John R. Houk
© April 18, 2017
Have you heard of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation?
If you live in California, you probably have heard of SVCF. Adding California
and SVCF, it is not difficult to pigeon-hole a wide Leftist influence. Here are
some excerpts from the SCVF About Us page:
Silicon Valley Community Foundation advances innovative philanthropic
solutions to challenging problems.
Since SVCF formed in 2007, we've become the largest
community foundation in the world, with more than $8 billion in assets under
management.
We partner with families, individuals and corporations to manage and facilitate
their philanthropy. We connect donors’ interests to the most pressing needs,
whether in Silicon Valley or around the globe. As a comprehensive center
for philanthropy, SVCF shapes critical public policy issues, partners with
nonprofit groups and institutions advancing the best ideas and directs
resources swiftly and strategically toward unforeseen needs.
…
We play an exciting role in addressing the social, economic, and
environmental challenges of our communities. SVCF provides leadership,
expertise and capital to help address social issues in our region. We also
serve as a resource for nonprofit, civic, government and philanthropic
organizations. There are four primary ways in which we contribute:
§ Commission research: We commission research to identify emerging issues, monitor trends and
provide analysis. To read about research we have recently commissioned, visit
the publications page.
§ Conduct public discussions: We bring people together to engage in discussion and problem solving.
These events often stimulate new insights while encouraging diverse
perspectives. Check our calendar for information on upcoming events and
discussions.
§ Advocate: We take
principled positions on critical issues and advocate policy outcomes. To learn
more about policy, visit the publications page.
§ Create initiatives:
We often launch initiatives and special projects, partnering with other
foundations, corporations, nonprofits, donors and government agencies to work
on specific topics or issues. Visit our Initiatives page for more
information.
Notice the about
page says nothing about a Left agenda, advanced by Left-darling Obama,
to fundamentally transform America.
“Transform”
means change America’s traditional Christian moral stance, change American
attitudes toward alternative lifestyles, change the Rule of Law from an Originalist Constitution to a Living Constitution, change American self-reliance to Big
Government reliance, change the American Market Economy into a State Managed
Economy AND probably more American changes I can’t think of off the top of my
head.
I have learned via Change.org
that SVCF has hopped on board of the Leftist agenda to promote counter-Christian religions to dilute and
eventually eradicate Christianity’s traditional influence on America. In this
case that religion is Islam.
As a part of the
SVCF community enhancement, the foundation has donated hundreds of thousands of
dollars to American radical Islamic organizations that have been caught at
least by association to have been supportive of Islamic terrorism abroad.
This is fundamentally
WRONG to be an American and yet be
supportive of religious entities that seek the destruction of the American way
of life.
Unlike this petition that distinguishes between Islam &
Islamism and according to my readings of the Quran, Hadith and Sunna; Islam is
a theopolitical supremacist religion that stands against everything America stands.
That is the reason I signed the petition.
Below is the full text of the petition on Change.org.
Perhaps if you have not been convinced to sign as yet, reading the petition will encourage you.
Interesting Links I discovered looking at SVCV:
o
Saul Alinsky and the Rise of Amorality in
American Politics; D. L. Adams; New
English Review; 1/2010
JRH 4/18/17
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The Silicon Valley Community Foundation Must Stop Funding
Islamist Hate Groups
Petition from Middle East Forum
United States
In 2008-15, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
provided eight donations totaling $330,524 to two extremist organizations. The
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) received five donations totaling
$132,933. Islamic Relief received three donations totaling $197,591.
We differentiate between Islam and Islamism. American
Muslims are an important part of our country; but Islamists pursue an extreme
political ideology with no real mandate from ordinary Muslims.
Islamists such as those running CAIR and Islamic Relief
encourage hatred against women, Jews, Christians, the LGBTQ community, and Muslims
belonging to minority sects. Islamists radicalize Muslims in the United States
and fund jihadi violence abroad.
CAIR and Islamic Relief duplicitously employ liberal
rhetoric in their pursuit of illiberal ideas, sometimes successfully duping
politicians, journalists, academics, and philanthropists.
The Middle East Forum and its allies oppose all funding of Islamist organizations because this money both legitimizes Islamists as the voice of America’s Muslims and betrays those moderate Muslims working to free their faith from the grip of hatred and extremism.
The Middle East Forum and its allies oppose all funding of Islamist organizations because this money both legitimizes Islamists as the voice of America’s Muslims and betrays those moderate Muslims working to free their faith from the grip of hatred and extremism.
SVCF is the largest community foundation in the United
States. With over 8 billion dollars in assets under management, it is the go-to
charitable organization for some of America's wealthiest philanthropists. Mark
Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, made a $500 million dollar donation to
the foundation in 2013. America's largest community foundation and its
philanthropic partners should not support organizations that promulgate
extremism both here and abroad.
We the undersigned call upon the SVCF to immediately stop all funding of extremist groups, including CAIR and Islamic Relief.
