Debbia Anderson is the head of the Minneapolis chapter of ACT for America. During a speech by ACT leader Brigitte Gabriel at the Mankato City Center in Minneapolis, Minn., Anderson handed out a “fact sheet” on Islam that she authored in which she alleged, “Despite Islam’s 1400 year history of Imperialism, land appropriation, genocide, cultural annihilation and enslavement, there is a powerful campaign to persuade the world that Islam is a ‘religion of peace.’” The sheet also contains a strong anti-immigrant tone targeting Somalis in Minnesota.
American Freedom Defense Initiative
The American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) is an Islamophobic hate group led by Pamela Geller. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) identifies the organization as an anti-Muslim hate group. At one time, SPLC considered Geller “the anti-Muslim movement’s most visible and flamboyant figurehead.”