Preaching about the “evils of Islam” and the need for evangelical Christians to step up and defend the Constitution, their beliefs and way of life appears to be a burgeoning business opportunity.
Preaching about the “evils of Islam” and the need for evangelical Christians to step up and defend the Constitution, their beliefs and way of life appears to be a burgeoning business opportunity.
John Guandolo — a disgraced ex-FBI agent turned anti-Muslim activist — will be in Rapides Parish, Louisiana next week, to train law enforcement. Guandolo, who runs a “strategic and operational training & consulting” group named Understanding the Threat, travels the country ostensibly teaching LEOs at every level of government how to seek out terrorist cells in their area. Guandolo’s trainings instead serve as anti-Muslim witch-hunts, often times targeting and vilifying local Muslim leaders.
Extremist anti-Muslim organizer with President Trump's ear has an answer to calming the waters after the Flynn debacle –– another extremist with a dubious track record.
Once again taking its cues from the anti-Muslim movement, the Trump Administration is reportedly weighing options to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization.
When President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 on Liberty Island, he had no doubt about the perniciousness of the law that it was replacing. The 1924 Immigration Act, which imposed a racist quota system favoring Northern European whites, was a "cruel and enduring wrong," a "harsh injustice" and "un-American in the highest sense," he said at the signing ceremony.
On the eve of “Texas Muslim Capitol Day,” an event to encourage Muslim participation in Texas government, a state lawmaker hosted a forum focused on homeland security and featuring some of America’s most outspoken anti-Muslim activists.
In the weeks leading into and following President-elect Donald Trump’s appointment of Gen. Mike Flynn as his key national security advisor, civil rights groups and the media were quick to point out Flynn’s long history of work with the organized anti-Muslim movement. As it turns out, Flynn has a lengthy history of rhetoric attacking Muslims on Twitter, too.
Brigitte Gabriel, leader of ACT for America, the largest grassroots anti-Muslim hate group in the county, was in a mood to celebrate last week. Not only had Donald Trump won the election, but his nominees for national security advisor and CIA director were close allies.
Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, one of President-elect Donald Trump’s closest advisers during his campaign and his selection for U.S. attorney general, has longstanding and extensive ties to both anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim extremist groups.
Stephen Bannon’s presence in the White House as President-elect Donald Trump’s chief political adviser appears to be driving a wedge among some American Jewish organizations.