Protecting Christian Institutions and Houses of Worship

“Were it not for God’s repelling people – some by means of others – many monasteries, churches, synagogues, and mosques – wherein God’s name is mentioned much – would have been destroyed. And God will surely help those who help Him.” (Quran 22:40) Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | March…

MPAC Condemns National Day of Hate, Urges Caution

Statements

On February 24, 2023 By MPAC

Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | February 24, 2023 — According to a leaked NYPD internal memo, Neo-Nazi groups across the United States are planning a “National Day of Hate” tomorrow, February 25. The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) vehemently condemns this display of domestic extremism and white supremacy. We…

Statement: The Modi Question, Democracy and Dissent in India

On January 28, 2023 By nader

Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | January 28, 2023 — The Modi government’s blocking of BBC’s new documentary on the 2002 Anti-Muslim Gujarat Riots is another move in an increasingly troublesome pattern of stifling of dissent in India. The documentary, “India: The Modi Question,” revealed the previously undisclosed findings of a…

Statement: The Burning of the Quran, Free Speech, and Double Standards in Public Discourse

On January 27, 2023 By MPAC

Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | January 27, 2023 — The recent burning of the Quran in Sweden has brought into the mainstream questions around freedom of expression, the continued rise of right-wing ideologies across the globe, and double standards in public discourse. Freedom of speech, enshrined in the First Amendment…

Statement: Harvard Fellow Kenneth Roth, Criticism of Israel, and Academia

On January 20, 2023 By MPAC

Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | January 20, 2023 — Freedom of expression is one of the founding principles of our nation, without which we cannot grow and improve as a society. One of the most important institutions in which this principle is expressed is the university. Over the last two…

Statement: Support for Art Professor Fired from Hamline University

Statements

Hamline

professor

On January 9, 2023 By MPAC

It is with great concern that the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) views the firing of an art professor, Erika López Prater, from Hamline University on the grounds of showing a fourteenth-century painting depicting the Prophet Muḥammad. We issue this statement of support for the professor and urge the university…

Statement: Not In Our Name- The Taliban and Women’s Education

Muslim Representation

religious police

taliban

women's rights

On January 4, 2023 By MPAC

In August 2021, American troops withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban took over control of the country. Despite their initial claims to the contrary, their rule has been a complete reversion to fundamentalism. Most recently, this manifested in a declaration prohibiting girls and women from access to education. Sadly, this…