Benjamin Baird

Benjamin Baird

Expert Topics:

  • Islamism in the West
  • Counter-terrorism
  • Counter-extremism

Benjamin Baird

Islamism in Politics (IIP) Coordinator | Islamist Watch

  • Islamic Research Expert
  • Director, National network of professional
  • Oversees volunteer activists and research fellows
  • Exposes Islamic extremism at the local and national level
  • Editor, nationally syndicated publications and journals
  • Organizing grassroots and grasstops activism campaigns
  • Lobbying federal and state lawmakers
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Bio

Benjamin Baird researches Islamist activity in Washington DC and state capitals across the country, organizes to counter these efforts, and educates the public, the media, and politicians on the threat posed by Islamist involvement in politics. He is a decorated U.S. Army infantry veteran and frequent contributor to the Investigative Project on Terrorism, The Daily Caller, and other prominent media outlets.

Combined over a decade of direct combat experience as a U.S. Army infantry platoon sergeant engaging Islamist terrorist groups. Holds a BA in Middle Eastern studies from the American Military University, providing insight into Islamism in the West, counter-terrorism, and counter-extremism.

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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. The Middle East Forum realizes its goals through three main mechanisms:

-Intellectual: The Forum provides context, insights, and policy recommendations through the Middle East Quarterly, staff writings, public lectures, radio and television appearances, and conference calls (see below for details).

-Operational: The Forum exerts an active influence through its projects, including Campus Watch, Islamist Watch, Legal Project, Washington Project, Apartheid Monitor, and Shillman/Ginsburg Writing Fellowship Program (see below for details).

-Philanthropic: The Forum annually distributes US$1.5 million in earmarked donations through its Education Fund, helping researchers, writers, investigators, and activists around the world. 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.

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