Silent No More: Confronting America's False Images of Islam
PAUL FINDLEY   Member of Congress  20th District, Illinois, 1961-1983Principal author, 1975 Title XII [Famine Prevention Program], Foreign Assistance Act. Principal author, 1978 law which raised to 70 the age below which employees    cannot be forced to retire because of age. A principal author of the War Powers Resolution. Led Illinois agricultural trade missions to Soviet Union, 1973, and China, 1978.  Chaired 1965 fact finding mission to Paris. Delegate, North Atlantic Assembly conferences, 1965-1981.Books:Silent No More: Confronting America’s False Images of Islam, 2001, AmanaPublications, Beltsville, MD 20705-2223  1-800 660-1777.Deliberate Deceptions: Facing the Facts About the U.S.-Israeli Relationship,1995 ed,American Educational Trust, 1-800 368-5788.  Also published in Arabic and Farsi.They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel’s Lobby, 1978 ed,Lawrence Hill Books, 312 337-0747.  Over 300,000 sold.  Also published in Arabic,German, Urdu, Indonesian, Malaysian. A. Lincoln: The Crucible of Congress, 1999 ed, Lincoln Home National Historic Site bookstore, 217 523-0222.The Federal Farm Fable, 1968, Arlington House, out of print.Media comments on They Dare to Speak Out:Christian Science Monitor, “first class.”Washington Post, “straight forward and valid.”Jerusalem Post, “undeniably impressive.”Boston Globe, “resolutely fair-minded.”Library Journal, “responsible.”Detroit Free Press, “thoughtful.”Media appearances:NBC Meet the Press, NBC Today Show, CBS Morning Show, CBS Charlie Rose Late Night, CNN Crossfire, CNN Take Two, C-Span, PBS Late Night America, Larry King Mutual radio network, Michael Jackson ABC network, MBS Middle East network, over 100 radio and television appearances.Middle East-Related Policy appearances:UN conferences, 1988 in Geneva, 1989 in Kuala Lumpur, 1993 in New York; 1989 in Cape Town, South Africa; 1989 foreign service institute, Sana’a, Yemen; 1987 Foreign Service Institute, Washington; 1986 and 1988 Foreign Service Institutes in Baghdad;  1988 Foreign Service Institute, Abu Dhabi; 1989 Al Ahram Center for Strategic Studies, Cairo; 1989, 1990, and 1999, Institutes for Diplomatic Studies, Cairo; 1995 Strategic Research Center, Sana’a, Yemen; 1995 international workshop on images of Islam, Penang, Malaysia; 1996 conference on Jerusalem policy, London; 1997 National Guard Festival, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 1997 and 1998 young leaders’ conferences sponsored by UN University, Amman, Jordan.Recognitions:Human rights—1977 Elijah Lovejoy Award; 1979 Holy Land Fund man of year; 1986 human understanding award by EAFORD, International Organization for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. 1992 Alex Odeh Memorial Award and 1981 human rights award, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee; 1993 human rights award, Syracuse ADC; 2000 Malcolm X national human rights award, American Muslim Alliance.Foreign policy—1976 Estes Kefauver Memorial Award for promoting international federation, presented by Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller;  1978 Commander’s Cross, Order of Merit, highest civilian award of the Federal Republic of Germany.American Heritage—1972 Logan Hay Award, Abraham Lincoln Association; 1980 Laureate of Lincoln Academy, State of Illinois.Academic—1942 election to Phi Beta Kappa; 1943 bachelor of arts, Illinois College; 1976 election to Alpha Zeta.Honorary doctorate degrees—1969 Lindenwood College, 1973 Illinois College, 1988 Lincoln University, 1997 MacMurray College, 1997 Sana’a University, Yemen.Personal:Born June 23, 1921, Jacksonville, IL; served with Seabees in Pacific in World War II; married Lucille Gemme; two children, Craig and Diane. Four grandchildren.  Affiliations: Presbyterian, Rotary, American Legion, AmVets, VFW.