Difference between revisions of "M. Zuhdi Jasser"
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| − | '''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> | + | <youtube size="tiny" align="right" caption="Reza Aslan accuses M. Zuhdi Jasser of Islamophobia for his comments on the Middle East">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOp4O9FwzRw&feature=player_embedded</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>. He has been accused of Islamophobia by Islam scholar Reza Aslan. |
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
Revision as of 12:29, 19 July 2010
<youtube size="tiny" align="right" caption="Reza Aslan accuses M. Zuhdi Jasser of Islamophobia for his comments on the Middle East">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOp4O9FwzRw&feature=player_embedded</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]. He has been accused of Islamophobia by Islam scholar Reza Aslan.
Affiliations
- 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.
- Zeyno Baran - Jasser has contributed a chapter to Baran's new book The Other Muslims: Moderate and Secular (Palgrave Macmillan)
- Clarion Fund - Jasser narrates and makes an appearance in Aish HaTorah Rabbi Raphael Shore's film The Third Jihad.
References
- ↑ About (AIFD)
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Andrew Maykuth, "Battle for the Heart of Islam," The Philadelphia Inquirer, 30 December 2005
