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<youtube size="medium" align="right" caption="Reza Aslan accuses M. Zuhdi Jasser of Islamophobia for making false claims about the funding of a new Islamic Centre in Manhattan">JOp4O9FwzRw</youtube>'''M. Zuhdi Jasser''', a Syrian-American, runs the [[American Islamic Forum for Democracy]], a right-wing one-man-show he founded in 2003. He is also 'one of the founding members' of [[Center for Islamic Pluralism]] (CIP), an organisation set up by [[Daniel Pipes]].<ref>[http://www.aifdemocracy.org/about/ About (AIFD)]</ref> <ref>[http://www.aifdemocracy.org/news.php?id=1879 AIFD News: A moderate voice of Muslim pluralism with a Washington address]</ref> The group also has Pipes' endorsement.<ref>Andrew Maykuth, [http://web.archive.org/web/20060216171550/http://islamicpluralism.org/news/2005n/urgentrejasser.htm "Battle for the Heart of Islam,"] ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', 30 December 2005</ref> In a debate on CNN, he was accused of Islamophobia by Islam scholar Reza Aslan for making accusations about the funding of a new Islamic centre in New York. He is a backer of far-right pro-Israel Republican [[Joshua Scharf]];<ref>Richard Silverstein, [http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2008/10/02/radical-islam-wants-youand-america/ Radical Islam wants you...and America], ''Tikun Olam'', 2 October 2008</ref> and he was also an active player in the Islamophobic '[[Ground Zero Mosque]]' campaign.  
 
<youtube size="medium" align="right" caption="Reza Aslan accuses M. Zuhdi Jasser of Islamophobia for making false claims about the funding of a new Islamic Centre in Manhattan">JOp4O9FwzRw</youtube>'''M. Zuhdi Jasser''', a Syrian-American, runs the [[American Islamic Forum for Democracy]], a right-wing one-man-show he founded in 2003. He is also 'one of the founding members' of [[Center for Islamic Pluralism]] (CIP), an organisation set up by [[Daniel Pipes]].<ref>[http://www.aifdemocracy.org/about/ About (AIFD)]</ref> <ref>[http://www.aifdemocracy.org/news.php?id=1879 AIFD News: A moderate voice of Muslim pluralism with a Washington address]</ref> The group also has Pipes' endorsement.<ref>Andrew Maykuth, [http://web.archive.org/web/20060216171550/http://islamicpluralism.org/news/2005n/urgentrejasser.htm "Battle for the Heart of Islam,"] ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', 30 December 2005</ref> In a debate on CNN, he was accused of Islamophobia by Islam scholar Reza Aslan for making accusations about the funding of a new Islamic centre in New York. He is a backer of far-right pro-Israel Republican [[Joshua Scharf]];<ref>Richard Silverstein, [http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2008/10/02/radical-islam-wants-youand-america/ Radical Islam wants you...and America], ''Tikun Olam'', 2 October 2008</ref> and he was also an active player in the Islamophobic '[[Ground Zero Mosque]]' campaign.  
  
In June 2015, spoke in on Fox in support of a methodologically dubious poll of Muslim-Americans carried out by the [[Center for Security Policy]].<ref>[http://bridge.georgetown.edu/new-poll-on-american-muslims-is-grounded-in-bias-riddled-with-flaws/ Trump Calls for Ban on Muslims, Cites Deeply Flawed Poll], ''The Bridge Initiative'', 7 December 2015.</ref>
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In June 2015, Jasser spoke in on Fox in support of a methodologically dubious poll of Muslim-Americans carried out by the [[Center for Security Policy]].<ref>[http://bridge.georgetown.edu/new-poll-on-american-muslims-is-grounded-in-bias-riddled-with-flaws/ Trump Calls for Ban on Muslims, Cites Deeply Flawed Poll], ''The Bridge Initiative'', 7 December 2015.</ref>
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==

Revision as of 14:18, 15 December 2015

<youtube size="medium" align="right" caption="Reza Aslan accuses M. Zuhdi Jasser of Islamophobia for making false claims about the funding of a new Islamic Centre in Manhattan">JOp4O9FwzRw</youtube>M. Zuhdi Jasser, a Syrian-American, runs the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, a right-wing one-man-show he founded in 2003. He is also 'one of the founding members' of Center for Islamic Pluralism (CIP), an organisation set up by Daniel Pipes.[1] [2] The group also has Pipes' endorsement.[3] In a debate on CNN, he was accused of Islamophobia by Islam scholar Reza Aslan for making accusations about the funding of a new Islamic centre in New York. He is a backer of far-right pro-Israel Republican Joshua Scharf;[4] and he was also an active player in the Islamophobic 'Ground Zero Mosque' campaign.

In June 2015, Jasser spoke in on Fox in support of a methodologically dubious poll of Muslim-Americans carried out by the Center for Security Policy.[5]

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References

  1. About (AIFD)
  2. AIFD News: A moderate voice of Muslim pluralism with a Washington address
  3. Andrew Maykuth, "Battle for the Heart of Islam," The Philadelphia Inquirer, 30 December 2005
  4. Richard Silverstein, Radical Islam wants you...and America, Tikun Olam, 2 October 2008
  5. Trump Calls for Ban on Muslims, Cites Deeply Flawed Poll, The Bridge Initiative, 7 December 2015.