How Fear of Muslim People & Culture in the US is Now Being Utilized as a Potent Fundraising Tool

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Waging the Big Bucks Jihad



Fear of Muslim people and culture in the US is now being utilised as a potent fundraising tool in American politics.
MJ Rosenberg

I've long suspected that the anti-Muslim crusade in this country is a racket - a device for raking in bagfuls of cash, usually by scaring vulnerable people into thinking that without the work of these self-professed anti-jihad activists, the overthrow of America is inevitable.

Hate has always been a lucrative industry, and these days the industry works non-stop attacking Muslims and denigrating their faith.

Hardly a day goes by that I don't receive direct mail solicitations from this-or-that organization telling me that my check is needed to save Israel or the United States from the existential threat of radical Islam.

Many of these solicitations have focused heavily on how radical religious zealots have taken over Europe. They warn that without vigilance, America is surely next. A http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/jun/10/chain-email/chain-e-mail-claims-muslims-will-be-majority-us-20/">chain e-mail being sent around warns that "in 20 years there will be enough Muslim voters in the US to elect the president by themselves."

Much more: http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2010/10/20101029141535531554.html

(MJ Rosenberg is a Senior Foreign Policy Fellow at Media Matters Action Network. The above article first appeared in Foreign Policy Matters, a part of the Media Matters Action Network.)