Global Anti-Aggression Campaign  The Global Anti-Aggression Campaign (GAAC) (Arabic: الحملة العالمية لمقاومة العدوان) is a human rights non-governmental organization ostensibly established to resist foreign aggression against Islam, Muslims, and Muslim countries in a manner that complies with the Sunni-Islamic faith. The Global Anti-Aggression Campaign consists of a number of religious leaders, intellectuals, and human rights activists from the Arab World and holds annual conferences to advance their stated objectives and discuss Western and Israeli aggression on Muslim communities. Since its establishment in 2005, several members of the Global Anti-Aggression Campaign have come under criticism for their connections to Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations or have been labeled as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT) by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The Global Anti-Aggression Campaign (GAAC) is reportedly backed by Hamas and has been associated with other offshoots of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. "The Times of Israel" reported that GAAC was established in 2003 in Saudi Arabia by Saudi members of al-Qaeda who hoped to promote the organization as peaceful. According to the report, GAAC was relocated to Qatar in 2005 due to opposition from the Saudi Arabian government. In 2005, Hamas leader Khaled Mashal as well as representatives from the Muslim Brotherhood and other Salafist organizations were reportedly members of the organization. The context of the establishment of the Global Anti-Aggression Campaign is specified in the organization’s founding statement written by Abd al-Rahman al-Nuaimi. The founding statement accuses the US and Israeli governments of aggression by attempting to extend their influence over Muslim nations and peoples, plunder their resources, and alter their educational and social systems. According to the founding statement, the Western-led aggression also attempts to falsify and ridicule the values of Islam, attack the Quran and the Prophet Muhammad and lead deceitful media campaigns and armed invasions. In addressing the issues mentioned in the organization’s founding statement, the Global Anti-Aggression Campaign seeks to “combine the efforts of the "ummah", remind them of their duty to victory, make them aware of their right to self-defense, and oppose the aggressor in the most legitimate and influential way possible.” The Global Anti-Aggression Campaign claims to be established in compliance with Islamic order to defend the oppressed people and to drive away the oppressors.