I grew up in Lebanon when Islamic militants, in league with Palestinian followers of Yasser Arafat, tore our beautiful country apart.
As a result, from age 10 to 17 I lived in a bomb shelter beneath my family’s bombed out home.
I know what Islamic terror is. I have lived through it. And after 9/11, I made a promise to myself that I would do whatever I could to ensure that radical Islam and the terror it produces would not do to my adopted country, America, what it did to my country of birth.
This is why I founded ACT! for America Education (formerly known as American Congress for Truth) in 2002.
It didn’t take me long to realize that America is not only threatened by radical Islam, Islamic terror, and “cultural Jihad.” We are also threatened by a festering political correctness that is unwilling or unable to identify and define the threat we face.
If we don't win the war against Islamofascism other issues won't matter at all.
- We won't have an economy to worry about.
- We won't have equal rights for all.
- We won't have our cherished freedom.
- And we will live under Shariah Law.
Lest you be tempted to think this is an exaggeration, consider this.
There are dozens of terrorist sleeper cells in cities throughout America.
Hundreds of mosques and madrassas (Islamic schools) in America house materials that call for Jihad against non-Muslims and the overthrow of America’s constitutional system of government, to be replaced by Islamic Shariah law.
Numerous cities in Great Britain have officially recognized Shariah law and Shariah courts, creating a dangerous precedent for other Western democracies. In fact, there is at least one instance in America where a court referred a dispute between Muslims to an “Islamic court.”
Shariah-compliant financial products are now offered by numerous American financial institutions.
Over two dozen Islamic charities have been identified by our government as having ties to terrorists and terrorist organizations. In late 2008, leaders of the Holy Land Foundation, and American Islamic charity, were found guilty on 108 counts related to funneling contributions to terrorists.
Americans – and freedom-loving people everywhere -- must awaken to the threat of radical Islam, which may well be the greatest existential threat to safety and liberty of the 21st century. Jihad has been declared on Christians, Jews, non-Muslims and secularists worldwide by Islamic radicals...simply because we are infidels according to their belief.
This “jihad” can take on many forms – from violent terrorism to societal subversion through the vehicle of “cultural jihad.”
As America stood up against and defeated Nazism and Communism -- now is the time to stand up and stare down the evil of religious hatred, bigotry and intolerance.
This begins with knowledge. As you become informed, find out how you can take action by visiting the website of ACT! for America, www.actforamerica.org.
Together we can save our country and our freedom. Together we can fight for the values of Western Civilization that have produced opportunity, prosperity, peace and liberty wherever those values are practiced. You are the heroes who make our work possible.
I especially thank you for helping me protect the country that has blessed me so much --America, the dream that became my address.
Brigitte Gabriel
