Pamela Geller
Pamela Geller (born June 14, 1958) is an American political activist, commentator, and president of the American Freedom Defense Initiative which she co-founded with Robert Spencer.
She is known for her anti-Islamic positions and opposition to Islamic activities and causes, such as the proposed construction of an Islamic community center near the former site of the World Trade Center. Her viewpoints have been described as anti-Islamic or Islamophobic. She says her blogging and campaigns in the United States are against what she terms "creeping Sharia" in the country. She is described as a critic of radical Islam and self-described as opposing opposing political Islam.
Quotes
- I will say that the Muslim terrorists were practicing pure Islam, original Islam.
- "Firestorm Grows Over Islamic Center Near Ground Zero", Anderson Cooper 360°, CNN (17 August 2010)
- Islam is the most antisemitic, genocidal ideology in the world.
- I believe most Muslims are secular. I don't believe that most Muslims subscribe to devout fundamentalist Islam by any stretch of the imagination. And we need the secular Muslims to win the battle for the reformation of Islam.
- Pamela Geller: "This Is a Clash of Civilizations", PBS (27 September 2011)
- Never, ever retract. The smell of weakness is like blood to sharks.
- "Pamela Geller speaks to the Sugar Land Tea Party in Sugar Land, Texas", Sugar Land, Texas
- Do not think for one second that what you do is not important. Do not believe one second that individual can't change the course of human events, because individual can and does and will change the course of human events.
- "Pamela Geller speaks to the Sugar Land Tea Party in Sugar Land, Texas", Sugar Land, Texas
