Anti-Muslim Activists to Gather in Stockholm Tomorrow
, American Islamophobia鈥檚 shrillest voice, is planning yet another demonstration of anti-Muslim hate 鈥� this time, in Europe.
According to her blog, Atlas Shrugs, 鈥渢he world鈥檚 leading freedom action organizations鈥� (read: anti-Muslim hate groups) will rally in Stockholm, Sweden, tomorrow to launch a 鈥渨orldwide counter jihad alliance.鈥�
The conference鈥檚 sponsors are a coalition of anti-Muslim organizations including Geller鈥檚 Stop Islamization of America (SIOA); Stop Islamization of Nations (SION), which is also led by Geller; a Denmark-based group called Stop Islamisation of Europe (SIOE) that was the inspiration for Geller鈥檚 efforts; and the English Defence League (EDL), a thuggish anti-Muslim street movement that Geller, who is Jewish, has despite its .
Speakers, according to Geller鈥檚 blog, will include some of Islamophobia鈥檚 most influential and vicious voices. In addition to herself, Geller lists , a colleague and self-taught 鈥渆xpert鈥� on Islam who is greatly admired by , the Oslo terrorist who in July 2011 slaughtered 77 people he thought were enabling Muslim immigration into Norway; Steven Lennon and Kev Carrol of the EDL; Anders Gravers of SIOE; and a host of European and Australian Islamophobes whose names are less well-known in America. Noteworthy among them is Richard Abrahamsson (also known as Richard Abrams), a leader in the Swedish Defence League (SDL) who, , has blogged about a plan to 鈥渞eclaim the Swastika,鈥� writing, 鈥�If you want US to respect OTHER cultures, you must also respect OUR culture and its symbols.鈥�
The Stockholm gathering comes in advance of a Sept. 11 event in New York City that, according to Geller, will be the 鈥渇irst session of the International Freedom Defense Congress鈥� (which, according to Geller, is SION鈥檚 鈥渁ction arm鈥�). The meeting falls on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 Al Qaeda attacks.
Demonstrating once again her exceptional talent for redefining words to suit her purposes, Geller on her blog describes the International Freedom Defense Congress 鈥� whose sole purpose is to crush a religion practiced in some form by on the planet 鈥� is devoted to 鈥渇orming a common defense of freedom and human rights.鈥� Speakers at its Sept. 11 confab will include SION board member , the anti-communist, anti-gay and anti-Muslim head of the amusingly misnamed Accuracy in Media; Wafa Sultan, who has that 鈥渢he West鈥� may eventually need to use atomic bombs to 鈥減ressure鈥� Islam to 鈥渃hange鈥�; Babu Suseelan, a Hindu nationalist who believes that Marxists and jihadists are 鈥渋n collusion鈥� to 鈥渄econstruct [Hindu] society with apocalyptic ideas鈥� and who has India鈥檚 Hindu population to 鈥渦nite together and work towards the goal of Establishment of 鈥楧ivine Hindu Kingdom鈥欌��; SIOE鈥檚 Anders Gravers; and a host of other anti-Muslim activists from across the globe.
