These reports detail Emgage’s long-standing alliances with Zionist anti-Palestinian and anti-Muslim organizations, shedding light on the actions and affiliations of Emgage’s leadership. To truly understand the reasons behind the campaign, we encourage you to review these critical resources, starting with the pivotal open letter to Muslim leaders.
Middle East Eye: Joe Biden, Emgage and the Muzzling of Muslim America
A closer examination of Emgage reveals how the organization ascended to political prominence: through funding from non-Muslim foundations and strategic alliances with pro-Israel groups, which included marginalizing Muslim communities.
EI: Meet Emgage, the pro-Israel Muslims backing Joe Biden
Little attention has been given to Emgage’s troubling ties to Israel and its lobby – including trips to Israel paid for by an organization with close ties to the Israeli army.
Mondoweiss: Behind the scenes of the GOTV sham and foreign policy concessions of Emgage PAC
Former staffer: Instead of being a vehicle for empowerment and change, Emgage has become a tool to undermine and suffocate American Muslim political power
Review of Emgage by Ahmed Shaikh ESQ
Emgage has been banned in a great many Masajid in Florida in part because it has developed poor relationships with Muslim leaders throughout the state. While Emgage is a member of the South Florida Muslim Federation, it is not especially liked there. Maintaining poor relationships and having a reputation for detestable conduct in Florida seems to be more of a problem for Emgage in that state than any perceived Zionist or Hindutva sympathy (even though nobody will forget to list these). I had talked to several Muslim leaders in Florida who recounted several unethical and underhanded tactics, for example:
Emgage Endorsing pro-Israel candidates
Middle East Eye has found that Emgage has endorsed at least 20 pro-Israel candidates competing in November’s elections, calling into the question the organisation’s agenda and vetting process.
Out of the 41 congressional candidates endorsed by Emgage in 2020, MEE found at least 12 Congressional incumbents who co-sponsored or voted against the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) in Congress in 2019, had taken multiple sponsored trips to Israel, and collectively received upwards of $621,697 from the pro-Israel lobby since 2017.
Out of the 41 congressional candidates endorsed by Emgage in 2020, MEE found at least 12 Congressional incumbents who co-sponsored or voted against the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) in Congress in 2019, had taken multiple sponsored trips to Israel, and collectively received upwards of $621,697 from the pro-Israel lobby since 2017.