The U.S. Islamophobia Network: Its Funding and Impact

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Justin Elliott, “Mystery of Who Funded Right-Wing ‘Radical Islam’ Campaign Deepens,” Salon , November 16, 2010, available at: http://www.salon.com/2010/11/16/clarion_fund_obsession_dvds/.
“Global Leaders”, left sidebar, American Freedom Defense Initiative, available at: http://freedomdefense.typepad.com/fdi/.
“Staff,” David Horowitz Freedom Center, available at: http://www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org/staff.
“Home,” Quidlibet Research, Inc., available at: http://www.quidlibet.net/.
“Ashraf Ramelah, Spencer & Geller: Stop Islamization of Nations' International Freedom Congress,” YouTube video, posted by Pamela Geller, September 15, 2012, available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRIgLwCfkdk.
“Helping Peaceful Muslims,” Foster Friess: Encouraging Private Sector Solutions, available at: http://fosterfriess.com/key-issues/helping-peaceful-muslims/.
Ken Vogel and Giovanni Russonello, “The Park 51 Money Trail,” Politico , September 4, 2010, available at: http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/0910/The_Park51_money_trail.html.
Max Blumenthal, “The Great Islamophobic Crusade,” CBS News , December 20, 2010, available at: http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-215_162-7166626.html.
Dan Glaun, “Anti-Islamic Activist Dumps $100K into Tennessee Primary,” Open Secrets (blog), Center for Responsive Politics , July 20, 2012, ⁹available at: http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2012/07/anti-islam-activist-dumps-100-k-int.html.
Alex Isenstadt, “Sharia Law, Super PACs Roil GOP Primary,” Politico , July 29, 2012, available at: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/79102.html.
Justin Elliott, “Mystery of Who Funded Right-Wing ‘Radical Islam’ Campaign Deepens,” Salon , November 16, 2010, available at: http://www.salon.com/2010/11/16/clarion_fund_obsession_dvds/.
Michael O'Brien, “10 Coveted Endorsements for Republicans Running for President,” The Hill , June 25, 2011, available at: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/168393-10-coveted-endorsements-for-republican-presidential-candidates.
Listed as Brigitte Tudor.
David Yerushalmi, “Newt's a Little Too Smart,” The American Spectator , April 27, 2006, available at: http://spectator.org/archives/2006/04/27/newts-a-little-too-smart.
Doug Chandler and Larry Cohler-Esses, “Tables Turn on Arab School Critics,” The New York Jewish Week , August 24, 2007, available at: http://www.thejewishweek.com/features/tables_turn_arab_school_critics_0.
Clark Hoyt, “A Radical Islamophobe?” New York Times , August, 2008, available at: http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/a-radical-islamophobe/?scp=4&sq=%22brigitte%20gabriel%22&st=cse.
Patricia Kilday Hart, “Texas Lawmakers Study Ban on Sharia Law,” The Houston Chronicle , February 9, 2012, available at: http://www.chron.com/news/kilday-hart/article/Texas-lawmakers-study-ban-on-Sharia-law-3220099.php.
Bob Smietana, “Tennessee Bill Would Jail Shariah Followers,” USA Today , February 23, 2011, available at: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-02-23-tennessee-law-shariah_N.htm.
J. Patrick Pepper, “Dearborn Cited in Effort to Pass Anti-Sharia Law in Texas,” Press and Guide , April 12, 2011, available at: http://www.pressandguide.com/articles/2011/04/12/news/doc4da48b506b1a4425738775.txt.
See “Sharia and Diversity: Why Americans are Missing the Point” by Institute for Social Policy Understanding fellow Asifa Quraishi-Landes for a brief but excellent introduction to Sharia.
Daniel Cox, E.J. Dionne, Jr., William A. Galston, and Robert P. Jones, What It Means to Be American: Attitudes in an Increasingly Diverse America Ten Years After 9/11 (Washington: Public Research Institute and Brookings Institute, September 6, 2011), available at: http://www.brookings.edu/∼/media/research/files/reports/2011/9/06-american-attitudes/0906_american_attitudes.pdf.
Ashley Lopez, “CAIR Speaks Out Against ‘Foreign Law’ Bill Up in House Committee Tomorrow,” The Florida Independent , February 21, 2012, available at: http://floridaindependent.com/70311/cair-sharia-foreign-law-religion.
Kenric Ward, “‘Anti-Sharia law’ Bill Passes House Muslims, ACLU Object,” Sunshine State News , February 23, 2012, available at: http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/anti-sharia-law-bill-passes-house-panel-muslims-aclu-object.
Congressional Research Service, Application of Religious Law in U.S. Courts: Selected Legal Issues , by Cynthia Brougher, CRS Report R41824 (Washington: Office of Congressional Information and Publishing, May 18, 2011), available at: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41824.pdf.
