Responses to Claims Made BY Specific Individuals and Organizations About Muslims

Last updated 4/30/08

This section provides information about specific claims of individuals, as well as information about individuals who regularly make distorted claims about Islam, Arabs, and/or Muslims.

... Fouad Ajami [1], [2] (Adam Shatz), [3], [4] about his view of Al Jazeera, and his statement about clash of civilizations [5] (Amitai Etzioni)
... Paul Akers [1] “Why Islam Didn’t Conquer the World” Article by (Sheila Musaji)
... Ayaan Hirsi Ali “Infidel” book [1], life story [2], 60 Minutes interview [3], A One-Note Islam Critic (Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa) [4], [5] (Shelina Zahra Janmohamed), [6] lying to obtain asylum in Holland, [7] False prophets [8] NY Times article (Danya Shakveh) - [9] NY Times article “Where are moderate Muslims?” (Tariq Ramadan) - [10] (Ali Eteraz), [11] Eboo Patel. [12] Joshua Holland, [13] Rasna Warah, [14] (Margaret Kimberley), [15] Nvasekie N. Konneh. [16] Tom Heneghan. [17] Mary Wakefield, [18] Pankaj Mishra
... Michael Nazir Ali the Bishop of Rochester comments on self segregation [1] (Yahya Birt), [2] (Hamed Chapman)
... American Jewish Committee ad in the New York Times 6/21/07 [1]
... Martin Amis’ statements [1] (Ronan Bennett), [2] (Jenny McCartney), [3] (Yahya Birt)
... Zacharia Anani [1] Doubt Cast on Zachariah Anani’s Terrorist Claims and claims of being a former terrorist disputed [2] and [[3]
... John Ankerberg [1] The Truth About Islam by John Ankerberg (Sheila Musaji)
... James Arlandson [1]article attacking Dr. Habib Sidiqui’s speech “Islam and coexistence” (Dr. Habib Sidiqui)
... General Boykin’s anti-Muslim statements - [1] (Bob Allen)
... Geraldine Brooks [1] book Nine Parts of Desire
... Dr. Hatem Bazian [1] speech on COINTELPRO (Abdus Sattar Ghazali)
... Glenn Beck - questioning Keith Ellison’s loyalty [1] (Scott D. Pierce), razor wire statement [2] (Scott Richard Lyons)
... Billingsly, Z. Dwight - article “Tolerance Not Acceptance” [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... British National Party claim that Abdul Mukin Khalisadar, a criminal was an Imam representing the Muslim community [[1]]
... President Bush’s “Islamic Fascism” statement [1] [2], [3] and [4] Demonizing terminology and [5] (Jason Margolis), [6] Christianity’s role in the rise of the Nazis, [7], (Sheila Musaji), and [8] speech on the War on Terror, “Dark and Garbled Words (John Chuckman), and [9] speech to American Enterprise Institute “Blood Money” (William Rivers Pitt) includes lengthy discussion of PNAC
... Alan Caruba[1] article “Decline and Fall of Islam” (Habib Siddiqui)
... CAMERA ad charging that LA Times is anti-Israel [1] attempt to shut down Sabeel Conference in California [2]
... Dick Cheney speech 9/11 “Tarzan Foreign Policy, We Good, You Bad” [1] (Ivan Eland)
... Phyllis Chessler [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Jack Chick tracts [1] tract Allah Has No Son [2]
... Hillary Clinton’s comments on Palestinian textbooks [1]
... Rev. Clippard,Southern Baptist Convention [1] (Scott Stearman) and [2] and [3]
... Ann Coulter [1]
... Will Cummins [1]
... Nonie Darwish[1] and other quasi Muslims - [2](Ali Alarabi)
... Alan Dershowitz [1] (Frank Menetrez)
... Steven Emerson [1] (Ahmed Rehab), [2] obsession with American Muslim organizations (Louay Safi), MPAC response [3], did he conspire with a foreign government? [4] (Paul Kendall)
... Evangelical Christians’ statements [1] (Muqtedar Khan)
... Michael Evans call for global war [1].
... “Shaikh” Abdullah Faisal [1] Yusuf Smith
... Rev. Jerry Falwell terrorist remark [1] (Juan Cole), and statements against civil rights movement [2]
... ex-Muslims of Britain organization [1] Yahya Birt
... Oriana Fallaci [[1]] (Amir Taheri)
... Joseph Farrah article “Islamic Double Standards” [1] (Habib Siddiqui)
... Hugh Fitzgerald on banning Muslim immigration [1], on Muslim converts [2] (Yusuf Smith), on Zebibah as sign of radicals [3] (Sheila Musaji)
... Freedom House Report on Saudi Publications [1] (CAIR), and [2] (Junaid Afeef)
... Abraham Foxman criticizing Israel and anti-Semitism [1] (Ralph Nader)
... Thomas Friedman article [1] (John Chuckman)
... Brigitte Gabriel Email [1], statements [2], speech at John Hagee’s CUFI convention [[3]]
