Muslim Advocates

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National Security and Human Rights Campaign

The National Security and Human Rights Campaign is a project of the Open Society Institute and Atlantic Philanthropies to suppress American support for continuing to fight al-Qaeda, initiated at the request of Muslim Advocates.[3]

The key OSI staff who developed the campaign strategy include:

  • Aryeh Neier - President of Open Society Institute. Former Executive Director of Human Rights Watch and National Director of the American Civil Liberties Union
  • Ann Beeson - former Associate Legal Director at the American Civil Liberties Union
  • Nancy Chang - NSHR campaign manager
  • Sophia Conroy - NSHR Program Officer
  • Stephen Rickard - Director of OSI-DC
  • Morton Halperin - OSI-DC senior advisor
  • Wendy Patten - OSI-DC Senior Policy Analyst. Former U.S. Advocacy Director for Human Rights Watch, employed by the Department of Justice and the National Security Council.

NSHR propaganda materials include a prominent quote from Ingrid Mattison of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA).

Grants for the NSHR program were given to the Proteus Fund whose subsidiaries include the Third Wave Fund of Feminist Frequency board member Katherine Cross.

2011 US Congress hearings on al-Qaeda recruitment

Muslim Advocates and Open Society Institute were among organizations that protested against Congressional hearings on the presence of Somali al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab in the United States.[4]

2012 purge of US law enforcement training materials

Muslim Advocates directed Robert Mueller and John Brennan to remove training materials that mention Islam and jihad in connection with terrorism. [5] [6]

2014 purge of US law enforcment training materials

Muslim Advocates partnered with the NAACP, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Lambda Legal to demand the removal of training materials and trainers from the Department of Homeland Security. [7]

2014 project on cyberhate

Muslim Advocates partnered with the Anti-Defamation League, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo, and Youtube to develop best practices for countering cyberhate. [8] [9]

February 4 2015 White House Muslim Leaders meeting

Muslim Advocates was involved in creating the guest list for a meeting at the White House between Valerie Jarrett, Ben Rhodes, and a number of Muslim leaders who have been accused of relationships to terrorist organizations. [10]

December 2016 DC Gala

Guests at a Muslim Advocates meeting in December 2016 included Valerie Jarrett and Anti-Defamation League Vice President Stacy Burdett. The ADL's affiliation with Muslim Advocates was praised by Eric J. Greenberg[11], director of the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees and former ADL Interfaith Director.

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