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MPAC Condemns Calls for the National Guard to be Deployed Against Student Protestors

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On April 24, 2024 By MPAC
Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | April 24, 2024 — The Muslim Public Affairs Council calls on the people of conscience, including faculty and leaders, to oppose threats to deploy the National Guard on the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University, whose aim is to push back against the university’s…
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Muslim Public Affairs Council Sounds Alarm on Elon Musks’s Pro-Palestinian X Ban

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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

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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

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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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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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