The site features commentary by multiple editors, and its most frequent editor is Robert Spencer.[15] It is a project of theDavid Horowitz Freedom Center.[14]Dhimmi Watch was ablog on the Jihad Watch site, also maintained by Spencer, focusing on alleged outrages by Muslims.[16]
The Horowitz Freedom Center has paid Spencer, as Jihad Watch's director, a $132,000 salary in 2010. Jihad Watch has also received funding from donors supporting theIsraeli right,[15] and a variety of individuals and foundations, likeBradley Foundation and Joyce Chernick, wife of Aubrey Chernick.[17] Politico said that during 2008–2010, "the lion's share of the $920,000 it [David Horowitz Freedom Center] provided over the past three years to Jihad Watch came from [Joyce] Chernick".[17] In 2015, Jihad Watch received approximately $100,000 in revenue, with three quarters of that revenue coming from donations.[18]
Articles begin with editorial commentary, then follow usually with a linked excerpt from a news website.
Jihad Watch is one of the world's most popular sites on the subject of terrorism, with more than 6,000 other sites being linked to it.[6] It is the most popularcounter-jihad blog.[14]
Benazir Bhutto, thePakistani Prime Minister, in her bookReconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West, wrote that Spencer uses Jihad Watch to spread misinformation and hatred of Islam. She added that he presents a skewed, one-sided, and inflammatory story that only helps to sow the seed of civilizational conflict.[22]
Abdel Bari Atwan, the editor-in-chief of the London-based pan-Arab newspaperAl-Quds Al-Arabi, wrote that "Most of the effective surveillance work tracking jihadi sites is being done not by the FBI or MI6, but by private groups. The best-known and most successful of those are [Internet] Haganah ... SITE [Institute] ... and Jihad Watch."[23]
Topal, Semiha (2011). "Everybody Wants Secularism—But Which One? Contesting Definitions of Secularism in Contemporary Turkey".International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society.25 (1–3):1–3.doi:10.1007/s10767-011-9114-z.S2CID144506792.
Larsson, Göran (2014). "Islamophobia or Legitimate Concern? Contrasting Official and Populist Understanding of Opposition to Muslims". In Mays, Christin; Deland, Mats; Minkenberg, Michael (eds.).In the Tracks of Breivik: Far Right Networks in Northern and Eastern Europe. Vienna: Lit Verlag. pp. 155–66.ISBN9783643905420.OCLC881140905.[Jihad Watch] can also be seen as a type of hub for the expression of anti-Muslim attitudes
^abArmstrong, Karen (27 April 2007)."Balancing the Prophet".Financial Times.Archived from the original on 12 September 2007. Retrieved3 February 2008.
^abcPertwee, Ed (10 December 2020)."Donald Trump, the anti-Muslim far right and the new conservative revolution".Ethnic and Racial Studies.43 (16):211–230.doi:10.1080/01419870.2020.1749688.S2CID218843237.Among the [David Horowitz Freedom Center]'s many projects are Jihad Watch, the most popular counter-jihad blog; 'Discover the Networks', a database of the US Left; and FrontPage, an online magazine edited by Jamie Glazov, whose internet TV show, The Glazov Gang, broadcasts interviews with leading counter-jihad figures.
^abBarnard, Anne; Feuer, Alan (10 October 2010)."Outraged, And Outrageous".The New York Times.Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved17 February 2017.
