Obsession with your morning news: the anti-Muslim movie gets delivered to homes and presented at military colleges.(NEWS)

AS OBAMA AND MCCAIN were squaring off in debates last fall, 28 million copies of the DVD Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West were distributed across the U.S.--primarily in swing states including Ohio, Colorado and Florida--as well as being inserted inside 70 newspapers, including The New York Times and The Oregonian. The distribution was in the form of advertising paid for by the Clarion Fund, a nonprofit organization that describes its focus as the "most urgent threat of radical Islam."

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Angry newspaper subscribers and civil rights groups nationwide said the DVD was anti-Muslim propaganda. It includes scenes of men in Lebanon chanting "death to America" and a child promising to become a suicide bomber.

Attorney Diane Aboushi, directory of the Muslim Bar Association of New York, fears the film's distribution may herald a renewed wave of hate against Arabs and Muslims. "A movie like Obsession feeds hate and paranoia, dehumanizing people," she said.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission, alleging violations of the Clarion Fund's nonprofit status. The Council contends that the distribution before the election was an attempt to scare voters away from Obama by playing into rumors widely circulated by the right wing that he is Muslim and supports radical Islam.

Officials at the Clarion Fund have refused to reveal the group's donors, sparking speculation among Muslim advocates and Jewish bloggers alike. A few ties including a shared address have linked the Clarion Fund to Aish HaTorah ...