April 28, 2017

Quotes & Mentions

Does the Trump Administration's Islam Rhetoric Make the US Less Safe (NBC)

Muslim-Americans are watching closely what Trump and his aides are saying, said Salam Al-Marayati, president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council. "I've heard people say we should start boycotting anything including law enforcement, or we should walk away from any meeting with law enforcement," he said.

Panel of journalists, religious leaders faults media coverage of Islam (Buffalo News)

Dr. Khalid J. Qazi, founding president and senior adviser of the Muslim Public Affairs Council of Western New York, said change is slow, "but it is critical to change one person at a time," he said. "A huge number of white Christians commit heinous crimes that go unreported," said Qazi, who contended Muslims draw an unfair focus in the media.

UB Journalism Program sponsors first 'Muslimedia' panel (Spectrum)

The event was sponsored on by an array of local sponsors including the ISNF, Congregation Havura, Access of WNY, Temple Beth Zion, Muslim Public Affairs Council of WNY, Westminster Presbyterian Church of Buffalo, The Society of Professional Journalists and the UB Journalism Certificate program.

CAA Establishes Annual Amplify Event To Inspire Diversity In Business (Deadline)

This comes not long after the agency hosted a Take Action Day, which was a day-long non-partisan summit that included such speakers as U.S. Senator Kamala Harris, U.S. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy as well as speakers from Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, the Muslim Public Affairs Council to the Human Rights Campaign.

Breaking Down Walls (Pasadena Weekly)

On Tuesday, the ACLU Pasadena/Foothills Chapter hosted a panel in Glendale to discuss immigration raids, privacy rights and President Trump’s travel ban, which prohibits people from several mostly Muslim countries from entering the United States. The panel for that event included Salam Al-Marayati, president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, ACLU Director of Advocacy Ahilan Arulanantham, immigration attorney Gabriel Castro and surveillance expert Bryon Rogers.