David Horowitz Freedom Center Explained

David Horowitz Freedom Center
Type:Conservative think-tank
Founded Date:1988
Tax Id:95-4194642
Founder:David Horowitz
Peter Collier
Location:Sherman Oaks, CA 91499[1]
Key People:David Horowitz, Founder & CEO
Peter Collier, Vice President of Publications
Michael Finch, President
Area Served:United States
Product:FrontPage Magazine
Focus:Media
Revenue:$5.4 million
Revenue Year:2015
Former Name:Center for the Study of Popular Culture
Homepage:www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org

The David Horowitz Freedom Center, formerly the Center for the Study of Popular Culture (CSPC), is a conservative[2] [3] [4] anti-Islam[5] foundation founded in 1988 by political activist David Horowitz and his long-time collaborator Peter Collier. It was established with funding from groups including the John M. Olin Foundation, the Bradley Foundation and the Scaife Foundation.

It runs several websites and blogs, including the anti-Islam website FrontPage Magazine and the anti-Muslim blog Jihad Watch.[6] [7] [8] It has been described as a part of the counter-jihad movement.[9] It is designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.[10]

Finances

DHFC is a 501(c)(3) charity. In 2005 it had revenues of $4.9 million, expenses of $4.0 million, 8.4% of which was $336,000 compensation for David Horowitz. For 2008 the DHFC reported on IRS Form 990 revenues of $5,466,103 and expenses of $5,994,547 with total compensation to David Horowitz of $480,162 and to vice-president Peter Collier of $228,744.[11] In 2015, Horowitz made $583,000 from the organization – that same year, the organization received $5.4 million in donations.

Between July 2000 and February 2006, the center (under its old name) was the sponsor of 25 trips by United States senators and representatives, all Republicans, to six different events. Total expenditures were about $43,000.[12] In 2014–2015, Horowitz provided $250,000 in funding to the Dutch right-wing nationalist Geert Wilders's Party for Freedom.[13] [14]

Activities

The center's activities have included:

Criticism

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has described the Center as a far-right organization[30] and anti-Muslim hate group.[31] According to Horowitz, the SPLC's designation resulted in the Freedom Center's donation processing being blocked by Visa and Mastercard.[32]

Chip Berlet, writing for the SPLC, accused Horowitz of blaming slavery on "black Africans ... abetted by dark-skinned Arabs" and of "attack[ing] minority 'demands for special treatment' as 'only necessary because some blacks can't seem to locate the ladder of opportunity within reach of others,' rejecting the idea that they could be the victims of lingering racism."[33]

A 2011 report authored by Wajahat Ali, Eli Clifton, Matthew Duss, Lee Fang, Scott Keyes and Faiz Shakir of the Center for American Progress cited Horowitz as a prominent figure instrumental in propagating Islamophobia and spreading fear about an Islamic takeover of Western society.[34] Horowitz responded, saying that the Center had "joined the Muslim Brotherhood".[35]

