The Terror-Free Oil Initiative was a group based in Coral Springs, Florida, dedicated to encouraging Americans to buy only gasoline that originated in countries that do not export or finance terrorism or are otherwise unfriendly towards the United States.
It promoted those companies that do not directly acquire (drill for oil) their crude oil supply from the Middle East and criticized those companies that do.
TFOI attempted to create a healthy debate concerning alternate methods of fuel production and consumption.
Terror-Free Oil opened the first "terror free" gas station in Omaha, Nebraska, in January 2007. In February 2010 the station closed.
The website Electronic Intifada accused Terror-Free Oil of Islamophobia. But then, again, according to Electronic Intifada, even mentioning the religion of 9/11 hijackers is manifestation of Islamophobia.
TFO spokesman Joe Kaufman is also founder of a group called Americans Against Hate, a conservative civil rights organization and terrorism watchdog group. Kaufman is a prominent critic of the Hamas front Council on American-Islamic Relations.
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