Brigitte Gabriel
ACT! for America has a problem. Its first problem is that it was founded by Brigitte Gabriel. Yes, the same Brigitte Gabriel the New York Times called a “radical Islamophobe” and who in the past has made statements like “Arabs have no soul,” and “Arabs are barbarians.” She might be novel eye candy for some (which I’m guessing is the reason Bill Maher had her on his show) but it is clear that Brigitte Gabriel is a whacked out fundamentalist with a seething rage against Muslims and a determination on the one hand to destroy Islam and on the other to make as much profit in the process.
The other problem with ACT! is that it is an organization filled with the types of people we see at Tea Party rallies. You know the ones who dress up in late 18th century regalia a la George Washington or carry around posters about Obama being a Kenyan, or Hitler, or Joker or a Marxist Mooslim anti-Christ coming to change America from a Christian nation into the Soviet Union.
The ACT! for America scheme essentially boils down to an organization masquerading as a “defender of Western Civilization” akin to the claims of other Islamophobes such as Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller. They have a binary view of the world, the Bush mantra of “you’re either with us or against us.”
Brigitte Gabriel pretentiously declares on the ACT! site, “I founded this organization to give Americans their voice back…” Brigitte, Americans never lost their “voice,” unless the “voice” you want to give back is the Jim Crow voice that unleashed the dogs and water hoses on Southern blacks fighting for civil rights and against White racism because that is the historical parallel which fits into your rhetoric.
Those White racists were saying the same thing Brigitte is saying today, that we need to “defend Western civilization.” To the White racists of the South, Western civilization equaled White and Christian. Today Brigitte claims a bigger tent though it is bigoted just the same, to her Western Civilization equals Judeo-Christian and de facto excludes any Muslim.
ACT! is an organization shot through and through with Christian fundamentalists. That is why at many of their events one will see a Christian missionary preaching the Gospel while other ACT! custodians will be passing out anti-Islam literature.
In this video a representative for a Florida Chapter of ACT! for America spews his hate filled beliefs about Islam. He brags about using the Quran as toilet paper and urinating in Muslim ablution sinks (starts at 45 seconds):
I guess that is defending Western Civilization for you. The original user (an ACT! member) who put up the above video on YouTube has removed it. Obviously realizing that it hurts their credibility, but luckily someone else downloaded it.
Also in Florida where they seem to be the most active, ACT! for America chapters were angered at the appointment of Parvez Ahmed to Jacksonville’s Human Rights Commission. They couldn’t countenance a Muslim being appointed to anything in an official capacity (even though 90% of them probably believe that Barack Obama is a Mooslim). So they began a campaign to smear Parvez, saying he was filled with Taqiyyah, that he was a terrorist, a terrorist supporter, etc. To do so they brought up his time as an employee with CAIR. ACT! members falsely held the belief that they could shout “CAIR!” and it would be enough to stop the train and ruin someones career and reputation.
An anti-Muslim organization is lobbying Jacksonville City Council members to vote against confirming a University of North Florida professor to the city’s Human Rights Commission.
Parvez Ahmed, who is Muslim, was appointed to the voluntary advisory board by Mayor John Peyton and recommended for confirmation by the council Rules Committee. A vote on his confirmation is scheduled to occur at Tuesday’s council meeting.
The group ACT! for America caught wind of his appointment last week and e-mailed a 20-page report Friday accusing Ahmed of having ties to extremist groups through his service on the board of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
“When it comes to a human rights commissioner, Jacksonville can do better than this nomination,” said Randy McDaniels, leader of ACT’s Jacksonville chapter.
The mayor’s office and some City Council members dispute the organizations’ claims and said there is no proof Ahmed has radical ties. Deputy General Counsel Cindy Laquidara will attend Tuesday’s council meeting to answer questions about Ahmed’s background.
Councilman John Crescimbeni, who initially suggested Ahmed to the mayor’s office for a nomination, said the group and its last-minute claims against the professor have no credibility.
“In fact, I checked out some of those allegations made in the original e-mail that came out last Friday,” Crescimbeni said. “It looked like a cut and paste job. It’s pure hate on their part.”
Crescimbeni said Ahmed, who is a Fulbright Scholar with decades of public service under his belt, would be an asset to the Human Rights Commission.
“I can’t think of a better person to serve on that commission than him,” he said. “He is the guy that’s all about peace, and he’s all about getting along.”
Council President Richard Clark said Ahmed’s appointment is currently included on the consent agenda for Tuesday’s meeting, meaning it would be approved quickly with several other items. However, he said, any council member can request that it be taken off the consent agenda and discussed separately.
“I have no intention of pulling it,” Clark said. “If people felt that strongly about it, they should have spoken up long before the confirmation process at Rules.”
McDaniels said ACT learned of Ahmed’s nomination after media reports surfaced about the Rules Committee vote and Councilman Clay Yarborough’s questioning of the professor’s opinion on separation of church and state and gay marriage.
Yarborough voted to recommend the professor after receiving responses he considered satisfactory, but he now says the ACT report has given him pause. He said he wants to know more about its claims before deciding whether he will vote for Ahmed’s confirmation.
“If need be, I will adamantly oppose confirmation of his appointment on the floor tomorrow if there are established links here that are of concern,” Yarborough said Monday.
The ACT report ties Council on American-Islamic Relations to extremists because it was listed as one of 300 unindicted co-conspirators in a Department of Justice terrorism financing trial. That matter ended in mistrial, and CAIR was never accused of wrongdoing.
McDaniels’ group offered no evidence that Ahmed had directly attempted to support terrorist groups.
