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At this year鈥檚 conference and 鈥淟egislative Briefing,鈥� scheduled next week at the U.S. Capitol, no fewer than 15 representatives will address the group, with some slated to receive awards for their dedication to combatting the 鈥渢hreat鈥� of Sharia law. The rest of the conference is dedicated to hearing speeches from a number of anti-Muslim extremists, many of whom are are major players on the anti-Muslim circuit with long histories of outlandish, false and bigoted claims about Muslims.

Here are five of the speakers scheduled to participate in next week鈥檚 event:

鈥⒙燘rigitte Gabriel, ACT! for America鈥檚 founder and president:

Gabriel has been described as a 鈥渞adical Islamophobe鈥� in The New York Times Magazine, and it鈥檚 not hard to see why. Since ACT! started in 2007 in the spare bedroom of Gabriel鈥檚 home, the group has eagerly tapped into a groundswell of anti-Muslim rage and done what it could to fan the flames.

Gabriel, a Lebanese Christian whose real name is Hanah Kahwagi Tudor, started the group in 2007, a year after publishing Because They Hate: A Survivor of Islamic Terror Warns America. The book was a call to action based on the 鈥渢ruth鈥� behind Islam she says she learned as a child during the civil war in Lebanon. In spite of many questions about her biography, Gabriel claims to have lived in a bomb shelter for seven years 鈥渋n pitch darkness, freezing cold, drinking stale water and eating grass to survive.鈥�

In nearly a decade of activism, Gabriel has built a sprawling and influential network of thousands of members and hundreds of chapters nationwide. She has pushed that network into the political arena, too, with a number of elected officials she calls friends. She also has made attempts to influence law enforcement through the creation of the Thin Blue Line project, billed as a 鈥渙ne-stop internet resource for information concerning the perceived threat of Muslim infiltration and terrorism in the country.鈥� Its key component is a 鈥淩adicalization Map Locator,鈥� listing the addresses of every Muslim Student Association (MSA) in the country as well as a number of mosques and Islamic institutions鈥� all listed as suspected national security concerns.

If you take Gabriel at her word, it鈥檚 easy to see these efforts as a push to define Muslims as radicals. In a 2007 course at the Defense Department鈥檚 Joint Forces Staff College, Gabriel claimed any 鈥減racticing Muslim who believes the word of the Koran to be the word of Allah 鈥� who goes to mosque and prays every Friday, who prays five times a day 鈥� this practicing Muslim, who believes in the teachings of the Koran, cannot be a loyal citizen of the United States.鈥� That year, Gabriel also told The Australian Jewish News that 鈥淓very practicing Muslim is a radical Muslim.鈥� Four years later, she claimed that 鈥淸t]ens of thousands of Islamic militants now reside in America, operating in sleeper cells, attending our colleges and universities.鈥�

鈥⒙�In 2007, Maryland activist Ann Corcoran founded the blog Refugee Resettlement Watch (RWW) in response to what she saw as a 鈥済rievous error鈥� in the federal government鈥檚 acceptance of Muslim refugees

In recent years, the conflict in Syria and last summer鈥檚 surge in the number of children fleeing violence in Central America has pushed the issue of refugees into the spotlight. Corcoran鈥檚 blog, which focuses on that issue, has increasingly drawn praise from anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant groups, which see her work as crucially supportive of their agenda.

During this time, Corcoran has solidified her ties with ACT! The group recently launched a Refugee Resettlement Working Group that aims to make sure that 鈥減otential terrorists are kept on the outside looking in.鈥� It is unclear how significant of a role Corcoran will play in this group, but it is clear that Gabriel thinks very highly of her.

Corcoran has also worked very closely with one of the leading anti-Muslim figures in the U.S., . Gaffney, who runs the anti-Muslim group Center for Security Policy (CSP), is gripped by paranoid fantasies about Muslims destroying the West from within, like the baseless idea that 鈥渃reeping Shariah鈥� or Islamic religious law is a dire threat to American democracy.

