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“Islamophobia” Twitter report funded by Soros

Aug 20, 2016 5:24 pm By Robert Spencer

Soros seems deeply committed to propagating the spurious concept of “Islamophobia,” having given $500,000 to the Center for American Progress to further it.

And now this: “Left-wing think tank Demos released a new report that conflates Islamophobia with any criticism of Islam Friday claiming that Islamophobic tweets had become so frequent that Twitter should actively engage in censorship to stop the comments. Leaked documents from the Open Society Foundation (OSF) show that George Soros’ organization funded Demos to be able to conduct research over social media platforms like Twitter.”

Why is Soros so invested in “Islamophobia”? Why does he want to destroy the freedom of speech and defame all the foes of jihad terror? What is in it for him? It does appear as if he is pursuing a globalist agenda of destroying all nation states — when one place is pretty much like another, there will be, in this view, no more war. But the jihadis he is enabling — how does he know they will not turn on him?

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“Islamophobia Twitter Report Funded By Soros,” by Chris Tomlinson, Breitbart, August 20, 2016:

The left-wing think tank that released a controversial report about Islamophobia on Twitter was directly funded by George Soros’ Open Society Foundation.

Left-wing think tank Demos released a new report that conflates Islamophobia with any criticism of Islam Friday claiming that Islamophobic tweets had become so frequent that Twitter should actively engage in censorship to stop the comments. Leaked documents from the Open Society Foundation (OSF) show that George Soros’ organization funded Demos to be able to conduct research over social media platforms like Twitter.

According to the document, “List of European Elections 2014 Projects,” Demos received 129,484 dollars from Open Society Initiative for Europe (OSIFE), the European arm of the international foundation. The description of the money claims the funds are to be used to create software to scour data on Twitter. It reads, “Demos will produce tools and techniques, like open source software, that could be used to analyze real time Twitter data, in order to allow campaigners to increase turnout of target groups. These tools will be made available online free of charge.”

Chief Executive Claudia Wood claims that the method developed by Demos could identify “hateful, derogatory, and anti-Islamic” tweets in real time, exactly the features described by the leaked Soros document. The leak also specifies that Demos received the grant from OSIFE in order that they share the software with other groups across Europe. “Demos will also train advocates and civil society groups interested in civic and political participation through a series of two-day face-to-face workshops in France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, and the UK,” the document reads.

The Demos study was criticised by National Secular Society communications officer Benjamin Jones who remarked that the methodology of the study was unsound and claiming a link between violent passages in the Koran and racism,”creates a false moral equivalence between racism and criticising a set of ideas.”

While there is no mention of Islamophobia in the Demos grant, there are several other grants listed that specifically tackle criticism of Islam.  In the Netherlands OSIFE directly funded groups that claimed to be tackling Islamophobia including Spior and umbrella organization for Islamic groups in Rotterdam.

OSIFE gave the group 24,970 dollars over a period of five months in 2012 to “realize a preliminary research into the nature and principal features of islamophobia in the Netherlands, preceding the development and executing of a (periodical) monitor on islamophobia,” showing that the foundation was, at the time, keen on developing a means to monitor Islam-critical speech online. Spior received a further 100,000 dollars in 2013 to, “promote participation in the political process amongst underrepresented groups, particularly migrants, women and Muslims.”

Censorship of Muslim and migrant critical speech online has become a major issue in European countries like Germany and the UK. In Germany dozens of people have had their homes raided by police for anti-migrant comments and in the UK Muslim critical comments have led to arrests and fines.  London’s first Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan has also vowed to create an “Online Hate Crime Hub” to monitor so-called hate crimes.

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  1. Dave says

    Aug 20, 2016 at 5:39 pm

    This is a take over of the government and private institutions. It’s mostly nonviolent at this point yet people are being killed and injured regularly across the globe. This war there is no other name to apply . Hillary is allied with , supports and is sported by these subversives. It’s as clear as the blue sky above me as I write on this perfect afternoon.

