding and pluralism,” and to raising “awareness of terrorism.” According to the foundation’s 2012 IRS Form 990, it gave $105,000 to IPTF (Investigative Project on Terrorism Foundation), in at least […]
CAIR’s Guidance for American Muslims
Recommendations to American Muslim Individuals Be an example of the Islamic traditions of patience and reason Muslims should avoid responses that play into the agendas of those seeking to smear our faith. “The best thing I could always suggest to an individual is to act by example. Their example must be one that is calm […]
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
Type: Private Family Foundation The Bradley Foundation is a private, Wisconsin-based tax-exempt family foundation with a stated mission to “protect the principles and institutions of American exceptionalism.” It is one of the chief funders of the right-wing, supporting groups such as the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, the Hudson Institute, and the American Legislative Exchange Council, […]
MZ Foundation
Type: Private Family Foundation The MZ Foundation is a California-based private family foundation founded by real estate magnate Myron Zimmerman in the 1990s with the purpose to fight anti-Semitism and advance pro-Israel advocacy. The Foundation provides financial support to groups including the Zionist Organization of America and the Central Fund of Israel. Since 2012, Zimmerman […]
Middle East Forum
The Middle East Forum (MEF) is an extremist policy organization that has produced and distributed anti-Muslim and anti-Arab policies.
Abstraction Fund
Type: Private Family Foundation The Abstraction Fund is a national, tax-exempt private family foundation run by an heir of the Sears-Roebuck fortune, Nina Rosenwald. Rosenwald builds upon her grandfather Julius Rosenwald’s remarkable legacy of philanthropy — he served as a key bulwark of Booker T. Washington’s Tuskegee Institute, and provided critical assistance to Jewish refugees […]
Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism
Type: Private Family Foundation Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism is a family-controlled charity founded in 1988 by Jay Sekulow, who also co-established the anti-Muslim constitutional law firm the American Center for Law and Justice with televangelist Pat Robertson. CASE has no public website and its board comprises four members of the Sekulow family, namely his sons, […]
Diana Davis Spencer Foundation
Type: Private Family Foundation The Diana Davis Spencer Foundation evolved from the Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation, established in 1962, and the Kathryn W. Davis Foundation, established in 2004. The Foundation has funded mainstream American institutions such as the ACLU, Aspen Institute, Teach for America and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. However, the Foundation’s […]
Eugene and Emily Grant Family Foundation
Type: Private Family Foundation The Eugene and Emily Grant Family Foundation is a private tax-exempt foundation established by the late Eugene Grant, a twentieth century pillar of New York’s real estate investment community. Grant was most known for his long-time holding of St. John’s Terminal, an old freight terminal near Greenwich Village in Manhattan that […]
Understanding the Threat
John Guandolo’ s Understanding the Threat (UTT) is a consultation and training group known for providing anti-Islam instruction for U.S. law enforcement officials. Guandolo believes that America “is at war with Islam,” and that major Muslim organizations and mosques are “preparing for combat.” He claims there is inaction on the part of the U.S. government […]
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