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
Houston, TX, November 8, 2017…The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today strongly criticized statements made by Texas Governor Greg Abbott that diminished the value of the innocent lives lost in the church shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Southwest Regional Director Dayan Gross issued the following statement: Governor Greg Abbott’s statement diminishing innocent Texans’ lives and calling for the tragedy in Sutherland Springs
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today urged the city of Dickinson, Texas to remove a provision requiring hurricane relief applicants to sign an oath promising that they will not boycott Israel in order to receive funding to rebuild their homes and businesses following the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey. In a letter to the city’s mayor, ADL called the provision “misguided,” and said it “raises serious