Ian Millhiser, “South Dakota Governor Signs Unconstitutional Anti-Muslim Bill,” ThinkProgress , March 13, 2012, available at: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/03/13/443666/south-dakota-governor-signs-unconstitutional-anti-muslim-bill/.
Andrea Elliot, “The Man Behind the Anti-Shariah Movement,” The New York Times , July 30, 2011, available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/us/31shariah.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0.
Sarah Posner, “Sharia Threat Bandwagon Just Keeps Rolling On,” The Guardian , March 16, 2011, available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/mar/16/sharia-threat-bandwagon-king-hearing.
Julian Walker and Kathy Adams, “Critics: Bill to Shun Foreign Law in Courts Is Anti-Muslim,” PilotOnline.com , January 21, 2012, available at: http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/critics-bill-shun-foreign-law-courts-antimuslim.
Kathy Adams, “Bills to Ban Use of Foreign Laws Rile Groups,” PilotOnline.com , February 12, 2012, available at: http://hamptonroads.com/2012/02/bills-ban-use-foreign-laws-rile-groups.
Sean Cockerham, “Palmer Lawmaker's Bill Aimed at Islamic Law Called Divisive,” Anchorage Daily News , March 30, 2011, available at: http://www.adn.com/2011/03/30/1784015/bill-to-stop-sharia-law-called.html.
David Montgomery, “On Sharia Law,” Rapid City Journal , February 5, 2011, available at: http://rapidcityjournal.com/blog/blogmore/on-sharia-law/article_b7d18641-fc3d-5050-a282-700e7c3a854f.html.
Randy Lobasso, “Q&A: Rep. RoseMarie Swanger, Who Introduced the ‘Anti-Sharia’ Bill,” Philadelphia Weekly Blogs , December 22, 2011, available at: http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/phillynow/2011/12/22/qa-rep-rosemarie-swanger-who-introduced-the-%E2%80%98anti-Sharia-law%E2%80%99-bill/.
Rosemarie Swanger, Letter to House Members on American and Pennsylvania Laws for Pennsylvania Courts–Shariah Law, June 14, 2011), available at: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/CSM/2011/0/8559.pdf.
Editorial, “Anti-Sharia Legislation Should End,” The Times Herald , November 28, 2012, available at: http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20121128/OPINION01/311280002/Anti-sharia-legislation-should-end?nclick_check=1.
Susie Jones, “MN Muslims Protest Senate Bill, Claim Discrimination,” WCCO CBS Minnesota , March 5, 2012, available at: http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/03/05/mn-muslims-protest-senate-bill-claim-discrimination/.
Tim Lockette, “Legislation Would Ban Islamic Law in Alabama Courts,” Anniston Star , March 4, 2011, available at: http://www.annistonstar.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Legislation+would+ban+Islamic+law+in+Alabama+courts-%20&id=12157691&instance=recentComments.
Ibid.
Jonathan Oosting, “Again? Texas Legislator Claims Dearborn Home to Creeping Sharia, Authors Bill to ‘Protect’ his State,” MLive.com , April 14, 2011, available at: http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2011/04/this_again_texas_legislator_cl.html.
Laura Leslie, “Legislating Because They Can?” NC Capitol (blog), WRAL , April 21, 2011, available at: http://www.wral.com/news/state/nccapitol/blogpost/9472465/.
Noelle Phillips, “Senate Panel Debates Bill that Would Limit Sharia Law,” The State , April 21, 2011, available at: http://www.thestate.com/2011/04/21/1786846/senate-panel-debates-bill-that.html (site discontinued).
Lee Fang, “While South Carolina Proposes Ban On Sharia Law, Former State AG Says He's Never ‘Encountered’ It,” ThinkProgress , May 12, 2011, available at: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/05/12/165623/south-carolina-sharia-ban-attorney-general/.
Steve Largen, “Legislation Tries to Bar Foreign Influence,” Goupstate.com , February 4, 2011, available at: http://www.goupstate.com/article/20110204/articles/102041009?p=2&tc=pg.
“Wyoming Legislation Targets Islamic, International Law,” Billings Gazette , January 20, 2011, available at: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_abc1a5ff-96dc-5b2e-ab34-f46d4b68f0ec.html.
Jim Galloway, “Two Bills to Ban Sharia Law in Georgia Courts,” Political Insider with Jim Galloway (blog), Atlanta Journal-Constitution , February 8, 2011, available at: http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2011/02/08/a-bill-to-ban-sharia-law-in-georgia-courts/.
Jason Noble, “Missouri Legislators, Wary of Islamic Law, Propose Banning,” Kansas City Star , March 12, 2011, available at: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/03/12/2723887/bills-would-bar-state-courts-from.html (site discontinued).
Andy Marso, “Lawmakers Urged to Address Sharia,” The Topeka Capital-Journal , April 14, 2012, available at: http://cjonline.com/news/2012-04-14/lawmakers-urged-address-sharia.
Adelle M. Banks, “Oklahoma Gov. Likes Revamped Anti-Sharia Bill,” The Oklahoman , March 22, 2011.