The mayor’s office is standing by its decision to nominate Ahmed to the Human Rights Commission, saying it conducted the same criminal background and reference checks as all other nominees to a board or commission.
Ahmed said the scrutiny he has experienced in recent days has not deterred him from wanting to serve on the commission, but he worries about the message it is sending.
“I am afraid other qualified individuals may be discouraged to pursue public service,” he said. “Hate groups like ACT do not belong in our Democratic process.”
Councilman Art Shad, who is chairman of the Rules Committee, expressed the same concern and said the next two weeks will be important for the City Council as Ahmed and two others come up for confirmation to the Human Rights Commission.
“We want to be very careful in how we act because we need to set the example of being level-headed, although we want to be thorough in our view,” Shad said.
He said any council member has a right to ask questions of nominees, but he hopes there is an air of respect to the process and to those who want to volunteer their time.
tia.mitchell@jacksonville.com
(904) 359-4425
Unfortunately for ACT! people aren’t buying into the conspiracies anymore, and their cries about CAIR are falling on unsympathetic ears.
Jacksonville panel votes again to recommend Ahmed for commission
After nearly two weeks of controversy, the City Council Rules Committee voted 4-1 today to recommend University of North Florida professor Pervez Ahmed as a member of the city’s Human Rights Commission.
The nomination now goes to the full council for approval.
Only Councilman Clay Yarborough voted against Ahmed. He had voted to approve Ahmed at the last Rules meeting.
Mark Woods: Jacksonville councilman Clay Yarborough takes turn at answering questions
“I have too much of a reasonable doubt based on the research I’ve done over the last week and a half,” Yarborough said.
Voting in favor were Art Shad, John Crescimbeni, Denise Lee and Bill Bishop. Council Vice President Jack Webb left the room before the vote was taken; he told The Times-Union he stepped out to get a soft drink and was surprised that the vote came so soon.
The meeting was interrupted by shouting and several people walked out.
Ahmed said of the vote, “It’s a vindication for the City of Jacksonville more than for me … The city needed an outcome that demonstrated courage, that demonstrated moral clarity.”
Ahmed’s nomination was opposed by ACT! for America, an anti-Islamist group. Randy McDaniels, head of the group’s Jacksonville chapter, said, “It is surprising that so many people are pushing this individual and I would ask why.”
This story isn’t over but it is clear that the days of maligning Muslims for standing up for their civil rights will not get a free pass. However, the dogged persistence of hate groups such as ACT! for America means Americans of all stripes will have to be vigilante and work hard to fight hate.
ACT! for America maybe more properly known as Hate! for America because that is what they represent, as is evident by the bigotry of their founder Brigitte Gabriel, the witch hunt against Parvez Ahmed and the video of the hate filled ACT! for America representative make plain.
April 20th, 2010 at 10:39 am
Gabriel is ugly both inside and out (no wonder she’s angry). Thanks for exposing “ACT!”, fortunately sensible people aren’t buying their bullshit.
April 20th, 2010 at 11:08 am
Thanks for the piece. ACT! is crazy, I don’t know why anyone would take their hate campaigns seriously.
I have to give it up to the students in the vid. who are challenging their stupidity.
April 20th, 2010 at 11:39 am
The scariest thing by far in this piece is the photograph at the top.
April 20th, 2010 at 11:40 am
Well now the good news,
These Christian fanatics like Brijitte Gabriel are the reason so many Evangelicals in America are dumping their faith. The Evangelical left wing, the new force in America, recently made an anti Israel movie, showing their solidarity with the Palestinians.
Gabriel is listed as a speaker with the Hasbara Fellowships. Hasbara Fellowships are run by Aish Hatorah International, an organization aligned with the Israeli Likud Party, which has close ties to the producers of “Obsession.”
Franklin Lamb, write the truth about this media whore here, i’d ask readers to check this out, it exposes her lies, and her right wing Zionist funders, Likudniks and Armeggedonites
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From Lebanon with Hate
The Maid of Darkness from Lebanon’s ‘Meadow of Springs’ Imports Extreme Islamophobia Stateside
http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/02/from-lebanon-with-hate/
by Franklin Lamb / February 23rd, 2008
some extracts
“Before moving to Israel and eventually to the United States, Brigitte worked for Middle East TV, a Marjayoun-based station run by the South Lebanon Army (SLA) and funded by Israel. It moved to Cyprus for a period and was later purchased by Pat Robertson, who is now building a Christian Zionism Center in Israel. After obtaining a green card by marrying an American, Brigitte set up a business selling her new country “insider information not available elsewhere” about the existential dangers posed by Islam and Arabs, based, she announced, “on my unique perspective having been nearly killed by them and rescued by Israel.”
Regarding recent Lebanese affairs, according to her former neighbors in South Lebanon, Brigitte has been a close supporter of the Phalange militia and SLA since her teenage years. According to her ACT office in Virginia Beach, Brigitte hopes to host the current Lebanese Forces warlord, Samir Geagea—fives times convicted of murdering various Christian opponents and their children—during his upcoming March visit to the US.
Denied a US visa since his murder convictions, Geagea has been forgiven by the US embassy in Beirut, and he will spend much of March with the Welch Club discussing military aid to Lebanon and subjects of mutual interest to the Bush administration, Israel, and the Lebanese Forces.”
April 20th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Ah, the classic typo in the protester’s sign…gotta love the irony of someone calling her president an idiot while making a basic grammar mistake
[Unless my eyes are blurry, it looks like she put an apostrophe in "its"].
