Clarion Project

This article is about the Clarion Project. For the Clarion Foundation writing workshops, see Clarion Workshop.

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, Iranium, and Honor Diaries. 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]

Clarion Project

Founded	2006
Founder	Raphael Shore
Tax ID no.	20-5845679
Location	Washington, D.C., US
Website	clarionproject.org

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

• Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West (2005)
• The Third Jihad: Radical Islam's Vision For America (2008)
• Iranium (2011) - about Iran's nuclear weapons program
• Honor Diaries (2013) - about violence against women^[21]
• Faithkeepers (2017) - about Christians in the Middle East^[22]
• Kids: Chasing Paradise (2019) - about child soldiers^[23]
• Covert Cash (2020) - about foreign funding of US colleges^[24][25]

References

1. "About Clarion Project". Clarion Project. from the original on 2015-02-22. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
2. Alami, Mona (November 1, 2014). "Jihadist Jane: Islamic State seeking out women". USA Today. from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
3. . PBS. Archived from the original on 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2017-08-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. . 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.
16. Katherine Burgess (19 September 2013). "Muslims name 37 groups that fuel Islamophobia". The Washington Post. from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
17. Bale, Jeffrey M. (October 2013). "Denying the Link between Islamist Ideology and Jihadist Terrorism "Political Correctness" and the Undermining of Counterterrorism". Perspectives on Terrorism. 7 (5). Terrorism Research Institute: 37. JSTOR 26297006.
18. Aked, Hilary; Jones, Melissa; Miller, David (2019). "Islamophobia in Europe: How governments are enabling the far-right 'counter-jihad' movement" (PDF). Public Interest Investigations: 49.
19. "Extremists to Address Anti-Muslim Act! for America Conference Next Week". 3 September 2015. 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.
21. . World Film Fair. 2018-08-13. Archived from the original on 2022-07-03. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
22. Shaul, Tema. "Faithkeepers: Be Your Brothers' Keeper". Faithkeepers. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
23. "Home". Kids: Chasing Paradise. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
24. "WATCH NOW! LP Executive Director featured in film exposing foreign influence on U.S. education system". The Lawfare Project. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
25. "'Covert Cash:' A startling revelation of how foreign funding promotes extremism and radicalism on American campuses". October 31, 2023.

External links

• Clarion Project web site