UCB Lecture 1 Slides Sinno 1

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Abdulkader H. Sinno

Indiana University

AMERICAN MUSLIMSINTHECONTEXTOF AMERICASDOMESTICPOLITICSANDFOREIGNRELATIONS


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MUSLIM OBAMA

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Abdulkader H. SinnoAmerican Muslims in the context of Americas domestic politics and foreign relations

Obama madrasa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pMgsbMcpOE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pMgsbMcpOEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pMgsbMcpOE


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AMERICAN MUSLIMSINTHE CONTEXTOFTHEPALESTINIAN-ISRAELICONFLICT

Demographic trends: Jews, Muslims & Arabs inEurope & North America

Arab American and Jewish-American attitudes

The role of Jewish organizations in shaping US foreign

policy towards Israel since the 1970s Emerging Muslim-American organizations

How the Middle East conflict affects Muslim-Jewishrelations in America.

Collective choices & personal choices

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Another Arab-Israeli conflict or an opportunity to bring peace?


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DEMOGRAPHICTRENDS:AMERICAN JEWS, MUSLIMS & ARABS

Numbers/immigration trends

Economic success

Political mobilization

Main communal concerns


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ARAB-AMERICANAND JEWISH AMERICANATTITUDES

From:

Seeing Eye to Eye: A Survey of Jewish American andArab American Public Opinion

Margin of error +/- 4.5% (sample of 501+501)

Check full report online:http://www.donteverstop.com/files/apn/upl/assets/AAI-APN2007Poll.pdf
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DOES AIPAC REPRESENT JEWISH AMERICANS?

50-60% of Jewish Americans since 1993 supportan Israeli withdrawal from OT while AIPAC hasmostly adopted an aggressive pro-occupationposture

Most Jewish Americans value civil rights andliberties while AIPAC has actively preventedthe participation of Muslims in politics

Much more aggressive on Iran than most JewishAmericans

So why is AIPAC so influential?


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AIPAC CONTROVERSIES

Interview on P. Carters book:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKBIc_voF6c

Other criticism:

Walt & Mearsheimer article/book


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PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER, SPEAKING FRANKLYABOUT ISRAELAND PALESTINE, LOS ANGELES TIMES, DECEMBER 8, 2006.

The many controversial issues concerning Palestine and the path to

peace for Israel are intensely debated among Israelis and throughoutother nations but not in the United States. For the last 30 years, Ihave witnessed and experienced the severe restraints on any free andbalanced discussion of the facts. This reluctance to criticize any policiesof the Israeli government is because of the extraordinary lobbyingefforts of the American-Israel Political Action Committee and the

absence of any significant contrary voices.

It would be almost politically suicidal for members of Congress toespouse a balanced position between Israel and Palestine, to suggestthat Israel comply with international law or to speak in defense ofjustice or human rights for Palestinians. Very few would ever deign tovisit the Palestinian cities of Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron, Gaza City oreven Bethlehem and talk to the beleaguered residents. What is evenmore difficult to comprehend is why the editorial pages of the majornewspapers and magazines in the United States exercise similar self-restraint, quite contrary to private assessments expressed quite

forcefully by their correspondents in the Holy Land.


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[ADL Leader Abraham] Foxman particularly objected toCarters claim in a Los Angeles Times op-ed that whileissues of peace are hotly and freely debated in Israel, for

the last 30 years, I have witnessed and experienced thesevere restraints on any free and balanced discussion of thefacts. This reluctance to criticize any policies of the Israeligovernment is because of the extraordinary lobbying

efforts of the American-Israel Political Action Committee[sic] and the absence of any significant contrary voices.

That, Foxman argued, is anti-Semitism

because it reinforces the anti-Semitic canardthat our power is so great that you cant

even talk about these issues.


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THE WORLD IN CRISIS: ARAB-AMERICANLOBBYFINDSSMALLVICTORIESSWEETBYLINE: SCOTT SHEPARD SOURCE: COX WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON --- THE ARAB-AMERICANLOBBYISNOMATCHFORTHE AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, INMEMBERSHIPORMONEY.

YETWHILETHELOBBYLOSTPOLITICALCONTESTSWITH AIPAC THISYEAR, THELEADERSOFTHEFAR-FLUNGALLIANCEOF ARAB-AMERICAN

ORGANIZATIONSBELIEVETHEYHAVENEVERHELDASTRONGERHANDIN AMERICANPOLITICS.

