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Islam [r]: Religion founded by Muhammad whose sacred book is the Qur'an (Koran). ^[e]
- Islamist [r]: A person who holds that Islam should guide social and political as well as personal life. ^[e]
Middle East Forum [r]: A strongly ideological think tank and advocacy organization to define and promote American interests in the Middle East; its general assumption is that the interests of the U.S. and the State of Israel will almost always coincide ^[e]
- David Horowitz Freedom Center [r]: Originally founded by David Horowitz to form a conservative presence in Hollywood, the organization is active on a number of fronts, such as DiscoverTheNetworks, to fight what it considers a combined leftist and Islamist trend in popular culture and academia ^[e]
  - David Horowitz [r]: (1939—) American conservative activist who underwent a conversion from the New Left of the 1960s and 1970s, to become an intense critic of liberalism, and later Islamist thought, in popular culture; founder of the David Horowitz Freedom Center and various watchdog organizations; "favorite columnist", American Conservative Union. ^[e]

David Rusin [r]: Philadelphia Editor Pajamas Media; Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Pennsylvania and has published more than thirty articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals; investigates the interface between Western and Islamic culture for Islamist Watch ^[e]
Siraj Wahhaj [r]: U.S.-born citizen who was first a Baptist and then in the Nation of Islam; Imam, Masjid al-Taqwa mosque in Brooklyn, New York City; Amir (leader) of the Diwan (leadership council), Muslim Alliance in North America; first Muslim cleric to give an invocation to the U.S. House of Representatives; described as unindicted co-conspirator in terrorism trial and was a character witness for defendants; called 1998 bombings of U.S. Embassies in Africa illicit ^[e]