Longtime readers and supporters know I have spoken little of the impact this fight has had on my life and the personal toll exacted by these devout savages. I thought it was time to tell my story. This is the story of how a NYC newspaper executive went from an apolitical career girl to one of the most notorious anti-jihadists in the world.
It was revealed for the first time yesterday that an FBI informant was involved in the jihad plot to behead me. It’s all part of living under a fatwa, hunted in America. Few Americans know how dangerous it is to fight in defense of freedom in America. I tell my story here – get the book, buy it for friends. Educate those around you.
Her critics have called her “the most dangerous woman in America,” “far-right hate queen,” and “the anti-Muslim movement’s most visible and flamboyant figurehead.”
Her admirers say she is “the Joan of Arc of the counter-jihad movement,” “one of the top world experts in radical Islam and Sharia law and Islamic supremacism,” and “a wonderful fighter for liberty.”
Now, in Fatwa: Hunted in America, with the foreword by Geert Wilders, Pamela Geller tells her own story of how she became one of the world’s foremost activist for the freedom of speech, individual rights, and equality of rights for all.
With the slicing wit and piercing insight that have characterized all her work, Pamela Geller here recounts her unlikely journey from New York City career girl to indomitably fearless human rights activist, reviled by the enemies of freedom the world over.
“I assumed my freedom,” she writes. “Never for one moment did I think that it could be taken from me. But all that changed on one day.”
In this book, Geller tells the whole extraordinary story of how she began chronicling her take on news events at her groundbreaking website Atlas Shrugs, then moved into activism, at first on behalf of Muslim girls who were being brutalized and victimized at home for not following the misogynistic rules of Islamic law, and then to stand against the advance of jihad and Sharia on numerous fronts – above all for the freedom of speech, which is increasingly embattled in this age of jihad.
It’s all here: Geller recounts the battle to defeat the sinister Ground Zero Mosque project; the ISIS jihad attack at Geller’s Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest in Garland, Texas; the fatwa on her head and plot to behead her; and much, much more – including the relentless vilification from a mainstream media hell-bent on defaming and destroying everyone who stands for freedom against jihad terror and Sharia oppression.
Pamela Geller writes: “Any lover of freedom would have been tarred the same way I was, and many have been. I am but a proxy in this terrible long war: what has happened to me is what happens, in small and large ways, to every American who stands for freedom.”
Yet – as shown in this book – she has prevailed. Without Pamela Geller, there would be a 16-story mega-mosque at Ground Zero today. Without Pamela Geller, untold numbers of young women who are living free today would instead have been victims of honor killing. Without Pamela Geller, countless numbers of indefatigable fighters for freedom would have been cowed and intimidated into silence by an increasingly violent and authoritarian Left.
If this book is proof of anything, it’s that one person can make a difference. And what a remarkable difference Pamela Geller has made. At last, in Fatwa: Hunted In America, she tells her story.
Here’s what Mark Steyn had to say when he finished my book:
“This is a riveting tale of a ‘controversial’ woman. She believes in ‘controversial’ principles such as free speech, and holds ‘controversial’ positions such as the right of Muslim girls in the developed world to enjoy the freedoms of all other western women without being honor-killed, beheaded or otherwise murdered. She is so ‘controversial’ that, when Islamic fanatics tried to kill her in the first ISIS attack on American soil, this country’s appalling and stupid media blamed her for being so ‘controversial’ as to drive people to open fire on her. In a saner, healthier world, she would not be ‘controversial’ at all, but would be recognized as the brave – indeed, fearless – woman she is. This is her story, and splendidly told” — Mark Steyn, Bestselling Author
When Pamela Geller talks about Islam, she does it with both barrels. For sparing us the platitudes when confronting this direct and present danger, she is reviled by society’s bien pensant. In this book, she recounts her adventures in “hate speech,” or as we used to call it, “telling the truth.” It is both an enlightening and gripping tale. — Ann Coulter, Bestselling Author
A courageous book by a courageous woman. This is not just one individual’s adventures in defense of freedom – this is a guide for anyone and everyone who is ready to stand for the truth in these days of universal lies. Political correctness is intellectual dishonesty and Pam Geller isn’t afraid to tell it like it is. Tomi Lahren, Fox News Contributor
“How did a nice Jewish girl from Long Island become the Joan of Arc of the counterjihad movement? In this remarkably absorbing page-turner of a book, Pamela Geller tells her story – a story of courage in the face not only of the jihadist enemy but of a veritable army of apologists, appeasers, pacifists, whitewashers, self-styled “bridge-builders,” and assorted cowards, careerists, and sellouts. Armed only with the truth and a passionate love of American liberty, Geller has survived their smears and kept hope alive. It’s an inspiring story that I hope will encourage other freedom-lovers to stand up and be counted before it’s too late.” — Bruce Bawer, author of The Victims’ Revolution: The Rise of Identity Studies and the Closing of the Liberal Mind.
