July 18, 2012
On Thursday, July 12, the LAPD hosted its quarterly Muslim Community Forum at Grauman’s Chinese Theater. During the event, LAPD officials presented Aziza Hasan, MPAC's Southern California Government Relations Director, with a certificate of appreciation for her work on reforming the SAR and iWatch programs.
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READ MOREJuly 11, 2012
On Thursday, July 19, “The Light in Her Eyes,” will have its national broadcast premiere at 10 p.m. on PBS. The touching documentary, follows Houda al-Habash, a Muslim Syrian woman who, at the age of 17, goes against tradition and opens a Quran school for girls in a downtown mosque. -
READ MOREJuly 4, 2012
Happy 236th Birthday, America. Today, as we set out for a festive day of celebrating our nation’s founding holiday, we must take a moment to reflect on the significance of what it means to be free and on the diverse hands that contributed to the America we see today. -
READ MOREJune 28, 2012
In late May, MPAC presented the findings from a groundbreaking research project about American Muslim youth and their concepts of identity at its monthly Young Leaders webinar . The research was a joint collaboration between MPAC and Dr. Brian Calfano, Director of Missouri State University’s Poll Research Center. -
READ MOREJune 27, 2012
In the current issue of Pakistan Link, an international newspaper that focuses Pakistani issues, Dr. Nayyer Ali, Chairman on MPAC’s Board, published an op-ed on “Mending U.S.-Pakistan Relations.” -
READ MOREJune 26, 2012
This past Saturday afternoon, the Muslim Public Affairs Council hosted more than 250 people at the IMAN Cultural Center to meet Bassem Youssef, "the Egyptian Jon Stewart," and take part in a taping of his upcoming Ramadan series -- “America in Arabic.” -
READ MOREJune 22, 2012
The Arab Spring has produced several prominent political actors, especially in Tunisia and Egypt. In Tunisia, the post-revolution democratically elected government is run by an-Nahda, a moderate Muslim party led by Rachid Ghannouchi. The post-revolution Egyptian parliament (before it was dissolved) was controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood and this week, the projected winner for president is Mohamed Morsi, also from the Muslim Brotherhood. -
READ MOREJune 21, 2012
Earlier this week, MPAC along with 55 other organizations across the country, sent a letter to Rep. Peter King (R-NY) strongly objecting to his most recent hearing on the American Muslim community, called, “The American Muslim Response to Hearings on Radicalization within their Community.” -
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June 15, 2012
Rep. Peter King's (R-NY) fifth hearing on the American Muslim community is political theater. Rather than investigating actual threats, this hearing is only serving King’s own biases. He has created his own echo chamber to mimic what he wants to hear, not what he needs to hear. -
READ MOREJune 11, 2012
Last week, MPAC President Salam Al-Marayati spoke to about 300 University of California, Los Angeles, students and guests about US-Iran Policy and the roots and remedies to religious violence. -
READ MOREJune 8, 2012
The physical internment of Japanese Americans was a psychological internment of all Americans; it defined a moment in which the strength of our diverse American fabric became compromised. The fact that we allowed our fear to dictate our nation’s moral compass in 1942 is appalling. As history often repeats itself, we must caution ourselves from going down the same path of instituting irresponsible policies based on fear. -
READ MOREJune 7, 2012
MPAC commends the Emir of Kuwait for vetoing yesterday legislation passed by the Parliament that intended to revise its anti-blasphemy laws. The new amendments mandate the death penalty or life impronsement for Muslims who refuse to repent after having been found legally guilty of disparaging God, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), his wives or the Quran. -
READ MOREJune 6, 2012
Last week, U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest's ruled that the National Defense Authorization Act is unconstitutional. Following meetings with elected officials and hundreds of letters sent to their offices, MPAC is proud to announce that it is suspending its campaign. -
READ MOREJune 1, 2012
Rather than upholding the precious values and laws written in the Constitution, this week, a judge in Tennessee ruled against the building of a mosque in Murfreesboro, TN. The First Amendment unequivocally states that government is prohibited from establishing a national religion or denying Americans their right to exercise (or not) their faith. -
READ MOREMay 30, 2012
This week, MPAC hosted its Spring legislative staff lunch, where Salam Al-Marayati and Southern California Government Relations Director Aziza Hasan briefed more than 20 attendees on MPAC’s work on counterterrorism, including recent initiatives to rid law enforcement training of anti-Muslim trainers and recent reforms it helped won on LAPD’s Suspicious Activity Reporting Program -
READ MOREMay 30, 2012
MPAC joined more than 200 other community, human rights and civil liberties organizations to call on the Department of Justice to review and update its June 2003 “Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies,” which is intended to prevent racial profiling by U.S. government law enforcement. -
READ MOREMay 29, 2012
MPAC commends President Barack Obama, the State Department and nine other Western nations for finally taking a stand to expel from their countries Syrian diplomats and ambassadors who have been sitting idly by as Syrian civilians are being massacred. -
READ MOREMay 23, 2012
In early May, MPAC met with Inspector General Alexander Bustamante regarding LAPD's SAR program to consider recommendations on what to look for during the investigation. -
READ MOREMay 22, 2012
Do you plan on voting in this year’s election? Will you actively take part in this year’s election? These are just a couple of questions the Muslim Public Affairs Council is asking through its 2012 Elections Survey released today. -
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READ MOREMay 18, 2012
MPAC sends it congratulations today to Halim Dhanidina, the first Muslim judge to be appointed in the state of California. In a press release earlier today, the office of Gov. Jerry Brown announced that eight judges, including Dhanidina, have been appointed to judgeships in the state’s superior court.
