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04 Dec 2018 | Individuals

Factsheet: Brigitte Gabriel

Brigitte Gabriel is the founder and head of ACT for America, a prominent anti-Muslim group. Having met with staff in the Trump administration, she has said her group has a “direct line” to the White House. read the complete article

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04 Dec 2018 | Individuals

Factsheet: Asra Nomani

A self-described Muslim reformer, Asra Nomani has supported policies that target Muslims as suspects on the basis of their religious identity. read the complete article

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04 Dec 2018 | Organizations

Factsheet: ACT for America

ACT for America is the largest anti-Muslim organization in the United States, which has led campaigns to ban sharia. The group has boasted a “direct line” to the White House through its connections with Republican lawmakers and other politicians. read the complete article

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30 Nov 2018 | Individuals

Factsheet: Stephen Miller

Having worked with the David Horowitz Freedom Center, an organization considered by many to be an anti-Muslim hate group, Stephen Miller now works as a Senior Advisor to President Donald Trump. He shapes policy that directly affects Muslims. read the complete article

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29 Nov 2018

The Trump Campaign Weaponized Data to Exploit Prejudice and Islamophobia

The Trump Campaign Weaponized Data to Exploit Prejudice and Islamophobia “Hitler attacked the Jews because… he didn’t have a problem with the Jews at all. But the people didn’t like the Jews… so if the people thought…... read the complete article

External Articles

05 Oct 2018

American Islamophobia’s fake facts

Anti-Muslim activists in the United States were operating in a “post-truth era” and putting out “alternative facts” long before those phrases entered the language. For the last decade they have been spreading provable falsehoods through... read the complete article

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17 Sep 2018 | Individuals

Factsheet: Jon Kyl

Jon Kyl recently returned to the U.S. Senate, filling the seat of deceased Senator John McCain. Kyl is closely associated with anti-Muslim organizations and individuals. He also used his platform in the Senate to sponsor War on Terror legislation, and held multiple hearings that coupled terrorism to Islam. read the complete article

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24 Aug 2018 | Individuals

Factsheet: Geert Wilders

A prominent politician in the Netherlands, Geert Wilders has decried what he calls the “Islamization” of the Netherlands and advocates a ban on the Qur’an. He believes Islam is a problem and promotes anti-Muslim tropes, namely that Islam is not a religion; it is a totalitarian and violent ideology. His alarmist, discriminatory, and racist rhetoric paints all Muslims as violent individuals who seek to dominate Europe. read the complete article

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14 Aug 2018 | Individuals

Factsheet: Daniel Pipes

Daniel Pipes is an academic and founder of the right-wing think-tank, Middle East Forum. Pipes supports racial profiling and the surveillance of Muslim communities and believes Muslims in the United States seek to infiltrate and overthrow the country. He has spent decades promoting anti-Muslim tropes and has financed numerous activists and organizations that spread misinformation about Muslims and Islam. read the complete article

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14 Aug 2018 | Organizations

Factsheet: Middle East Forum

The Middle East Forum is a right-wing anti-Islam think tank that spreads misinformation, creates “watchlists” targeting academics, and advocates hawkish foreign policy. MEF provides funding to numerous anti-Muslim organizations and has provided legal services to a number of anti-Muslim activists including Geert Wilders and Tommy Robinson. read the complete article