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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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authoritarianism

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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religious police

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…

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…

religious freedom

Protecting Christian Institutions and Houses of Worship

On March 29, 2023 By MPAC

“Were it not for God’s repelling people – some by means of others – many monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques – wherein God’s name is mentioned much – would have been destroyed. And God will surely help those who help Him.” (Quran 22:40) Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | March…

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Muslim Women's Day

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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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Op-Ed: Hijab or no Hijab…the Dilemma of Political Patriarchy!

On March 16, 2023 By Dina Ramadan, Syrian Writer & Researcher

By: Dina Ramadan, Syrian Writer & Researcher Co-Founder & CEO of the AlSalam Institute for Women’s Studies SWS The debate over hijab (headscarf) in Turkey was revived on October 4th when Mr. Kilicdaroglu, the leader of the CHP, the main opposition party, expressed regret for the party’s support of…

MPAC Recognizes International Day to Combat Islamophobia

On March 15, 2023 By MPAC

Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | March 15, 2023 — On this day, four years ago, 51 people were killed, and another 40 injured, in a mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. As we remember the victims and their loved ones, we are once again reminded that the…

black history month

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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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Critical Race Theory

Intersectionality

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Recognizing Action with Kimberlé Crenshaw

On February 27, 2023 By MPAC

By: Jenna Woodring, MPAC Policy Intern As this year’s Black History Month comes to a close, we must continue to remember the lasting legacies of Black Americans and the triumphs and the complex discourses that have shaped, and continue to shape, the fabric of our nation. One of the many…