AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT: CAPAF’s Faiz Shakir on Link Between Oslo Terrorist’s Manifesto’s Links to American Islamophobic Bloggers and Pundits

Washington, D.C. — Faiz Shakir, Vice President at the Center for American Progress Action Fund and Editor-in-Chief of ThinkProgress.org, is available today to provide comment and analysis on the links between Anders Breivik, the Oslo terrorist responsible for the deaths of 76 people in Norway last week, and a set of “experts” and researchers in the United States. Think Progress has detailed how Brevik’s manifesto contains hundreds of citations to Islamophobic bloggers including 162 links to “Jihad Watch,” a blog by Robert Spencer. The chart below, “Manifesto Citations,” reveals that the bomber and attacker heavily read and used materials from pundits and think tanks in the United States:

See also:

• CHART: Oslo Terrorist’s Manifesto Cited Many Islamophobic Bloggers and Pundits
• Breivik Was Influenced By American Islamophobes Behind ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Hysteria
• Pat Buchanan: Norwegian Right-Wing Terrorist ‘Breivik May Be Right’
• After Terrorist Attack By Alleged Anti-Muslim Fanatic, Peter King Will Still Target Only Muslims In Terror Hearings
• Anders Breivik Recommended Popular Anti-Muslim Documentary ‘Obsession’ For ‘Further Study’
• Colbert Attacks Conservative Media Outlets for rushing to blame Muslims in Oslo coverage

To speak with Faiz Shakir, please contact Andrea Purse at 202.481.8181 or apurse@americanprogressaction.org

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