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[1] Justin Elliott, “Mystery of Who Funded Right-Wing ‘Radical Islam’ Campaign Deepens,” Salon , November 16, 2010, available at: http://www.salon.com/2010/11/16/clarion_fund_obsession_dvds/.

[2] “Global Leaders”, left sidebar, American Freedom Defense Initiative, available at: http://freedomdefense.typepad.com/fdi/.

[3] “Staff,” David Horowitz Freedom Center, available at: http://www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org/staff.

[4] “Home,” Quidlibet Research, Inc., available at: http://www.quidlibet.net/.

[5] “Ashraf Ramelah, Spencer & Geller: Stop Islamization of Nations' International Freedom Congress,” YouTube video, posted by Pamela Geller, September 15, 2012, available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRIgLwCfkdk.

[6] “Helping Peaceful Muslims,” Foster Friess: Encouraging Private Sector Solutions, available at: http://fosterfriess.com/key-issues/helping-peaceful-muslims/.

[7] Ken Vogel and Giovanni Russonello, “The Park 51 Money Trail,” Politico , September 4, 2010, available at: http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/0910/The_Park51_money_trail.html.

[8] Max Blumenthal, “The Great Islamophobic Crusade,” CBS News , December 20, 2010, available at: http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-215_162-7166626.html.

[9] Dan Glaun, “Anti-Islamic Activist Dumps $100K into Tennessee Primary,” Open Secrets (blog), Center for Responsive Politics , July 20, 2012, ⁹available at: http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2012/07/anti-islam-activist-dumps-100-k-int.html.

[10] Alex Isenstadt, “Sharia Law, Super PACs Roil GOP Primary,” Politico , July 29, 2012, available at: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/79102.html.

[11] Justin Elliott, “Mystery of Who Funded Right-Wing ‘Radical Islam’ Campaign Deepens,” Salon , November 16, 2010, available at: http://www.salon.com/2010/11/16/clarion_fund_obsession_dvds/.

[12] Michael O'Brien, “10 Coveted Endorsements for Republicans Running for President,” The Hill , June 25, 2011, available at: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/168393-10-coveted-endorsements-for-republican-presidential-candidates.

