Gad Saad
Role at the time: Summit speaker, author, and political commentator
Defended or excused
Responding to
Yousef's remarks and the audience applause constituted anti-Muslim hate and warranted an apology and repudiation from the summit and its sponsors.
"There is no political Islam; no moderate Islam; no radical Islam; no violent Islam; no extreme Islam. There is only Islam."
Why we used this label
The categorical statement about Islam supported the premise of the anti-Muslim rhetoric at issue.