In recent years, she has touted numerous articles on the website of , a racist journal devoted to the idea that black people are inferior to whites and, in the words of its editor , incapable of sustaining 鈥渁ny kind of civilization.鈥� A year ago, for example, she wrote about the online magazine鈥檚 鈥済ood commentary鈥� on immigration to Australia.

Today, a feed of Corcoran鈥檚 articles has been displayed on the home page of the 鈥� a聽racist group that has described black people as 鈥渁 retrograde species of humanity鈥� and was the acknowledged inspiration for , who is accused of murdering nine black churchgoers in Charleston, S.C., last month.

鈥⒙燗yaan Hirsi Ali is an anti-Muslim activist of Somali origin who elected to the lower house of the Dutch parliament in 2003 and used the political bully pulpit to bash Muslims.

Ali often compares Islam to Nazi Germany. In a 2007 , she called Islam "a destructive, nihilistic cult of death." She has also spoken about America鈥檚 鈥渨ar鈥� with Islam. In 2014, Brandeis University came under fire for announcing plans to award Ali an honorary degree. The university cancelled its plan after a public outcry arose.

Ali was a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). While with the VVD鈥檚 Ali worked with Dutch Islamophobe Geert Wilders, who often visits the United States to participate in anti-Muslim events. In 2004, Ali worked with Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh to create the anti-Muslim film Submission. Van Gogh was murdered by an Islamic extremist months after his film was released.

鈥⒙� A young national security analyst based in Washington, D.C., Eric Stakelbeck is a regular on the Christian-right channel Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), founded by fundamentalist political activist Pat Robertson. Before joining CBN, Stakelbeck worked as an analyst for the Investigative Project on Terrorism, founded by anti-Muslim activist Steve Emerson. Following the horrific attacks in Paris at the offices of the political magazine Charlie Hebdo, Emerson claimed on Fox News that Birmingham, the UK鈥檚 second largest city is a 鈥渘o-go zone鈥� for non-Muslims. Emerson鈥檚 comments drew scrutiny from all quarters, including UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who called Emerson a 鈥渃omplete idiot.鈥�

Stakelbeck often speaks at anti-Muslim gatherings and other right-wing events. In 2011, for example, he addressed ACT鈥檚 national conference. His website bio boasts of him addressing the Values Voter Summit, an event organized by the anti-LGBT hate group Family Research Council (FRC). He has also addressed events organized by the anti-Muslim David Horowitz Freedom Center. The gatherings, like the upcoming ACT! conference, attract elected officials and Islamophobes.

Stakelbeck often peddles conspiracy theories about Muslims. He often decries the number of mosques being built in America and claimed on a tea party conference call that 鈥渢here is a concerted effort by Islamists to infiltrate the very heartland of American society鈥� 鈥� to the progressive watchdog Right Wing Watch. Stecklebeck also promotes the popular anti-Muslim conspiracy theory that Muslims in America are engaged in 鈥渟tealth鈥� or 鈥渃ivilization鈥� jihad, in an attempt to overthrow the U.S. and turn it into a bastion of 鈥淪haria鈥� from the inside.

鈥⒙燫yan Mauro works as a national security analyst for the , an anti-Muslim group based in Washington, D.C. Clarion, formerly the Clarion Fund distributes a number of films promoting anti-Muslim conspiracy theories.

Clarion鈥檚 advisory board, past and present includes a number of prominent anti-Muslim activists, including Frank Gaffney and Zhudi Jasser. Jasser is the narrator for an anti-Muslim film produced by Clarion titled, 鈥淥bsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West.鈥�

Mauro peddles the types of conspiracy theories prevalent in Clarion鈥檚 films. He has promoted the false narrative of 鈥渘o-go zones鈥� for non-Muslims in Europe. Mauro also Fox News host Megyn Kelly that there are growing Muslim enclaves in the U.S. where gangs of Islamic extremists are 鈥減atrolling鈥� neighborhoods and enforcing the tenants of Shariah law.