We the undersigned call upon the SVCF to immediately stop all funding of extremist groups, including CAIR and Islamic Relief.
Appendix 1: What Are CAIR and Islamic Relief?
CAIR was named as
an un-indicted co-conspirator in the 2008 Holy Land Foundation terrorism
financing trial. The FBI has banned outreach with CAIR
since 2008. In 2014, the United Arab Emirates, a pious Muslim country, designated CAIR
a terrorist organization. The Anti-Defamation League accuses CAIR of promoting
anti-Jewish sentiment. Six CAIR leaders have been arrested, convicted, or
deported for terrorism-related crimes: Randall (“Ismail”)
Royer, Ghassan Elashi, Bassem Khafagi, Rabih Haddad, Nabil Sadoun,
and Muthanna Al-Hanooti.
Islamic Relief is the largest Islamic charity in America and
the Western world, reporting an
income of about $110 million in 2014. But it is a designated terrorist entity
in Israel and
the UAE. Banks
such as UBS and HSBC have closed Islamic
Relief bank accounts over concerns about terrorism financing.
Appendix 2: Examples of CAIR and Islamic Relief Hate
Speakers
Siraj Wahhaj is a former member of CAIR’s
advisory board and one of CAIR’s most regular speakers.
o LGTBQ: “I
don't believe any of you are homosexual. This is a disease of this
society. …
you know what the punishment is, if a man is found with another man? The
Prophet Mohammad said the one who does it and the one to whom it is done to,
kill them both.”
o
Infidels: “Woe
to the Muslims who pick kafirs [a derogatory Arabic word meaning
non-Muslims] for friends. …
Take not into your intimacy those outside of your race. They will not fail to
corrupt you. Don't you know our children are surrounded by kafirs. I'm
telling you, making the hearts of our children corrupt, dirty, foul.”
Hussain Kamani is a Deobandi preacher who has spoken at multiple Islamic
Relief events.
o
Sex slavery and adultery:
Kamani explains that Muslim men may fulfill any sexual desires “with
a female slave that belongs to him.” Those who commit adultery or have sex
outside of marriage, he asserts, must be “stoned to death.” When Muslim
husbands are learning to “train their wives,” beating them is allowed as a
“last measure.”
Abdul Nasir Jangda, also from the Deobandi sect,
has been promoted and given platforms by both Islamic
Relief and CAIR.
o Non-consensual sex: Detailed notes published by
Jangda's students indicate that he defends the use of female sex slaves and
justifies marital rape: “The thing to understand is that the husband
has his set of divinely given rights one of which is the right to have his
physical desires satisfied.”
o
Death penalty: He
advocates the killing of apostates and adulterers.
o Honor killings: “Sisters
... you know what happens with a really jealous Dad? He kills you and he kills
the guy. You are offending Allah ... whenever you make yourself promiscuous or
you open yourself up to a relationship.”
o
Homosexuality: “When
Allah describes homosexuality as a repugnant shameless sin and details his
punishment of a people that practiced sodomy, how can anyone who believes in
Allah not find it immoral? … If as Muslims we don't
take a clear stance on this, we will be forced to conform and watch this disease
destroy our children.”
Muzammil Siddiqi is chairman of the Fiqh Council
of North America and the religious director at the Islamic Society of Orange
County. He works closely with CAIR and often
speaks at its events.
Hassan Shibly is a CAIR staffer, the head of its
Florida office.
o
Homosexuality: He
expresses hatred for the LGBT community, as in this tweet where
he says homosexuality is a quick way “to earn God’s wrath.”
Jamal Badawi is a recent board member of
CAIR’s Canada branch and a popular speaker at
CAIR events in the United States.
This petition will be delivered to:
§
Silicon Valley Community
Foundation
§
Emmett Carson
§
Samuel Johnson
§
Dan'l Lewin
§
David P. Lopez
§
Erik Dryburgh
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Leftist Tech NGO Donates
to Islamists
John R. Houk
© April 18, 2017
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The Silicon Valley
Community Foundation Must Stop Funding Islamist Hate Groups
Middle
East Forum homepage
About The Middle East
Forum
With roots going back to
1990, the Middle East Forum has been an independent tax-exempt 501(c) (3)
nonprofit organization based in Philadelphia since 1994.
Mission
The Middle East Forum
promotes American interests in the Middle East and protects Western values from
Middle Eastern threats.
The Forum sees the region —
with its profusion of dictatorships, radical ideologies, existential conflicts,
border disagreements, corruption, political violence, and weapons of mass
destruction — as a major source of problems for the United States. Accordingly,
we urge bold measures to protect Americans and their allies.
In the Middle East, we focus
on ways to defeat radical Islam; work for Palestinian acceptance of Israel;
develop strategies to contain Iran; and deal with the great advances of anarchy.
At home, the Forum emphasizes
the danger of lawful Islamism; protects the freedoms of anti-Islamist authors,
activists, and publishers; and works to improve Middle East studies.
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