Travel Ban, Saudi Arabia and Empowering Voices | Media Mentions
September 29, 2017
TV & Radio
Trump replaces travel ban with new restrictions that target 8 countries (NPR)
Radio interview/Salam Al-Marayati: Salam Al-Marayati, president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Los Angeles, said the travel ban remains objectionable despite the addition of non-Muslim countries to those that have been restricted.
"The majority of people affected by this revised travel ban remains Muslims, and therefore just by adding Venezuela and North Korea, it does not take away from the discriminatory aspect," he said.
"Trump aims to block Muslims from entering US" (PressTV)
Broadcast interview/Ryan Ahari: Activists and legal experts say the U-S president’s intent is to sharply cut off the flow of Muslim visitors and immigrants into the country. On Sunday, the White House issued a new executive order to replace the expiring 90-day temporary ban Trump had issued against people traveling from six Muslim majority countries.
MPAC's Marwa Abdelghani Joins CNN International on Saudi Arabia (CNN-I)
Broadcast interview/Marwa Abdelghani: The lift on the driving ban is long over due and has been perpetuating the damaging stereotype that Muslim women are oppressed. Saudi Arabian women have been fighting against discriminatory and misogynistic laws for years and still have a long way to go.
Quotes & Mentions
Saudi Arabia to let women drive at last (CNN)
Marwa Abdelghani quoted: Marwa Abdelghani, media fellow at the Muslim Public Affairs Council, told CNN the new laws wouldn't take effect for another year.
"Saudi Arabian women are going to continue fighting and are going to continue running these campaigns to try to overturn these laws," she said. "At the end of the day these laws are showing how Saudi Arabia has been resisting overturning or relinquishing power to over 50 percent of the population.
On National Security and Demagoguery: Remarks to the Muslim Public Affairs Council (Lawfare)
MPAC & Salam Al-Marayati mentioned in Benjamin Wittes's reblog of his EV remarks: I was deeply moved Wednesday evening to accept the Muslim Public Affairs Council's Empowering Voices award, alongside Tumblr CEO David Karp and Stosh Cotler of Bend the Arc.
IN THIS SECTION
- Policy Analysis
- Statements & Press
- White House Nominates Rashad Hussain as Ambassador for Religious Freedom
- The Blackhouse Foundation and MPAC’s Hollywood Bureau held their first-ever Television Screenwriting Lab for Black Muslim Writers.
- MPAC CONGRATULATES NUSRAT JAHAN CHOUDHURY ON HISTORIC NOMINATION
- GOP Blocks Coronavirus Bill
- Protect Rights During COVID-19
- Coronavirus Joint Statement
- Senate Passes Coronavirus Relief
- Iran Sanctions In COVID-19
- Historic Senate Relief Package
- Coronavirus Stimulus Problems
- Trump Immigration Suspension is Nothing but Cynical Opportunism
- House Introduces the HEROES Act
- Joint Action to Condemn the Murder of George Floyd
- Toward Pluralism: DA Rosen Must Retract His Whistleblower Complaint
- Supporting of Attorney General Keith Ellison Leading Prosecution for Murder of George Floyd
- Trump’s Executive Order on Census Is Unconstitutional
- MPAC Stands with the NBA Players
- What Muslims Want Heading into the 2020 General Election
- Declare Rittenhouse a Terrorist
- MPAC Firmly Denounces the Failure of the Criminal Justice System for Breonna Taylor
- There Is No Place For Violence in Civil Society
- Updates
- A Win Against White Supremacy
- Mosque Safety & Security
- How We’re Confronting White Supremacy
- Our Work on the Muslim Ban
- 2020 Muslim Voter Guide
- Responding to Covid-19
- Census 2020: What You Need To Know
- Human Security During COVID-19: Our Right
- Quarantine Webinars
- Make an impact in 1, 2, 3...
- Mark Kevin Lloyd is Unfit to Serve in State Department
- SoCal Muslims Show Gratitude To Frontline Workers
- DREAMERS are here to stay!
- A Ramadan Like No Other
- Creating inclusive content for kids & families
- National Muslim Task Force Recommendations for Ramadan During This Pandemic
- Ramadan Mubarak!
- Tale of Two Futures: American Muslim Life After the Election
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