  2. Dave says

    Aug 20, 2016 at 5:40 pm

    I need an editor …

  3. abel & solomon says

    Aug 20, 2016 at 5:42 pm

    Part Nine; The Way to Kill the Beast (from The Undoing:Islam by its own words, the amazing free e-book that’s turning heads in some very high places, get your free copy or read it online;- http://abelandsolomon.simplesite.com/424568444 and for the full picture of what happening in the world read Islamic Apocalypse ;- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AS09LYW )

    A quest for the truth
    These days anyone who criticizes Islam is branded an Islamophobe. In fact, all that most of the so called Islamophobes are actually doing is expressing an informed concern that Islam poses a real threat to our free democratic society. The Islamic State has frequently justified its reign of terror by referring to the Koran and Hadiths, and what their leaders say appears to be theologically correct. If Islam were truly a religion of peace then their sacred book would surely make them peace loving, filled with love and inner tranquility. But it doesn’t. Some of the terrorists reportedly know the Koran off by heart so it can’t be verses of peace and love going round in their heads as they murder innocent people. The Koran says what it says about terror and no one can ever change it. There is no point refusing to accept the truth; we have to deal with it for the sake of the future of our free society. We have to focus all conflict into a debate about ideas and ideals and stop it being a physical conflict. The ongoing failure by our governments to do this is causing a groundswell of true Islamophobia that fuels right wing groups who are more than willing to overstep the boundary of peaceful protest. That helps no-one.

    Peace, love and respect
    It is clear that the Koran incites terrorism; terrorists read it before going out on mission. While people believe in Islam and propagate it, and the Koran is read, terror will continue. Misfits with aggressive tendencies are easily drawn to Islam, which through Jihad, offers them a religious justification and focus for their violence. Because it’s all done in the name of Islam & Allah, in obedience with the Koran, all other moral considerations go out the window. If we don’t speak up now and point out what is theologically and factually wrong with their religion, more and more young Muslims will fall into the snare of radicalisation. Many Muslims have been indoctrinated with Islamic beliefs that cause them to despise our Western values; (4:144) “Take not for friends, non-Muslims”, (9:107) “they are indeed all liars”, (28:86) “never be a helper to the disbelievers”, (76:24) “obey not…any…non-Muslim” (Even the police, or the authorities, or any non-Sharia law!) Islam hates the West, our free lifestyle and values, it very actively teaches that hatred to millions of Muslims.

    Can a tolerant society overcome intolerance?
    The Koran teaches Muslims that they will be successful and that non-believers are losers. The statement (47:32) “those who disbelieve…the way of Allah…He will make their actions fruitless”, can be pragmatically scrutinised and proved false. There is not a single Islamic nation in the world’s ten most prosperous by overall GDP. Indonesia is the first Islamic nation coming in 16th just ahead of the rather unreligious Netherlands who have a similar GDP but a population nineteen times smaller. And it is not because Muslims are not hard working, it is because Islamic culture and Sharia law hinder economic growth. Are there not thousands of Muslims begging, risking their lives to get to Europe, the USA and Australia to find work? Many non-Muslim countries are more prosperous than Islamic nations, this is an undeniable fact. We have to show Muslims the Koran is wrong. As soon as Muslims understand that the Koran is not perfect and infallible, they will start to doubt that it is the word of God, and then their confidence in carrying out jihad will fall rapidly. It really is as simple as that.

    Human Rights and human wrongs
    Islam was invented in the Dark Ages by a man raised in pagan Spiritism, initiated as a medium to talk with demons, who became a religious warlord. During his life he killed thousands, beheading hundreds of Jews in a single day, he had sex slaves and a child bride, he even burned people alive in their homes for not attending his religion’s prayers. After his death, the religion was propagated by war taking over a large part of the earth, its advance was only stopped by the greater power of the Europeans, in Africa and Asia as well in Europe. As Islamic culture never underwent anything like the Reformation or the Enlightenment, its holy book, the Koran, was never subject to the kind of logical scrutiny that the Jewish Torah and Christian Bible have been put through. It is only now in our day that critical attention is uncovering its violent, xenophobic and misogynist prescriptions. In fact, its content does not even stand the test of truth, it contains grave errors of scientific, historical and literary fact, gross failures of logic and much self-contradiction. A book that claims itself to be perfect and infallible, but is so full of flaws, lies even, it cannot possibly be the dictated word of an all wise God. Its Allah wants followers to destroy, kill and plunder all who disagree with it, its Prophet promises each of them a personal demon; this is not faith as we recognize it. Today, Islam and its holy book fail the test of reason which it should have been subjected to centuries past, and as a result can only fall. It is only a matter of how long, it is up to us in the West to decide whether it will be a slow torturous demise, full of barbarity from Islamist groups like ISIS and Boko Haram, or whether it will be a sudden information technology driven worldwide social transformation.

  4. Paul says

    Aug 20, 2016 at 6:10 pm

    He’s come a long way since collaborating with the Nazis against his
    own people. Such a lovely chap :

    • Ray M says

      Aug 21, 2016 at 8:20 am

      Very well done video. All voters in the USA should watch this and clue in already. Anyone with any bit of an IQ should see that he does not care about anyone but himself. He just uses the simple minded to do his dirty work so he can make billions and then he laughs at all of them. That includes any politician that he supports. Hilary Clinton is just another one of his minions helping him to destroy the USA plus the rest of the world.

