Difference between revisions of "M. Zuhdi Jasser"
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| − | <youtube size="tiny" 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 organization set up by notorious Islamophoboe [[Daniel Pipes]].<ref>[http://www.aifdemocracy.org/about/ About (AIFD)]</ref> <ref>[http://www.aifdemocracy.org/news.php?id=1879]</ref> The group also has Pipes' endorsement of course.<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 wild 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 is also an active player in the Islamophobic '[[ | + | <youtube size="tiny" 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 organization set up by notorious Islamophoboe [[Daniel Pipes]].<ref>[http://www.aifdemocracy.org/about/ About (AIFD)]</ref> <ref>[http://www.aifdemocracy.org/news.php?id=1879]</ref> The group also has Pipes' endorsement of course.<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 wild 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 is also an active player in the Islamophobic '[[Ground Zero Mosque]]' campaign. |
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
Revision as of 10:58, 20 July 2010
<youtube size="tiny" 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 organization set up by notorious Islamophoboe Daniel Pipes.[1] [2] The group also has Pipes' endorsement of course.[3]. In a debate on CNN, he was accused of Islamophobia by Islam scholar Reza Aslan for making wild 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 is also an active player in the Islamophobic 'Ground Zero Mosque' campaign.
Affiliations
Organizations
- American Islamic Forum for Democracy - founder and sole member until 2007
- Center for Islamic Pluralism
- Center for Security Policy - winner of the "Defender of the Home Front" award at CSP's annual Keeper of the Flame Dinner.
- Clarion Fund - Jasser narrates and makes an appearance in Aish HaTorah Rabbi Raphael Shore's film The Third Jihad.
- Committee on the Present Danger - member
- Family Security Matters - a far right publication to which Jasser contributes.
- Middle East Forum - Jasser is a contributor to Daniel Pipes's far right Middle East Quarterly.
- Hudson Institute - Jasser is a contributor to its inhouse publication Hudson New York
Associates
- Daniel Pipes - Jasser is 'one of the founding members' of Pipes's Center for Islamic Pluralism.
- Zeyno Baran - Jasser has contributed a chapter to Baran's new book The Other Muslims: Moderate and Secular (Palgrave Macmillan)
References
- ↑ About (AIFD)
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Andrew Maykuth, "Battle for the Heart of Islam," The Philadelphia Inquirer, 30 December 2005
- ↑ Richard Silverstein, Radical Islam wants you...and America, Tikun Olam, 2 October 2008