April 20th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
What really irks me is that people like brigitte gabriel, waleed shoebat etc. who are Arabs completely sell their soul and their whole history for money. I mean seriously? Arabs have no souls? I firmly believe that these people are not who we think they are. I don’t believe that they are “ex-Muslims.” Bull. Somebody is pulling the strings. And I’m afraid it might be a powerful person. Walid Shoe-bat himself, a Palestinians refugee, opened an organization to “fight for Israel in the media”!!!! WTF! I’m speechless! All of these Islamophobes have this undying love for Israel. It’s scary. Even bat-sh** crazy Queen of birthers Orly Taitz has connections to Israel.
April 20th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
@Her face = the next joker
It’s no accident. Zionist groups are behind many of these islamophobes.
And Gabriel is no Muslim, she’s a Lebanese Maronite who openly supports the South Lebanon Army (Christian terrorist militia funded and trained by israel) which massacred thousands of innocent people in refugee camps in Lebanon.
Walid Shoebat was never a Muslim and he fabricated his entire life story. Even Debbie Schlussel (anti-Muslim blogger) exposed this fraud on her blog.
@Lena Rose
You’re seeing it right. Basic grammatical mistake by the mental midgets of the tea party. And they think they’re smarter than a Columbia/Harvard grad. lol!
April 20th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
@Les, I personally don’t find Gabriel attractive but many people seem to. *shrug*
That is why I think Maher had her on. That is the only explanation I can come up with, because how else can Maher explain having and uncritically engaging with Gabriel?
I hope you are correct that most sensible people aren’t buying their B.S.
April 20th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
@Beautiful Muslim Doll,
Is it possible to get footage of Gabriel when she worked for that extremist TV show? I m sure she had lovely monologues extolling the virtues of the SLA.
April 20th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
@Garibaldi
Bill Maher would not pass up the opportunity to have someone as anti-Muslim as her on his show. He is very anti-Islam. He also had Hirsi Magan (Ali) on his show. It’s not for her looks. He needs people to validate his ego and views. It’s not about looks.
April 20th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Garibaldi
Do you mean from her programme in Lebanon? I havn’t come across any footage of her years before she was in the USA, but if i do i’ll post it here.
And to the people commenting on Gabriel’s looks…I can understand why white men would find her attractive, opposites attracting..and all that
a tall think black woman has a large fan base amongst white men. I find that in Europe too, they tend to like “women of colour” for example in the Scandinavian countries, the best men there are often bagged by Asian, black and other “exotic” women who are different to the run of the mill blonde scandinavian woman.
af for Gabriel, the Christian Taliban would find her attractive no doubt, especially if they share her Islamophobia like the lower class in America does, white trash (without meaning to offend people) are mainly the lower class Armeggedonites, whom the likes of her and Pastor Hagee appeal to. It’s no co-incidence that as they move up the social scale they leave right wing Evangelism. That’s why Obama got a large chunk of the young left wing anti Zionist evangelicals.
Sarah Palin represented the other crowd, the older lower class Armeggedonites (once again i apologise if it offends) that’s why Pam Geller is orgasming after her.
Anyhow to get back to the point, just ask Lawrence (the resident Christian Islamophobe) if he finds Gabriel attractive. I bet he does!
Of course, she cant hold a candle to a true beauty like me…hehehehhe
April 20th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
Good point Les. He is very anti-Islam. Generally I think that has to do with his mostly anti-religion views, but he is extra vicious with Islam and Muslims.
I agree he needs people to validate his ego and views but I don’t understand why he chose a religious fundamentalist akin to Jerry Falwell (who he would never have had on his show) to speak on the topic.
April 20th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
@Beautiful Muslim Doll
“And to the people commenting on Gabriel’s looks…I can understand why white men would find her attractive, opposites attracting..and all that”
I know what you mean, but not any “exotic” girl is going to look good. Gabriel is ugly period. Not sorry for being harsh. When you’re ugly on the inside, somehow you look even more ugly on the outside.
@Garibaldi
It’s because he’s also very anti-Palestinian and pro-Israel. So he especially likes to attack Islam and Muslims with regard to the Israeli issue that is dear to his heart. That’s why I don’t like Bill Maher. He gives Israel a pass on things he would never give his own government. The guy praised Bush’s position on Lebanon and Gaza. He’s a PEFI. A Progressive Except For Israel.
April 20th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
I believe Brigitte Gabriel is just a psuedonym, her real name is Hanan Tudor.
April 20th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Bill Maher makes fun of all religions. See his movie “Religulous.” He is a good man and liberal, and a great comedian. You will find plenty of people in America who think religion is stupid, no exceptions, not even for yours. That does not make him anti-Islam. He is a person who thinks religion is ridiculous – or religulous. Quite frankly if more people did not take religion so seriously, the world probably would be a better place. As some one said, “God protect me from your followers.” A religious person is not necessarily a good person, or any less prone to commit violence and murder and promote fascism. In fact religious people are more suspect, as they are to ascribe to God their cruelty thereby dodging responsibility and trying to make their wrong “righteous.”
“Maher is highly critical of religion, which he often describes as a neurological disorder that justifies crazies and stops people from thinking logically.[31] In two separate appearances on Real Time, comedian George Carlin and Maher argued that religion is a cause of many of society’s problems and that the practices of religion are mired in hypocrisy. Maher credited Carlin’s views as inspiration for him to speak out against religion.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Maher
April 21st, 2010 at 12:55 am
I wonder if Maher hides behind comedic freedom when throwing out scientifically baseless comments, e.g. that religion is a “neurological disorder”. Liberulous?