... Frank Gaffney’s attacks on ISNA [1]
... Daveed Gartenstein-Ross [1] (Zahir Janmohammed)
... Rudy Giuliani’s use of term “Islamic” terrorists - [1] (Ahmed Soliman)
... Mark Gabriel article “Islam and Terrorism” [1] (Jeff Siddiqui)
... Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Jamie Glazov “The Nine Danger Signs of Militant Islam” [4] (Sheila Musaji)
... Jim Guirard article comparing Iraq and Vietnam ([1]) (Dr. Robert D. Crane)
... Rev. John Hagee - his book Jerusalem Countdown [1] (Alex Klaushofer), his statements [[2]], [3] (Anisa Abd al Fattah), [4]
... Dr. Tawfik Hamid [1], and [2] (Zachary Karabell), Islamic reformer who hates Islam [3]
... Sean Hannity’s statements [[1]]
... Yusuf Hijazi article entitled Sufism - The Deviated Path [1] (Farieduddin Rice)
... David Horowitz Discover the Network Site [2] (Kurt Nimmo), attack on Professor Nadia Abu El-Haj, Barnard College professor in tenure dispute [3] (Larry Cohler-Esses)
... Ed Husain’s book The Islamist [1] (Yahya Birt)
... Ibn Warraq [1] (Jeremiah McAuliffe) and [2] David Horowitz’ “Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week” on college campuses
... Ed Husain - book about Hizb ut Tahrir [1] (Taji Mustafa)
... Raymond Ibrahim [1]
... ICH poll of British citizens shows 72% believe that foreign policy is feeding terrorism 2006 [1]
... Investors Business Daily article on PEW poll [1] (Hesham Hassaballa)
... Islamic Progress Institute [1] (Jim Lobe)
... Raphael Israeli’s statement about danger of Muslim population reaching “critical mass” [1] (Waleed Aly)
... M. Zuhdi Jasser article ‘Waking Up to ‘Islamo-Fascism’’ [1] (Salam al Marayati)
... David Kaplan “Hearts, Minds, and Money,” Article about religion building and effort to change the face of Islam [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Joseph Kaufman Article regarding the dismissal of Sami al-Arian [1] (Yusuf Smith) and claims about Islam in general [[2]], and his accusations against CAIR [[3]], and Kaufman’s own article praising Kahane [[4]], and his claims against a Muslim youth camp [[5]]
... Pastor Tod Kennedy [1]
... Left Behind Books [1] (svend White)
... Thomas W. Lippman article “No God But God” ([1] (Hassan Zillur Rahim)
... Edward N. Luttwak “Three Myths About Islam” article [1] (James Zogby)
... Maclean’s magazine article The Future Belongs to Islam [1] (Faisal Joseph), [2]
... Robert MacNamara “Apocalypse Soon"Article [1] (Dr. Robert D. Crane)
... Kenan Malik Islamophobia Myth [1] (Inayat Banglawala)
... Irshad Manji Statement about “Muslim complicity in the holocaust” [1] (Tarek Fatah) and [2] her Newsweek article (Habib Siddiqui), [3] False prophets, [4], [5] (Samin Abedi)
... Rev. Rich Mathes of Mission Gate Prison Ministries, and his email about prison “imam” and Allah [1], [2]
... John McCain’s “Nation of Christians statement” [1] Jon Meacham
... MEMRI [1] Middle East Media Research Institute
... Craig Monteilh undercover at King Fahad Mosque in Los Angeles 2007 [1]
... Charles Moore’s claims about Muslim leadership in Britain [1] (Yusuf Smith)
... NYT Article about Iranian involvement in Iraq [1]
... Dr. Robert Morey claim Allah is a moon god [1], Dr. Morey and Faith Defenders [2]
... Rev. Rod Parsley’s statements [1], [2] (Sheila Musaji)
... Marty Peret’s blog “Spine” on Muslim population [1]
... Muslims Against Sharia who are they? (actually a non-Muslim group) [1]
... PEW Report on American Muslim attitudes [1] (Hesham Hassaballa), and [2] (Shahed Amanullah), [3] PEW poll on U.S. Muslims and Suicide Bombings, (Ali Eteraz) [4], [5], [6](Ingrid Mattson)
... PEW global poll of British Muslim attitudes [1]
... Melanie Philips [1] (Yusuf Smith), Iran yellow star story[2] (Yusuf Smith)
... Daniel Pipes article attacking Khaled Abou El Fadl [1], “Identifying Muslim Moderates” [2], and [3] (Sheila Musaji) and 4 (Louay Safi), and response to Daniel Pipes attack on The American Muslim logo [5] (Sheila Musaji) and [6] (Jeremy Henzell-Thomas), and collection of articles on religion building [7], on Pipes’ position on Palestinian right of return [8] (Habib Siddiqui), on Campus Watch [9] (Valerie Saturen), nomination to USIP by President Bush [10], Pipes and the Mujahedeen-e Khalq (MEK) [11], Pipes history [[12]], interview with Andrew Potter [13] (Sheila Musaji)
