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MPAC Congratulates Dr. Shereef Elnahal on Historic Confirmation

On July 22, 2022 By MPAC

On Thursday, the Senate confirmed Dr. Shereef Elnahal as Under Secretary for Health at the Veterans Health Administration. He is now one of the highest ranking members of the Biden Administration from the American Muslim community and will oversee hundreds of hospitals and clinics that comprise the largest health…

Statement on Mr. Asim Ghafoor: An American Civil Rights Lawyer Turned Political Prisoner

On July 19, 2022 By MPAC

Statement on Mr. Asim Ghafoor: An American Civil Rights Lawyer Turned Political Prisoner Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | July 18, 2022 — This past Thursday, Mr. Asim Ghafoor, former lawyer of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, was sentenced to three years in…

MPAC Hosts Indian Democracy at Crossroads

On July 15, 2022 By MPAC

MPAC Hosts Indian Democracy at Crossroads In 1948, Gandhi was murdered by an avid follower of RSS, a Hindu nationalist ideology. By most, he is remembered as an extremist who sought to destabilize the secular nature of the nascent democracy.

MPAC Commemorates First Federally Recognized Juneteenth

On June 19, 2022 By MPAC

Washington, D.C. | mpac.org | June 19, 2022| The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) would like to acknowledge Juneteenth to honor the generations of enslaved African Americans who built this nation. Slavery was legally abolished in 1863 with the Emancipation Proclamation, however, its signing reached all enslaved African American…

From Thoughts and Prayers to Real Leadership

On May 25, 2022 By MPAC

To God we Belong and to God we Shall Return. Today, 18 children and one teacher in Uvalde, Texas did not go home to their families after school. And with each passing hour, we learn of more victims of this tragedy who have perished. Instead, they returned…

Terrorism is Terrorism.

On May 25, 2022 By MPAC

Terrorism is Terrorism. Our intelligence agencies are tasked with determining what the greatest threat is to our country and ensuring that it never sees the light of day. They all have come to the same conclusion: Domestic Terrorism and White Supremacists. Their analysis was tragically proven right when…

MPAC Denounces Israeli Forces Raiding Al-Aqsa

On April 15, 2022 By MPAC

Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | April 15, 2022 — In the early hours of April 15, heavily armed members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) violated the sanctity of Al-Aqsa and began their assault upon an innocent congregation of worshippers as they gathered to pray during the…

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