Brigitte Gabriel
Brigitte Gabriel | |
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| Born | |
| Occupation(s) | Author Activist |
| Years active | 1986-present |
| Website | American Congress for Truth, ACT! for America |
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She frequently speaks at American conservative-leaning organizations such as The Heritage Foundation, Christians United for Israel, Evangelicals and Jewish groups.[1]
Early life
Brigitte Gabriel was born in the Marjayoun District in Lebanon to an immigrant Ethiopian Christian family.
Gabriel recalls that during the Lebanese Civil War, militants launched an assault on a Lebanese military base near her family's house and bombed her home, and consequently she and her parents were forced to live in an 8'x10' bomb shelter underground for seven years with only a small kerosene heater, no sanitary systems, no electricity or running water and little food. To get water she states that she had to crawl in a ditch alongside a road to a spring in order to evade Muslim snipers.[2]
Later, in 1978, Gabriel says a man warned her family of an impending attack on Christians by militias. She says that her life was saved that night when Israelis invaded Lebanon in Operation Litani. Later, when her mother was seriously injured and was taken to an Israeli hospital, Gabriel noted the humanity of the Israelis in contrast to the propaganda against the Jews she says she saw as a child.[3]
After graduating from high school, Gabriel completed a one-year business administration course at a YWCA in 1984.[4]
Career
Brigitte Gabriel was a news anchor for World News, an Arabic-language evening news broadcast of Middle East Television, a Marjayoun-based station that was run by the now defunct SLA and funded by Israel.[1]Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). The CIP aso states that, "Her pro-Israel, anti-Islam spiel, coupled with her compelling personal history, has made her a popular speaker, writer, and general 'expert.' She appears sometimes as a commentator on television news and radio programs, often speaking out for the rights of Muslim women."[5]
ACT! For America and American Congress for Truth
Gabriel is the founder of ACT! for America, a non-profit issues advocacy organization. ACT! for America has hundreds of chapters across America and members in 20 countries outside of America. She is also the founder of American Congress for Truth, a non-profit organization which denounces Islamic fundamentalism.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).
Gabriel is listed as a member of the Hasbara Fellowship Speakers Bureau, a pro-Israeli advocacy group, on their website;[6] but has denied being a member of that organization.[7]
Authorship
Gabriel is the author of two books: Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America, and They Must Be Stopped: Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It. She is a regular guest analyst on Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC and various radio stations daily across America.[8]
Because They Hate
In her first book Gabriel discusses her experiences as a Maronite (Eastern Catholic) Christian living in Lebanon during the civil war in the 1970s.[9] She describes the story of her family and her childhood, hiding in a bomb shelter. She details her opinions that her country's inherent multicultural acceptance of all faiths and cultures including the then dominant Lebanese Christian phalangists, led to Lebanon's ruin by the continuous attacks from indigenous Muslims, other Christian groups and migrant Palestinians.[10]
The book made The New York Times hardcover best seller list.[11] According to the introduction of the 2008 edition of Because They Hate, the book was put on the reading list at the FBI Academy and was assigned as mandatory reading for Navy SEALs heading to the Middle East.[12]
They Must Be Stopped
"We, as infidels in the eyes of our enemy, need to understand the danger we face: A totalitarian ideology — whether its origin is mainstream or marginal — threatens to enslave, dominate, and murder us in order to realize its vision for global conquest."[13]
- ^ Gabriel 2006, p. 205
- ^ Gabriel 2006, p. 44
- ^ "Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America". Heritage Live - Events. The Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
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- ^ Gabriel 2006, pp. 13–16
- ^ "Hardcover Best Seller List". The New York Times Books. The New York Times Company. 17 November 2006. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
The author (who describes herself as an Arab Christian and victim of radical Islam) presents her view of Islamic Terrorism.
- ^ Gabriel, 2006, p.xx of the 2008 edition.
- ^ Gabriel, 2008, p. 7.