3/1/2017 12:30:08 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: _View this email in your browser_ (http://us12.campaign-archive2.com/?u=b7aa7eddb0f2bb74bfa4f6cb5&id=4d8154a393&e=d0674a6693) (http://meforum.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7aa7eddb0f2bb74bfa4f6cb5&id=b90e7dce59&e=d0674a6693) The Silicon Valley Community Foundation Must Stop Funding Islamist Hate Groups News from the Middle East Forum March 1, 2017 _http://www.meforum.org/6558/the-silicon-valley-community-foundation-must-st op_ (http://meforum.us12.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=b7aa7eddb0f2bb74bfa4f6cb5&id=a8bb3a8434&e=d0674a6693) (http://meforum.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7aa7eddb0f2bb74bfa4f6cb5&id=1ea11f8994&e=d0674a6693) (http://meforum.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7aa7eddb0f2bb74bfa4f6cb5&id=15 0dbb6275&e=d0674a6693) Share: (http://meforum.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b7aa7eddb0f2bb74bfa4f6cb5&id=741803ee4a&e=d0674a6693) (http://meforum.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7aa7eddb0f2bb74bfa4f6cb5&id=292817e2 80&e=d0674a6693) (http://meforum.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7aa7eddb0f2bb74bfa4f6cb5&id=bf3e026018&e=d0674a6693) Be the first of your friends to like this. PHILADELPHIA – March 1, 2017 – The Middle East Forum asks the public to sign a petition urging the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) to stop all funding of extremist groups, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and Islamic Relief. The Forum's Islamist Watch project has uncovered eight donations from SVCF to these groups totaling $330,524. CAIR received five donations totaling $132,933, while Islamic Relief received three donations totaling $197,591. CAIR and Islamic Relief regularly give platforms to speakers who incite hatred against women, Jews, Christians, and the LGBTQ community. CAIR was _named_ (http://meforum.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b7aa7eddb0f2bb74bfa4f6cb5&id=8d762c0aaa&e=d0674a6693) as an unindicted co-conspirator during the 2008 Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial. Since then, the Justice Department has _banned outreach_ (http://meforum.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7aa7eddb0f2bb74bfa4f6cb5&id=faf7f3608e&e=d0674 a6693) with CAIR. In 2014, the United Arab Emirates, a devout Muslim country, _designated_ (http://meforum.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7aa7eddb0f2bb74bfa4f6cb5&id=e7023c1f9e&e=d0674a6693) CAIR a terrorist organization. The Anti-Defamation League _accuses_ (http://meforum.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b7aa7eddb0f2bb74bfa4f6cb5&id=920756f95d&e=d0674a6693) CAIR of promoting anti-Jewish sentiment. Islamic Relief is one of the largest Islamic charities in America and the Western world, _reporting_ (http://meforum.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7aa7eddb0f2bb74bfa4f6cb5&id=9adeb4ac41&e=d0674a6693) a U.S. income of about $110 million in 2014. However, it is a designated terrorist entity both in _Israel_ (http://meforum.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b7aa7eddb0f2bb74bfa4f6cb5&id=1ab2cf7bfd&e=d0674a6693) and the _UAE_ (http://meforum.us12.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=b7aa7eddb0f2bb74bfa4f6cb5&id=8077aeaf10&; e=d0674a6693) . Banks such as UBS and HSBC have _closed_ (http://meforum.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7aa7eddb0f2bb74b fa4f6cb5&id=1267e6253b&e=d0674a6693) Islamic Relief bank accounts over concerns about terrorism financing. Click _here_ (http://meforum.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b7aa7eddb0f2bb74bfa4f6cb5&id=842b4d879c&e=d0674a6693) to read the details of Islamic Relief and CAIR's promotion of hate preachers, as well as to sign the petition. Click _here_ (mailto:[email protected]?subject=Please%20Stop%20Funding%20CAIR%20and%20Islamic%20Relief) to send an email to the SVCF. "The SVCF is the country's leading community foundation, with more than $8 billion in assets," said Forum director Gregg Roman. "It enjoys close partnerships with dozens of prominent tech companies. We call on the SVCF to stop funding organizations that promote extremism. When the SVCF funds Islamist groups, it is betraying those moderate Muslims working to free their faith from the grip of extremists, who have learned to shroud their work under the guise of charitable endeavor." ____________________________________ The _Middle East Forum_ (http://meforum.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b7aa7eddb0f2bb74bfa4f6cb5&id=bdf0e9d8ce&e=d0674a6693) promotes American interests through intellectual, activist, and philanthropic efforts. For immediate release For more information, contact: Gregg Roman, Director [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) 215-546-5406 Copyright © 2017 *Middle East Forum, All rights reserved.
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