Talk:American Congress for Truth

Notability

Are there references which confirm this organization's notability? Right now the only source on the page, is the group's own website. --NovaSTL 03:19, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

"American Congress For Truth" gets 51,000 hits on google [1]. I started this page some days ago and I have not had much time to develop much as I am working on other articles, but I should get to this in due time.--CltFn 04:14, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

--- It seems to be just a one-person organization. And she's a media whore with a questionable back-story.

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Konfused? Read on.

Nonie Darwish

[edit] Biography

Born in Cairo, Egypt, Darwish moved to Gaza in the 1950s when her father, Lt. General Mustafa Hafez, was sent by Gamal Abdel Nasser to serve as commander of the Egyptian Army Intelligence in Gaza, which was then occupied by Egypt. Hafez founded the fedayeen who launched raids across Israel's southern border, that between 1951 and 1956, killed some 400 Israelis. In July 1956 when Nonie was eight years old, her father became the first targeted assassination carried out by the Israeli Defence Forces in response to Fedayeen's attacks, making him a shahid.[2] [3] During his speech announcing the nationalisation of the Suez Canal, Nasser vowed that all of Egypt would take revenge for Hafez's death. Nasser asked Nonie and her siblings, "Which one of you will avenge your father's death by killing Jews?"[4]

Darwish explains:

I never looked at why Israel killed my father. They killed my father because the fedayeen were killing Israelis. They killed my father because when I was growing up, we had to recite poetry pledging jihad against Israel. We would have tears in our eyes, pledging that we wanted to die. I speak to people who think there was no terrorism against Israel before the '67 war. How can they deny it? My father died in it.[3] After his death, her family moved to Cairo, where she attended Catholic high school and then the American University in Cairo, earning a BA in Sociology/Anthropology. She then worked as an editor and translator for the Middle East News Agency, until emigrating to the United States in 1978 with her husband, ultimately receiving United States citizenship. After arriving in the US, she began attending a non-denominational evangelical church. She no longer practices Islam because she feels that even mosques in the US have a radical, anti-American and an anti-peace message. About a year after the September 11, 2001 attacks, Darwish began writing columns critical of radical Islam. She is a convert to Christianity.[1] Darwish's Arabs for Israel website describes itself as an organization of Arabs and Muslims who "respect and support the State of Israel", welcome a "peaceful and diverse Middle East", reject "suicide/homicide terrorism as a form of Jihad", and promote "constructive self-criticism and reform" in the Arab/Muslim world.

-Wikipedia

I'm hoping the original author will correct his mistakes and refrain from vile personal attacks. I'm hoping I'll win the Lottery, too.

67.180.114.123 02:15, 1 June 2007 (UTC)Col_of_Truth

Notability (2)

This article easily meets notability guidelines. Please don't redirect it to other articles.

In addition to meeting the "Google test" and other criteria, the organization's web site includes the board of directors which is mostly composed of notable people: R. James Woolsey, Jr., Paul E. Vallely, Walid Phares, Kenneth R. Timmerman, Robert Spencer and John Loftus. This list should be included in the article (I may work on it some day).

It's true that the article needs more elaboration, but redirecting it is plainly wrong.

-- Gabi S. 16:34, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

You have it wrong, ACT is not founded by Darwish but Brigitte Gabriel. The article should be changed to delete references to an Egyptian dad. 122.107.161.159 (talk) 08:14, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

ACT! for America Education

Hello. According to its website, the organisation has changed its name to ACT! for America Education. It should therefore be moved. If nobody objects, I'll eventually move it, Ajnem (talk) 08:15, 2 August 2011 (UTC)