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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

Outside of his anti-Islam activism Yerushalmi is notable for writing, "There is a reason the founding fathers did not give women or black slaves the right to vote." Yerushalmi also says he finds truth in the view that Jews destroy their host nations like a fatal parasite.

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

Gaffney is fast to convict those he does not agree with. He argued that some senators’ decisions to question the wisdom of the war in Iraq should be treating as a “hanging offense.”

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

Spencer has referred to Islam's Prophet Muhammad as a "con man. Someone who is knowing [sic] that what he is saying is false, but is fooling his followers."

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

In an August 2014 Facebook post, Bennett called on Oklahomans to be "wary" of Muslim-Americans and falsely claimed the Quran says non-Muslims "should be killed."

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

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.

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