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YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts)
Fri Jan 16, 2015, 07:14 PM Jan 2015

Fear, Inc. :The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America (2011)

...it all starts with the money flowing from a select group of foundations. A small group of foundations and wealthy donors are the lifeblood of the Islamophobia network in America, providing critical funding to a clutch of right-wing think tanks that peddle hate and fear of Muslims and Islam—in the form of books, reports, websites, blogs, and carefully crafted talking points that anti-Islam grassroots organizations and some right-wing religious groups use as propaganda for their constituency.

Some of these foundations and wealthy donors also provide direct funding to anti-Islam grassroots groups. According to our extensive analysis, here are the top seven contributors to promoting Islamophobia in our country:

Donors Capital Fund
Richard Mellon Scaife foundations
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
Newton D. & Rochelle F. Becker foundations and charitable trust
Russell Berrie Foundation
Anchorage Charitable Fund and William Rosenwald Family Fund
Fairbrook Foundation

Altogether, these seven charitable groups provided $42.6 million to Islamophobia think tanks between 2001 and 2009—funding that supports the scholars and experts that are the subject of our next chapter as well as some of the grassroots groups that are the subject of Chapter 3 of our report.


https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/religion/report/2011/08/26/10165/fear-inc/
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Fear, Inc. :The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America (2011) (Original Post) YoungDemCA Jan 2015 OP
They belong on rightwing watch NoJusticeNoPeace Jan 2015 #1
I was actually considering doing a post about this marym625 Jan 2015 #2

marym625

(17,997 posts)
2. I was actually considering doing a post about this
Fri Jan 16, 2015, 07:48 PM
Jan 2015

A very good friend works at the Interfaith Council. Her boss was attacked by OReilly. Because of his "the prayer for peace is really them praying for the jihad" crap, these people seeking peace are now in danger.

It's rather horrific what these groups do.

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