Keith Ellison, Prager argued that Ellison should not be allowed to take the oath on the Qur’an, “ because the act undermines American civilization.” Prager went on to claim that allowing Ellison to take the oath on the Qur’an would “embolden Islamic extremists and make new ones, as Islamists, rightly or wrongly, see the first sign of the realization of their greatest goal - the Islamicization of America.”
In 2006, following the election of the first American Muslim to Congress, Rep. The same MotherJones piece quotes Prager stat ing it was his duty to provide a conservative viewpoint “on things that matter-economics, good and evil, America, Israel, religion, God, etc.” because universities had “shut down” and “demonized nonleft ideas,” and the media was not “far behind.” In the 2018 MotherJones piece, writer Mark Oppenheimer describes PragerU’s content as “engineered to sway those in the mushy middle, especially young people trying to figure out what they stand for.” The organization was established in 2010 by conservative radio talk show host Dennis Prager and radio producer Allen Estrin in order to present conservative views and combat perceived “liberal bias” in the American education system. Its website states that the organization believes in “economic and religious freedom, a strong military that protects our allies, and in the religious values that inform Western civilization, also known as Judeo-Christian values.” While it uses the word “university” in its name, PragerU is not an accredited academic institution and does not offer degree programs. Prager University is an American conservative non-profit organization that creates five-minute, animated, lecture-style videos and social media content on political, economic, and social topics. A number of PragerU’s videos spread anti-Muslim rhetoric and conspiracy theories.
Although it is not an academic institution, by using the word “university” in its title PragerU implies that the right-wing messaging they spread is factually correct and expert-driven. IMPACT : PragerU, short for Prager University, is an American conservative organization that produces content to promote“Judeo-Christian values” to their millions of followers through short, lecture-style videos.
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