Islamists view the United States as fertile ground for their ideology with good reason. MEF’s research has exposed millions of taxpayer dollars in federal funding to Islamist and terror-linked organizations via the Department of Health and Human Services. On the state level, Islamist Watch continues to uncover terror-linked South Asian Islamist networks in Texas as well as an Islamist charter school thriving on millions in state funds.

Jews in Dearborn, Michigan, are openly terrorized with the help of the city’s mayor, as a nearby mosque spreads antisemitic libels and raw hatred of Jews. In Massachusetts, lawmakers push blatantly unconstitutional legislation to grant Muslims special legal privileges. Below is a selection of MEF’s recent research on these key issues.

The “dog that didn’t bark” in the Iran war was the Houthis, until now. They seized the islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish which creates a chokepoint in the Bab al-Mandab Strait. They also began active attacks against Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure including the East West pipeline which was helping to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.

This creates a major problem for the United States as well as the energy producers and all others whose cargo transits the Red Sea in or out of the Mediterranean Sea. The Houthis claim they just want to break the blockade on supplies coming to them. But. the question is how much of their actions are coordinated with Iran to create blockages for both major Straits in the region and 25% of the world’s energy supply. MEF looks at the implications of this escalation.