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| Founded | 2007 |
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| Founder | Brigitte Gabriel |
| Type | 501(c)(3) organization |
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ACT for America, also referred to as ACT! for America, founded in 2007, is a US based advocacy group that stands against what it perceives as "the threat of radical Islam" to Americans.[1] The group has been characterized by some media outlets as anti-Muslim.[2][3][4][5]
Critics of the group, including the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Center for American Progress, describe it as a hate group. It has been called the U.S.'s largest anti-Muslim organization.[3][6] Since 2017, the group has organized rallies in support of Donald Trump.[7][8]
- ^ "Profile: ACT! for America" (PDF). Anti-Defamation League. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 29, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
- ^ "Florida's Ron DeSantis spoke to group whose founder says devout Muslims can't be loyal Americans". USA TODAY. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
- ^ a b Buncombe, Andrew (August 22, 2017). "US's largest anti-Muslim group cancels 67 rallies after seeing size of anti-fascist crowd in Boston". The Independent. Archived from the original on August 22, 2017.
- ^ Allam, Hannah; Ansari, Talal (April 10, 2018). "State And Local Republican Officials Have Been Bashing Muslims. We Counted". BuzzFeed News.
- ^ Marzouki, Nadia (2017). Islam: An American Religion. Cambridge University Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0231176804. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- ^ Mulhall, Joe (February 2, 2017). "It's not just Trump's US. Anti-Muslim hate threatens Europe too". The Guardian.
- ^ "ACT for America cancels pro-Trump rallies planned for Sept. 9 in 36 states". syracuse.com. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
- ^ CNYCentral. "Syracuse denies permit request for group planning 'America First Rally'". WSTM. Retrieved August 22, 2017.