Houston, TX, June 6, 2018– June 7, 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of the dragging death of James Byrd, Jr. It was a horrific hate crime that not only rocked East Texas, but the entire world. On June 7, 1998, Shawn Allen Berry, Lawrence Russell Brewer, and John William King chained James Byrd, Jr. by his ankles to the back
As members of the Coalition for Mutual Respect, a group of religious leaders who come together under the auspices of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to promote interfaith understanding and speak out with a unified voice on matters of importance to us, we plead to our elected representatives: End the epidemic of gun violence plaguing our country. Take action now. We
Houston, TX, January 5, 2018…The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is dismayed that the alleged ringleader of the three men who chained James Byrd, Jr. to the back of a truck and dragged him to his death in Jasper, Texas in 1998 is asking for a new trial. According to reports, a lawyer for John William King is asking the Fifth Circuit
Houston, Texas, December 27, 2017…The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) appreciates the statement made by the Islamic Society of Greater Houston and another statement by 13 members of Houston’s Muslim Community regarding the December 8 sermon by Imam Raed Saleh Al-Rousan, a sermon in which he called for the killing of Jews. According to the release from the 13 Muslim leaders, the
Houston, TX, December 26, 2017 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed deep concern at a dangerous and highly inflammatory anti-Semitic sermon delivered at a local mosque in which the Imam called for the killing of Jews. In a December 8 sermon posted on YouTube, Imam Raed Saleh Al-Rousan of the Tajweed Institute in Houston stated that, “Judgment Day will not
