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US Charities Fund Fringe Islamophobia Network — Report

US charities and foundations have empowered a web of anti-Muslim groups spreading misinformation and hate, according to a report. The Islamophobia network has extended its tentacles to the halls of power in Washington.

By Chase Winter | 6 May 2019

DEUTSCHE WELLE — American philanthropic organizations, including mainstream foundations, funneled tens of millions of tax-free dollars to anti-Muslim groups influencing public opinion and government policy all the way up to the White House, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group said in a report on Monday.

In a report called Hijacked by Hate: American Philanthropy and the Islamophobia Network, the conservative Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) documented how 1,006 charitable foundations provided nearly $125 million (111 million) to 39 anti-Muslim groups between 2014 and 2016, the dates of the latest publicly available tax filings.

“Anti-Muslim animus and Islamophobic messages are now pervasive features of our country’s mainstream political, legal, educational, and media landscapes because these ideas are perpetuated by organizations and institutions with deep and extensive sources of funding and deliberate political agendas,” CAIR said in the report, adding that the 39 anti-Muslim groups it identified had combined financial resources of $1.5 billion. […]

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