Pamela Geller’s anti-jihad bus ads framed Muslims as savages and killers of Jews.

Evidence

Pamela Geller, co-founder of Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) and American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), is part of the American counter-jihad movement. Her most well-known engagement with countering jihad is her New York City bus and subway ads that spread to Washington, DC as well as other U.S. cities. One ad read: “In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat jihad.” Another read: “Killing Jews is worship that draws us close to Allah. That’s His Jihad. What’s yours?” Next to this line was a picture of a man with a scarf covering his face. — Asena Karipek, Portrayals of Jihad, 55

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to scholarship on the ‘civilized vs. savage’ framing in colonial and post-9/11 discourse. — connects to: Pamela Geller is the anti-Muslim movement’s most visible figurehead. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 625

Broader Connections

• Pamela Geller is the anti-Muslim movement’s most visible figurehead. #expands (0.60) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 625