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Sarah PosnerApril 18, 2011

King Politicizes “Unindicted Co-Conspirator” Muslim Brotherhood Conspiracy Theory

By Sarah Posner

Calls for Department of Justice to investigate CAIR and other Muslim groups.

Politics/LawMarch 8, 2011

Welcome to the Shari’ah Conspiracy Theory Industry

By Sarah Posner

The support of many Republican presidential candidates demonstrates the success of a cottage industry based on the conspiracy theory that totalitarian Islamic radicals are bent on infiltrating America, displacing the Constitution, and subverting Western-style democracy in the U.S. and around the globe.

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