Editing Anti-Arab racism (section)

==Arab advocacy organisations==

===United States===
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) was founded in 1980 by [[United States Senator]] [[James Abourezk]]. The ADC claims that it is the largest Arab-American grassroots [[civil rights]] organization in the United States. Warren David is the national president of ADC<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adc.org/adc-staff-attorney-is-panelist-at-the-ecumenical-advocacy-days-conference-lift-every-voice-racism-class-and-power/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719183930/http://www.adc.org/about-us/adc-staff/|url-status=dead|title=ADC &#124; ADC Staff Attorney serves on interfaith panel at the Ecumenical Advocacy Days Conference|archive-date=July 19, 2013}}</ref> On March 1, 2010, Sara Najjar-Wilson replaced former Democratic [[United States Congressman|US Congresswoman]] [[Mary Rose Oakar]] as president. ADC claims that is at the forefront in addressing anti-Arabism - discrimination and bias against Arab Americans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.adc.org |title=American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee web page |publisher=Adc.org |access-date=July 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327073421/http://www.adc.org/ |archive-date=March 27, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Founded in 1985 by [[James Zogby]], a prominent Democrat, the [[Arab American Institute]] (AAI) states that it is a partisan non-profit, membership organization and advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. that focuses on the issues and interests of Arab-Americans nationwide. The AAI also conducts research related to anti-Arabism in the United States. The Anti-Defamation League identifies the [[Arab American Institute]] as an anti-Israel protest organization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adl.org/Israel/israel_protest_calendar_groups.asp|title=U.S. Anti-Israel Activity |publisher=Adl.org |access-date=March 27, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100914111806/http://www.adl.org/Israel/Israel_protest_calendar_groups.asp|archive-date=September 14, 2010|url-status= live}}</ref> According to an AAI 2007 poll of Arab-Americans:
{{blockquote|text=Experiences of discrimination are not uniform within the Arab American community, with 76% of young Arab Americans (18 to 29 years old) and 58% of Arab American Muslims reporting that they have "personally experienced discrimination in the past because of [their] ethnicity," as opposed to 42% of respondents overall... . Comparisons with previous AAI polls in which this same question was asked indicate a rise in experiences of discrimination amongst young Arab Americans.<ref>{{cite press release|title=AAI/Zogby Poll on Arab American Experiences and Identity Shows Increase in Discrimination Among Young Arab Americans|publisher=Arab American Institute|date=July 16, 2007|url=http://www.aaiusa.org/page/-/Polls/r-2007%20AA%20Identity%20poll%20-%20FINAL.pdf|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20081024115005/http://www.aaiusa.org/page/-/Polls/r-2007%20AA%20Identity%20poll%20-%20FINAL.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 24, 2008|access-date=June 22, 2009}}</ref>}}

The [[Council on American-Islamic Relations]] (CAIR) is an Islamic organization in North America that was created in June 1994.<ref name='CAIR-25FACTS'>{{cite web|url=http://www.cair.com/factsaboutcair.asp |title=25 Facts about CAIR: Did you know? |access-date=2007-08-25 |publisher=CAIR |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070826144932/http://www.cair.com/factsaboutcair.asp |archive-date=August 26, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cair.com/default.asp?Page=About|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20060711203550/http://www.cair.com/default.asp?Page=About|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 11, 2006|title=About|publisher=CAIR|access-date=July 7, 2009}}</ref> It has been active against anti-Arabism as well.<ref>Philippa Strum, [http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20060807191748/http://www.wilsoncenter.org/topics/pubs/DUSS_Arab_America.pdf American Arabs and Political Participation], [[Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars]], May 2006.</ref>

