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ADL’s Task Force on Middle East Minorities

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ADL’s Task Force on Middle East Minorities
The mission of ADL’s Task Force on Middle East Minorities is to bring international attention to the human rights offenses committed against minority communities in the Middle East. The Task Force consists of regional and topical experts who serve as an advisory body to augment ADL’s work in protecting vulnerable minorities by identifying, elevating, and educating on emerging human rights issues in the Middle East. The task force is comprised of leading scholars, experts, and…
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Moroccan Textbooks Teach Appreciation of Jewish Life and Tolerance in the Kingdom

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By Carole Nuriel and Aykan Erdemir An examination of textbooks used in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades of Moroccan state schools during the 2021-2022 school year indicate that tolerance and diversity are core to the curriculum promoted across Moroccan society. The excerpts on Judaism and Jews that Morocco’s Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training provided to ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) show that the country’s elementary school textbooks depict Jews as an…
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Scapegoating of Jews for the 1969 Al-Aqsa Arson Continued as Usual in 2022

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August 21 marked the 53rd anniversary of the 1969 al-Aqsa Mosque arson and the ongoing disinformation campaigns scapegoating Jews and Israel for the attack. Although Israeli authorities promptly arrested, tried, and convicted the culprit, Denis Michael Rohan – a Protestant extremist from Australia who believed his actions would prompt the Second Coming of Jesus – Middle Eastern outlets have been publishing inaccurate reports of the event to this day. In a blog published last month,…
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Middle Eastern Media Needs to Stop Blaming Jews for the 1969 Al-Aqsa Arson

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​ August 21 marks the 53rd anniversary of a terrible attack against an Islamic holy site, when a Protestant extremist from Australia named Denis Michael Rohan set fire to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, destroying large parts of the site and irreplaceable artifacts. Rohan’s crime should rightly be widely condemned and the loss commemorated even five-plus decades later. It is important to note that Rohan, who believed his actions would prompt the Second Coming of Jesus, was…
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ADL Task Force on Middle East Minorities Condemns Raids in Iran Targeting Baha’i Community

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New York, NY, August 5, 2022 … ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Task Force on Middle East Minorities released the following statement in response to the intensified campaign by the Iranian regime targeting Iran’s Baha’i minority: “We condemn the recent attacks targeting Iran’s vulnerable Baha’i community, and the July 31 statement by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence which alleged that Baha'is are spies for foreign countries. This is part of the Islamic…
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Right-Wing Extremists Eye Leaked Abortion Ruling as Opportunity for Violence

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Right-Wing Extremists Eye Leaked Abortion Ruling as Opportunity for Violence
The May 2, 2022, leak of the draft opinion overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling has animated people on both sides of the abortion debate. And as pro-choice advocates are vowing to protest the potential loss of reproductive freedom, right-wing extremists advocating for -- and in some cases threatening -- violence against them.
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Footage of Buffalo Attack Spread Quickly Across Platforms, Has Been Online for Days

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The livestream of the accused Buffalo shooter’s deadly May 14, 2022, attack at a Buffalo supermarket was available briefly via Twitch, but the footage spread quickly across online platforms, and remains online for public consumption. Five full days after the shooting rampage, the ADL Center on Extremism (COE) was able to find the footage on platforms as diverse as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, Telegram, Bitchute and Gab.
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Buffalo Shooter’s Weapons Covered in White Supremacist Messaging

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Payton Gendron
In the aftermath of the May 14, 2022, mass shooting that left 10 people dead and three more injured in Buffalo, NY, the ADL Center on Extremism (COE) has reviewed images of what appear to be weapons, armor and other gear owned by the alleged shooter, Payton Gendron. Gendron, who wore a sonnenrad, a symbol appropriated by the Nazi Party and widely used by modern white supremacists, mimicked a tactic used by white supremacist Brenton Tarrant, scrawling white supremacist…
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Anti-Bias Mini-Film Festival

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Use the short evocative videos and films in this lesson plan to engage young people in conversations about identity, diversity, bias and social justice.
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ADL Report Says Leading European Neo-Nazi Group Exports Antisemitism Across Scandinavia and Beyond

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Sweden’s Nordic Resistance Movement held 185 “combat training” sessions in 2020 and has served as inspiration for American white supremacists New York, NY, March 28, 2022 … A new report from ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) identifies the Nordic Resistance Movement of Sweden as the region’s most dangerous right wing extremist group, saying that the virulently antisemitic hate group poses “an ongoing and serious public security threat” and is exporting…
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Jewish Issues to Watch in Latin America in 2022

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January 12, 2022 Latin American countries have struggled to keep up with economic pressures, which had started prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and were exacerbated by the health crisis. Furthermore, political polarization seems to have permeated across the region with elections that appear to favor populist far left and far right candidates. What will this all mean for the Jewish communities in the region in 2022?           The Jewish…
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Members of ADL Task Force Call on Secretary Blinken to Broaden Priority-2 Refugee Admissions Status to Afghan Minority Groups

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New York, NY, November 29, 2021… Members of ADL’s (the Anti-Defamation League’s) Task Force on Middle East Minorities issued a letter today calling on United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken to broaden the criteria for Priority-2 refugee admissions status to include Afghan nationals from ethnic and religious minority groups that have a well-founded fear of persecution under Taliban rule. Vulnerable ethnic and religious groups are now in much greater peril since…
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ADL Honors Sue Bird With First-Ever Changemaker Award

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New York, NY, November 9, 2021 … ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today honored five-time Olympic gold medalist and four-time WNBA champion Sue Bird with its inaugural Changemaker Award for continuously using her platform to affect positive social change and empowering others to be open in their identity, beliefs and embrace authenticity.  “Sue, through her tireless work on and off the court, exemplifies everything we could possibly envision for ADL’s inaugural…
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ADL Honors Interfaith Activist, Yemeni Refugee and Author Mohammed AL Samawi With Daniel Pearl Award

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New York, NY, November 9, 2021 … Mohammed AL Samawi was honored today at ADL’s annual Never Is Now Summit on Antisemitism and Hate with the prestigious Daniel Pearl Award. AL Samawi, a Yemeni refugee and author of The Fox Hunt: A Refugee’s Memoir of Coming to America, was honored for his work as an interfaith activist, his moving story of being rescued as a refugee, and his founding of Abrahamic House, an organization dedicated to building sustainable interfaith…
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In 9/11 Video, Al Qaeda Doubles Down on Enmity toward Jews and Israel

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Ayman al Zawahiri
November 02, 2021 Each year, to commemorate the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, the notorious terrorist group Al Qaeda releases a video featuring one of the group’s senior leaders who typically reiterates the significance and impact of those deadly events from their warped perspective. Al Qaeda’s 2021 video, which was recently analyzed by experts in ADL’s Center on Extremism and the ADL department of International Affairs, was notable for…
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Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting, Three Years Later: Resources from ADL’s Center on Extremism

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Honoring the lives of those lost in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
October 28, 2021 Three years ago, Robert Bowers opened fire inside a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, murdering 11 people and devastating the close-knit community of Squirrel Hill. Inspired by antisemitic, anti-immigrant and white supremacist views, Bowers posted his bigoted thoughts on Gab, a site known as a haven for extremists, and then acted on his words, committing history’s deadliest assault on the American Jewish community. In the immediate wake of the attack, and in the…
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