    • Berengaria says

      Aug 21, 2016 at 12:41 pm

      Please don’t forget, George has a brother, who is just as wretched as He Is. With all the Democrat Whistle Blowers being Offed, why are George & Bro, not in that list? Progressive Democrats are much more violent, than Nazis, & commies, Progressive Democrats don’t mind leaving Dead Bodies around.

      • Carolyne says

        Aug 21, 2016 at 12:42 pm

        It appears that the Clintons don’t mind leaving dead bodies around, either.

  5. Jay Boo says

    Aug 20, 2016 at 7:00 pm

    A Study designed to support unsupportable preconceived conclusions.

    Allowing criticism of Muslims and their Ideology has a side effect making The Democratic Party and Hillary appear to be traitorous scoundrels. (which they are)

  6. DefenderofIslm says

    Aug 20, 2016 at 7:31 pm

    You didn’t say anything about quite afew leftist women complain about right wing men saying they are going to rape and then murder then after they rape and murder then they childern. These complain to the company about this abuse by right wing male.

    • Carolyne says

      Aug 21, 2016 at 12:43 pm

      Did you just make that up or are you hallucinating?

      • Mark Swan says

        Aug 22, 2016 at 4:53 pm

        Either way it was so foul, it stunk, didn’t it Carolyne.

    • blackcat mendoza says

      Aug 23, 2016 at 10:11 pm

      Sorry, but I don’t speak Gibberish. i believe that a translation of this diatribe is necessary if you are to convince us of your credibility.

      Read the Sunnah, Stupid, and all will be revealed!!

  7. Champ says

    Aug 20, 2016 at 7:40 pm

    Why is Soros so invested in “Islamophobia”? Why does he want to destroy the freedom of speech and defame all the foes of jihad terror? What is in it for him?

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Those are all great questions, but the answers seem unclear. In fact, I cannot understand *anything* this man has EVER chosen to do. Why did he choose to help the Nazis against his own Jewish people? Everything he’s ever done is just pure evil! I realize that this is no answer, but those certainly are great questions …

    • Ray M says

      Aug 21, 2016 at 9:42 am

      Simple I think he uses the most simple minded groups that he can control to destroy countries. He gives them a little money and then he sits back to see what happens. He uses the simple minded like toilet paper. After he is done with them he will flush them. He has and is using Islamic groups to destabilize country’s in Europe with great success. If you wanted to destabilize a country how could you not pick people that hate everything that country stands for. The Islamic cult is perfect for the job. And then you look for any other simple minded groups to help out to cause trouble including crooked politicians. And before you know it the country has been destroyed. People are just play things Soros. Maybe he whats to start another world war to depopulate the world. I know he is screwing with China now and they are blaming him for the trouble. He should be locked in a padded cell before he destroys everyone on earth and every scum bag politician that works for him should be arrested for High Treason.

      • Champ says

        Aug 21, 2016 at 4:00 pm

        Good men with money and power can accomplish great things, but EVIL men like Soros leave a wake of destruction. In spite of his evil efforts, God is still in control.

        • Kay says

          Aug 21, 2016 at 4:02 pm

          True

        • Mark Swan says

          Aug 22, 2016 at 5:12 pm

          We Better Believe God is in charge—this time of Satan’s and Man’s sway, will end
          very soon.

  8. Angemon says

    Aug 20, 2016 at 8:26 pm

    Left-wing think tank Demos released a new report that conflates Islamophobia with any criticism of Islam Friday claiming that Islamophobic tweets had become so frequent that Twitter should actively engage in censorship to stop the comments.

    What, even *more* censorship? In addition to shadow-banning and actual banning of people whose speech they don’t like already taking place? And I guess bleeding-heart morons would have no problem with that because it’s for a “good cause” and the ends justify the means.

    • Keys says

      Aug 20, 2016 at 9:30 pm

      Good point, Angemon. For the cause, the ends justify the means. This is the “mind” of Soros, and Alinsky, and Islam.

      Lie, cheat, bribe, steal, whine, murder, terrorize, betray – whatever is required to achieve the cause, the only good.

  9. Jay Quiring says

    Aug 20, 2016 at 8:53 pm

    I just wish people would use english properly. I have been called Islamaphobic many times. I have to explain to those morons that I am not afraid of muslims, I just don’t like them. I dislike anyone who is a member or a murderous cult.

    • Greyhound Fancier says

      Aug 21, 2016 at 12:32 am

      As a Christian and a woman, I am afraid of Muslims. Muslims are murdering, raping, and selling Christian women into sex slavery in the Middle East and Africa. There is much to fear from Muslims.

