Alan and Hope Winters Family Foundation Newton D. & Rochelle F. Becker Foundations and Charitable Trust Fairbrook Foundation Russell Berrie Foundation Rosenwald,Middle Road & Abstraction Fund Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation $6,540,000 Scaife Foundations $10,475,000 Donors Capital Fund $27,042,600 American Islamic Forum for Democracy ACT! for America Education Jihad Watch Society of Americans for National Existence Investigative Project on Terrorism CTSERF $5,351,000 Center for Security Policy $7,050,275 David Horowitz Freedom Center $10,848,250 Middle East Forum $12,593,745 Clarion Project $18,508,600 Daniel Pipes David Horowitz David Yerushalmi Frank Gaffney Robert Spencer Steven Emerson Validators Nonie Darwish Tawfik Hamid Walid Phares Walid Shoebat Zuhdi Jasser Activists Ayaan Hirsi Ali Brigitte Gabriel Pamela Geller The grassroots organizations ACT! for America American Family Association Eagle Forum State-based, local, and Tea Party grassroots groups Stop Islamization of America Tennessee Freedom Coalition Political Players Former Rep. Michele Bachmann Former Rep. Paul Broun Gov. Bobby Jindal Rep. Louie Gohmert Rep. Peter King Rep. Renee Elmers Rep. Trent Franks Religious Right Franklin Graham John Hagee Pat Robertson Ralph Reed William G. "Jerry" Boykin Media Bryan Fischer Christian Broadcasting Network Fox News Channel Glenn Beck Mark Levin Mike Savage Rush Limbaugh Sean Hannity The National Review The Washington Times

Top Funders

The eight donors that contributed $57 million to the Islamophobia network between 2001 and 2012.

A small group of foundations and wealthy donors serve as the lifeblood of the Islamophobia network in the United States. They provide critical funding to a clutch of right-wing think tanks and misinformation experts who peddle hate and fear of Muslims and Islam – in the form of books, vides, reports, and websites. And in turn, a dedicated group of anti-Islam grassroots organizations and right-wing religious groups use the materials as propaganda for their constituency.

The Organizations

The main organizations fueling the Islamophobia network

These organizations form an often-interconnected group responsible for spreading fear, bigotry, and hate against American Muslims and Islam. This small network of organizations remains very tight-knit, often disseminating each other's materials and financially supporting one another.

Misinformation Experts

The main players spreading misinformation about Islam & Muslims

There are six individuals who are responsible for orchestrating the majority of misinformation about Islam and Muslims in the United States today. All six 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 and all non-Muslims.

Echo Chamber

The network misleading the public by amplifying fear & misinformation

This tight network consists of anti-Muslim, anti-Islam foundations, misinformation experts, activists, validators, grassroots organizations, religious right groups, and their allies in the media and in politics who profoundly misrepresent Islam and Muslims in the United States.

Validators

To help buttress the extreme views of the Islamophobia misinformation experts, right-wing media enablers and anti-Muslim politicians often turn to a select group of individuals who claim inside knowledge about the realities of radical Islam. Most of these individuals are neither experts nor Muslims, but rather, they are of Middle Eastern descent.

Activists

These are the individuals working alongside the misinformation experts and validators to lead the efforts in spreading hate and misinformation about Islam and Muslims.

The grassroots organizations

These grassroots groups serve as the "muscle" of the Islamophobia network and use sophisticated communications strategies to recruit and engage volunteers. As a result of these organizations' scare-mongering tactics, they enjoy a boost in fundraising, often with the seed funding provided by the main think tanks featured in the Islamophobia network.

Political Players

This select group of elected officials amplify the messages of the misinformation experts in the form of policy recommendations, speeches, or released statements.

Religious Right

The worldviews of this group are shaped by religious fault-lines, and they view tolerance of Islam as incompatible with their own fundamentalist beliefs.

Media

Spreading anti-Muslim hate in the United States depends on a well-developed right-wing media echo chamber to amplify a few marginal voices. The individuals and organizations featured on this site share a symbiotic relationship with a loosely aligned, ideologically-akin group of right-wing blogs, magazines, radio stations, newspapers, and television news shows to spread their anti-Islam messages and myths.

Consequences

The real impact on Americans' civil rights and liberties

The impact and consequences of the fear mongering and policies advocated for by the Islamophobia network.

Consequences

The real impact on Americans' civil rights and liberties

The impact and consequences of the fear mongering and policies advocated for by the Islamophobia network.

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