I remember him saying that the problem with the Middle East is the Koran–i.e. Islam–which is another ridiculous comment for anyone who has the slightest knowledge of and insight in to that region. Maher schmaher.
April 21st, 2010 at 1:52 am
TYO:Quite frankly if more people did not take religion so seriously, the world probably would be a better place.
Do you have empirical data for that, or is it something that you conjured out of thin air? The things you sometimes say make me wonder what your true agenda is, TYO.
April 21st, 2010 at 5:05 am
ACT! is doing this national conference thing in DC in June, just an FYI. Muslims & non-muslims alike should do a demonstration informing others of its hate-filled roots.
http://www.actforamerica.org/files/ACTFlyerRevised.pdf
April 21st, 2010 at 8:09 am
@TYO,
I used to think the same way about Maher until I saw “Religulous” and some of his youtube clips dogmatically defending Israel. Maher is NOT “against all religion,” he clearly has a special hatred reserved for Muslims.
I myself am not Muslim or particularly religious but it’s clear to me that Maher is a Zionist hypocrite. Besides the fable that “religion causes all the world’s problems” is an old recycled lie Western secularists have long peddled while colonizing and plundering the world’s resources.
April 21st, 2010 at 8:29 pm
Couldn’t agree more Unimpressed with your assessment of Maher. I don’t live in America, so Maher’s reputation preceded him and I got the impression he was some ‘hard hitting’ personality. I was surprised when I finally got around to watching his show at what an intellectual lightweight he was. Moreover, how *transparently* stupid so many of his guests were and how he agreed with them when they made the most bigoted, and idiotic statements. There’s a particularly painful episode shortly after 9/11 where Angry Arab is on and is surrounded by idiots. It’s on youtube.
Oh, and Happy belated first birthday Loonwatch! May you have many more years of success. I hope George Soros got you all something nice to mark the anniversary, hehe.
April 22nd, 2010 at 6:14 am
“Besides the fable that “religion causes all the world’s problems” is an old recycled lie Western secularists have long peddled while colonizing and plundering the world’s resources.”
Only Western secularists, huh, have this feeling about religion. That too you think it was peddled for colonizing and plundering the world’s resources. I disagree with that, and I have friends of different religions including Islam, of different backgrounds, who would disagree with that too. Liberals in all sorts of countries do not support secularism for plunder. From what I see it is the liberals/secularists who have been against prejudice, and been trying to create a livable world for a diverse population.
I said religion shouldn’t be taken too seriously. I do think there is a positive side to religion, and I did NOT say it is the source of ALL problems in the world. It is a significant one both domestically and internationally. I am very proud of my country’s founding fathers separation of church and state. It allowed for the positive side of spiritual belief. The separation of church and state is a powerful method to defend against the worst side of religion.
I disagree with your view of Maher. I don’t see Maher’s Religulous as anti-Islam than it was plain old anti-religion.
April 22nd, 2010 at 9:56 am
Loonwatch’s first birthday?? Now that is news!! When?!
April 23rd, 2010 at 1:04 pm
@TYO,
Perhaps I did not make myself clear enough in my previous comment. I meant that secularism of the West did not in any way curb their violence against the rest of the world. When it came to ravaging non-western societies the Pope and Voltaire were in agreement. The late Sam Huntington, the author of the “Clash of civilizations” thesis clearly stated that “The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion, but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never do.” We in the South America region certainly have not forgotten.
Just because the separation of Church and State works for you doesn’t mean the rest of the world with its own distinct history(s) has to or should follow in your footsteps. The notion that man can be “civilized” by divorcing his spiritual identity from his material reality is nonsense, and non-Westerners will not accept it. Personally I have nothing but love and admiration for sincerely religious people. Not to bore you with my own personal history but I would not be here if not for the actions of a deeply religious Muslim man who saved the life of my great grandmother when Indians were being brought to the Caribbean by British slavers in the late 19th century. While Indians were not technically slaves(like the Africans brought previously), they weren’t free either and often worked in miserable conditions. The Brits used to rape young, unmarried, attractive women during the voyage, often killing them after and dumping their bodies in the sea. A Muslim man used Islam’s law of polygamy to save my great grandmother, and never once touched or took advantage of her. Once safely settled in Trinidad, he divorced her so she could marry a Hindu. Her son, my grandfather was proudly named Abdullah(“servant of God”) after the man who saved her. He was probably the first Hindu in the Americas with a Muslim name. There are many such stories of heroism which will never be heard of in the West.
I’m not a religious Hindu, but I dislike western secularism and its patronizing exagerations and lies against religious communities, especially Muslims, many of whom are dear friends.
American Liberals have traditionally been more interventionist as opposed to their conservative counterparts. In Europe, some of the most vile racism comes out of the mouths of liberal politicians.
As for Bill Maher, he is not against all religions, and certainly not equally. He’s a Zionist opportunist who reserves his worst venom for Muslims. His dogmatic defense of Israel and Jewish fundamentalism is more then enough proof of that. He was on Larry King a few years back justifying the mass murder of Iraqis as a lesson to Muslims not to anger Uncle Sam even though they didn’t have anything to do with 9/11. The man is not right, and liberals should examine him more critically.
