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Press Release: MPAC, Partners Hold Press Conference on Assault on Al-Aqsa Mosque

On April 7, 2023 By MPAC
LOS ANGELES, CA – Today, MPAC hosted a press conference on the troubling events occurring at Al-Aqsa Mosque. Alongside partners from the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, the INKERIJ Foundation, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), we called on our government to stand up for our ideals and lead…
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Reflections on the National Museum of African American History and Culture

On February 28, 2023 By MPAC
By: Isra Qadri and Qudsia Saeed, MPAC Policy Interns On September 24, 2016, President Barack Obama stated that “African-American history is not somehow separate from our larger American story, it’s not the underside of the American story, it is central to the American story,” as he inaugurated the National…
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MPAC, Coalition Condemn House Vote to Remove Rep. Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee

On February 2, 2023 By MPAC
Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | February 2, 2023 — The Muslim Public Affairs Council joined a coalition of American Muslim, Arab-American, Jewish, and Iranian-American groups to respond to the removal of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from her position on the House Foreign Affairs Committee following a vote held by House…
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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…
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