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Pamela Geller is an American political activist and commentator. She is known for her anti-Islamic writings, opposition to the proposed construction of an Islamic community center near the former site of the World Trade Center, and sponsorship of the "Draw the Prophet" cartoon contest in Garland, Texas. She describes her blogging and campaigns in the United States are against what she terms "creeping Sharia" in the country. The Southern Poverty Law Center has described Geller as "Islamophobic".Pamela Geller has been targeted by Islamic fundamentalists, including most notably a plot inspired by an ISIS supporter as retaliation for her "Draw the Prophet" cartoon contest. She is currently the president of the American Freedom Defense Initiative which she co-founded with Robert Spencer. The American Freedom Defense Initiative has been designated an anti-Muslim hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The British government barred Geller's entry into the UK in 2013, saying her presence would "not be conducive to the public good". She and Spencer co-authored the book The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration's War on America in 2010.Multiple media outlets have called her "far right", while others, such as the BBC, contrast her right-wing support for small government with her culturally liberal positions on abortion and same-sex marriage.

✵ 14. June 1958
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Famous Pamela Geller Quotes

“Do not think for one second that what you do is not important. Do not believe one second that individual can't change the course of human events, because individual can and does and will change the course of human events.”

Pamela Geller

"Pamela Geller speaks to the Sugar Land Tea Party in Sugar Land, Texas" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLzlQ7WrvfQ&t=0h28m21s, Sugar Land, Texas

“I will say that the Muslim terrorists were practicing pure Islam, original Islam.”

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"Firestorm Grows Over Islamic Center Near Ground Zero" http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1008/17/acd.01.html, Anderson Cooper 360°, CNN (17 August 2010)

“Never, ever retract. The smell of weakness is like blood to sharks.”

Pamela Geller

"Pamela Geller speaks to the Sugar Land Tea Party in Sugar Land, Texas" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLzlQ7WrvfQ&t=0h20m41s, Sugar Land, Texas

“I believe most Muslims are secular. I don't believe that most Muslims subscribe to devout fundamentalist Islam by any stretch of the imagination. And we need the secular Muslims to win the battle for the reformation of Islam.”

Pamela Geller

Pamela Geller: "This Is a Clash of Civilizations" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/religion/man-behind-mosque/pamela-geller-this-is-a-clash-of-civilizations/, PBS (27 September 2011)

“Islam is the most antisemitic, genocidal ideology in the world.”

Pamela Geller

NY Times Con Job: "DAISY KHAN had never seen so many Jews in her life." pamelageller.com http://pamelageller.com/2010/11/new-york-times-con-job-daisy-khan-had-never-seen-so-many-jews-in-her-life.html/ (14 November 2010)

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