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…

Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | January 27, 2023 — The recent burning of the Quran in Sweden has brought into the mainstream questions around freedom of expression, the continued rise of right-wing ideologies across the globe, and double standards in public discourse. Freedom of speech, enshrined in the First Amendment…

On 6th Anniversary of Muslim & African Bans Civil Rights Orgs Call on President Biden to Reunite Harmed Families — Leading civil rights and immigrant justice organizations deliver letter and petition to President Biden urging him to provide immediate relief to thousands still harmed by the Bans WASHINGTON, DC — Ahead of the 6th anniversary of the Muslim & African Bans that sparked worldwide condemnation, a broad coalition of civil and human rights groups, immigrant justice organizations, Reps. Judy Chu, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Andre Carson marked the unconscionable and lasting harms of the Bans as…

Statement — Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | January 20, 2023 — Freedom of expression is one of the founding principles of our nation, without which we cannot grow and improve as a society. One of the most important institutions in which this principle is expressed is the university. Over the last two…

Statement — Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | January 9, 2023 — It is with great concern that the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) views the firing of an art professor, Erika López Prater, from Hamline University on the grounds of showing a fourteenth-century painting depicting the Prophet Muḥammad. …

Statement — Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | January 4, 2023 — In August 2021, American troops withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban took over control of the country. Despite their initial claims to the contrary, their rule has been a complete reversion to fundamentalism. Most recently, this manifested in a declaration prohibiting…

Statement — Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | January 4, 2023 — The distressing events transpiring in the Islamic Republic of Iran impress upon us the need to issue a clear and declarative statement against the institution of religious or morality police in particular, and the ideology of compulsion in general. …

By: Rafay Siddiqui, MPAC Policy Intern As Americans head in to vote in tomorrow’s crucial 2022 midterm elections, the stakes for the future of our country have never been higher. …

Statement — Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | October 11, 2022 — Aisha Jasmine Elmasri is a south-central Los Angeles middle school principal who planned on visiting Jerusalem for a spiritual pilgrimage on her 30th birthday. …