Anti-Islam America’s FBI Training will Stop

I wonder if the FBI anti-Islam training will still stop if the practices was not leaked? I don’t think so. Corporate media–which dominate mainstream media in the US– has been dominated by people with anti-Islam conscience. Even if such FBI’s controversy didn’t arise, the anti-Islam will still be the American’s consciousness – well, at least many of them.

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III told a congressional hearing on Thursday that the bureau is conducting a review of training programs after disclosure of materials that equated devout Muslims with a greater propensity for violent extremism.

Mr. Mueller said that one part of the training program disclosed in a press account was “inappropriate and offensive,” but that the session was a “one-off” and not likely to be repeated.

Islamophobia in America Orchestrated and Funded

If you found many anti-Islam anti-Arab articles from American media both mainstream or contemporary media such as blogs and websites, there’s no need to wonder. It’s well orchestrated and well financed by a small group of donors and back up by anti-Islam intellectuals such as Frank Gaffney, David Yerushalmi, Daniel Pipes, Robert Spencer, and Steve Emerson. MJ Rosenberg wrote an interesting finding and commentary:

…until I read a report published today by the Center for American Progress (CAP), I had no idea just how orchestrated and well-financed this movement was.

The report, “Fear Inc: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America,” demonstrates that a small group of self-proclaimed experts (Frank Gaffney, David Yerushalmi, Daniel Pipes, Robert Spencer, and Steve Emerson) backed by a host of foundations and donors (many of which also fund the lobby) have put Islamophobia on the map.

To put it simply, without these “experts,” their donors, and Fox News (their media mouthpiece) you would never have heard that a Muslim community center (the “Ground Zero Mosque”) was being constructed in New York City. And the center certainly would not have become a major news story. Nor would Republican (and even a few Democratic) candidates for president, Congress, and even village councils be called upon to condemn Islam and “Sharia Law” or face being labeled a supporter of terrorism. Nor would Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain and Rick Santorum have made hatred of American Muslims such an integral part of their campaigns.

It all starts with the money. According to CAP:

A small group of foundations and wealthy donors are the lifeblood of the Islamophobia network in America, providing critical funding to a clutch of right-wing think tanks that peddle hate and fear of Muslims and Islam-in the form of books, reports, websites, blogs, and carefully crafted talking points that anti-Islam grassroots organizations and some right-wing religious groups use as propaganda for their constituency.

Some of these foundations and wealthy donors also provide direct funding to anti-Islam grassroots groups. According to our extensive analysis, here are the top seven contributors to promoting Islamophobia in our country:

Donors Capital Fund
Richard Mellon Scaife foundations
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
Newton D. & Rochelle F. Becker foundations and charitable trust
Russell Berrie Foundation
Anchorage Charitable Fund and William Rosenwald Family Fund
Fairbrook Foundation

Ties with Muslim? Don’t be US Presidential Candidates

In America, the so-called place for pluralism, any candidate who has even a little ties with a Muslim will be a nightmare. It’s as though the word “Muslim” and “Islam” should be really nothing to do with you if you have any hope to get elected. Not to say if your party is called Republic where many right wing Americans reside.

A recent Salon article exploring the “surprisingly warm” relationship between Texas Gov. Rick Perry and the Muslim community leans on the Republican presidential candidate’s ties to the Aga Khan, religious leader of the Ismailis — a sect of Shia Islam — as evidence he is well-connected to at least one group of Muslims.

Its headline wonders if Perry will be considered “the pro-Shariah candidate,” during his bid to win the GOP nomination, a label sure to make some conservative voters cringe.

Muslim leader denounces extremism

Muslim leader denounces extremism at ASU conference
There were no television cameras, no tears and no recriminations, just the sound of one national Muslim leader’s voice calling for her community to spread a message: Violent extremism and domestic violence are corruptions of Islamic doctrine.

“The biggest threat in the world to the Muslim community everywhere is violent extremism,” Daisy Khan said during the Arizona State University conference “Women, Islam and Peacebuilding” in Tempe.

As Khan spoke at the Valley conference last week, the national spotlight was on the emotional and contentious U.S. congressional hearings on the supposed radicalization of Muslims in the United States. Full story