April 23rd, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Salaam and hello.I live in orlando where this video was shot,my attends this university.Iwant firstly to share that this same group in the video is also under investigation by the FBI for harassing and stalking local muslims. I sent this video to CAIR a few days before ACT! planned to go back to this school.ACT! canceled that event(april 6th) the day before it was supposed to take place after 20 minutes after this video was released.I have a note from the director of this chapter of ACT! admitting that it was his video.he sent it to me on FB.Another point I would like to make is the orlando tea party <which i am a part of,cut ties with this group months before this incident took place because they crash a local muslim org meeting.The CEO of the local tea party was actually attacked by a local GOP arrack dog for her stance with the local muslim community.Only the orlando sentinel and other small online sources covered this story I thank you for taking the time to share this with the public.The Alan Kornman and Dan Fenters of the world need to be exposed for who they really are.You know for a group defending america……they had 5 isreali flags on their table…..not one single stars and stripes.Wonder who they really stand for.
April 24th, 2010 at 2:23 pm
@Unimpressed….I have been enlightened about your last post, its very heartwarming my brother.
April 29th, 2010 at 10:36 am
Watch out for loon Chelene Nightingale for governor 2010!
July 18th, 2010 at 7:15 am
I was there at UCF that day, I heard them say the same thing but more before this, these people are absolutely terrible
July 28th, 2010 at 2:36 am
Thank you for giving me an opportunity to comment. I attended a presentation of ACT! for America & found Brigette’s story & information quite compelling & persuasive. I don’t believe she’s preaching hate, actually, what she is doing is exposing it.
The level of religious fanatacism and pure evil being done by these terrorists groups & the terrorist mindsets is off the charts. I do not want to see this in our country. I stand with Brigette & her organization.
October 22nd, 2010 at 1:42 pm
Bill Maher’s bias is blatant in his film, Religulous, which ridicules and attacks Islam relentlessly without a word against Zionist use of the Torah to steal the land and tyrannize and massacre the indigenous people of Palestine. I once enjoyed his comedic talent, but no more.
March 22nd, 2011 at 11:51 am
Muslims are such a peaceful people who are open minded and accepting of other religions, other cultures, various sexual preferences and practices, foods, and the like. They don’t have a binary view at all. Nor is there a “you’re with us or against us” mentality, aka, Bush.
May 13th, 2011 at 3:48 pm
Connect the dots between most if not all those anti-Muslim organizations, politicians, speakers and bloggers.. You see one common denominator: Zionist money and support.
The state of Israel has a huge benefit in demeaning Islam and Muslims because it sees Muslims as a threat to its illegal existence. And as a result of their attack on Islam, Israel hopes to demean the Palestinians since the world views a strong connection between Islam and Palestine. They think that if they can attack and discredit Islam, the world will sway more towards Israel and less towards the Palestinian cause.
What really baffles me the most is the die-hard extreme right wing Christians who call themselves Christian Zionists. Those by far are the most idiots of all. They dream of Armageddon and of the “rapture” and Israel is using their naivety well.
June 26th, 2011 at 3:12 pm
People,
Brigitte is telling the truth about how hate-filled and violent islam truly is. I advise you all to open your eyes. Muhammed was a liar, thief, rapist, pedophile and murderer. Islam teaches hatred, oppression and violence. Just look at who perpetrates most, if not all, the terrorist acts in this world, MUSLIMS. The goal of islam is world domination with every person being forced to live under islamic sharia law. Read the books (koran, sira, hadiths, etc.), listen to what is said by imams, look at the behavior of these people in Europe where they are being appeased by cowardly Europeans, etc. These people have no interest in our “live and let live attitude”, they are only interested in following the rantings of their depraved “prophet”. Don’t be fooled by their lies, they are practicing taqiya ( lying to infidels to further their cause). Wake up people, before it is too late.
Islam is evil.
JM
Ct.
P.S.
I’m not “white-trash” (I guess it’s OK to be an anti-white bigot, can you say HYPOCRITE?).
I’m a fairly well educated Italian-American woman who is not blinded by political-correctness.
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, IT’S A DAMN DUCK!
August 30th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
It is funny that you chose the photo of Kenya missing its idiot. Are you trying to refer to Obama as a Muslim? First of all, if you read your comments about Bridget Gabriel, white racist, Christian fundamentalists, etc. etc. are more hateful and incediary than any comments I find in Act! for America website. So, technically, your website just wants to inflame the emotions of Muslims who reads your post. If you don’t know what truth is, then why don’t you just pack up and leave.
October 23rd, 2011 at 1:16 am
You people are so indoctrinated you’re BEYOND stupid.
October 23rd, 2011 at 11:07 am
ooooooooooooo I think a raw nerve has been hit .
It took a while for some people to react . Must have been the long words used.
November 16th, 2011 at 12:46 pm
You clearly do not understand anything about Islam and its goals. You are suicidal and you dont even know it.
November 16th, 2011 at 1:38 pm
“You clearly do not understand anything about Islam and its goals. You are suicidal and you dont even know it”
And can you tell us what are Islam “goals”??? Mr/Ms A! Act!
November 20th, 2011 at 8:47 pm
Well, l guess war is war, be it media or boots on the ground… Sadly, the world is what it is. Have to take a side. On the fence post rt now, give me something to believe in…
November 21st, 2011 at 9:20 am
@crufesto
maybe you should go to jw if you want “incendiary comments” after all the vast majority of those morons finds that it is quite all right to violate who knows how many civil rights of muslims as an acceptable terrorism prevention tactic.
November 22nd, 2011 at 2:12 am
You people are the problem in this world.Just look at whats happining in london,there are streets nobody but islamic terriorist can walk down.I hope you all go to hell!
December 31st, 2011 at 5:18 pm
Boy oh boy ! has this lady got you people worried WORRRRRRRRIIIIIIEEEEEEDDDDD huh ? you poor things! your’e all concerned that someone’s onto you arent you ?? still , you were taught in school ( i hope ) that the truth will always out
Its hard to recall such a desperate post !ie cobbled up, out of context, twaddle complete with cut and pasted pics , in all my years (:
Comes across as a frightened, pathetic, repetitive, desperate statement from the same desperate individuals over and over .
