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  • Testing the Department of Justice on Pro-Palestinian Civil Rights

    In a recent meeting with the DOJ, MPAC, alongside partner organizations, met with Attorney General Merrick Garlan, and other senior officials, to address the concerning rise in hate crimes against communities who support the rights of Palestinians who are being subjected to genocide in Gaza, as well as the persecution of pro-Palestinian voices across campuses nationwide.

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  • Candid Conversations: Jill Stein

    In our latest installment of Candid Conversations, MPAC President Salam Al-Marayati met with 2024 Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein to discuss the major issues facing the American Muslim community and how the Green Party fills the gap.

    Watch the full conversation here

  • U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights opens investigation into UCLA following MPAC complaint

    The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights initiated an official investigation into UCLA following a complaint from MPAC regarding the unprecedented attack on the pro-Palestinian student encampment by pro-Zionist instigators. The apparent dereliction of responsibility by UCLA resulted in the failure to protect the physical safety and rights of peaceful student protestors raising awareness about the humanitarian crisis and ongoing genocide in Gaza.

    Read the full statement

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As American Muslim organization, MPAC supports a robust approach to eradicating terrorism, both foreign and domestic. At the same time, our nation can never be truly secure when the civil liberties of any community are curtailed. Research and history show that we must take a holistic approach to addressing all forms of

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MPAC’s flagship policy framework, Human Security, is a framework for centering the impacts of policy decisions on everyday people. Human Security Now is our grassroots campaign to push for this framework, which is based on the Four Freedoms outlined by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Freedom from Fear, Freedom from Want,

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MPAC firmly defends the right to free belief and expression for people of all faiths or no faith, holds that compulsion of any religion is antithetical to our values, and supports policies that keep affairs of the state separate from the influence of religious ideologies. Additionally, MPAC supports the strong

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Palestinians have the right to live free from fear of military aggression and Israeli occupation.
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MPAC Welcomes U.N. Move to Establish International Day of Remembrance of the Srebrenica Genocide

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Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | May 23, 2024 — The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) upholds and honors the United Nations General Assembly vote today to establish an annual day of remembrance for the 1995 Srebrenica genocide, despite furious opposition from Bosnian Serbs and Serbia. The establishment of an

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