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Statement: Another Ramadan, Another Invasion of Al-Aqsa by Israel

Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | April 5, 2023 — During the holiest month of the year for Muslims worldwide, cameras have caught Israeli Police beating worshipers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque for the third year in a row. The assault on worshipers in Al-Aqsa Mosque by the Israeli Police is…

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White Supremacy

MPAC Condemns National Day of Hate, Urges Caution

On February 24, 2023 By MPAC

Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | February 24, 2023 — According to a leaked NYPD internal memo, Neo-Nazi groups across the United States are planning a “National Day of Hate” tomorrow, February 25. The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) vehemently condemns this display of domestic extremism and white supremacy. We…

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Statement: The Modi Question, Democracy and Dissent in India

On January 28, 2023 By Saif Iqbal

Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | January 28, 2023 — The Modi government’s blocking of BBC’s new documentary on the 2002 Anti-Muslim Gujarat Riots is another move in an increasingly troublesome pattern of stifling of dissent in India. The documentary, “India: The Modi Question,” revealed the previously undisclosed findings of a…

freedom of speech

Statement: Harvard Fellow Kenneth Roth, Criticism of Israel, and Academia

On January 20, 2023 By MPAC

Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | January 20, 2023 — Freedom of expression is one of the founding principles of our nation, without which we cannot grow and improve as a society. One of the most important institutions in which this principle is expressed is the university. Over the last two…

Statement: Support for Art Professor Fired from Hamline University

On January 9, 2023 By MPAC

It is with great concern that the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) views the firing of an art professor, Erika López Prater, from Hamline University on the grounds of showing a fourteenth-century painting depicting the Prophet Muḥammad. We issue this statement of support for the professor and urge the university…

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Islamic Declaration Against Religious Police

On January 4, 2023 By MPAC

The distressing events transpiring in the Islamic Republic of Iran impress upon us the need to issue a clear and declarative statement against the institution of religious or morality police in particular, and the ideology of compulsion in general. We do so not from a political or partisan perspective but…

The Great Enrichment of America: Debunking the Great Replacement Theory

On October 21, 2022 By Amine Ben Naceur

Executive Summary This report seeks to disprove the logic behind the Great Replacement theory by indicating the flaws in the arguments used by adherents of this problematic theory. Immigrants to the United States will not be replacing the majority population.Furthermore, this report offers the correct narrative that diverse immigration to…

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Statement: MPAC Stands with Palestinians, Rep. Tlaib Amidst Pushback on 75th Nakba Commemoration

On May 16, 2023 By MPAC

Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | May 16, 2023 — Last week, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib hosted a commemoration of the 75th Nakba, the mass displacement of Palestinians known as “the Nakba” or “the catastrophe.” The event, scheduled to take place on Capitol Hill, was canceled by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy,…

White Supremacy

American Muslim Coalition Engages White House on Combating Islamophobia

On May 4, 2023 By Rebecca Husaini

Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | May 4, 2023 — Earlier this week, MPAC President Salam Al-Marayati and M. Faiyaz Hussain, MPAC’s Senior Advisor for Strategy, Policy, and Programs attended a Listening Session at the White House alongside other American Muslim Coalition community leaders to offer strategies on how to counter…

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Los Angeles Interfaith Leaders Issue Statement on Al-Aqsa Mosque Desecration

On April 24, 2023 By MPAC

As the holy season of Ramadan comes to an end, the undersigned members of the Los Angeles Council of Religious Leaders join in deploring Israeli police violence against peaceful worshipers in the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on two occasions two weeks ago. Freedom of worship is a basic human right.

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Statement: Groff v. DeJoy – An Expansion of Religious Freedoms

On April 18, 2023 By MPAC

Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | April 18, 2023 — Today, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in Groff v. DeJoy — a Title VII religious discrimination case that could have major implications for American Muslims, other faith communities and more broadly racial and ethnic minorities as…

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Press Release: MPAC, Partners Hold Press Conference on Assault on Al-Aqsa Mosque

On April 7, 2023 By MPAC

LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, MPAC hosted a press conference on the troubling events occurring at Al-Aqsa Mosque. Alongside partners from the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, the INKERIJ Foundation, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), we called on our government to stand up for our ideals and lead…

women's history month

Evelina López Antonetty: The Mother of the Bronx

On March 30, 2023 By MPAC

By: Saleema Walter, MPAC Policy Fellow This Women’s History Month, we must recognize an important trailblazer within the Latino community. Dr. Evelina López Antonetty advocated for the rights of Puerto Ricans and African Americans amidst the Civil Rights Movement and the War on Poverty in the 1950s and 60s. Dubbed…