As we read it ( right at this moment ) , muslims will be as usual repeatedly crapping in their own nest throughout the world, and as such will always be their own failed architects, so you must’nt spend too much time defending them on blogs anymore guys
its a waste of your valuable time when you could be outdoors setting up jihad training camps or something really useful !
Truth is, they, ( you ) have made your moves too early guys , and those in the know , including AFA, ( have unfortunately for you,) sussed you ahead of time !
Better luck in the next world with your seven virgins
January 1st, 2012 at 1:26 am
Ha, shes really got you guys worried !!!
so so funny to listen to you protesting at her effect on you
-the truth will out eventually but of course you dont print the truth here !! as that would expose your loony antics -
January 1st, 2012 at 2:11 am
How dumb are some of you when you base all your claims against the Israelis on a trumpted up issue of land and illegal existence.
Anyone who knows their history would be very aware that Israel today is on a fraction of what still is / was, land originally known as Judea ! yes thats right boys and girls ( JEWISH LAND )—– and up until 1920 – yes ( 1920 ) there was never any claim to be a palestinian by any Arab living in or around Judea
Try googling (THE BIG LIE)?
As Gingrich said recently,the people who, from approx 1920 onward, called themselves palestinians are in reality, a fabricated people linked with a fabricated state ( Palestine ) that originally never existed !
These people were Syrians and Jordanians who are now technically on old Jewish land –
If they are a fair people and genuinely want peace ( very doubtful) then they must really hand it back to the jews!
January 2nd, 2012 at 5:48 pm
As for Pastor Terry Jones in Florida, did you watch his video? Did he spout hatred? No. Did he preach hate? No. Was he quiet and careful in his consideration of the things in the Qur’an that were against the very foundations of his own beliefs and against the ideals of American life to which we try to return when we stray? Yes. Was the burning of the Qur’an carried out in a frenzied or extremist manner? No. Did he encourage the people present to hate Muslims? No. Did he talk about killing them indisciminately in revenge for what some specific Muslims have done? No. Did he indicate symbolically that the spiritual values of the Qur’an included too many that were antithetical to Christian principles and to developed Western civilization? Yes.
Consider the enraged reaction of certain Muslims to the Qur’an burning. Totally out of control, like savages. They killed innocent people, cutting off the head of at least one that I recall. Isn’t that spiritually bankrupt? This is the message that we all needed to get about how intolerant some Muslims are of people who don’t follow Islam or don’t display respect for its holy book and its laws. Jones’ tiny act triggered that massive message loud and clear.
Think about it. Beheading somebody over a burnt book. A death sentence for author Salman Rushdie for very vague observations on Islam in The Satanic Verses. An order to behead Dutch politician Geert Wilders (just last year in 2010) for simply criticizing Islam and encouraging people to resist being overrun by people who kill Muslims who leave Islam, kill people who won’t convert to Islam, maim, throw acid in people’s faces, chop their heads off, chop their hands off, bury them in dirt up to their waist and stone them to death for things like adultery.
Many moderate Muslims hate that kind of behavior, and they enjoy living in a country where it is not the norm, where people are horrified, not entertained by it.
Look at http://www.actforamerica.org and tell me if the news reported there is pure fabrication. Open your eyes, people who are being led by the pied piper of this website. Dare to resist Sharia Law.
January 6th, 2012 at 8:39 pm
Brigitte Gabriel is not a loon.
January 6th, 2012 at 8:40 pm
Islam is totalitarian.
January 6th, 2012 at 8:40 pm
Sharia Law is barbaric and anti-democratic.
January 6th, 2012 at 8:42 pm
If Brigitte Gabriel of Act!ForAmerica were plain or even ugly, what would you say about her? That she couldn’t get a man and that’s why she’s doing this? The very fact that you would point out her looks and call her “eye candy” reveals much about your prejudiced mindset and your character. It probably reveals your training to have women covered from head to toe lest you be attracted to the looks of one. And it shows a profound disrespect for her as a woman: gender discrimination.
January 6th, 2012 at 8:43 pm
What you are doing here in the name of purported skepticism is actually character assasination. Making fun of people is the favorite way to shoot them down. You are trying to impeach the witness so that Brigitte Gabriel’s first-hand testimony about the horrors she experienced as a Christian in Lebanon will not even be investigated by weak-minded people here who are justifiably skeptical at first but who do not have the mental strength to proceed to the next step of further study and fact verification.
January 6th, 2012 at 8:43 pm
Brigitte Gabriel does not advocate violence or hatred in any form, even against Muslims. But she is a watchman sounding her clear trumpet call to be vigilant for liberty.
January 7th, 2012 at 1:12 am
Dear dear, Sandy and BV… are you to afraid to post what you believe on one of the current threads or are your views so weak that you fear the house of cards might fall in the face of criticism?
Jack
January 7th, 2012 at 1:13 am
Sandy said
“Brigitte Gabriel does not advocate violence or hatred in any form, even against Muslims. But she is a watchman sounding her clear trumpet call to be vigilant for liberty.”
You Evangelical whack jobs are full of it. ACT is nothing but another Zionist front group for Armageddonist scum. Can’t you even read the article before posting your rubbish on here? Brigitte Gabriel aka Hanan Tudor was congratulating Israel when it was bombing Lebanon in 2006, not to mention cheer leading the illegal invasion of Iraq. If that’s not violent I dont know what is. How idiotic defending her ugliness while stereotyping Muslim women and lecturing us “judging” others. have you been chewing on Hagee’s droppings? Not only are you an evil uninformed hypocrite but an apologist for terrorism. You and the rest of “act for America” Zionist arselickers playing “patiorts” don’t stand a chance in a real debate.
