February 2012 – American Arab Forum

NYP cartoon: creating doubt, justifying hate

January 11, 2018February 27, 2012

By Dr. Aref Assaf

Attacks on American Muslims continue unabated. The tabloid, The New York Post, must not add to the stigma that American Muslim citizens face.

The Post published a cartoon by Sean Delonas on Friday,

AAF Thanks Senator Bob Menendez

January 11, 2018February 24, 2012

Update: Senator Menendez Responds

February 24, 2012

Honorable Bob Menendez
One Gateway Center, Suite 1100
Newark, New Jersey, 07102
Re: The NYPD espionage activities against innocent American Muslim citizens

Dear Senator Menendez:

Thank you for your principled and unequivocal position … Read More

Rutgers spying, time for RU to come clean

January 11, 2018February 21, 2012

By: Dr. Aref Assaf

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I am disappointed in the lukewarm Rutgers University (RU) statement issued in response to the NYPD spying activities on Muslims students. It reads like an intern wrote it. The statements fail to unequivocally

Rothman is Israel’s man in District 9

January 11, 2018February 19, 2012

By: Dr. Aref Assaf

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Rep Steve Rothman takes credit for giving Israel over $50 billion in aid money since 2001plus $1 billion in U. S./Israel Joint Missile Defense. Shown here with Brigadier General (Ret.) Shmaya Avieli, Director

A homeland no more, Palestinians are denied residency in their homeland

January 11, 2018February 9, 2012

By: Dr. Aref Assaf

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I cannot enter my homeland, Palestine, without a tourist visa from Israel

“A land without people for a people without a land,” and “The bride is beautiful, but she is married to another

NYPD vs. American Muslims

January 11, 2018February 3, 2012

By: Dr. Aref Assaf

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The NYPD has consistently treated New Yorkers of the Muslim faith with a deep-seated suspicion and it has engaged in mass castigation of an entire community. All while claiming to be religion-neutral in