Ukraine: In Defense of Democracy Articles On February 25, 2022 By MPAC By: Mohammad H. Ali, MPAC Director of Policy and Government Relations The idea of self-governance, or democracy, started as an experiment by the founding fathers. It is a privilege that far too few around the world enjoy and remains in a constant state of fragility. The number… Read more
MPAC Asked: What Has Black History Month Meant to You? Articles On February 11, 2022 By MPAC By: MPAC Policy Bureau and MPAC’s African American Muslim Insight Council On Wednesday, February 9th, the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) asked “what has Black History Month meant to you?” Participants ranged from staff members, to MPAC supporters, to civil society stakeholders and many others who joined… Read more
MPAC Is Listening To American Muslims Articles On February 4, 2022 By MPAC By: MPAC Policy Bureau and MPAC’s African American Muslim Insight Council As we observe Black History Month and celebrate the accomplishments and contributions that African Americans have made to this nation, MPAC will celebrate the diversity of American Muslims by hosting evening conversations to unite the American Muslim… Read more
Let’s Really End The Endless War On Terror By Closing Guantanamo Articles On January 28, 2022 By Amine Ben Naceur By: Amine Ben Naceur, MPAC Senior Non-Resident Policy Fellow Image credit : Joint Task Force Guantanamo (Flickr) This month marks the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo detention center in the U.S. Navy base on the Cuban island. Since its opening in 2002, more than 800 detainees… Read more
Amplify Not Occupy: The Path Forward For Afghanistan Articles On December 30, 2021 By MPAC By: MPAC Policy Bureau Photo: Mohammad Javadzadeh/Iranian Red Crescent/AFP On Sunday, August 15th, the Taliban retook Kabul, the same city that our military liberated from their heinous rule just two decades prior. The following two decades proved one thing: our military and diplomatic strategy did not work. In part, it… Read more
Amplify Not Occupy: Recap of our Afghan Virtual Summit Articles On December 10, 2021 By MPAC By: Lubna Hassan Heikal, MPAC Policy Intern This week, MPAC partnered with the Afghan-American Foundation (AAF) to host a four-day virtual summit, Empowering Afghans: Reframing the Narrative and Providing Support. The summit, featuring Afghan leaders, discussed key issues related to the crisis in Afghanistan… Read more
A Week of Verdicts Articles On November 25, 2021 By MPAC By: Umar Hakim-Dey, Katrina Hasan Hamilton, Imam Abu Qadir Al-Amin, MPAC’s African American Muslim Insight Council Reflections on Arbery verdict: As American Muslims, our job is to act on faith and resist the urge of racism and discrimination for “All mankind is from Adam and Eve… Do… Read more
