08-04-2003, 09:04 PM
Opposition to Islam Stiffening
There is an effective opposition to Islam in America in the political arena. Extremist Anti-Islam bigots and demagogues are very much disappointed with the lukewarm support for their cause in the White House and the media, in general. Jerry Falwell, Franklin Graham, Pat Robertson, Robert Morey, Daniel Pipes, Joshan Katz, Bill O'Reilly, Steve Emerson, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz, Dick Cheney, Bernard Lewis, Samuel Huntington, Henry Kissinger and hundreds of other lesser known enemies of Islam including a few senators and congressmen are very active in creating hate against Islam and Muslims, without much resistance. Fox News is dedicated to a full-time anti-Islam campaign.
The work of Think Tanks and Foundations against Islam
In addition to the anti-Islam individuals mentioned above, there are several Think Tanks such as the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) of New York, Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) in Philadelphia, John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies in Cambridge, the Rand Corporation, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington DC, Cato Institute in Washington DC, Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) in Washington DC, Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) in Washington DC, American Enterprise Institute in Washington DC, American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington DC and others.
The work of anti-Islam forces is supported by a number of multi-billion dollar foundations, such as the Smith Richardson Foundation, Inc in Greensboro, North Carolina, John M. Olin Foundation in New York, The Sarah Scaife Foundation, Scaife Family Foundation, Allegheny Foundation, Carthage Foundation, all four located in Pittsburgh, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, Inc. of Milwaukee and many Christian Fundamentalist Church related organizations.
According to some estimates, anti-Islam groups are spending as much as three billion dollars annually to fight Islam intellectually, theologically, socially, economically and politically. Hundreds of Islam-hate flyers, brochures, tracts, booklets and books are being distributed free by the millions all over the U.S. and abroad. There are over 1,000 anti-Islam web sites, some of which are supported by multi-million dollar budgets annually. In addition, there are over 200 Christian organizations spreading their own Islam-hate material worldwide.
American Think Tanks develop foreign and domestic policies which are generally adopted by the U.S. government, Republican as well as Democrat. In fact, many high level appointments by American presidents are drawn from the officials, committees and board members of these Think Tanks. Numerous Secretaries of various departments, Directors of the CIA and the FBI have been supplied by the Think Tanks listed above.