Governor Chris Christie deserves credit for standing up to the bullying of the NYPD and the NY politicians who went to extremes to justify the illegal, unconstitutional, and warrantless spying on American Muslim
Bringing Mideast Fight to North Jersey
By: Dr. Aref Assaf
The Democratic primary contest between Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D- Paterson, and Rep. Steve Rothman, D- Fair Lawn, over the redrawn 9th District in North Jersey will have the unintended consequences of pitting the Arab and
NYP cartoon: creating doubt, justifying hate
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
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
By: Dr. Aref Assaf
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
A homeland no more, Palestinians are denied residency in their homeland
By: Dr. Aref Assaf
“A land without people for a people without a land,” and “The bride is beautiful, but she is married to another