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ADC Condemns Homeland Security, Delta’s Endangerment of Arab Americans

The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee plans to issue a statement condemning the gross negligence by security officials over the weekend, which put in danger America’s largest Arab community, when a passenger tried to blow up an airplane over Detroit by igniting a plastic explosive he carried on his person past airport security…. »

Shame on ADC’s racism against Nigerians

ShareThe Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee issued a press release today commending passengers who “restrained a Nigerian man” trying to blow up a plane in Detroit.
The press release serves absolutely no function except to notify people that the suspect is not Arab.
ADC should know that if it is trying to fight racial profiling, pointing out a terror… »

We Need Hope in Ourselves

Adam Shapiro writes in the Huffington Post about a young internationally-oriented do-gooder who ends up being elected to Congress on a whim. Shapiro made his acquaintance before he planned to run for office. Congressman Tom Perriello’s election, along with the new Obama rhetoric, gave the activist-filmmaker Shapiro some hope. It proved short-lived, but also points… »

Why Are Arab And Muslim Organizations So Quick To Condemn?

ShareIt almost seems appropriate that since I’m a Palestinian-American Muslim from Northern Virginia who also happens to be from the same hometown in Palestine (El-Bireh) as Ft. Hood shooter suspect Nidal Hasan, I should issue a press release expressing my outrage and condemnation along with every other Arab-American and Muslim-American organization.  But I won’t.  I… »

The Minority Position on Bill Clinton’s ADC Address

One of the most notable features of this year’s American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee’s annual convention in Washington, DC was the appearance of ex-President Bill… »

ADC’s Youth Empowerment Night

Arab time start for the opening night of the American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee’s (ADC) 29th annual convention at the Capitol Hill Hyatt… »

Saad Eddin Ibrahim Praises Arab Monarchies at ADC

Saad Eddin Ibrahim, the famed Egyptian reformer, and current visiting professor at Harvard University, spoke this morning at a foreign policy panel. Why would a reformer praise monarchies?

He was optimistic that the Obama administration could work to empower reformers, despite indications that pro-democracy reform was not something the administration would be investing much in.

His… »

18 Signs of an Arabic Dance Party

ADC will be having its annual convention this weekend. When I think of the ADC convention, I think of all the great speakers. I also remember their dance parties where many young and old Arabs flaunt their moves and get their groove on, often in hope of finding a mate. I reflected back… »

Did the ADC jump the gun on the NYC synagogue plot?

ShareIn an era when Arabs and Muslims are always the first suspects whenever terrorism is concerned (read the “Correction” here), I sympathize with the gut reaction of many Arabs and Arab organizations in this country to immediately and eternally condemn and distance those who might perpetrate such acts. I wonder, however, if there isn’t a… »

Challenging the Tax-Exempt Status that Aids Israeli Settler Groups

ShareFollowing a post on Mondoweiss and a David Ignatius column in the Washington Post on how groups that support Israeli settlers receive tax-exempt status, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee filed an official complaint with the Treasury Department.
ADC’s press release indicated the group filed
multiple administrative complaints with the US Department of the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue… »