MPAC Decounces USC’s Suppression of Free Speech and Academic Freedom
Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | April 15, 2024 — The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) is outraged by the University of Southern California’s (USC) decision to cancel the valedictorian speech at...
View ArticleThe Muslim Vote Matters | MPAC
MPAC President Salam Al-Marayati calls attention to the importance of the Muslim community to register and get out and vote. In order to protect our communities, we must understand the power we hold....
View ArticleMPAC Calls on US Government to Assess Israel’s Impact on National Security
Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | April 16, 2024 — The recent escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iran in the Middle East poses a serious threat to regional stability and our U.S. national...
View ArticleMPAC Reiterates Call to US Government to Assess Israel’s Impact on US...
Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | April 19, 2024 — Last night, Israel’s strike on Iran further heightened tensions in the region, moving the conflict closer to a wider regional war. In the hours since...
View ArticleDemocracy Dies When Words on Paper are Just Empty Words
Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | April 23, 2024 — Amid ongoing protests by pro-Palestinian and anti-genocide student advocates at Columbia and other universities, the White House issued a response...
View Article“We Will Stand for Justice!”| MPAC at George Washington University
As students across the nation lend their voices to call out the apartheid policies fueling the genocide of the Palestinian people, MPAC is on GWU campus where students have set up a Gaza Solidarity...
View ArticleMPAC Gravely Concerned Over Escalating Violence Between Hamas and Israel
Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | October 7, 2023 — The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) expresses grave concern over the escalating violence between Hamas and Israel. MPAC condemns the taking of...
View ArticleIlluminating the Palestinian Narrative
Sunday, Dec. 17, MPAC led a teach-in hosted by All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, CA. I joined in conversation with our panelists and experts in their field to provide the Islamic narrative on...
View ArticleMPAC Stands with the Newark Muslim Community
Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | January 4, 2024 — The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) expresses its deepest concern and sends its prayers to the Masjid Muhammad community in Newark, NJ,...
View ArticleMPAC Condemns Calls for the National Guard to be Deployed Against Student...
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...
View ArticleUCLA is Complicit: Al-Talib and MPAC Joint Condemnation of Zionist Encampment...
What happened last night was nothing short of a travesty. Last night, a group of pro-Israeli agitators arrived on UCLA campus and violently attacked student protestors demonstrating at the Dickson...
View ArticleMPAC Holds Palestine Teach-In at USC Gaza Solidarity Encampment
This week, MPAC President Salam Al-Marayati joined students at USC’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment to hold a teach-in on the history of Palestine and highlight the current silencing and persecution of...
View ArticleU.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights opens investigation...
Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | May 9, 2024 — The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) took action on May 3rd by sending a letter to the Education Secretary Cardona and Assistant Secretary Lhamon at...
View ArticleProtecting our Students: Free Speech Comes from God | Friday Khutbah at ICSC
MPAC President Salam Al-Marayati delivered today's Friday Khutbah at the Islamic Center of Southern California. Also sharing his story was USC MSU President Talha Rafique. As our students continue...
View ArticleMPAC Holds Meetings with Local Officials to Demand Accountability and...
This week, the Muslim Public Affairs Council convened crucial meetings following last week’s violent attacks by external pro-Israeli agitators upon pro-Palestinian student protestors at the UCLA...
View ArticleThe Impact of Gaza at Home | Conversations on Capitol Hill
During MPACs crucial conversation – The Impact of Gaza at Home – we shed light on the alarming rise of McCarthyist tactics being used to silence pro-Palestinian voices across student groups within...
View ArticleThe Impact of Gaza at Home: A New Era of McCarthyism
The present political landscape in the United States, with student protestors advocating for Palestinian human rights labeled as pro-Hamas, anti-Israel, and anti-Semitic undeniably mirrors the...
View ArticleThe 76th Commemoration of the Ongoing Nakba
By: Niala Mohammad, MPAC Director of Policy and Strategy, and Eshah Murtaza, MPAC Communications Fellow Today, May 15th marks the 76th anniversary of the ongoing Nakba. The Nakba holds profound...
View ArticleA Conversation with Vanderbilt University & Salam Al-Marayati
Salam Al-Marayati, President of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), visits Vanderbilt’s John Seigenthaler Center for a mid-day fireside chat over lunch with Samar Ali, co-chair of the Vanderbilt...
View ArticleCandid Conversations: Presidential Candidate Dr. Jill Stein | MPAC
With the 2024 election season underway, MPAC President Salam Al-Marayati is meeting with presidential candidates in an effort to foster open dialogue and provide our community with valuable insights...
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