[13] Listed as Brigitte Tudor.

[14] David Yerushalmi, “Newt's a Little Too Smart,” The American Spectator , April 27, 2006, available at: http://spectator.org/archives/2006/04/27/newts-a-little-too-smart.

[15] Doug Chandler and Larry Cohler-Esses, “Tables Turn on Arab School Critics,” The New York Jewish Week , August 24, 2007, available at: http://www.thejewishweek.com/features/tables_turn_arab_school_critics_0.

[16] Clark Hoyt, “A Radical Islamophobe?” New York Times , August, 2008, available at: http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/a-radical-islamophobe/?scp=4&sq=%22brigitte%20gabriel%22&st=cse.

[17] Patricia Kilday Hart, “Texas Lawmakers Study Ban on Sharia Law,” The Houston Chronicle , February 9, 2012, available at: http://www.chron.com/news/kilday-hart/article/Texas-lawmakers-study-ban-on-Sharia-law-3220099.php.

[18] Bob Smietana, “Tennessee Bill Would Jail Shariah Followers,” USA Today , February 23, 2011, available at: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-02-23-tennessee-law-shariah_N.htm.

[19] J. Patrick Pepper, “Dearborn Cited in Effort to Pass Anti-Sharia Law in Texas,” Press and Guide , April 12, 2011, available at: http://www.pressandguide.com/articles/2011/04/12/news/doc4da48b506b1a4425738775.txt.

[20] See “Sharia and Diversity: Why Americans are Missing the Point” by Institute for Social Policy Understanding fellow Asifa Quraishi-Landes for a brief but excellent introduction to Sharia.

[21] Daniel Cox, E.J. Dionne, Jr., William A. Galston, and Robert P. Jones, What It Means to Be American: Attitudes in an Increasingly Diverse America Ten Years After 9/11 (Washington: Public Research Institute and Brookings Institute, September 6, 2011), available at: http://www.brookings.edu/∼/media/research/files/reports/2011/9/06-american-attitudes/0906_american_attitudes.pdf.

[22] Ashley Lopez, “CAIR Speaks Out Against ‘Foreign Law’ Bill Up in House Committee Tomorrow,” The Florida Independent , February 21, 2012, available at: http://floridaindependent.com/70311/cair-sharia-foreign-law-religion.

[23] Kenric Ward, “‘Anti-Sharia law’ Bill Passes House Muslims, ACLU Object,” Sunshine State News , February 23, 2012, available at: http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/anti-sharia-law-bill-passes-house-panel-muslims-aclu-object.

[24] Congressional Research Service, Application of Religious Law in U.S. Courts: Selected Legal Issues , by Cynthia Brougher, CRS Report R41824 (Washington: Office of Congressional Information and Publishing, May 18, 2011), available at: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41824.pdf.

[25] Ian Millhiser, “South Dakota Governor Signs Unconstitutional Anti-Muslim Bill,” ThinkProgress , March 13, 2012, available at: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/03/13/443666/south-dakota-governor-signs-unconstitutional-anti-muslim-bill/.

[26] Andrea Elliot, “The Man Behind the Anti-Shariah Movement,” The New York Times , July 30, 2011, available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/us/31shariah.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0.

[27] Sarah Posner, “Sharia Threat Bandwagon Just Keeps Rolling On,” The Guardian , March 16, 2011, available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/mar/16/sharia-threat-bandwagon-king-hearing.

[28] Julian Walker and Kathy Adams, “Critics: Bill to Shun Foreign Law in Courts Is Anti-Muslim,” PilotOnline.com , January 21, 2012, available at: http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/critics-bill-shun-foreign-law-courts-antimuslim.

[29] Kathy Adams, “Bills to Ban Use of Foreign Laws Rile Groups,” PilotOnline.com , February 12, 2012, available at: http://hamptonroads.com/2012/02/bills-ban-use-foreign-laws-rile-groups.

