Clarion Project

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The Clarion Project (formerly Clarion Fund Inc.) is an American nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. that was founded in 2006. [1] [2] The organization has been involved in the production and distribution of the films Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West , The Third Jihad: Radical Islam's Vision For America and Iranium . These films have been criticized by some for allegedly falsifying information and described as anti-Muslim propaganda. [3] [4] The organization publishes a weekly "Extremism Roundup" newsletter. [5]

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Mission and leadership

Clarion Project states its mission is to expose and reduce the threats of extremism to create a safer world for all. [6] The CEO as of 2022 is Richard Green. [7] The project's advisory board included Raheel Raza [8] president of Muslims Facing Tomorrow, Zuhdi Jasser president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) [9] and Michelle Baron. The project was founded by Raphael Shore. [10] [11] [12] [13]

Funding

The nonprofit Charity Navigator has rated the Clarion Project 4 out of 4 stars. [14]

Criticism

The Southern Poverty Law Center listed the organization as an "anti-Muslim hate group" in 2016–2019. [15] The U.S.-based Muslim advocacy group, the Council on American–Islamic Relations, stated that the Clarion Project is among 37 American organizations that promote Islamophobia in American society. [16] The organization has been described as part of the counter-jihad movement. [17] [18]

Clarion previously employed security-analyst Ryan Mauro, who according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, has asserted that there were multiple "no-go zones" for non-Muslims across the U.K. and Europe and has spoken about the supposed rising number of Muslim enclaves across the U.S., governed by "gangs of Islamic extremists" enforcing the Shariah law. [19]

In 2022 a speech by a Clarion Project co-founder was cancelled. [20]

Films

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References

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  2. ↑ Alami, Mona (November 1, 2014). "Jihadist Jane: Islamic State seeking out women". USA Today . Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  3. ↑ "'Iranium' or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the 'Military Option'". PBS . Archived from the original on 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2017-08-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ "NYPD Cops' Training Included an Anti-Muslim Horror Flick". Village Voice. New York. 21 January 2011. p. 1. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "The Extremism Roundup Archives". The Clarion Project. 2022-12-02. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  6. ↑ "Home". Clarion Project. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  7. ↑ Development, PodBean. "Combating Extremism with The Clarion Project's Richard Green". thegsherpodcast.podbean.com. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  8. ↑ "Muslims Facing Tomorrow". muslimsfacingtomorrow.com. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  9. ↑ "American Islamic Forum for Democracy". aifdemocracy.org. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  10. ↑ Bryan Saario (2011). Holy Land Conversations: A Journey Through Palestine's Back Door. Wheatmark, Inc. p. 154.
  11. ↑ Lawrence Swaim (2012). The Death of Judeo-Christianity: Religious Aggression and Systemic Evil in the Modern World. John Hunt Publishing. p. 144.
  12. ↑ Nathan Lean (2012). The Islamophobia Industry: How the Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 127.
  13. ↑ Hani A. Faris (2013). The Failure of the Two-State Solution: The Prospects of One State in the Israel-Palestine Conflict. I.B.Tauris. p. 108.
  14. ↑ "Charity Navigator - Rating for Clarion Project". Charity Navigator. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  15. ↑ "Anti-Muslim". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
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  19. ↑ "Extremists to Address Anti-Muslim Act! for America Conference Next Week". 3 September 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  20. ↑ Shapiro, Dmitriy (2022-03-30). "Canceled speaker at JCC in Omaha, whose topic was radicalization, makes case known". JNS.org. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
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