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MPAC Condemns National Day of Hate, Urges Caution

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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BBC
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islamophobia
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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…
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antisemitism
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professor

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…
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Lina Khan
Muslim Representation
Muslim Women's Day
women's history month

Breaking Barriers: The American Muslim Woman Leading Antitrust Reform in America

On March 27, 2023 By MPAC
By: Qudsia Saeed, MPAC Policy Intern As women around the nation stand up against discrimination and defy archaic expectations, it is crucial to recognize the contributions of Muslim women in America, who serve as prominent representatives of Islam in both the public and private sphere of life. Lina Khan is…
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black history month
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islam
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Muslim Representation

Reflections on the National Museum of African American History and Culture

On February 28, 2023 By MPAC
By: Isra Qadri and Qudsia Saeed, MPAC Policy Interns On September 24, 2016, President Barack Obama stated that “African-American history is not somehow separate from our larger American story, it’s not the underside of the American story, it is central to the American story,” as he inaugurated the National…
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