January 7th, 2012 at 2:34 am
Sandy
Have you read the above article ?
From your posts it looks like you hav’n't.
I would suggest you read it again and other mentions of your ‘hero ‘ on this site .
Otherwise you just come across as silly.
January 7th, 2012 at 7:45 am
She does advocate the elimination of Muslims from America, does she not? You would say the same things about her as you claim this site does if she was a Muslim and was going against Christians.
January 7th, 2012 at 8:50 pm
Brigitte Gabriel has a very good reason to be concerned about radical Islam wedging its way into American life.
January 7th, 2012 at 11:05 pm
Gabriel is right on!
January 27th, 2012 at 7:11 pm
I think Brigitte Gabriel is right on. She makes a lot of valid points and it’s refreshing to here her caution the U.S. against radical Islam & Sharia
January 27th, 2012 at 7:46 pm
Yeah Right on Brigitte Gabriel for spreading the Hate! You go you nutter!
February 1st, 2012 at 1:26 pm
Loonwatch is the Loon here. Islam is not tolerant. Mohammed was not peaceful. But all you f’ing loons will find out the truth of this harsh reality soon enough, because even if you are a Muslim who does not follow your religious duty of Jihad and destroy the infidel, then you are also an infidel and the jihadist soldiers are coming for you.
The Quran is not subtle or shy about this duty. “Radical Islam” is not reading between some secret lines to do what they do. They are doing their religious duty, as plainly written. It is the so-called pacifist muslims that are disobeying the rules, and placing themselves in harms way with the rest of the religions on the planet.
So when these saintly people whom you offer your loony support for chop your head off with a rusty machete, I am going to laugh my ass off, you F’ing King Of Loons!
Meanwhile, I support keeping CAIRs members and its publications out of my schools, out of my community and out of public office!
February 1st, 2012 at 1:33 pm
*Yawn* Islamophobes keep repeating the same shyt! They all share the same brain.
February 1st, 2012 at 1:47 pm
@Y S
“Islam is not tolerant.”
Kettle, meet pot.
“So when these saintly people whom you offer your loony support for chop your head off with a rusty machete, I am going to laugh my ass off, you F’ing King Of Loons!”
We have some Queen (Anti-)Loons too, thank you very much.
You’ve certainly conjured up a charming mental image with your rusty machete. I’m sorry you’ve become such a cruel and bitter person…your morbid sense of humor is truly disturbing.
Anyway, I really enjoy it when Brigitte Gabriel’s fans grace us with their crude and vicious displays. We’re exposing bigotry, and you’re making our job easier.
Thanks for stopping by.
February 4th, 2012 at 11:17 am
Did i just see someone praise Bill Maher? The man is a narrow minded idiot who says whatever he wants, true or not.
February 13th, 2012 at 7:28 pm
There is no such thing as an “Islamaphobe” or “Islamaphobia”. Phobias are unfounded fears. But there is lots to fear from Islamization. It has been doing lots of harmful things in America, for years now, and continues to.
The only reason why Islampaologists like loonwatch and many of the commenters here think it’s a phobia is because they are ignorant of Islamization (AKA Stealth Jihad). I confirmed that by giving dozens of Islampologists a QUIZ on Islamization, listing 360 proper names of people notably involved in it, and things associated with it.
Laughably, the highest grade I’ve seen yet among them was 5% (most got zero). So they brush Islamization off as “fearmongering”, but they have no clue what’s going on, and have no basis for judgement.
Anybody here want to take the Quiz ? (and find out how much you don’t know ) ? LOL.
February 13th, 2012 at 7:53 pm
@Bert,
How can less than one percent of the American population be a threat to America?
Secondly, you claim:
“It has been doing lots of harmful things in America, for years now, and continues to.”
Yet you didn’t list any of those harmful things. Let me see your list so that I can refute it and expose you as a big-time dumba$$.
I want to take your test as well.
February 13th, 2012 at 8:34 pm
@Bert
I guarantee you that your test will prove nothing. Here’s what the US religion demographics actually looked like as of 2007 according to the CIA World Fact Book.
Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4% (2007 est.)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
Do you really think Muslims could turn the United States into an Islamic theocracy in our lifetime, even if we are to believe the absurd idea that every single one of them living here wanted to do that.
Also Eurabia is a myth.
Islamification Myth
http://yellow-stars.com/blog/islamification-myth/
Delusions of Eurabia: The Islamification myth, European Islamophobic Extremists and a rational picture of European Muslims.
http://freedom.yellow-stars.com/islam.europe.NL.htm
Muslim Demographics: The Truth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mINChFxRXQs&feature=channel_video_title
Catholic Immigration Then Vs. Muslim Immigration Now [Re-Uploaded]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-y32pqpfxM&feature=channel_video_title
And how about Robert Spencer who you probably also admire,
Robert Spencer’s “Scholarly” Credentials
http://spencerwatch.com/real-scholars-experts-on-islam/
Not to mention the idea that Islam teaches Muslims to lie to non Muslims to spread Islam, is nonsense.
Taqiyya & Abrogation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjZSJg1HQpc&feature=channel_video_title
Al-Taqqiyyah & Philhellenes DEBUNKED
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hYzeqOCMvY&feature=channel_video_title
Care to debunk all my sources?!! It won’t matter if I get an “F” on your test, it won’t prove anything other than that I don’t hold to your preconceived notions.
