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Pamela Geller is an American political activist who gained attention after posting a video on YouTube in which she wears a bikini. She also maintains a website, "Atlas Shrugs" (a reference to the Ayn Rand novel Atlas Shrugged), which features a picture of her in a Superman cape.

Early life, education and career

Geller got her start in advertising at The New York Observer, working as an associate publisher in the early 1990's. She co-founded the Freedom Defense Initiative (FDI) organization with Robert Spencer. The two also founded Stop Islamization of America (SIOA).. In July 2010 their joint book was published. He is a blogger and author of articles and books relating to Islam and Islamic terrorism.

In addition to her anti-Islam stance, Geller has also lent her support to a number of other political causes. For example, she has been a strong defender of former Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic, and has denied the existence of Serbian concentration camps. She has also claimed that black South Africans are launching a "genocide" against whites, and expressed support for the English Defense League. Geller is also known for her strong opposition to the proposed Park51 community center, which she has referred to as the "Ground Zero Mega Mosque". She has claimed that Park51 is viewed by Muslims as a "triumphal" monument built on "conquered land". A spokesman for the Southern Poverty Law Center, Mark Potok, has described Geller's rhetoric as "over the line" and "hate speech".

In response to accusations that she is anti-Muslim, Geller says that she is not anti-Muslim as that is "a slanderous slur and it's unfair." Furthermore, commenting on the Ground Zero Mosque controversy, Geller says, "I'm not leading the charge . The majority of Americans – 70% – find this deeply insulting, offensive. To call it anti-Muslim is a gross misrepresentation and to say that I'm responsible for all this emotion, again a gross misrepresentation."

Works

  • Pamela Geller with Robert Spencer, foreword by (former) Ambassador John R. Bolton, The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration's War on America, (Threshold Editions, July 2010) ISBN 978-1439189306

References

  1. ^ McGreal, Chris (August 20, 2010). "The US blogger on a mission to halt 'Islamic takeover'". Retrieved August 21, 2010.
  2. The Woman Behind The Anti-Ground Zero Mosque Bus Ads, David Freedlander, The New York Observer, August 11, 2010
  3. Biography, Freedom Defense Initiative
  4. Contact, Stop Islamization of America

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