“Gaffney has turned up so many ‘Muslim infiltrators’ in government or civic positions that it is difficult to keep track. If a Muslim runs for political office, or even wants to get involved in their local community, or establish any sort of institution, whether they are a Republican or a Democrat, outrageous charges of ‘creeping Sharia prononent’,  ‘stealth jihadist’, ‘Muslim Brotherhood plant’, etc. are made by Islamophobes.”

Sheila Musaji examines the record of the man who inspired Michele Bachmann’s Muslim Brotherhood conspiracy theory.

The American Muslim, 21 July 2012

See also Matt Duss, “Frank Gaffney’s latest boogeyman inspired Bachmann’s witch hunt”, Think Progess, 19 July 2012