NewGround condemns Yousef's remarks and calls for Muslim Jewish safeguards
NewGround: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership for ChangeJoint essay by NewGround executive director Aziza Hasan and associate director Andrea Hodos
In a joint essay, NewGround leaders Aziza Hasan and Andrea Hodos condemned Yousef's remarks and the audience applause, and called for institutional safeguards and sustained Muslim-Jewish relationship building.
“His words were horrifying.”
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Mosab Hassan Yousef’s call for Muslims to leave the United States at the Jewish American Summit
At the August 30, 2026 Jewish American Summit in Los Angeles, Mosab Hassan Yousef said he did not want Muslims in America, used profanity to tell Muslims to leave the United States, and told them to return to and reform the countries they came from. Audience members applauded. Critics characterized the remarks and the response as anti-Muslim bigotry; the dispute also concerns responsibility among the event's organizers, sponsors, speakers, and public commentators.
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Jointly authored opinion by NewGround's executive director Aziza Hasan and associate director Andrea Hodos. They identify their leadership capacities, condemn Yousef's language and audience applause, and urge dialogue and structural safeguards. The statement is represented once with both authors named, not counted as two independently observed reactions. Their assessment that dehumanizing rhetoric can contribute to violence is an attributed causal argument, not evidence of a new violent incident.
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The essay describes Yousef's expulsion rhetoric and the applause, then identifies the authors as leaders of an organization devoted to Muslim-Jewish relationships.
After the quotation
The authors argue that condemnation should be followed by reflection, safeguards and cross-community work. Their warning about escalation into violence is an attributed causal argument, not documentation of a new violent incident.
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Both named authors explicitly condemn the words while speaking in their NewGround leadership capacities. This is one jointly authored leadership response, not two independent statements or a separate finding about violent consequences.
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The Dispute Index. "NewGround condemns Yousef's remarks and calls for Muslim Jewish safeguards". First published: 2026-09-11. Last updated: 2026-09-30. https://disputeindex.com/events/462-in-a-joint-essay-newground-leaders-aziza-hasan