The [[Anti-Defamation League]] (ADL), which was founded to combat [[antisemitism]] and other forms of bigotry, actively investigated and spoke out against the rise in anti-Arab hate crimes following the September 2001 terrorist attacks.<ref name="jewishsf2">{{cite news |first=Joe |last=Eskenazi |title=State's skyrocketing anti-Arab incidents pain area Jews |url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/17057/edition_id/336/format/html/displaystory.html |website=Jewishsf.com |date=October 19, 2001 |access-date=December 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318184639/http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/17057/edition_id/336/format/html/displaystory.html |archive-date=March 18, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2003, the ADL urged the Speaker of the United States' House of Representatives to approve a resolution condemning bigotry and violence against Arab-Americans and American Muslims. The [[American Jewish Committee]], and [[American Jewish Congress]] have issued similar responses.<ref>{{cite press release |title=ADL Urges House of Representatives to Consider Resolution Protecting Arabs, South Asians, Muslims and Sikhs |publisher=Anti-Defamation League |date=July 30, 2003 |url=http://www.adl.org/PresRele/Mise_00/4288_41.htm |access-date=October 19, 2003 |archive-date=October 23, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023212842/http://www.adl.org/PresRele/Mise_00/4288_41.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2004, the ADL national director issued the following statement: "we are disturbed that a number of Arab Americans and Islamic institutions have been targets of anger and hatred in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks."<ref>{{cite book |last=Elaasar |first=Aladdin |title=Silent Victims: The Plight of Arab & Muslim Americans in Post 9/11 America |publisher=[[AuthorHouse]] |year=2004 |isbn=1-4184-1055-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=ADL Says Americans Must Remain United, Reject Group Hatred in Aftermath of Terrorist Attacks |publisher=Anti-Defamation League |date=September 14, 2001 |url=http://www.adl.org/presRele/dirab_41/3919_41.asp |access-date=April 8, 2006 |archive-date=May 12, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512000604/http://www.adl.org/presRele/dirab_41/3919_41.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the 1990s, the Anti-Defamation League clashed with the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee in a legal dispute regarding sensitive information the ADL had collected about ADC members' positions on the Arab-Israeli conflict. In 1999, the dispute was finally settled out of court without any finding of wrongdoing.<ref name="jewishsf">{{cite news |first=Julie |last=Wiener |title=ADL settles with Arabs, others to wrap up 6-year lawsuit |url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/12169/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070714090321/http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/12169/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 14, 2007 |website=Jewishsf.com|date=October 1, 1999}}</ref> In 2001, the ADL attempted to bar Arab members of CAIR from attending a conference on multicultural inclusion. In 2007 the ADL accused the Council on American-Islamic Relations of having a "poor record on terrorism."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cair-florida.org/ViewArticle.asp?Code=AA&ArticleID=20|title=FL rights group rejects ADL demand to bar Muslim from panel|publisher=cair-florida.org|date=November 14, 2001|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009152951/http://www.cair-florida.org/ViewArticle.asp?Code=AA&ArticleID=20|archive-date=October 9, 2007}}</ref> CAIR, in turn, accused the ADL of "attempting to muzzle the First Amendment rights of American Muslims by smearing and demonizing them". When the case was settled, Hussein Ibish, director of communications for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), stated that the ADL had gathered data "systematically in a program whose clear intent was to undermine civil rights and Arab-American organizations".<ref name="jewishsf"/>

===United Kingdom===
In Britain, the [[Greater London Council]] (GLC) and Labour Committee on Palestine (LCP) have been involved in fighting anti-Arabism through the promotion of Arab and Palestinian rights. The LCP funded a conference on anti-Arab racism in 1989.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Edmunds |first=June |date=May 1998 |title=The British Labour Party in the 1980s: The Battle Over the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict |journal=Politics |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=111–118 |doi=10.1111/1467-9256.00068|s2cid=154763592 }}</ref> The National Association of British Arabs also works against discrimination.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.naba.org.uk/ |title=NABA British Arabs Association |website=Naba.org.uk |access-date=2016-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209050137/http://www.naba.org.uk/ |archive-date=February 9, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===United Nations===
The outcome document of the [[Durban Review Conference]] organized by the [[United Nations Human Rights Council|UN Human Rights Council]], April 21, 2009, ''Deplores the global rise and number of incidents of racial or religious intolerance and violence, including Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, Christianophobia and anti-Arabism''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Press/Durban_Review_outcome_document_En.pdf |title=Draft outcome document of the Durban Review Conference |website=Ohchr.org |access-date=July 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611201733/http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Press/Durban_Review_outcome_document_En.pdf |archive-date=June 11, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>