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Wednesday July 25, 2012
This action is part of an unfortunate pattern by the Obama administration of continuing, and in some cases even escalating, the very same “War on Terror” policies he had promised to end. Read More »
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Tuesday July 24, 2012
Cole is right to connect these politically-motivated smear campaigns to their potential electoral ramifications. The attempt to politically marginalize Arab American and American Muslim citizens is no longer a cost-free attack; these communities have proven their ability to organize, mobilize, and swing electoral outcomes. Hopefully, both parties will also learn this lesson before it’s too late. Read More »
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Monday July 23, 2012
By Nasser Siadat
For the many Arab Americans and American Muslims living under the scrutiny that has come as a result of intolerance and prejudice, this event highlighted the very universal message of Ramadan that all peoples of faith and non-faith can relate to— dialogue fosters understanding, and that despite our ideological or political differences, we all unite on a very basic humanitarian level. Read More »
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Monday July 23, 2012
Nearly everyone agrees that these letters went too far and many have likened Bachmann to Senator Joe McCarthy, seeking out the communist threat in the 1950s. But we rarely discuss how we got here, and what conditions exist - mainly within the Republican Party as Rollins warned - which led us to this point. Read More »
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Friday July 20, 2012
Just in time for Ramadan, a federal judge has ruled that an injunction preventing the opening of a new mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee is illegal and should be overturned, allowing the mosque’s members to use the space during the the Muslim holy month. Read More »
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Friday July 20, 2012
While the Muslim Brotherhood has been Gaffney’s boogeyman of choice recently, a bit of digging by ThinkProgress’s Matt Duss into CSC’s past campaigns and publications revealed that within the past 10 years Gaffney has leveled nearly verbatim charges of infiltration against an “Iran Lobby” and a “Wahhabi Lobby.” Read More »
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Friday July 20, 2012
To save you time, a headache, and an acute bout of depression about the people who run our government, I’ve summarized the arguments made by Congresswoman Michele Bachmann about the Muslim Brotherhood infiltration of the US government. Read More »
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Thursday July 19, 2012
Where would Egyptian protesters get the idea that the US is secretly backing the Muslim Brotherhood? From their fellow-travelers in the American Islamophobe community, naturally. In a superb piece for the Times website published on Tuesday, Robert Mackey traces the spread of the “Obama as secret supporter of the Ikhwan” meme from ultra-right wing American bloggers to Egyptian protesters. Read More »
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Wednesday July 18, 2012
In an effort to combat the harsh immigration laws of states like Alabama and Arizona, the District of Columbia City Council recently approved legislation to limit the city’s Secure Communities program. Although each state must comply with federal immigration policy, some cities are fighting back by attempting to restrict the ability of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to detain illegal immigrants. Read More »
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Wednesday July 18, 2012
In a Senate floor speech today, Sen. John McCain derided his fellow Republicans’ witch-hunt to root out infiltration by “Muslim Brotherhood operatives” and came to the defense of one of its chief targets, Hillary Clinton’s top aide Huma Abedin. Read More »
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Tuesday July 17, 2012
Governor Rick Scott's controversial voter purge was revitalized last week, when the Department of Homeland Security granted Florida access to its Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database. The SAVE database will give election officials the identification numbers of non-citizens living legally in the United States, providing Gov. Scott's administration with another method of adding names to the list of those considered ineligible to vote. Read More »
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Monday July 16, 2012
AAI President Jim Zogby joined CNN anchor Anderson Cooper tonight on “Anderson Cooper 360” at 8:15pm ET to discuss former Presidential contender Rep. Michele Bachmann’s controversial call for an investigation into the extent that the Muslim Brotherhood has infiltrated the U.S. government. Read More »
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Thursday July 12, 2012
By Johara Hall
On Monday, a group of panelists will discuss religious discrimination against American Muslims today, the role of Shari'ah for the American Muslim community, and the implications of Islamophobia on Christian and Jewish communities in the US. Read More »
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Thursday July 12, 2012
The most common defense by supporters of the NYPD’s tactics has been the vague claim that the NYPD has thwarted no less than 14 terrorism plots since September 11th, 2001, but a recent investigative piece from ProPublica has turned the claim on its head as an exaggeration bordering on fabrication. Read More »
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Wednesday July 11, 2012
According to AAI polling data, Arab Americans have become less and less able to relate to the Republican Party over the last ten years. In 2000 Arab American Republicans constituted 38% of the Arab vote. That number dwindled to 25% in 2010. The issue remains that alienating any group of potential voters is not smart for either political party. Read More »
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Friday June 29, 2012
By Nama Khalil
The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding held a timely symposium, Reason vs Rhetoric: Understanding American Muslims, which featured leading experts on issues facing the American Muslim community, and their place in the broader national landscape. Read More »
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Thursday June 28, 2012
“The United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights,” warned former President Jimmy Carter in a New York Times op-ed earlier this week. Read More »
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Thursday June 28, 2012
The Arab Young Organization, a project of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, has produced entitled “TURATH: Teaching, Understanding, and Representing Arabs Throughout History.” It aims to uncover the representation of Arab identity, culture, and history in high school curricula, using survey findings, and on the ground research. Read More »
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Wednesday June 27, 2012
Linda Sarsour continues to make the community proud by broadening the scope of Arab American participation in public service. Sarsour was recently appointed to the Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Community Board 10, a local body of community leaders with a diverse membership. Read More »
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Monday June 25, 2012
By Denyse Sabagh
Denyse Sabagh is a member of AAI’s Board of Governors, a partner at Duane Morris, and head of the firm’s Immigration Practice Group. She is also former national president and general counsel of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and a former member of the ABA’s Coordinating Committee on Immigration Law. Read More »
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Looking at Iran by James Zogby
Kahlil Gibran Awards Gala - April 16, 2013