[30] Sean Cockerham, “Palmer Lawmaker's Bill Aimed at Islamic Law Called Divisive,” Anchorage Daily News , March 30, 2011, available at: http://www.adn.com/2011/03/30/1784015/bill-to-stop-sharia-law-called.html.

[31] David Montgomery, “On Sharia Law,” Rapid City Journal , February 5, 2011, available at: http://rapidcityjournal.com/blog/blogmore/on-sharia-law/article_b7d18641-fc3d-5050-a282-700e7c3a854f.html.

[32] Randy Lobasso, “Q&A: Rep. RoseMarie Swanger, Who Introduced the ‘Anti-Sharia’ Bill,” Philadelphia Weekly Blogs , December 22, 2011, available at: http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/phillynow/2011/12/22/qa-rep-rosemarie-swanger-who-introduced-the-%E2%80%98anti-Sharia-law%E2%80%99-bill/.

[33] Rosemarie Swanger, Letter to House Members on American and Pennsylvania Laws for Pennsylvania Courts–Shariah Law, June 14, 2011), available at: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/CSM/2011/0/8559.pdf.

[34] Editorial, “Anti-Sharia Legislation Should End,” The Times Herald , November 28, 2012, available at: http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20121128/OPINION01/311280002/Anti-sharia-legislation-should-end?nclick_check=1.

[35] Susie Jones, “MN Muslims Protest Senate Bill, Claim Discrimination,” WCCO CBS Minnesota , March 5, 2012, available at: http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/03/05/mn-muslims-protest-senate-bill-claim-discrimination/.

[36] Tim Lockette, “Legislation Would Ban Islamic Law in Alabama Courts,” Anniston Star , March 4, 2011, available at: http://www.annistonstar.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Legislation+would+ban+Islamic+law+in+Alabama+courts-%20&id=12157691&instance=recentComments.

[37] Ibid.

[38] Jonathan Oosting, “Again? Texas Legislator Claims Dearborn Home to Creeping Sharia, Authors Bill to ‘Protect’ his State,” MLive.com , April 14, 2011, available at: http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2011/04/this_again_texas_legislator_cl.html.

[39] Laura Leslie, “Legislating Because They Can?” NC Capitol (blog), WRAL , April 21, 2011, available at: http://www.wral.com/news/state/nccapitol/blogpost/9472465/.

[40] Noelle Phillips, “Senate Panel Debates Bill that Would Limit Sharia Law,” The State , April 21, 2011, available at: http://www.thestate.com/2011/04/21/1786846/senate-panel-debates-bill-that.html (site discontinued).

[41] Lee Fang, “While South Carolina Proposes Ban On Sharia Law, Former State AG Says He's Never ‘Encountered’ It,” ThinkProgress , May 12, 2011, available at: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/05/12/165623/south-carolina-sharia-ban-attorney-general/.

[42] Steve Largen, “Legislation Tries to Bar Foreign Influence,” Goupstate.com , February 4, 2011, available at: http://www.goupstate.com/article/20110204/articles/102041009?p=2&tc=pg.

[43] “Wyoming Legislation Targets Islamic, International Law,” Billings Gazette , January 20, 2011, available at: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_abc1a5ff-96dc-5b2e-ab34-f46d4b68f0ec.html.

[44] Jim Galloway, “Two Bills to Ban Sharia Law in Georgia Courts,” Political Insider with Jim Galloway (blog), Atlanta Journal-Constitution , February 8, 2011, available at: http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2011/02/08/a-bill-to-ban-sharia-law-in-georgia-courts/.

[45] Jason Noble, “Missouri Legislators, Wary of Islamic Law, Propose Banning,” Kansas City Star , March 12, 2011, available at: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/03/12/2723887/bills-would-bar-state-courts-from.html (site discontinued).

[46] Andy Marso, “Lawmakers Urged to Address Sharia,” The Topeka Capital-Journal , April 14, 2012, available at: http://cjonline.com/news/2012-04-14/lawmakers-urged-address-sharia.

[47] Adelle M. Banks, “Oklahoma Gov. Likes Revamped Anti-Sharia Bill,” The Oklahoman , March 22, 2011.