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  • Our Nation’s Misguided Focus: American Muslims Shouldn’t Pay the Price for Failed U.S. Policies

    The U.S. government’s disproportionate focus on Muslims has resulted in policies that target Muslim communities while downplaying the dangers posed by far-right extremists. Islamophobia in the media, politics, and public discourse distracts from the real threats facing our nation, allowing white supremacist violence to flourish.

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  • MPAC Responds to the Presidential Debate

    "Our government has ceded moral authority in the Middle East to Netanyahu, and foreign interests and lobbies are shaping U.S. policy." The recent debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump featured a chaotic display that demeaned and disrespected the thousands of lives lost in Gaza since October 7th while failing to address the majority of Americans who continue to demand a ceasefire.

    Read our full statement here

  • Applications for MPAC's Congressional Leadership Development Program (CLDP) are now open!

    At a politically intense moment in our nation’s history, nurturing the next generation of Muslim leaders is more important than ever. CLDP offers a unique opportunity to advance your career on Capitol Hill by claiming your seat at the table and redefining what it means to be Muslim in America.

    Learn more about CLDP here

  • We Need Your Help

    Do your part in supporting an end to the siege and protecting Palestinian human rights.

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MPAC provides a critically-needed American Muslim perspective on important policy developments domestically and internationally.

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As American Muslim organization, MPAC supports a robust approach to eradicating terrorism, both foreign and domestic. At the same time, our nation can never be truly secure when the civil liberties of any community are curtailed. Research and history show that we must take a holistic approach to addressing all forms of

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MPAC’s flagship policy framework, Human Security, is a framework for centering the impacts of policy decisions on everyday people. Human Security Now is our grassroots campaign to push for this framework, which is based on the Four Freedoms outlined by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Freedom from Fear, Freedom from Want,

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MPAC firmly defends the right to free belief and expression for people of all faiths or no faith, holds that compulsion of any religion is antithetical to our values, and supports policies that keep affairs of the state separate from the influence of religious ideologies. Additionally, MPAC supports the strong

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Palestinians have the right to live free from fear of military aggression and Israeli occupation.

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By MPAC President Salam Al-Marayati In 2021, I wrote in The Hill about how the world was changed forever when the skies descended upon Manhattan and parts of the Pentagon were engulfed in flames on 9/11. I reflected on the fear that gripped our nation and the equally profound

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