Pat Robertson

Robertson is a commentator for Christian Broadcasting Network and the co-founder of American Center for Law and Justice. He is a media executive and Baptist minister known for being a key face of Christian conservative politics.

Robertson compared Islam to Nazism on at least two separate occasions, in 2011 and 2013. In 2013, he said of Islam, “it’s almost like it’s demonic” and “it’s a religion of chaos.”

On November 27, 2013, Robertson equated a Muslim with an “unclean spirit” and defended a woman who had asked a Muslim to leave her home saying, “If somebody in truth is worshiping some sort of a demonic presence then that will pervade your home and no you don’t offer hospitality to something like that.”

Following the Boston Marathon bombings, Robertson claimed that the government “refuses to acknowledge the problem of Islam… During the Second World War we didn’t have any problems saying that Hitler was bad, no problem at all saying the Nazis were monsters… Now we’re fighting a war but we refuse to identify our enemy even though it is in plain sight.”

In 2011, Robertson compared Islamophobes to those who opposed the rule of Hitler in Germany, saying “Why is it bigoted to resist Adolf Hitler and the Nazis and to say we don’t want to live under Nazi Germany?… But oh it’s bigoted if we speak out against a force that slowly but surely is trying to exercise domination over the world.”

During the debate over the Murfreesboro Mosque in Tennessee, Robertson asserted that Muslims will bribe local officials to gain influence.

In 2008, Robertson claimed that “Islam is not a religion” but “a political system bent on world domination.”

A Washington Post editorial (2/23/02) says of Robertson: “Mr. Robertson, speaking on his Christian Broadcasting Network’s ‘700 Club’ program, described a veritable infestation of America with violent, subversive Muslims: ‘Our immigration policies are now so skewed towards the Middle East and away from Europe that we have introduced these people into our midst and undoubtedly there are terrorist cells all over them…They want to coexist until they can control, dominate, and then if need be destroy’…Is Mr. Robertson trying to start a pogrom? If so, he’s headed in the right direction.”

CAIR Designates University of Chicago (UChicago) and Swarthmore College, PA as “Institutions of Particular Concern” for Targeting Anti-Genocide Student Protesters

November 21, 2024

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, designates the University of Chicago and Swarthmore College, PA as

CAIR Designates Pomona College, University of Michigan (U-Mich), and University of Georgia (UGA) as “Institutions of Particular Concern” for Targeting Anti-Genocide Student Protesters

October 31, 2024

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, designates Pomona College, the University of Michigan (U-Mich), and the

CAIR Designates New York University (NYU) and Northwestern University as “Institutions of Particular Concern” For Targeting Anti-Genocide Student Protesters

October 10, 2024

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has designated New York University (NYU) and Northwestern University as “institutions of particular concern” due to the hostile environment on campus and the threat to the safety of Palestinian, Muslim, Arab, Jewish, and other students, staff, and faculty who stand against occupation, apartheid, and genocide.

CAIR Designates Columbia University and UT Austin as “Institutions of Particular Concern” Following Targeting of Anti-Genocide Student Protesters

September 12, 2024

CAIR’s Unhostile Campus Campaign centers fostering a campus environment where Palestinian, Muslim, Arab, Jewish, and other students, faculty, and staff opposing the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza enjoy free speech and academic freedom and are not subjected to state force or university discipline due to their viewpoints.

CAIR Designates GWU, UCLA, and Emory University as “Institutions of Particular Concern” Following Targeting of Anti-Genocide Student Protesters

August 14, 2024

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has designated an initial three universities as “institutions of particular concern” due to their threat toward the safety of Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, Jewish, and other students and faculty who stand against occupation, apartheid, and genocide. These three universities are The George Washington University (GWU), the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and Emory University.

Employer’s Guide to Islamic Religious Practices

July 23, 2024

Demographers say that Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in the United States and around the world. American Muslims are now found in all sectors of society. This growing Muslim population adds a new dimension to be considered by employers when dealing with issues of multiculturalism and diversity.

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