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Bob Smietana<\/strong><\/a> has written the only expose I\u2019ve seen of the underbelly of the anti-Muslim movement in the USA. I encourage you to sit down for ten minutes or so and read the whole article.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how it starts:<\/p>\n

Steven Emerson has 3,390,000 reasons to fear Muslims.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s how many dollars Emerson\u2019s for-profit company \u2014 Washington-based SAE Productions \u2014 collected in 2008 for researching alleged ties between American Muslims and overseas terrorism. The payment came from the Investigative Project on Terrorism Foundation, a nonprofit charity Emerson also founded, which solicits money by telling donors they\u2019re in imminent danger from Muslims.<\/p>\n
Emerson is a leading member of a\u00a0multimillion-dollar industry<\/a> of self-proclaimed experts who spread hate toward Muslims in books and movies, on websites and through speaking appearances.<\/p>\n
Leaders of the so-called \u201canti-jihad\u201d movement portray themselves as patriots, defending America against radical Islam. And they\u2019ve found an eager audience in ultra-conservative Christians and mosque opponents in Middle Tennessee. One national consultant testified in an ongoing lawsuit aimed at stopping a new Murfreesboro mosque<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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