Freedom Defense Initiative
The Freedom Defense Initiative is a pressure group and non-profit organization created by Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer with the self-stated goal of "going on the offensive when legal, academic, legislative, cultural, sociological, and political actions are taken to dismantle our basic freedoms and values."[1] The FDI was incorporated as a non-profit in 2010 in the State of New Hampshire.[2] The organization is registered at Robert Spencer's personal address, which is also the address for Jihad Watch and Stop the Islamization of America.[3] It manifests itself primarily through campaigns waged against Islam and individuals it targets as challengers to its goals for US domestic and foreign policy. While the FDI claims it is defending American interests, the majority of its campaigns are devoted to the defense of Israel and upholding Zionist ideology while demonizing Islam to Americans.
From the FDI's About Page:
- FDI acts against the treason being committed by national, state, and local government officials, the mainstream media, and others in their capitulation to the global jihad and Islamic supremacism, the ever-encroaching and unconstitutional power of the federal government, and the rapidly moving attempts to impose socialism and Marxism upon the American people.[1]
Contents
Activities
- Funding anti-Islam and Islamophobic bus advertisements [4]
- Organizing anti-Islam and Islamophobic protests and rallies[5]
- Sponsoring anti-Islam and Islamophobic Conferences[6]
FDI CPAC Conference
In February 2010 Geller and Spencer funded a conference entitled "Jihad: The Political Third Rail -- What They Are Not Telling You" sponsored by the FDI at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
Principals
FDI's Incorporation Signatories
Website
http://freedomdefense.typepad.com/
Registered Address
- 7 Colby Ct. #7213
- Bedford, New Hampshire 03110
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Freedom Defense Initiative, "About", FDI Website, accessed on 21 August 2010
- ↑ American Freedom Defense Initiative, Articles of Incorporation for American Freedom Defense Initiative, Scribd, accessed on 21 August 2010
- ↑ Bill Warner, Stop the Islamization of America group refused US government trademark bloggers Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller shut out again/, Bill Warner Private Detective (blog), 15 May 2010
- ↑ http://freedomdefense.typepad.com/photos/bus_ads/index.html Funding Anti-Islam and Islamophobic bus advertisements
- ↑ http://freedomdefense.typepad.com/fdi/fdi-action/
- ↑ http://freedomdefense.typepad.com/fdi/fdi-at-cpac/