"WETRYTOBETHELITTLETHORNINTHESIDEOFTHEBIGELEPHANTTHATISCALLED AIPAC," SAID KHALID TURAANI, EXECUTIVEDIRECTOROFTHE

WASHINGTON-BASED AMERICAN MUSLIMSFOR JERUSALEM, PARTOFTHELOOSELYKNITPRO-ARABANDPRO-MUSLIMLOBBY.

WHERE AIPAC'SSTAFFISCOUNTEDBYTHESCORE, TURAANI'SSTAFFCANBECOUNTEDONONEHAND. WHERE AIPAC SPENDSANESTIMATED $13

MILLIONTO $15 MILLIONAYEAR, TURAANI'SORGANIZATIONSPENDSLESSTHAN $100,000 ANNUALLY. THEBESTFUNDEDOFTHEMORETHAN 20 ARAB

AND MUSLIMLOBBYINGORGANIZATIONSISTHE ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE, WITHANANNUALBUDGETOFJUSTOVER $1 MILLION.

CONSEQUENTLY, SAID TURAANI, THE ARAB-MUSLIMLOBBYOFTENRELIESON "GRASS-ROOTS" ORGANIZATIONSTOPUBLICIZEITSCONCERNS, GROUPS

SUCHASTHE SOUTHERN REGIONARMOFTHE AMERICAN-ARAB ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEEAND ATLANTA PALESTINE SOLIDARITY, THEPRIMARYORGANIZERSOFTHEPROTESTAIMEDATTHE AIPAC NATIONALSUMMITIN ATLANTA.

"WEUSEDTONEVERBEONTHERADARSCREEN," HESAID. "NOWWEARE."

THE ARAB-MUSLIMLOBBYSEESREASONSFORCELEBRATING, EVENINTHEPOLITICALSETBACKSITSUFFEREDTHISYEAR --- THEPASSAGEOF

CONGRESSIONALRESOLUTIONSOFSUPPORTFOR ISRAELANDTHELOSSOFTWOSYMPATHETICCONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATICINCUMBENTS, EARL

HILLIARDOF ALABAMAAND CYNTHIA MCKINNEYOF GEORGIA.

JAMES ZOGBY, HEADOFTHE ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE, SAIDTHECONGRESSIONALRESOLUTIONSWEREA "PSYCHOLOGICALBREAKTHROUGH" FOR

THEPRO-ARABLOBBY. "EIGHTYPEOPLEIN CONGRESSDIDNOTVOTEFORTHATRESOLUTION," HESAID.

ITPASSEDTHE HOUSE, 352-21, ANDTHE SENATE, 94-2, WITH 55 HOUSEMEMBERSANDFOURSENATORSNOTVOTING. AIPAC CALLEDITAN

"UNEQUIVOCAL" EXPRESSIONOF "UNWAVERINGSUPPORTFOR ISRAEL" INITSCONFLICTWITHTHE PALESTINIANPEOPLE.

HILLIARDAND MCKINNEY, BOTHOFWHOMHADBEENCRITICALOF ISRAEL, WEREEASILYDEFEATEDINTHEIRRE-ELECTIONBIDS, THEIROPPONENTS

RECEIVINGGENEROUSFUNDINGFROM JEWISHSOURCESTHATDWARFEDCOUNTERVAILINGFINANCIALCONTRIBUTIONSFROM ARABAND MUSLIM

SOURCES.

HOWEVER, THE HILLIARDAND MCKINNEYCAMPAIGNSARECONSIDERED "HUGEVICTORIES" AMONG ARABAND MUSLIM AMERICANS, SAID TURAANI.

THEYMARKED "THEFIRSTTIMEWEPUTUPAGOODFIGHT . . . THEFIRSTTIMEWEHAVECOMETOGETHERBEHINDFRIENDSWHOWOULDNOTBE

INTIMIDATED," HESAID.


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VIDEOS

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The Muslim American candidate:

E.g. Glenn Beck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JegKCAO6N7I

Leveraging Islam to undermine Democratic candidates

E.g.Renee Elmers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru5cFp2Fpbo

Obama madrasa:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pMgsbMcpOE

Leveraging Islam to win Republican nomination:

e.g. Herman Cain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDXCwd65R5o

Renditions

e.g. the Maher Arar casehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBWp4iMnHN0

CUFI: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS3SmEj5r9g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JegKCAO6N7Ihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru5cFp2Fpbohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pMgsbMcpOEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDXCwd65R5ohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBWp4iMnHN0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS3SmEj5r9ghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS3SmEj5r9ghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS3SmEj5r9ghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBWp4iMnHN0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBWp4iMnHN0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDXCwd65R5ohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pMgsbMcpOEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pMgsbMcpOEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru5cFp2Fpbohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JegKCAO6N7I

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