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| − | The '''Freedom Defense Initiative''' is a pressure group and non-profit organization created by [[Pamela Geller]] and [[Robert Spencer]] with the self-stated goal of "going on the offensive when legal, academic, legislative, cultural, sociological, and political actions are taken to dismantle our basic freedoms and values."<ref name=about>Freedom Defense Initiative, [http://freedomdefense.typepad.com/about.html "About"], FDI Website, accessed on 21 August 2010</ref> The FDI was incorporated as a non-profit in 2010 in the State of New Hampshire.<ref>American Freedom Defense Initiative, [http://www.scribd.com/doc/35847782/Articles-of-Incorporation-for-American-Freedom-Defense-Initiative Articles of Incorporation for American Freedom Defense Initiative], Scribd, accessed on 21 August 2010</ref> The organization is registered at [[Robert Spencer]]'s personal address, which is also the address for [[Jihad Watch]] and [[Stop the Islamization of America]].<ref>Bill Warner, [http://pibillwarner.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/stop-the-islamization-of-america-group-refused-us-government-trademark-bloggers-robert-spencer-and-pamela-geller-shut-out-again/ Stop the Islamization of America group refused US government trademark bloggers Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller shut out again/], Bill Warner Private Detective (blog), 15 May 2010</ref> It manifests itself primarily through campaigns waged against Islam and individuals it targets as challengers to its goals for US domestic and foreign policy.
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| − | From the FDI's About Page:
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| − | :FDI acts against the treason being committed by national, state, and local government officials, the mainstream media, and others in their capitulation to the global jihad and Islamic supremacism, the ever-encroaching and unconstitutional power of the federal government, and the rapidly moving attempts to impose socialism and Marxism upon the American people.<ref name=about>Freedom Defense Initiative, [http://freedomdefense.typepad.com/about.html "About"], FDI Website, accessed on 21 August 2010</ref>
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| − | ==Activities==
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| − | *Funding anti-Islam and Islamophobic bus advertisements <ref>http://freedomdefense.typepad.com/photos/bus_ads/index.html</ref>
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| − | *Organizing anti-Islam and Islamophobic protests and rallies<ref>http://freedomdefense.typepad.com/fdi/fdi-action/</ref>
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| − | *Sponsoring anti-Islam and Islamophobic Conferences<ref>http://freedomdefense.typepad.com/fdi/fdi-at-cpac/</ref>
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| − | ===FDI CPAC Conference===
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| − | On February 19, 2010 Geller and Spencer funded a conference entitled "Jihad: The Political Third Rail -- What They Are Not Telling You" sponsored by the FDI at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, DC.<ref>FDI, [http://freedomdefense.typepad.com/fdi/fdi-at-cpac/ FDI at CPAC], FDI Website, accessed on 21 August 2010</ref>
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| − | ====Conference Speakers====
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| − | *[[Pamela Geller]]
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| − | *[[Robert Spencer]]
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| − | *[[Wafa Sultan]]
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| − | *[[Steve Coughlin]]
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| − | *[[Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff]]
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| − | *[[Anders Gravers]]
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| − | *[[Simon Deng]]
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| − | *[[Allen West]]
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| − | ==Principals==
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| − | *[[Pamela Geller]]
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| − | *[[Robert Spencer]]
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| − | ==FDI's Incorporation Signatories==
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| − | *[[Pamela Geller]]
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| − | *[[Robert Spencer]]
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| − | *[[Anders Gravers]]
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| − | *[[Richard Davis]]
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| − | *[[John Joseph Jay]]
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| − | ==Website==
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| − | http://freedomdefense.typepad.com/
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| − | ==Registered Address==
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| − | :7 Colby Ct. #7213
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| − | :Bedford, New Hampshire 03110
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| − | ==Notes==
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| − | <References/>
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| − | [[Category:Israel Lobby]][[Category:Islamophobia]]
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