Arrival of Syrians fleeing conflict sparks attempt to close college's resettlement center in rural farming community.
Arrival of Syrians fleeing conflict sparks attempt to close college's resettlement center in rural farming community.
ACT! for America founder Brigitte Gabriel has worked hard through the years to give her organization the veneer of respectability, despite extremist rhetoric profiling Muslims as indoctrinated, radical militants. And every year, those alliances are on proud display during ACT!’s national conference in Washington, D.C.
On September 8 and 9 ACT! for America, the largest grassroots anti-Muslim organization in the country, will host its national conference in Washington, DC. The conference, part of which takes place at the Capitol building, brings together a number of extremists as well as elected officials all there to bash Muslims under the guise of national security.
Former FBI agent John Guandolo is planning to be in Denver, Colo., this week for three training sessions for law enforcement, legislators, clergy and members of the general public –– all guaranteed to understand the skills to “combat” the jihadi threat “at the local level.”
In 2007, Maryland activist Ann Corcoran founded the blog Refugee Resettlement Watch (RWW) in response to what she saw as a “grievous error” by the government in taking in Muslim refugees. In the years since, racist groups have increasingly adopted her as one of their own, no surprise given her growing radicalization.
This past weekend, the annual Western Conservative Summit in Denver, Colo., brought a number of the 2016 GOP presidential hopefuls to the battleground state, as well as a number of extremists and members of hate groups. Some of the major themes of the gathering included attacking the Supreme Court for its ruling on marriage equality and anti-immigrant sentiment.
When two apparent Muslim radicals attacked a Muhammad cartoon contest in a Dallas suburb this May, a national spotlight was focused on the group that hosted the provocative event — the American Freedom Defense Initiative, whose leader is Pamela Geller, the country’s most flamboyant and visible Muslim-basher.
Hate and antigovernment 'Patriot' groups are down by about a fifth as activism shifts to cyberspace and lone wolf actions
In the weeks following the terrorist attacks in France, major players in the American anti-Muslim movement have unleashed a tirade of bigotry and renewed their energies in attacking the federal government. But not to be left out, prominent anti-immigrant figures and politicians have also joined the show.