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The Clarion Project, formerly known as the Clarion Fund, is a conservative non-profit media and advocacy organization founded in 2006 by Israeli-American filmmaker Raphael Shore. It produces media content such as documentary films and reports focused on criticizing radical Islam and exposing Islamist extremism, including works like 'Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West' (2005/2008), 'The Third Jihad' (2010), and 'Honor Diaries' (2014), and also supports moderate Muslim initiatives. The organization gained notoriety for distributing 28 million copies of 'Obsession' in swing-state newspapers during the 2008 U.S. presidential election, a $17 million campaign that sparked accusations of election interference. Funded by conservative donors including Donors Capital Fund and Barre Seid, and institutionally linked to pro-Israel groups like Aish HaTorah, it rebranded from Clarion Fund to Clarion Project in 2012. It operates using films, reports, and online campaigns to influence public opinion and policy on national security and immigration. The organization's materials have been widely characterized by critics as anti-Muslim propaganda and fear-mongering, with groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center labeling it a hate group, and it faces ongoing criticism for Islamophobia, misinformation, and factual inaccuracies.