Federal judge nixes license plates with cross, 'I Believe' Nov 11, 2009
Groups including and American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee challenged the state's ability to put a religious message on a state license tag. The Rev. , Americans United executive director, said government must never be allowed give favorable treatment to one faith above others. (USA Today)
Some US Muslims fear backlash after Texas shooting Nov 7, 2009
Abed Ayoub, legal adviser for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, said his group receives about 400 complaints a month ranging from employment discrimination to racial profiling to verbal and physical attacks. After 9/11, such complaints peaked at thousands per month, he said. (India Times, India)
8Son of Radical Islam Leader Killed in FBI Shootout Caught in Canada» Nov 1, 2009
Imad Hamad, regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee in Dearborn, said the FBI briefed him about the arrests. "We know that this is not something to be projected as something against Muslims," Hamad said. (Fox News)
Forum to focus on Middle East Nov 1, 2009
Munayyer previously worked in various capacities with the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Hussain Abdul-Hussain, a journalist, currently working as a correspondent with Al Rai, a Kuwaiti daily newspaper. (Juneau Empire)
Feds: Son of slain Mich. Islamic leader arrested Oct 30, 2009
Feds: Son of slain Mich. Islamic leader arrested - Somerset - Daily American. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
FBI Gunfight Leaves Mich. Suspect Dead Oct 29, 2009
Imad Hamad, director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, told a local Detroit news channel that he was told the arrests in the latest case were not related to the suspects' religion. "Basically, they assured us that this raid, this initiative, is solely criminal and has nothing to do with Muslims or people of Muslim faith," he said in a report by the television station WJBK. "I cannot enter any judgment basically about this. Simply, I don't know them. I got to learn about what I... (ABC News)
CIA boss asks US Muslims to aid anti-terror effort Sep 17, 2009
AP Photo - CIA Director Leon Panetta, right, meets with Imad Hamad, regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee at the Bint Jebail Cultural Center in Dearborn, Mich. Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Clinton, 2 journalists depart NKorea for US Aug 5, 2009
AP Photo - FILE - In this file photo taken Saturday, June 13, 2009, former President Bill Clinton speaks during the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee gala banquet dinner in Washington. Clinton is heading to North Korea for negotiations to secure the freedom of two detained American journalists, a news report said Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, nearly five months after they were seized on the China border. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Bill Clinton in N. Korea Aug 4, 2009
(AP Photo/APTN) FILE - In this file photo taken Saturday, June 13, 2009, former President Bill Clinton speaks during the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee gala banquet dinner in Washington. Clinton is heading to North Korea for negotiations to secure the freedom of two detained American journalists, a news report said Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, nearly five months after they were seized on the China border. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Tourist's family says Va. vacationer became victim Jun 27, 2009
Washington's American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee has called the question "troubling" and wants to know if Husien Shehada's background had anything to do with the shooting. The Miami Beach police and State Attorney's office are investigating the shooting and say they can't release information until their investigations are complete. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Seeing through Israel's delay tactics Jun 22, 2009
Yousef Munayyer is a policy analyst with the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Bill Clinton: United States growing more diverse... Jun 16, 2009
(AP) Former President Bill Clinton speaks during the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee gala ... Speaking in a hotel ballroom to the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee during its annual convention, Clinton also praised Obama's speech in Cairo, Egypt, that was focused on the Arab world. (The Drudge Report)
Two-state solution is an Arab wish too May 26, 2009
Yousef Munayyer Washington The writer is a policy analyst with the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Inside Obama's Detainee Photo Reversal May 17, 2009
Though the claim made by Yousef Munayyer, a spokesman for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, that "Abu Ghraib set the bar for obscene inhumanity" is laughable on its face (Daniel Pearl, Nick Berg and the thousands of others tortured and slaughtered by radical Islamists were unavailable to comment on Mr. Munayyers assertion), there is no doubt the disclosure of images from the infamous coalition prison affected jihadi thought and recruitment in a way mere verbal description never... (CBS News)
KSFO show on Muslims crosses the line Apr 10, 2009
Yousef Munayyer is a policy analyst for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee in Washington, D.C. For more information, go to. This article appeared on page A - 17 of the San Francisco Chronicle. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
New breed of American villains rise from economy's many ills Apr 6, 2009
He is regional director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and is based in Dearborn, a town just outside Detroit where Arabic script is ubiquitous and more than 30 percent of the population is of Arab descent. A time-tested human response. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
From economy’s ills, new American villains emerge Apr 5, 2009
He is regional director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and is based in Dearborn, a town just outside Detroit where Arabic script is ubiquitous and more than 30 percent of the population is of Arab descent. In the eyes of some Americans, Muslims and Middle Easterners became the cultural bogeymen after 9/11, and Hamad s organization and community are still dealing with the fallout. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Jewish group denounces Gaza cartoon Mar 27, 2009
In 2005, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee criticized one of his cartoons as drawing on false stereotypes and reinforcing negative views of Arabs. Oliphant came to the U.S. in 1964 to work for The Denver Post. (MSNBC -- International)
Government list of 'cleared' fliers grows to 80,000 Mar 26, 2009
The growth of the cleared list shows the need to change the watch-list process, says Kareem Shora, head of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. "It is great to have the redress (system) and the cleared list, but these are baby steps. They're not catching to the giant leaps in the size of the watch list." He and other critics want stricter standards for deciding who goes on the watch list. (USA Today -- Money)
