The American Muslim defense organization, CAIR, published a new account of Islamophobia in America, Islamophobia in the Mainstream. It reports that wealthy US foundations gave $105-million between 2017-2019 to hate groups with an Islamophobic agenda. It examined the 50 largest US foundations and focussed on 35 which gave the funds to 26 organizations. Among the […]
Steve Bannon’s Romance with Hollywood Islamophobia
In the past few days, stories about two different Steve Bannon film projects, one of which was never produced and the second, which was screened at this summer’s Republican convention. The Washington Post reported on the first film, which Bannon was shopping around Hollywood in 2007. It was to be titled (somewhat awkwardly): Destroying the Great […]
Hirsi Ali Says Israel-Palestine Peace Impossible Due to Muslim Fanaticism
It’s been Hirsi Ali Month here at Tikun Olam. First, she launched Honor Diaries on International Women’s Day, March 8th. She executive produced that film with her Islamophobic pals at Clarion Project. Then she was offered an honorary degree by Brandeis University recognizing her activism for women’s rights in the Muslim world, while ignoring her […]
Brandeis Awards Islamophobe Ayan Hirsi Ali Honorary Degree
It’s commencement time and universities are proudly announcing who they’ve snagged as honorary degree and commencement speakers. Brandeis has an august list including Geoffrey Canada and Jill Abramson, worthy honorees certainly. But one choice stands out like a sore thumb: Ayan Hirsi Ali. Readers will recall that she is the executive producer of Honor Diaries, […]
