David Miller

David Miller is a British aca­d­e­m­ic and for­mer pro­fes­sor of polit­i­cal soci­ol­o­gy at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Bris­tol, known for his con­tro­ver­sial research on media, Islam­o­pho­bia, and influ­ence oper­a­tions. He direct­ed the inves­tiga­tive plat­form Spin­watch, which has received fund­ing from orga­ni­za­tions such as the Cor­do­ba Foun­da­tion, Mus­lim Engage­ment and Devel­op­ment (MEND), Inter­pal, and Friends of Al-Aqsa —many of which have ties to the Glob­al Mus­lim Broth­er­hood and Hamas. Miller has con­tributed to Al-Mayadeen, a Beirut-based pro-Hezbol­lah media out­let, and pro­duces “Pales­tine Declas­si­fied” for Press TV, the Iran­ian state broad­cast­er. He co-authored the EU-fund­ed report “Islam­o­pho­bia and Euro­pean Media,” argu­ing that Euro­pean media and states fos­ter anti-Mus­lim nar­ra­tives. Miller’s pub­lic claims have led to accu­sa­tions of incit­ing hatred and his dis­missal from Bris­tol Uni­ver­si­ty, though he main­tains he was cleared of anti-Semi­tism. He has appeared at events orga­nized by the Islam­ic Human Rights Com­mis­sion, a UK NGO with UN close links to the Iran­ian regime. Miller remains a polar­iz­ing fig­ure in debates on Islam­o­pho­bia, Zion­ism, and the influ­ence of pro-Israel lob­bies in the UK and Europe.