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==Funding==
 
==Funding==
 
Max Blumenthal has charged that 'the AIC is funded largely by a pool of right-wing donors responsible for bankrolling key players in America’s Islamophobia industry'.<ref>Max Blumenthal, [http://electronicintifada.net/content/weddadys-free-arabs-american-islamic-congress-and-pro-israel-funders-who-helped-them-rise Weddady’s Free Arabs, American Islamic Congress and the pro-Israel funders who helped them rise], ''Electronic Intifada'', 7 May 2013.</ref>
 
Max Blumenthal has charged that 'the AIC is funded largely by a pool of right-wing donors responsible for bankrolling key players in America’s Islamophobia industry'.<ref>Max Blumenthal, [http://electronicintifada.net/content/weddadys-free-arabs-american-islamic-congress-and-pro-israel-funders-who-helped-them-rise Weddady’s Free Arabs, American Islamic Congress and the pro-Israel funders who helped them rise], ''Electronic Intifada'', 7 May 2013.</ref>
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The [[Klarman Family Foundation]] is a significant funder.
  
 
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Revision as of 06:09, 27 April 2015

The American Islamic Congress (AIC) describes itself as a ' nonprofit, non-religious, civil society development organization serving Muslims and Non-Muslims by promoting civil and human rights through advocacy, engagement and education.'[1]

Funding

Max Blumenthal has charged that 'the AIC is funded largely by a pool of right-wing donors responsible for bankrolling key players in America’s Islamophobia industry'.[2]

The Klarman Family Foundation is a significant funder.

Notes

  1. AIC’s Mission and Principles, American Islamic Congress, accessed 2 April 2014.
  2. Max Blumenthal, Weddady’s Free Arabs, American Islamic Congress and the pro-Israel funders who helped them rise, Electronic Intifada, 7 May 2013.