Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff is an Austrian human rights and anti-sharia activist. A diplomat’s daughter, she was a child in Iran during the Islamic Revolution of 1979, and later lived in Iraq, Kuwait and Libya. During the 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, she was among the Austrian citizens who were held hostage. She subsequently worked as assistant to the Vice Chancellor of the Republic of Austria, Mr. Wolfgang Schüssel (1995-1997), at the Austrian Embassy Kuwait, Visa Section (1997-2000) and the Austrian Embassy Tripoli, Libya (2000-2001).
Late in 2009 she was charged with “hate speech” under Austrian law for factually accurate assertions she made during a seminar on Islam, regarding statements in the Hadith on child marriage. Sabaditsch-Wolff explained: “I want to preserve Europe and its democratic and secular values. Islamic doctrine discriminates against women and non-Muslims. Islamic law, or shariah, cannot be reconciled with democratic principles and universal human rights.” On February 15, 2011, she was convicted of “denigrating the teachings of legally recognized religion in Austria” in a Vienna courtroom and paid a fine. The alternative would have been for Sabaditsch-Wolff, a mother with a young daughter, to spend two months in jail. The case is currently pending at the European Court for Human Rights.
Sabaditsch-Wolff has represented the German branch of BPE (the NGO Bürgerbewegung Pax Europa http://www.buergerbewegung-pax-europa.de/) at several meetings over the past four years of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, at the “Human Dimension” meetings in Vienna and Warsaw.
Sabaditsch-Wolff has testified on her case and the situation in Europe in addition to her work at the OSCE (Organization for Security ad Cooperation in Europe) before members of Congress. She also addressed a Tea Party meeting in Minnesota and numerous ACT! for America meetings.
Her talk will focus on the migrant crisis in Europe and its chilling effects on freedom of speech. She will report on how the massive influx of people from a foreign culture has affected the indigenous population across Europe and how this will affect America.
In recent months, Ms. Sabaditsch-Wolff has been active in protests against the persecution of Christians in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world.
