Statements 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. Read more
Statements 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… Read more
Statements 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… Read more
Statements 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… Read more
Statements 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… Read more
Statements MPAC Celebrates the Historic Nomination of Dr. Shereef Elhanal On March 11, 2022 By MPAC By: MPAC Policy Bureau Earlier this week, President Biden nominated Dr. Shereef Elnahal to be Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs. If confirmed, Dr. Elnahal would be one of the highest ranking members of the Biden Administration from the American Muslim community. Dr. Elnahal… Read more
Statements MPAC Congratulates Ambassador Rashad Hussain On December 17, 2021 By MPAC Earlier this evening, with bipartisan support, the United States Senate confirmed Rashad Hussain as Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. MPAC congratulates Ambassador Hussain for becoming the first Muslim to be confirmed for this prestigious and pivotal position in the U.S. State Department. His confirmation affirms our nation’s commitment to… Read more
