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Wednesday March 13, 2013
By Jennine Vari
One of the most recent ad campaigns in NYC to take on Geller’s hate speech is “Talk Back to Hate,” a grassroots campaign started by Akiva Freidlin. Read More »
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Thursday March 07, 2013
You may be surprised to learn that federal law enforcement does not track hate crimes aimed at the Arab American community. US Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY) is working to change that, and he’s asking his colleagues in the House of Representatives to help. You should too. Take action now and ask your representative to sign on to the Crowley letter. The deadline is tomorrow, Friday, March 8 Read More »
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Tuesday February 19, 2013
Today, Senators Dick Durbin and Dianne Feinstein released the names of 26 Senators, all Democrats, who signed a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director Robert Mueller to revise the FBI Hate Crime Incident Report Form (1-699) to allow for the collection and tracking of hate crimes committed against Sikhs, Hindus, and Arab Americans. There have been other congressional initiatives to track crimes against Sikhs, but the Durbin/Feinstein letter is the first time Arab Americans have been included. On the House side, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY) is seeking signatures for his own letter which includes all three communities. Read More »
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Friday February 15, 2013
By Jade Zoghbi
The video depicts Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, a UC Santa Cruz lecturer, who made outrageous accusations and comments towards the MSA and Palestinian groups Read More »
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Friday November 09, 2012
Today the United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) convened a briefing on Federal Civil Rights Engagement with the Arab and Muslim American Communities Post 9/11. The commission hosted three panels to address “the success and failure of the federal government in engaging the Arab and Muslim American community post 9/11.” Read More »
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Thursday November 08, 2012
Even though Obama’s re-election is a small victory for advocates of civil liberties and global peace, these ideals are far from assured. What we won yesterday is little more than the possibility of future success, the hope that cool heads in the second Obama administration will be able and willing to see past the mistakes of the first. Read More »
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Wednesday November 07, 2012
American voters delivered a strong rebuke to Islamophobia and fear-mongering in last night’s election, with the defeat of several of the country’s most notoriously Islamophobic candidates. This cycle saw tough election battles for several members of the “hate caucus.” Read More »
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Friday October 26, 2012
It’s hard to believe we’re here already, but today marks the beginning of our 10 day countdown before the election. Between now and then, you will receive one email from us each day giving you a new opportunity to make a difference in this final stretch to November 6th. Read More »
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Tuesday October 23, 2012
This evening, AAI President Jim Zogby will participate on a panel at a day-long event held at the Washington National Cathedral hosted by the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. The event, entitled Religious Diversity in America: The American Muslim Experience, aims to build on a summit held last year in Lebanon, a country with a history of sectarian division and inter-religious violence. Read More »
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Friday September 28, 2012
AAI is continuously tracking key congressional races across the country. One trend AAI is tracking closely is whether or not the electoral tide will turn against candidates who espouse hate speech and Islamophobia. With just over a month until the election, it appears as though many of Congress’s most notorious Islamophobes stand a good chance of losing their seats and that several challengers who have turned to bigoted rhetoric are unlikely to be elected. Read More »
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Monday September 24, 2012
By Vieshnavi Rattehalli
Staff Sgt. Nur recognizes that a lack of education fuels the anger and misperceptions on both sides of the rift: Even among her rather well-educated colleagues in the military where she feels discrimination is less pervasive than in the civilian world, she hears the occasional less-than-sensitive comments. Nur feels that these comments are fueled by anger at the terrorists, rather than at a blanket hatred of all Arabs or Muslims. Read More »
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Monday September 24, 2012
The most creative responses to this ad campaign, however, have emerged through Twitter, where opponents of bigotry and advocates of tolerance are using the hashtag #MySubwayAd to promote their alternative texts for what they would like to see posted in the subway system. Follow the hashtag for some funny commentary and some inspiring pronouncements. Also, if you want to do your own versions of "In any war between X and X, support X. Support X. Defeat X" (fill in the blanks), be sure to tweet them at us! We'll be retweeting the most creative lines. Read More »
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Friday September 21, 2012
By Emily Jabareen
The recent attack on the Islamic Center (mosque) of the Shenandoah Valley, VA, garnered little media attention. The Associated Press reported on the incident the day of its occurrence, September 15th, just a few days after the bewildering and sudden outburst of violence that unfolded in Benghazi, Libya. Read More »
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Thursday September 20, 2012
Yesterday, The Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights held a hearing entitled “Hate Crimes and the Threat of Domestic Extremism.” Attendance at the hearing and the number of organizations submitting written testimony for the record were quite large, displaying a heartening level of solidarity with communities affected by hate crimes. AAI took an active role in the effort to urge for this hearing in the wake of recent attacks on places of worship across the country. Read More »
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Monday September 17, 2012
As for the anti-American sentiment that does exist in the Middle East, it has just as much to do with “their culture” and “our freedom” as anti-Arab and anti-Muslim views here in the U.S. have to do with “our religion” and “their falafel and hummus.” Just as hate here builds when the bigots exploit tragedies like 9/11 to foment the anti-Arab/Muslim sentiments, hate there builds when fanatics exploit a wide range of terrible American policies to promote anti-Americanism. Read More »
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Monday September 17, 2012
On September 19, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to convene a hearing on hate crimes and domestic extremism. While the hearing has been spurred, in part, by the recent tragedy in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, it will seek to elevate the concerns surrounding hate crimes and domestic extremism that all communities and Americans face in this country. Read More »
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Thursday September 13, 2012
The House of Representatives voted yesterday to extend the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act through 2017. Civil liberties advocates have long criticized FISA, which authorizes warrantless monitoring of electronic communications – from phone calls to emails – of foreigners as well as U.S. citizens. Read More »
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Friday August 31, 2012
In September, the Michigan Court of Appeals will hear arguments on whether the Islamic Cultural Association can move forward with its plans to convert the Eagle Elementary School, which it purchased in 2010 for $1.1 million, into a mosque. Read More »
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Monday August 27, 2012
Conducted on August 15th and 16th, The American Divide: How We View Arabs and Muslims, surveyed American attitudes toward Arabs, Muslims and eleven other groups and religions. Among other things, the poll highlights a sharp generational and partisan divide with respect to views on Arabs and Muslims. Read More »
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Thursday August 23, 2012
The Arab American Institute is releasing the results of a poll conducted this summer on American attitudes toward Arabs and Muslims. AAI will release the results of the poll at a press briefing hosted by AAI president Dr. Jim Zogby. The polling data highlights how anti-Muslim and anti-Arab political rhetoric over the past two years has influenced American public opinion. Read More »
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Looking at Iran by James Zogby
Kahlil Gibran Awards Gala - April 16, 2013
