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Muslim Public Affairs Council Sounds Alarm on Elon Musks’s Pro-Palestinian X Ban

Press Release
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censorship
elon musk
freedom of expression
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Palestine
social media
On October 25, 2023 By MPAC, nader
October 23, 2024 | MPAC.org| Washington, D.C.— Advocates for Palestinian human rights are facingcensorship on social media platforms, hindering their ability to shed light on the dire situation inGaza. Motaz Azaiza, a renowned photographer based in the Gaza Strip with over 7 millionfollowers on Instagram, was banned from X, formerly…
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Reflections on the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Articles
bhm
black history month
human rights
islam
muslim
Muslim Representation
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

Press Release
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ilhan omar
islam
kevin mccarthy
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Muslim Representation
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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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Dr. King’s Legacy of Faith in Action

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black history month
bloody sunday
democracy
martin luther king
martin luther king jr
mlk
muslim
racism
voter supression
On February 1, 2023 By MPAC
By: Isra Qadri and Qudsia Saeed | MPAC Policy Interns Black History Month is a call to honor the many African Americans who have pushed, and continue to push, for an equal and just nation. Without their resiliency, progress would be lost. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. unequivocally transformed American…
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Statement: The Modi Question, Democracy and Dissent in India

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BBC
BJP
democracy
human rights
india
islamophobia
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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…
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