... Policy Exchange’s recent report on extremism in British mosques [1] (Osama Saeed), [2] (Martin Hodgson), [3] (Seumas Milne), [4] Alternet, [5] (Brian Whitaker), [6] Soumaya Ghannoushi, [7] (Irfan Yusuf), [8] (Yahya Birt)
... Patrick Poole attacks on Abukar Arman on Front Page [1]
... Pope Benedict Statement about Islam at Regensberg [1] (MPAC-Muslim Public Affairs Council), and response by Muslims to his second apology [2]
... Polls of Muslim attitudes generally [1] (Shahed Amanullah)
... Dennis Prager “Five Questions” [1] (Hussam Ayloush), and [2] (Maher Hathout) and [3] (Juan Cole)
... RAND Corp report on terrorism [1] (Yoginder Sikand), report on identifying moderate Muslims [2] (Masood Cajee), and report suggesting exploiting Sunni-Shia divide [3] (Abdus Sattar Ghazali)
... Jean Raspail’s book Camp of the Saints [1] (John Sutherland)
... Rev. Pat Robertson [1] (Suhail Khan)
... Mitt Romney’s refusal to consider Muslims for cabinet positions [1] Some beliefs more equal than others, [2], [3] (Juan Cole)
... Kamal Saleem claims of being a former terrorist disputed [1] and [2]
... SANE Mapping Shariah Project [1], report on Dar al Hijra mosque [2] (Tariq Nelson), attempt to banish Imams from the U.S. [3] (Abdus Sattar Ghazzali) - [4] (Umar Lee)
... Secular Islam Summit [1], [2] (Svend White)
... Walid Shoebat [1], claims disputed [2] and [3] (Sheila Musaji), [4], [5]
... Stephen Schwartz attacking Hamza Yusuf [1]
... Anis Shorrosh [1] (Sheila Musaji)
... Ali Sina website [1] (Habib Siddiqui)
... Professor Hussein Solomon’s claims about Muslims in South Africa [1]
... Patrick Sookdeo “The Myth of Moderate Islam” Article [1] (Vincenzo Oliveti)
... Robert Spencer statement that he is not a racist [1], attacking Mark Levine’s ‘hudna’ article [2] (Mark Levine), about the Roxbury Mosque controversy[3], on Muslim feminism [4] (Khaleel Mohammed), [5] (Tariq Nelson), statement about Arab Israeli spy [6] Sheila Musaji, claim that terrorists are acting on Islamic teachings [7], statement about rape as Jihad [8] (Yusuf Smith), statement on meaning of jihad as holy war [9] (Yusuf Smith)
... Paul Sperry Infiltration: How Muslim Spies and Subversives Have Penetrated Washington (Book ) [1] (Akram Khan)
... Paula Stern’s petition to deny Professor Nadia Abu El-Haj, Barnard College professor her tenure, claims are [1] (Larry Cohler-Esses)
... Mark Steyn article “The Future Belongs to Islam” [1]
... Wafa Sultan [1](Hesham Hassaballa), [2], and Wafa Sultan and MEMRI [3] , and article “The Muslims are Coming” [4]
... J. Grant Swank misrepresenting Ashura [1] (Sheila Musaji), calling for internment camps for Muslims [2] (Sheila Musaji), Muslim Timeline for World Rule [3] (Sheila Musaji)
... Amir Taheri [1] (Yusuf Smith)
... Cardinal Tauran’s response to “A Common Word” [1] (Scott Alexander)
... Cal Thomas [1] (Dr. Hesham Hassaballa)
... USA Today/Gallup Poll on American attitudes towards Islam 2006 [1] (Charles C. Haynes)
... Serge Trifkovich book “The Sword of the Prophet” [1] (Habib Siddiqui)
... Michael Vlahos article “The Fall of Modernity,” which suggests that the US is loosing the war on terrorism, a war that is “now admittedly a war against Islam” [1] (Anisa Abd el Fattah)
... Lieutenant Commander Brian K. Waite’s claims about Islam in his book Islam Uncovered [1] and [2]
... Congressman Anthony Weiner’s (D - NY) attempt to bar the Palestinian delegation at the United Nations [1]
... Harun Yahya’s Muslim creationism book [1]
... YouGov Poll of British attitudes toward Iraq war 2006 [1]
... Bat Ye’or [1] (Adi Schwartz)
... David Yerushalmi an opponent of NY Arabic Khalil Gibran school [1]

SEE ALSO:
ISLAMOPHOBIA - RESPONSES (The responses section was divided into into five sections on 12/16/07)
- Responses to Claims Made ABOUT Islam and Muslims in General
- Responses to Claims Made ABOUT Qur’an Verses, Arabic Terms, Prophet Muhammad
- Responses to False Claims ABOUT Muslim Individuals & Organizations & Incidents Involving Muslims
- Responses to Actual Extremist Statements & Incidents of Extremism or violence BY Muslims
- Responses to Claims Made BY Specific Individuals and Organizations About Muslims

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