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'''M. Zuhdi Jasser''' founded the [[American Islamic Forum for Democracy]], a right-wing lobby group, in 2003 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."[http://www.aifdemocracy.org/about/] In the "members" section on its website, it lists only one individual -- its founder, Zuhdi Jasser[http://www.aifdemocracy.org/about/members.php], who is also "one of the founding members" of CIP, by his own account.[http://www.aifdemocracy.org/news.php?id=1879] The group also has Pipes' endorsement of course.[http://www.islamicpluralism.org/news/2005n/urgentrejasser.htm]
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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.
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In June 2015, Jasser spoke 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==
*[[American Islamic Forum for Democracy]] - founder
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*[[Center for Islamic Pluralism]]
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===Organisations===
*[[Center for Security Policy]] - winner of the "Defender of the Home Front" award at CSP's annual Keeper of the Flame Dinner.
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*Guest at the [[Defeat Jihad Summit 2015]]. <ref>[https://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2015/02/10/watch-live-defeat-jihad-summit/ ŒDefeat Jihad Summit¹ Challenges Islamic Supremacism ­ And The Obama ŒStrategy¹and A.U.M.F. That Disregard It], Center for Security Policy, 10 February 2015, accessed 18 December 2015 </ref>
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*[[Center for Security Policy]] - Contributor to CSP front group [[Family Security Matters]]
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*[[American Islamic Forum for Democracy]] - founder and sole member until 2007
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*[[Center for Islamic Pluralism]] - a founding member
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*[[Center for Security Policy]] - winner of the 'Defender of the Home Front' award at CSP's annual Keeper of the Flame Dinner.
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*[[Clarion Fund]] - Jasser narrates and makes an appearance in [[Aish HaTorah]] Rabbi [[Raphael Shore]]'s 2008 film [[The Third Jihad]], described by writer Richard Silverstein 'an anti-Muslim train wreck of a film 'that reeks of partisan political bias'. As of 2015 Jasser is one of three members of the advisory board of the Fund's successor organisation, the [[Clarion Project]].
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*[[Committee on the Present Danger]] - member
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*[[Family Security Matters]] - a far right publication to which Jasser contributes.
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*[[Gatestone Institute]] - sits on the board of this organisation run by the 'sugar mama of Islamophobia', [[Nina Rosenwald]]
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*[[Middle East Forum]] - Jasser is a contributor to [[Daniel Pipes]]'s far right [[Middle East Quarterly]].
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*[[Hudson Institute]] - Jasser is a contributor to its in-house publication [[Hudson New York]]
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===Associates===
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*[[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)
 
*[[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]].
 
  
[[category:Israel Lobby|Jasser, Zuhdi]][[category:Propaganda|Jasser, Zuhdi]]
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==Publications==
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*Author of ''The Battle for the Soul of Islam: An American Muslim Patriot’s Fight to Save His Faith'' (Simon & Schuster, June 2012).
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*Is featured in four documentaries ''[[America at Risk]]'', ''[[Islam v Islamists]]'', ''[[A Question of Honor]]'' and ''[[The Third Jihad]]''.
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==External resources==
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*[[http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/jasser_zuhdi#_ednref7 Zuhdi Jasser]], ''Right Web''
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==References==
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[[category:Israel Lobby|Jasser, Zuhdi]][[category:Propaganda|Jasser, Zuhdi]][[Category:Counterjihad|Jasser, Zuhdi]][[Category:Islam Critics|Jasser, Zuhdi]]

Latest revision as of 16:57, 18 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 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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  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.
  6. ŒDefeat Jihad Summit¹ Challenges Islamic Supremacism ­ And The Obama ŒStrategy¹and A.U.M.F. That Disregard It, Center for Security Policy, 10 February 2015, accessed 18 December 2015