February 13th, 2012 at 9:19 pm
@Bert and others: You do know that in the age of Google it’s not that hard to find what appears to be the quiz: http://www.politicalforum.com/current-events/220350-has-muslim-brotherhood-grown-up-bad-boy-adult-21.html. (Bert says, “the highest grade I’ve seen yet among them was 5% (most got zero)” and the site says, “the highest grade I’ve seen yet among them was 5% (most got zero)” so I think I have a match.)
Among my favorites: Richard A. Clarke, William Bennetta [sic], and Tom Clancy. In any case, I identified more than 18 of the “Things associated with Stealth Jihad,” (which would be 5% of 360) though I didn’t classify entries like Istanbul, Al-Quds, and Al-Aqsa mosque as part of some “stealth Jihad.” Those places are so stealthy that they hide in plain sight!
February 13th, 2012 at 9:20 pm
Oops, I put in the same quote twice. The site says, “Highest Islamapologist grade up to now was 5% (most got zero).” Bert says, “the highest grade I’ve seen yet among them was 5% (most got zero).” That’s close enough for me.
February 13th, 2012 at 11:34 pm
I guess “Bert” (Barry Sommer) should have stuck to doing the pigeon.
February 15th, 2012 at 9:28 am
“You do know that in the age of Google it’s not that hard to find what appears to be the quiz: http://www.politicalforum.com/current-events/220350-has-muslim-brotherhood-grown-up-bad-boy-adult-21.html. (Bert says, “the highest grade I’ve seen yet among them was 5% (most got zero)” and the site says, “the highest grade I’ve seen yet among them was 5% (most got zero)” so I think I have a match”
Wow, someone really needs a life. And a prescription for a heavy daily dose of Xanax.
(obviously, I mean whoever compiled that ridiculous list, not Just Stopping By)
February 23rd, 2012 at 1:55 pm
Thank God for people like Brigitte Gabriel, who has the courage to stand up against the progressive movement which would love to have America become a socialistic nanny society. The Founding Fathers are turning over in their graves as the progressives are destroying what they built, fought and died for.
February 23rd, 2012 at 2:31 pm
@Randy,
I don’t know if you’re being sarcastic or not, but if you’re not, How is Brigitte Gabriel helping defend what the founding fathers built, fought and died for? She devotes most if not almost all of her to demonizing one group of people and fighting a threat that really doesn’t exist.
She claims to be defending Jews and Israel, yet mainstream Jewish organization like the ADL which support Israel, take issue with her and her organization.
Backgrounder: ACT! for America
http://www.adl.org/main_Interfaith/act_for_america_gabriel.htm
If you don’t believe me when I tell you that the ADL supports Israel, read this.
Israel A Guide For Activists
http://www.adl.org/israel/advocacy/
Now what would an organization like the ADL get out of helping “evil Muslims” who want to destroy the United States and Israel? Also how is she fighting against the socialist nanny state when her organization “Act For America” rarely even mentions socialism, and instead is obsessed with the idea that we need to stop Muslims from destroying the west and fighting non existent conspiracies involving Muslims? When one realizes that, one realizes She’s doing more to make the right look bad than fight the left’s agenda.
February 27th, 2012 at 10:25 am
you people are exactly what muslims and our government love: dumb and gullible
April 2nd, 2012 at 3:26 pm
You know, all I want is for our government back to governing by our constitution. I want them out of my life., I want them to stop trying to take my guns…will never happen..at least not and me be alive. I want Obamanation to realize he is not god. I know it hurts him to think so. He wants to rebuild America from his point of view. His point of view does not matter. He is suppose to uphold our constitution and protect this country, not put it down and bow down to other countries…makes me sick. My feeling is if you don’t like the usa we will proudly pay your way to somewhere else…like Kenya…
April 9th, 2012 at 12:33 pm
You folks are all Muslim right? Either that or you are all blind. You may dislike this woman but your hate or dislike of her blindsides you. Study the history of Islam before you pass judgement. Read the Koran and find out how it list non-Muslims as infidels. Muslims kill infidels.
April 9th, 2012 at 12:55 pm
@David says, “You folks are all Muslim right?” No. There are commenters here with names like christian-friend, Aspie and Atheist, Believing Atheist, and Black Infidel. But, your comment does say something about the degree of work you undertake before reaching a conclusion.
April 9th, 2012 at 1:32 pm
@David
Many of the people who wrote for Loon Watch aren’t even Muslims. Also you know what? Real civil rights organizations like the Anti Defamation League and the Southern Poverty law center all oppose people like Gabriel, and are genuinely concerned about the anti Muslim bigotry coming out of her mouth. There is no stealth Jihad, there is not Islamization. Also you can’t understand Islam just by readying the Qu’ran. Islam is not at war with us, and mainstream Muslims do not support murdering people who don’t share their faith, or terrorism. People who have actually studied Islam and the history of Islam and the Middle East, the real history of Islam and the Middle East, and are genuine experts on the subjects, don’t respect people like her.
April 24th, 2012 at 2:34 pm
The Loonwatch should look in the mirror. Most stuff I see here is either posted by ignorant people who do not know anything but believe the very people that threaten America.
If not by ignorant people, then by people who are deliberately deceiving us, because I do not see much truth here, just unfounded accusations and opinions.
So Loonwatch, look in the mirror and you may actually see a real loon.
April 24th, 2012 at 3:18 pm
@Press For Truth
Think critically and do your research. Bridget Gabriel is full of it.