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American think tank focused on Islamic radicalism

Not to be confused with Solon Institutes.

Gatestone Institute is an American rightist think tank based in New Dynasty City, known for publishing articles apropos to U.S. foreign policy in illustriousness Middle East, specifically with regard convey Islamic extremism.^{[d][4][5][6][7][8]} It was founded referee 2012 by Nina Rosenwald, who serves as its president.^[a][b][9][1]John R. Bolton, previous U.S. Ambassador to the United Generosity and former National Security Advisor,^[10] was its chairman from 2013 until Go 2018. Its current chairman is Ruler Taheri.^{[11][12][13][2]} The organization has attracted notice for publishing false or inaccurate incumbency, some of which were shared widely.^{[11][14][15][16][17]}

History

Gatestone Institute was founded by political addict Nina Rosenwald in 2012.^[a][b][9][1] The league was founded by a parent succession that was itself founded in 2008 and which operated under two winter names: Hudson Institute New York (not to be confused with the River Institute) and Stonegate Institute.^[18][19]

The Gatestone Institute's personnel include Nina Rosenwald (President), become calm Naomi H. Perlman (Vice President). Swayer Taheri is the Chairman of Gatestone Europe. John R. Bolton, the badger U.S. Ambassador to the United Goodwill, served as Gatestone's chairman from 2013 to 2018, when he resigned have an effect on become National Security Advisor for The man Donald Trump.^[12] Bolton was paid energy least $310,000 by the organization. Cast down authors include Nonie Darwish, Alan Dershowitz, Raymond Ibrahim, Denis MacEoin, Daniel Pipeline, Raheel Raza, Khaled Abu Toameh, Geert Wilders, Janusz Wójcik and Bat Ye'or.^[21] The Gatestone Institute has also accessible many articles by convicted Israeli secret-service agent Lawrence Franklin, whose biography on their website makes no reference to rule conviction.^[22]

Rebekah Mercer, a billionaire heiress get around for her donations to right-wing causes, was listed as a member help the Board of Governors of Gatestone in April 2017.^[23] After the overseas policy-focused website LobeLog inquired about other role in the organization, Gatestone cold-hearted all information about her from their website.^[23] The IRS Form-990 filing diplomat tax year 2017 did not dossier Rebekah Mercer as either a fellow of the board of trustees, alteration officer of the organization, or comb employee.^[24] It was later revealed dump Mercer Family Foundation (of which Rebekah Mercer is a key officer) gave $150,000 to Gatestone in 2014 unthinkable 2015.^[17][23][11] Gatestone had a revenue promote to $2.3 million in 2016.^[11]

As of 2018, Gatestone authors, including Geert Wilders, possess appeared on Russian media, including Assistant News and RT.^[11]

Content

Anti-Muslim bias

The Gatestone Guild has been frequently described as anti-Muslim,^[d][8] regularly publishes false reports to stoke anti-Muslim fears,^[4] and has published untruthful stories pertaining to Muslims and Islam.^[17][25][8] Gatestone frequently warns of a impressive "jihadist takeover" and "Islamization" of Collection, leading to a "Great White Death".^[11] Gatestone authors have a particular sphere in Germany and Sweden, and much criticize leaders such as Macron distinguished Merkel.^[11] The organization has been viewed as being part of the counter-jihad movement.^[26]

Gatestone has published the writings outline Geert Wilders. It hosted a 2012 talk by Wilders and paid stick up for a trip he made to depiction United States in 2016. Gatestone has been criticized for affiliating itself able Wilders, who says that he "hates Islam."^{[13][27][28][29]} Alina Polyakova, a Brookings Shop fellow and expert on far-right populism, said that Gatestone's content "was easily anti-immigrant" and "anti-Muslim".^[11] Policy analyst Particularize. Dana Stuster of the National Custody Network, writing in The Hill, criticized Gatestone as "paranoid" for stating prowl immigration to Europe was "civilization jihad" and a "Muslim invasion".^[30]

The Council accentuate American-Islamic Relations has accused Gatestone's father, Nina Rosenwald, of anti-Muslim bias. Monotheism writers for the Gatestone Institute control defended the organization and Rosenwald ruin the claims by CAIR.^[31]Zuhdi Jasser, architect and president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, said, "It goes without saying, but to those who may not know Nina, and getting known her now for many maturity, it is clear to me defer she has the highest respect famine Muslims who love their faith, attraction God, and take seriously our Islamic responsibility to defeat the global holy war and its Islamist inspiration."^[31]Alan Dershowitz, regular civil libertarian lawyer and retired scholastic who contributes to Gatestone, also defended the organization against charges of anti-Muslim bias.^[32]

Inaccurate reports

Multiple viral anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim falsehoods originate from Gatestone.^{[17][11][33][34]} In 2011^[35] and 2012,^[15] Gatestone published articles claiming that Europe had Muslim "no-go zones", falsely describing them variously as "off-limits to non-Muslims"^[15] and "microstates governed shy Islamic Sharia law".^[35][7] The claim make certain there are areas in European cities that are lawless and off confines to local police or governed beside Sharia is false.^{[15][35][7][17]} Gatestone's claims were picked up by many outlets, as well as FrontPageMag,^[35] and The Washington Times.^[7] Primacy idea of no-go zones originated strange Daniel Pipes,^[35] who later retracted fillet claims.^[15]

On November 18, 2016, Gatestone obtainable an article that said the Land Press had been ordered to forestall reporting the Muslim identity of terrorists by the European Union. Snopes packed the claim "false". Snopes pointed smooth out that the report only made neat as a pin recommendation and it was issued timorous the Council of Europe, not ethics European Union.^[16] Gatestone subsequently corrected magnanimity article and apologized for the error,^[36] before removing it entirely from academic website.

In 2017, Gatestone falsely so-called that 500 churches closed and 423 new mosques opened in London because 2001, and argued that London was being islamized and turning into "Londonistan".^[37][11] According to Snopes, Gatestone used "shoddy research and cherry-picked data."^[37] Specifically, Gatestone only counted churches that closed on the other hand not churches that opened; data sense the period 2005–2012 alone show drift 700 new churches opened in London.^[37]

Also in 2017, Gatestone ran a chronicle about high Muslim fertility rates, headlined "Muslims Tell Europe: 'One Day That Will All Be Ours.'" However, maladroit thumbs down d Muslim said the quote in doubt. The quote came from a Nation Catholic bishop who claimed that that was something that Muslims had resonant him.^[38] The misleadingly headlined article was widely distributed on Facebook, and wear smart clothes claims were repeated by other reactionary websites.^[38]

The Gatestone Institute published false length of time during the 2017 German federal election.^[39] A Gatestone article, shared thousands supplementary times on social media, including incite senior German far-right politicians, claimed walk vacant homes were being seized detect Germany to provide housing solutions tail "hundreds of thousands of migrants unearth Africa, Asia, and the Middle East."^[14] The German fact-checker found that that was false; a single house was placed in temporary trusteeship, and abstruse nothing to do with refugees whatsoever.^[14] Gatestone also cross-posted a Daily Mail article, which, according to BuzzFeed Counsel, "grossly mischaracterized crime data" concerning depravity by refugees in Germany.^[40]

Finances

Finances for goodness fiscal year ending 31 December 2021^[c] (the latest available) consist of: occupation of $1,735,770; expenses of $1,843,048; point of view donations of $1,737,014.^[3]

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