August 9, 2012
MPAC recently signed onto a campaign to prevent Los Angeles from renewing their contract with Veolia Transport who operate the city’s DASH buses. The campaign cites that Veolia Transport discriminates on the basis of ethnicity and religion which is a violation of the Los Angeles City Charter’s prohibition
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READ MOREAugust 1, 2012
When others think it can't be done, MPAC repeatedly shows it can be. We don't just talk about the day when Muslims will be an accepted and valued part of America; we work for it to become a reality now. When Halim Dhanidina wanted to serve California as a judge, MPAC advocated for him to become the first Muslim judge appointed to the California superior court. -
READ MOREJuly 31, 2012
Please join us in welcoming Jawaad Ali, one of MPAC’s new government and policy interns in our Washington, DC, office. Ali is entering his third year as an undergraduate student at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, where he is majoring in global affairs with a concentration on the Middle East and North Africa. -
READ MOREJuly 30, 2012
On Wednesday, Aug. 1, the Rev. Paolo Dall’Oglio, an Italian Jesuit priest who was expelled from Syria in early June for opposing President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, will meet with the Muslim Public Affairs Council’s senior leadership. -
READ MOREJuly 28, 2012
On Saturday, July 28, MPAC along with the Syrian American Council of Los Angeles and eight other organizations for a "Save the Children of Syria Fundraising Iftar." -
READ MOREJuly 27, 2012
Without using the incident in Aurora as a political pawn to move legislation, we must continue these debates in a respectful manner while being cognizant of the hurt Aurora citizens are going through. MLK one of the greatest nonviolent leaders of our nation, once said America is “the greatest purveyor of violence” -- it is time for serious introspection to determine the root causes of the violent culture in our society today. -
READ MOREJuly 27, 2012
Are you interested in making your mark on today’s important issues and getting your voice heard? Then apply to join MPAC’s internship program. We are seeking undergraduate and graduate students for our Fall 2012 Semester Internship Program. The deadline to apply is Friday, August 17 -
READ MOREJuly 26, 2012
Last week, MPAC participated in a round-table discussion with LA community leaders, DHS and USCIS about national security and what CRCL was doing to establish a redress system for people whose names make it into shared-space intelligence files, especially in cases of having the same name as someone on a watch list. -
READ MOREJuly 25, 2012
MPAC's Hollywood Bureau invites you to attend a special Ramadan screenings of the powerful new documentary “The Green Wave.” -
READ MOREJuly 20, 2012
There is much more the international community can do to alleviate the situations in both Syria and Myanmar. Putting politics aside and focusing on the human need for security and freedom should be the top priority. -
READ MOREJuly 18, 2012
MPAC today called Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-MN) request for investigations into what she called the supposed “infiltration” of the U.S. government by “fundamentalist Muslims” an “absurd and shameful witch hunt only Sen. McCarthy could be proud of.” -
READ MOREJuly 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. -
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.
