American Islamic Forum for Democracy
American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) is phoney right-wing lobby group, founded in 2003 by M. Zuhdi Jasser, which works in collaboration with notorious Islamophobe Daniel Pipes through his front group, Center for Islamic Pluralism (CIP). The group claims to battle "Islamo-facsism" and to be "a leading voice for liberty-minded Muslims in America in the war on terror."[1] In the "members" section on its website, it lists only one individual -- its founder, Zuhdi Jasser[2], who is also "one of the founding members" of CIP, by his own account.[3] The group also has Pipes' endorsement of course.[4]
The group seems to have no support at all beyond right wing publications such as National Review Online, or the New York Sun. Working in close concert with the Israel lobby, its raison d'etre seems to be the targetting of mainstream Muslim organizations, such as CAIR.
In his critique of CAIR, Zuhdi Jasser writes:
- We need to create organizations — high-profile, well-funded national organizations and think tanks — which are not afraid to identify al Qaeda, Hamas, and Hezbollah by name, and by their mission as the enemies of America.
The conflation of al Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah is interesting, as two of them have nothing to do with the United States; their adversary is only Israel.
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Contact
- Website: http://www.aifdemocracy.org
- Address: 1301 E. McDowell Road, Suite 202, Phoenix, Arizona 85006, USA
- Phone: 602-254-1840
Related Articles
M. Zuhdi Jasser, Why Do They CAIR about Jack Bauer?, National Review Online, January 29, 2007
