The Tennessean, which has been covering the controversy surrounding a proposed mosque near Murfreesboro, Tenn., came out with a long story this weekend about the money in the “anti-jihad” industry.
Most interesting is how Steve Emerson, a self-proclaimed expert on Sharia law, has set up his charity and his for-profit enterprise.
As The Tennessean reports, Emerson’s tax-exempt, nonprofit charity Investigative Project on Terrorism Foundation gave almost all of its income to Emerson’s for-profit endeavor, SAE Productions. In 2008, the charity gave SAE $3.4 million.
By doing so, the charity doesn’t pay any salaries directly, and therefore, doesn’t list its employees. And because SAE is a privately held company, it doesn’t have to disclose details, either.
Emerson is one of a group of people who believe that Muslims are conducting a “stealth jihad” in America, and that 80 percent of American mosques are lead by clerics who want to impose Sharia, or Islamic, law over the Constitution.
The whole piece is worth a read.
Facebook Conversations
Questions about commenting with non-Facebook accounts like Yahoo, or other concerns? Click here to read the TPM Commenting FAQ.