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Muslim Communities Worldwide Need to Condemn Shia Massacres

February 06, 2010

The Muslim world is facing the nadir of its history as bloodletting continues without reproach in places like Karbala, Iraq and Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia pilgrims were commemorating the 40th day after the martyrdom of Imam Husayn, the grandson of the Prophet and the son of Imam Ali.  As the referenced Quranic verse is violated and glossed over by Muslims, we are sinking into an abyss of fratricide and sectarian venom.

Announcing MPAC-DC's Graduate Policy Fellowship (Deadline extended to 2/26/10)

February 03, 2010

The Washington, DC office of the Muslim Public Affairs Council is looking for the best and brightest of America's graduate students who are interested in engaging in our nation's policymaking process to apply for our newly created Graduate Policy Fellowship.

Chief of Police Empathizes with Muslim Community:

February 03, 2010

During the most recent Muslim Community Forum, MPAC Senior Advisor, Dr. Maher Hathout and Imam Abdul Kareem Hasan, co-facilitated a discussion between Muslim community members and the new Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, Charlie Beck. Hosted by the Omar ibn Al Khattab Foundation, Director Dafer Dakhil, welcomed the audience of over 200 hundred community members and law enforcement officials. Dakhil then introduced Deputy Chief Michael Downing who moderated law enforcement presentations.

ACTION ALERT: Urge Congress to Call for Independent Investigation into Shooting of Detroit Imam

February 01, 2010

Following this morning's release of the autopsy report of Detroit imam and community activist Luqman Ameen Abdullah, the Muslim Public Affairs Council is renewing its call for an independent investigation into the highly controversial FBI raid which ended in his shooting death by agents. MPAC also calls upon the public to contact their members of Congress to sign onto a letter sent by House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) to the Attorney General calling for an independent investigation into the shooting.

Al-Marayati Explores Religious Freedom & Free Speech in Paris & Geneva

January 28, 2010

Last week, Executive Director Salam Al-Marayati traveled to Europe at the invitation of the State Department to speak about religious freedom and free speech. He spoke at UNESCO in Paris and at the U.S. mission to the United Nations in Geneva.

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