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SIOA gained attention as an early driving force within the controversy surrounding the construction of [[Park51]], a planned 13-story Muslim community center to be located two blocks from the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan. It launched "Campaign Offensive: Stop the 9/11 Mosque!" and other protests.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.salon.com/2010/08/16/ground_zero_mosque_origins/ |title=How the “ground zero mosque” fear mongering began |author=Justin Elliott |date=August 16, 2010 |work=Salon}}</ref><ref name="NYT"/> |
SIOA gained attention as an early driving force within the controversy surrounding the construction of [[Park51]], a planned 13-story Muslim community center to be located two blocks from the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan. It launched "Campaign Offensive: Stop the 9/11 Mosque!" and other protests.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.salon.com/2010/08/16/ground_zero_mosque_origins/ |title=How the “ground zero mosque” fear mongering began |author=Justin Elliott |date=August 16, 2010 |work=Salon}}</ref><ref name="NYT"/> |
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The organization was again in the news in July 2010, when it purchased [[Bus advertising|bus ads]] in various cities which promoted a website offering "refuge from Islam,"<ref name="CSM"/><ref name="Telegraph"/> and in February 2011 when the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] |
The organization was again in the news in July 2010, when it purchased [[Bus advertising|bus ads]] in various cities which promoted a website offering "refuge from Islam,"<ref name="CSM"/><ref name="Telegraph"/> and in February 2011 when the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] named it a [[hate group]].<ref name=nydaily/> |
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Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) is an American far-right[1] anti-Islam/anti-Muslim[2] organization led by Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer. The president is Pamela Hall.[3]
History
It was founded by and is led by Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer[4] as a program of their American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI).[5][6] It was founded in 2010 at the request of Anders Gravers Pedersen, the leader of Stop Islamisation of Europe, of which it is the American affiliate.[7]
SIOA gained attention as an early driving force within the controversy surrounding the construction of Park51, a planned 13-story Muslim community center to be located two blocks from the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan. It launched "Campaign Offensive: Stop the 9/11 Mosque!" and other protests.[8][7]
The organization was again in the news in July 2010, when it purchased bus ads in various cities which promoted a website offering "refuge from Islam,"[9][10] and in February 2011 when the Southern Poverty Law Center named it a hate group.[11]
Goals
SIOA describes its goals as focusing on human rights,[7][5][6] religious liberty, and freedom of speech, and opposing Sharia law (Islamic religious law).[6] One of its founders described it as "a human rights entity dedicated to the freedom of speech, which is under attack, as well as to the freedom of religion and to individual rights."[12]
Criticism
Some public commentators and news organizations have described it as "anti-Muslim,"[13][9][14] as has the Muslim organization CAIR.[10] It is labeled as a hate group by the Anti-Defamation League[2] and the Southern Poverty Law Center.[11][15] SPLC describes SIOA as a "propaganda powerhouse" that paints moderate Muslims as radical terrorists;[16] ADL writes that SIOA "promotes a conspiratorial anti-Muslim agenda under the guise of fighting radical Islam" and "seeks to rouse public fears by consistently vilifying the Islamic faith and asserting the existence of an Islamic conspiracy to destroy 'American' values."[2]
The Jewish Council for Public Affairs has called it "bigoted, divisive" and JCPA President Rabbi Steve Gutow has said “the fact that ads have been placed in the subway attacking Israel does not excuse the use of attack ads against Muslims."[17] In September 2012, journalist Mona Eltahawy was arrested for spray-painting over one of the ads; SIOA's president Pamela Hall announced she would sue Eltahawy for having allegedly damaged Hall's filming equipment with spray paint while Hall tried to block Eltahawy's way. The ad had read: "In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat Jihad."[18]
See also
- English Defence League
- Norwegian Defence League
- Stop Islamisation of Denmark
- Stop Islamisation of Norway
- Stop Islamisation of Europe
References
- ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-l-esposito/combating-religious-intol_b_890537.html
- ^ a b c "Stop the Islamization of America (SIOA)". Extremism. Anti-Defamation League. September 14, 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
- ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2209227/Mona-Eltahawy-EXCLUSIVE-Woman-attacked-defending-anti-jihad-subway-ad-plans-sue-activist-sprayed-HER.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
- ^ Stephen E. Atkins (2011). "The 9/11 Encyclopedia". Retrieved January 31, 2012.
- ^ a b "AFDI/SIOA, VAST to Host Jessica Mokdad Human Rights Conference in Dearborn, Michigan at Hyatt Regency" (Press release). MarketWatch. December 5, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
- ^ a b c "Thousands Attend SIOA Rally Against Islamic Supremacist Mosque at Ground Zero" (Press release). Newsblaze.com. June 8, 2010. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
- ^ a b c Barnard, Anne; Feuer, Alan (October 10, 2010). "Outraged, And Outrageous". The New York Times.
- ^ Justin Elliott (August 16, 2010). "How the "ground zero mosque" fear mongering began". Salon.
- ^ a b Stephanie Price (July 28, 2010). "'Anti-Islamic' bus ads appear in major cities". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
- ^ a b "'Leaving Islam?' bus adverts draw anger in NYC". Telegraph. May 27, 2010.
- ^ a b Siemaszko, Corky (February 25, 2011). "Southern Poverty Law Center lists anti-Islamic NYC blogger Pamela Geller, followers a hate group". New York Daily News.
- ^ "Stop the Islamization of America". Aina.org. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
- ^ Aslan, Reza (August 23, 2010). "European Islamophobia Finds A Home In The U.S." NPR.
Combating Religious Intolerance When Freedom of Speech Enables Hate Speech
- ^ Carpenter, Mackenzie (September 9, 2010). "Muslim center here copes with increased Islam-bashing". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/hate-map#s=NY
- ^ Steinback, Robert (Summer 2011). "Jihad Against Islam". The Intelligence Report. No. 142. Southern Poverty Law Center.
- ^ Jewish Council for Public Affairs. ""JCPA Condemns Bigoted, Divisive, and Unhelpful Anti-Muslim Ads"". JCPA. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
- ^ Emily Anne Epstein (27 Sept 2012). "Woman 'attacked' while defending anti-jihad subway ad plans to sue activist who sprayed painted HER". Daily Mail.
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