Frank Gaffney

In a 2009 Washington Times column, Gaffney wrote: 'With Mr. Obama’s unbelievably ballyhooed address in Cairo … there is mounting evidence that the president not only identifies with Muslims, but actually may still be one himself.' However, his 'evidence' only included the fact that Obama mentioned the 'Holy Koran,' knew some things about Islam, and used the phrase 'peace be upon them' when mentioning Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. In the same column, he asserted that Obama 'ha[d] aligned himself with adherents to what authoritative Islam calls Shariah — notably, the dangerous global movement known as the Muslim Brotherhood.' I think this administration has exhibited a sympathy -- and the president particularly -- for the agenda of folks who are in fact, under one front organization or the other of the Muslim Brotherhood, seeking to promote Sharia in America.[[2]]( Indeed, Gaffney has repeatedly made claims that the Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated the government and, without any evidence , that Hillary Clinton") aide Huma Abedin") serves the group. In 2011 he accused prominent conservatives Grover Norquist and Suhail Kahn") , who directed Muslim outreach efforts for the Bush White House, of infiltrating the government for the Muslim Brotherhood. As a result, he was temporarily banned by the Conservative Political Action Conference") , run by the American Conservative Union") , on whose board Kahn sat. On the 12 January 2015, edition of Fox News ’ Justice with Judge Jeanine, Gaffney claimed that President Obama is engaged in basically trying to enforce Shariah blasphemy laws and added that 'most of those who are being brought here' (i.e. Muslims) are bringing 'no-go zones' as their 'preferred practice.' The term 'no-go zones' had already been used a few days earlier on the same channel by Steven Emerson , and their existence has been proven false. [[1]]( When the administration put forward a law requiring public assistance agencies to offer voter registration opportunities in November 2013, Gaffney said that Obama was 'promoting creeping socialism,' because '[t]he process lends itself to abuse and fraud. And allies of the President say the goal is to register 68 million, most low-income voters. If successful, expect a permanent majority demanding government handouts — and the end of America as we have known it.' [[1]]( Like many other anti-Islam activists, Gaffney pushes the theory of 'jihad' through 'population replacement'. 'We’re witnessing not just the violent kind of jihad that these Islamists believe God compels them to engage in, but also, where they must for tactical reasons, a more stealthy kind, or civilizational jihad as the Muslim Brotherhood calls it,' Gaffney said in an October 2011 article in Newsmax . 'We’re witnessing that playing out, not only in places in the Middle East but also in Europe, in Australia, in Canada and here in the United States as well.' In an August 2016 post on his website, Gaffney said: 'Incredibly, this repressive Shariah doctrine is being insinuated into this country not just by Islamists. They are being aided and abetted by some on the political left — a reality made all the more bizarre, and outrageous, given the fact that women, gays and Jews are among the left’s principal constituencies.' [[1]]( In the late 1970s, Gaffney served as an aide to Senator Henry Jackson in the areas of defence and foreign policy.[[3]]( He worked closely with Richard Perle .[[4]]( From February 1981 to August 1983, Gaffney served on the staff of the Senate Armed Services Committee.[[5]]( From August 1983 to November 1987, Gaffney served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy under Assistant Secretary Richard Perle .[[6]]( Gaffney took part in negotiations which led to Israel joining the Strategic Defense Initiative") in May 1986.[[8]]( In a January 1987 Heritage Foundation lecture, Gaffney argued that the US had a greater need for nuclear testing because i