      • Michael Copeland says

        Aug 21, 2016 at 2:10 am

        Fear? That is what is instructed.
        “I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike [them] upon the necks … I will throw fear into the hearts of those who disbelieve.”

        • Michael Copeland says

          Aug 21, 2016 at 2:15 am

          Koran 8:12, part of Islamic law.
          One who denies any verse in the Koran is to be killed – by anyone, penalty-free – “since it is killing someone who deserves to die” (Manual of Islamic Law, “Reliance of the Traveller” o8.4)

  10. mortimer says

    Aug 20, 2016 at 8:55 pm

    I wonder if anyone know how much money George Soros gave to elect Sadiq Khan mayor of London.

    • epistemology says

      Aug 21, 2016 at 7:53 pm

      Probably a lot. They’re two of a kind. They want to make Islamophobia a crime against humanity and the muzzie dictators and criminals keep them company

  11. August West says

    Aug 21, 2016 at 3:24 am

    In the intro Mr Spencer writes:

    “It does appear as if he is pursuing a globalist agenda of destroying all nation states — when one place is pretty much like another, there will be, in this view, no more war. ”

    That might be his ideology. It is important to understand, however, that Soros is first and foremost a global currency, stock, bond and commodity speculator. He founded one of the first hedge funds (the Quantum fund) and is well known as the man who broke the bank of England. His fund went against the Bank of England in a notable currency meltdown in September of 1992 and won. This was one of the most notable trades of the entire 20th Century.

    In later years Soros had retired from money management, and let managers control his funds. In June of 2016, however, Soros went back to active trading.

    In following Soros’ recent trading activity in the press it is clear that he is positioned to profit from a global meltdown. He has stated that he expects the EU to fall apart, and is positioned to profit from that eventuality. He has lately been known for investing in gold and leveraged instruments that will benefit from a decline in the US stock market (S&P 500 put options.) The more these markets fall apart the more Soros will profit.

    I just find it interesting that Soros is spending relatively small amounts of money ($500M for example) promoting social policies which, if enacted, will cause the very economic scenario which he stands to profit from. The amount of money that he stands to gain in a global economic meltdown is much more than he has invested in his leftist social policy projects.

    Soros is worth about $25B which he made primarily speculating in the global financial markets. There is a famous traders saying “don’t fight the Fed”, but Soros is famous for picking and winning with the equivalent of the Fed in the UK. Is he capable of engineering a global economic scenario which will maximize his profits on highly leveraged bets on a economic meltdown?

    In my opinion – Yes he is.

    I don’t think he cares one wit about World Peace. This is all about speculation in global financial markets pure and simple. When we think of Soros it is important to understand his role as a speculator and to understand what will make his speculative bets profitable.

    He made his money as a speculator, and he is a speculator. Pure and simple.

    • desidude2 says

      Aug 21, 2016 at 6:13 am

      This evil guy who needs to be hauled into prison. He profits from other people’s miseries just like how he profited from sending jews into death camps during WW2.

  12. duh swami says

    Aug 21, 2016 at 5:02 am

    The discriminating elitist prefer sharia law…It is the perfect tool to control the masses…

  13. Hortance says

    Aug 21, 2016 at 9:01 am

    Even if we disagree with him, its disrespectful to omit Soros’ title when referring to him…Its “Jewish Nazi Collaborator George Soros” Every time. Have some respect…..

  14. Richard Paulsen says

    Aug 21, 2016 at 9:23 am

    He and Warren Buffett were responsible for the financial crisis, undermining the welfare economy, destroying economy for millions in the whole world, not just in U.S.A. and Europe.
    Strange that they support Hillary Clinton and she is so fond of them.
    Learned that mortgages are on the rise again. New crisis on the way. The poor will have to pay again for ruthless speculators destroying the lives for common people.
    Horrible to have to experience that again.

    • Carolyne says

      Aug 21, 2016 at 12:48 pm

      Not strange at all. Hillary Clinton is bought and paid for.

      • Richard Paulsen says

        Aug 21, 2016 at 2:19 pm

        Right.

  15. Dale Netherton says

    Aug 21, 2016 at 11:48 am

    The issue is infidelophobia. Wake up.

  16. Gbox says

    Aug 22, 2016 at 12:23 pm

    Look up the Coudenhove-Kalergi Plan and you will understand Soros, his fight against Islamophobia and his prescription for huge members of migrants entering Europe.

    • Gbox says

      Aug 22, 2016 at 12:25 pm

      Numbers, not members.

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