In 2012, the Anti-Defamation League wrote that Horowitz sponsors a college campus project that promotes anti-Muslim views and arranges events with anti-Muslim activists.[36] The DHFC was also a sponsor of the May 3, 2015, Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest in Garland, Texas,[37] where two Muslim terrorist attackers were shot and killed by a school security guard.[38]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charity Navigator Rating – The David Horowitz Freedom Center . Charitynavigator.org . February 11, 2013.
  2. Book: The Other Side of Grief: The Home Front and the Aftermath in American Narratives of the Vietnam (Culture, Politics, and the Cold War Culture, Politics, and the conservative David Horowitz Freedom Center) . Univ. of Massachusetts Press . Maureen Ryan . 213.
  3. News: Horowitz campus effort targets Islamic 'fanatics' . . Asma Khalid . October 20, 2007 . February 11, 2013.
  4. Web site: Controversy in Seattle over anti-Israel outdoor advertisements . Michael Krebs . DigitalJournal.com . December 23, 2010 . February 11, 2013.
  5. News: O'Harrow. Robert Jr.. Boburg. Shawn. 2017-06-03. How a 'shadow' universe of charities joined with political warriors to fuel Trump's rise. en-US. Washington Post . 2021-11-07. 0190-8286.
  6. News: Kazem. Halima. Funding Islamophobia: $206m went to promoting 'hatred' of American Muslims. 26 February 2018. The Guardian. 20 June 2016.
  7. News: Yang. Jennifer. 21 December 2017. Board member of anti-racism agency fired amid accusations of Islamophobic commentary. Toronto Star. 26 February 2018.
  8. Web site: John L. Esposito. Islamophobia and the Challenges of Pluralism in the 21st Century - Introduction . 2011. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University. 2012-08-27. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120324053440/http://www12.georgetown.edu/sfs/docs/ACMCU_Islamophobia_txt_99.pdf. 2012-03-24.
  9. Donald Trump, the anti-Muslim far right and the new conservative revolution. Ed. Perwee. 2020. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 43. 16 . 211–230. 10.1080/01419870.2020.1749688. 218843237 . free.
  10. News: Shah. Areeba. The "dark money ATM of the right" is funneling money to hate groups while hiding donor identities. Salon. 2024-03-04. 2023-12-10.
  11. Web site: 2008 IRS Form 990. The Tennessean.
  12. Web site: C-SPAN: Campaign Finance Database . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927191456/http://cspan.politicalmoneyline.com/cgi-win/x_PrivateSponsor.exe?DoFn=1987625. September 27, 2007. September 18, 2006.
  13. News: Ishaan. Tharoor. March 14, 2017 . Analysis - Geert Wilders and the mainstreaming of white nationalism . The Washington Post.
  14. News: Geert Wilders's Far-Right Dutch Party Sees Drop in U.S. Money . The New York Times . March 8, 2017. Hakim. Danny. Schuetze. Christopher F..
  15. Book: Jenkins, Philip. God's Continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe's Religious Crisis. registration. 2007. Oxford University Press. 9780199886128. en. 14, 182. ultra-conservative [p. 14] ... right-wing [p. 182].
  16. News: Lisa Wangsness . An interfaith marriage of our times: Muslim and Jewish groups form coalition to fight bigotry . The Boston Globe. December 5, 2016.
  17. Book: Islam, Securitization, and US Foreign Policy. Erdoan A. Shipoli . Palgrave Macmillan . 2018 . 247 . en.
  18. Web site: David Kenner. How Assad Wooed the American Right, and Won the Syria Propaganda War . Foreign Policy . September 10, 2013.
  19. Ekman. Mattias. Online Islamophobia and the politics of fear: manufacturing the green scare. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 30 March 2015 . 38 . 11 . 1986–2002 . 10.1080/01419870.2015.1021264 . 144218430 . 0141-9870.
  20. News: Ted Cruz vs. The Muslim Brotherhood Boogeyman. Mathias. Christopher. 2017-01-13. Huffington Post. 2018-08-20 . en-US.
  21. Web site: Discover the Networks . Discover the Networks . February 11, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130703104302/http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/default.asp . July 3, 2013 . dead .
  22. Web site: Gorenfeld . John . Roger Ebert and Mohammed Atta, partners in crime – Salon.com . Dir.salon.com . April 12, 2005 . February 11, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606185608/http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/04/12/horowitz_database/index.html . June 6, 2011 . dead .
  23. Web site: Beck . Glenn . Seeds of Holy War Planted in Europe? Gridlock Coming to Congress? . transcripts.cnn.com . CNN . 23 November 2023 . interview . 23 October 2006.
  24. http://www.muslimalliancein.com/mai/enews_brief_mar26.htm Invitation to author upsets Muslims
  25. News: The Rise of the Macro-Nationalists. Thomas . Hegghammer. The New York Times. 24 July 2011. 30 July 2011.
  26. Book: The Heterodoxy Handbook: How to Survive the PC Campus . David . Horowitz. Peter. Collier. January 1, 1994. Regnery Pub.. 9780895267313. Google Books.
  27. Web site: 2014-02-10 . Our Mission Truth Revolt . 2024-05-01 . web.archive.org.
  28. Jeremy Boreing The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday Special Ep. 102 . en . 2024-05-01 . www.youtube.com.
  29. Web site: 2019-04-03 . Announcement: TruthRevolt Closing Shop Truth Revolt . 2024-05-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190403021940/https://www.truthrevolt.org/news/announcement-truthrevolt-closing-shop . April 3, 2019 .
  30. Web site: Dutch Lawmaker Brings His Anti-Muslim Spiel to U.S.. Southern Poverty Law Center.
  31. News: Michael Flynn Failed to Disclose Income From Russia-Linked Entities. The New York Times. April 2017. Rosenberg. Matthew.
  32. News: Report: Visa, Mastercard blocked donations to conservative think tank on advice from SPLC. 2018-08-24. World Tribune: Window on the Real World. 2018-08-24. en.
  33. Web site: Berlet. Chip. 2003. Into the Mainstream. Intelligence Report. Southern Poverty Law Center. April 23, 2006. May 10, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060510234336/http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?pid=105. dead.
  34. Web site: Fear, Inc.: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America. Ali. Wajahat. Clifton. Eli. 26 August 2011. Center for American Progress. Duss. Matthew. Fang. Lee. Keyes. Scott. Shakir. Faiz. 28 June 2016.
  35. Web site: George Zornick . Fear, Inc.: America's Islamophobia Network . The Nation . August 29, 2011 . February 11, 2013.
  36. Web site: Stop Islamization of America (SIOA). December 6, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121017010310/http://www.adl.org/main_Extremism/pamela-geller-stop-islamization-of-america.htm?Multi_page_sections=sHeading_6. October 17, 2012. dead.
  37. Web site: Meet Robert Shillman, the Tech Mogul Who Funds Pamela Geller's Anti-Islam Push. May 9, 2015 .
  38. News: A Terror Attack in Texas. Chandler. Adam. 4 May 2015. Atlantic Monthly Group. The Atlantic. 28 June 2016.

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