Pamela Geller’s fascinating book is the vivid chronicle of a courageous woman who fought vigilantly and with fierceness, confronting dangers, threats and vile defamation, to preserve the American soul of freedom and democratic liberties. A most actual record of our perilous time.—- Bat Ye’or, Historian, author of Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis, and of Europe, Globalization and the Coming Universal Caliphate
“Pamela Geller is a towering hero of freedom. If free people survive into the next generation, which is by no means assured, Pamela Geller will be celebrated as one of those who stood against the tide of Leftism and Islamic supremacism when it was at its apogee. No proper history of the freedom of the human spirit in our darkening age can be written without including her.” — Robert Spencer, director of Jihad Watch and author of the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad.”
“Free-speech advocates who don’t make waves are not doing their jobs. Pamela Geller writes a guidebook here for Paladins of the First Amendment.” —Ambassador John Bolton
Irene Brekelmans says
Thank you Robert Spencer and Pamla Geller and Jamy Glaznov and his whole crew for all their work.
It needs courage to do and keep doing it. Your whole lives must be living this on and on and then with Fatwa’s. Chapeau !!!!!
overman says
Thanks Pam. Your a real hero. l always admired Joan of Arc and l can see the similarities in vision – although, of course, l hope you succeed where Joan failed, and l definitely hope they never get their evil hands on you, like they did with her.
Personally, l think the fight has just begun – the children of the next generation are going to suffer if they don’t listen to you and robert [and other warriors] who are prophets of the horrors to come.
Joan of Arc spoke against lslam too:
“The Islamic Saracens were the other group which she advocated crusading efforts against”
‘By the 12th century, “Saracen” had become synonymous with “Muslim” in Medieval Latin literature. Such expansion in the meaning of the term had begun centuries earlier among the Byzantine Greeks, as evidenced in documents from the 8th century. In the Western languages before the 16th century, “Saracen” was commonly used to refer to Muslim Arabs, and the words “Muslim” and “Islam” were generally not used (with a few isolated exceptions).
gravenimage says
Brava Pamela Geller! The kudos from other brave Anti-Jihadists to you says it all. Can’t wait to read your book.
David Long says
I’ve been a Jihad Watch and Atlas Shrugged (now Geller Report) reader daily for many years. I no longer post since most describe the war much better than I could.
I also proudly own many books by both Mr. Spencer and Ms. Geller. (I can’t even get family members to read them. You all can guess why not. Tough crowd out there!)
I have written how much I admire the bravery and steadfast nature of Mr. Spencer. Pamela Geller warrants equal high merit.
I’ve made up and handed out countless business cards that simply cite their websites and a few others to anyone who’d listen – even if their eyes seem to glaze over. Many of you are familiar with that scenario.
May G_d Bless and protect you both and the other warriors of truth.
WE ARE AT WAR!
Karen says
I have seen many videos of Pamela Geller speak, and she is always riveting. But, when she describes *why* the First Amendment is the 1st, and not the 4th, 7th, or 12th……well, it literally brings tears of pride and reverence for the Constitution to my eyes.
Vajapeya says
Great woman!!! It is due to her untiring efforts and people like Robert Spencer etc that many of us in India came to understand the theological foundations of Jihad. We had it over 1200 years with a loss of 80 million but not many understood why is it so. Also our history text books in school go way out to white wash Islamic Jihad and paint Mughal tyrants and other tyrannical Muslim rulers like Tippu Sultan etc as “Your friendly neighborhood spider-man”. Fortunately the internet is percolating throughout India now with more people getting online and the truth is coming out. Again thanks to Pamela, Robert, David Underwood, Jeremy Glazov and the his entire gang for putting their life on the line, spreading the truth
gravenimage says
Hear hear!
Small point–it is Jaime Glazov and David Wood. I imagine everyone know who you meant, though. 🙂
Vajapeya says
Sorry for the mistake. Yes i meant David wood. and Jaimie Glazov.. Thanks for the correction
Stewart Davies says
Dear Pamela Geller; please send an autographed copy of your book to the current resident of:
Domus Sanctae Marthae, Vatican City 00120; Italy
James Stamulis says
Miss Geller and Mr, Spencer are champions of freedom and modern day Paul Revere’s.