Alikhan is affiliated with MPAC, the "Muslim Public Affairs Council". This group actively opposed Bush's military incursions into Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as his "excesses" in the war on terror. They also:
- claims that Islam is a religion of peace and moderation
- Contends that Muslim extremists are no more numerous or dangerous than fundamentalists in any other faith.
- Hold Israel entirely responsible for the "pattern of violence" in the Middle East
- Asserts that Hezbollah "could be called a liberation movement."
- Likens Hezbollah members to American "freedom fighters hundreds of years ago whom the British regarded as terrorists."
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The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is proud to announce that the DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano swore-in Kareem Shora, a devout Muslim, who was born in Damascus, Syria as ADC National Executive Director as a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council
- Has close ties to anti-Israel professor Rashid Khalidi, whose association with President Obama stirred controversy during last year's presidential campaign.
- They take an openly anti-Israel line.
- ADC also leads the opposition to domestic anti-terrorism measures taken after the 9-11 attacks, such as watch lists, background check delays for visas and an initiative meant to more comprehensively screen visitors from select Mid-east countries or specific individuals labeled as possible national security threats.
- during one Hamas suicide bombings against Israeli civilians, then-ADC President Hamzi Moghrabi said, "I will not call [Hamas] a terrorist organization. I mean, I know many people in Hamas. They are very respectable. … I don't believe Hamas, as an organization, is a violent organization."
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