[3] The ICLA has been described as a "well-funded US group" that was based in Fairfax, Virginia, and which operated the Counter-Jihad Europa website which "acts as a clearing house for national initiatives to oppose the Islamisation of Europe".
[2] The ICLA began in 2006 as the 910 Group (named for the day before the September 11 attacks),[2] originating from the Gates of Vienna comments section,[3][5] which was one of the first organizations of the international counter-jihad blogosphere movement.
[1] After absorbing other smaller groups such as British activists from the Talk Veritas and Infidel Bloggers Alliance,[3] the organization was renamed to the Center for Vigilant Freedom (CVF) in 2007, then in 2009 to the ICLA.
[3] The conference was attended by notable authors and activists such as Bat Ye'or, David Littman, Andrew G. Bostom, Robert Spencer, Pamela Geller, Lars Hedegaard, Aryeh Eldad, Patrick Sookhdeo, Paul Weston and Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff.
[9][10] Activists attending OSCE conferences have included Alain Wagner, Chris Knowles, Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, Liz Schmidt, Felix Strüning, Henrik Ræder Clausen, Valerie Price, Ann Marchini, Edward S. May, and Stephen Coughlin, from affiliated groups such as ACT for America, Center for Security Policy and Citizens' Movement Pax Europa.