March 29, 2012
As the Supreme Court prepares to take up legal challenges to Arizona’s controversial immigration law (SB-1070), MPAC joined more than 50 prominent Catholic, Protestant and Jewish groups in signing an amicus curiae brief arguing for suspension of the law.
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READ MOREMarch 24, 2012
Today, MPAC held a press conference with local Syrian Americans to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of the Syrian revolution. They condemned the ongoing atrocities committed by the al-Assad regime against the people of Syria in response to their calls for freedom, human rights and the unimpeded flow of humanitarian aid. -
READ MOREMarch 23, 2012
There is no question that our national debt needs to be reduced and our spending needs to be reined in. Yet the moral dilemma that faces us as a nation is how we achieve these goals without losing our soul as a nation. Thus far, the answer from many House Republicans and fiscal conservatives has been one focused on slashing many of our nation’s social programs. -
READ MOREMarch 21, 2012
MPAC condemns the attacks in France and is relieved that this criminal, Mohammed Merah, who is believed to have killed seven people in France over the past 10 days, including three children, is off the streets. -
READ MOREMarch 16, 2012
One year and more than 8,000 tragic and unnecessary civilian deaths later, the world still watches as the al-Assad regime continues to massacre the Syrian people and respond to calls for peace and freedom with violence and bloodshed. -
READ MOREMarch 15, 2012
On Feb. 28 at the Los Angeles City Hall, MPAC helped the Department of Homeland Security organize a grant workshop for Muslim institutions to learn how to acquire funds that would help improve the security and safety of their facilities. -
READ MOREMarch 14, 2012
Following the recent shootings carried out by a U.S. soldier which left 16 Afghan civilians dead, USA Today spoke to some Muslim Americans for their reaction, including Haris Tarin, MPAC’s Washington, DC, Office Director, about the growing unrest in Afghanistan. -
READ MOREMarch 11, 2012
MPAC today condemned the intentional killing of Afghan civilians by a US soldier. The soldier reportedly left the US base in the middle of the night and entered a village, opening fire on civilians who were sleeping. The atrocity ended in the murder of several people, including nine children. -
READ MOREMarch 9, 2012
This week President Barack Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss US-Israel relations, (including prospects for military action against Iran) and security issues. What was revealing about the conversation was the lack of attention to the Palestine question. -
READ MOREMarch 7, 2012
The Islamic Scholarship Fund, once again, has paired up with MPAC this Spring for the ISF-MPAC Scholarship Program, which is open to law, public policy, media, film and journalism majors. -
READ MOREMarch 1, 2012
Earlier this week marked the release of Anthony Shadid's magnus opus, “House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family and a Lost Middle East.” Shadid, an award-winning correspondent for the New York Times who passed away last week in Syria, had said he had been eager to share his memoir, with the Arab American community. -
READ MOREMarch 1, 2012
On Feb. 26, MPAC President Al-Marayati joined a distinguished panel at the University of California, Los Angeles, for the inaugural Gelb Forum, a program that tries to break down the barriers between university and community -- and among religious faiths -- by applying the results of scholarship to questions of contemporary concern. -
READ MOREFebruary 29, 2012
With this goal in place, MPAC is proud to highlight Iesha Kincaid, a 2011 Young Leaders delegate who was recently elected to be a board member of her local Islamic center, an opportunity she said she pursued due to her new found courage and confidence she gained from the MPAC summit. -
READ MOREFebruary 29, 2012
MPAC is proud to announce that it is now accepting applications for its 2012 Young Leaders Summits, which offer Muslim American undergraduate and graduate students a one-of-a-kind opportunity to turn their passions in government, media and the arts into possibilities. -
READ MOREFebruary 27, 2012
In January, MPAC President Salam Al-Marayati joined a panel of leading experts, political columnist Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich and Mark Fitzpatrick, the Director of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, on CrossTalk on Russia Today to discuss the looming war with Iran. -
READ MOREFebruary 24, 2012
Today, MPAC held a press conference with MPAC President Salam Al-Marayati, MPAC Senior Adviser Dr. Maher Hathout, Deputy Chief of LAPD Mike Downing and Deputy Mayor Eileen Decker office about the importance of community engagement to stop crime instead of surveillance of Muslims. -
READ MOREFebruary 24, 2012
MPAC-NYC was shocked to learn that the New York Police Department conducted extensive surveillance on religious institutions and places of business in Newark, NJ, as well as Nassau and Suffolk Counties on Long Island. -
READ MOREFebruary 23, 2012
On Feb. 23, 2012, MPAC met with senior Department of Defense officials, including representatives of U.S. Central Command, to discuss the recent Quran burning incident in Afghanistan. During the meeting, DOD officials delivered a formal apology from Gen. John Allen, Commander of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. -
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READ MOREFebruary 22, 2012
On Feb. 21, MPAC held a private, off-the-record conversation with Wadah Khanfar, president of the Sharq Forum and former director of the Al Jazeera Networks, and a diverse group of Muslim Americans. -
READ MOREFebruary 20, 2012
MPAC urges all concerned citizens to contact their senators and urge them to oppose a resolution which sets forth a low standard for war with Iran by ruling out a “containment” strategy and increases pressure on the administration to avoid relying on diplomacy.
