Stop Islamization of America
All that is left of the Stop Islamization of America website the vehicle of Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller, as of 11 August 2011.
Stop Islamization of America, which is reportedly 'known to be controlled by'[1] the American Freedom Defense Initiative, is an American anti-Islam[2] organization. It is led by Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer, and was founded in 2010 at the request of Anders Gravers, the leader of Stop Islamisation of Europe, of which it is the American affiliate. It gained attention from its vocal opposition to the construction of Park51.[2]
Orientation
It is labeled as a hate group by the Anti-Defamation League[3] and the Southern Poverty Law Center.[4]
Website deleted
According to blogger Richard Bartholomew, writing on 5 August 2011: 'SIOA’s website was recently scrubbed of all content and access to cached versions has been blocked'.[1]
Contacts
Resources
- Pamela Geller Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance WND Books (September 6, 2011) ISBN-10: 1936488361 ISBN-13: 978-1936488360
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Richard Bartholomew Bolton and Boykin Back Geller Bartholomew's Notes on religion Posted on August 5, 2011, accessed 11 August 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Anne Barnard and Alan FeuerOutraged, And Outrageous The New York Times October 10, 2010
- ↑ Extremism: Stop the Islamization of America (SIOA) Anti-Defamation League, September 14, 2010, access date 2011-02-25
- ↑ Corky Siemaszko Southern Poverty Law Center lists anti-Islamic NYC blogger Pamela Geller, followers a hate group New York Daily News February 25, 2011
