November 30, 2007
MPAC today expressed its disgust with the Sudanese court decision to jail and beat a British teacher who allowed her students to name a class teddy bear "Muhammad."
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November 21, 2007
MPAC today condemned a ruling issued by a court in Saudi Arabia which punished the victim of a gang rape with 200 lashes and six months in jail. MPAC finds the court's ruling, and the Saudi law used to justify the ruling, an egregious miscarriage of the spirit and letter of Islam. -
November 20, 2007
Noted author, professor and media commentator Dr. Fawaz Gerges will be among the many dynamic speakers to be featured at MPAC's upcoming seventh annual convention on Saturday, December 15 in Long Beach, CA. -
October 31, 2007
Anti-Islamic sentiment in the country swelled in the aftermath of the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. But for Mary Lahaj, a Muslim student adviser at the Groton School and Muslim chaplain at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, those energies had been taking root on US soil for decades prior. -
August 14, 2007
MPAC yesterday met with Ashraf Haidari, Political Counselor of the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, DC regarding the 21 Korean hostages held captive by members of the Taliban in southern Afghanistan. -
August 7, 2007
MPAC yesterday signed onto a letter by the Concerned Citizens for Korean Hostages in Afghanistan urging the Governor of the Ghazni Province in Afghanistan to work for the release of 21 South Korean hostages being held by members of the Taliban in Afghanistan. -
May 8, 2007
MPAC responded today to the arrest of six men allegedly plotting an attack on Fort Dix in New Jersey and awaits the full facts in the case. -
May 7, 2007
On Thursday, May 10, more than 20 prominent Shia and Sunni Detroit area Muslim leaders will hold a press conference where they will sign a historic "Intra-Faith Code of Honor" as a demonstration of their commitment to speak out against all forms division and violence. -
April 16, 2007
MPAC today offered its heartfelt condolences and prayers for those who lost loved ones in the horrific shooting rampage on the campus of Virginia Tech. -
April 6, 2007
Homeland Security subcommittee gathers input from experts on ways to combat domestic plots. -
April 5, 2007
Today, MPAC Government Relations Director, Sireen Sawaf, testified at the Torrance City Council Chambers about the phenomena of radicalization and the Muslim American community role in protecting the country in a Homeland Security subcommittee hearing. -
March 7, 2007
MPAC today condemned a pair of suicide attacks in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq, which killed 120 Shi'a pilgrims and left another 200 wounded. -
January 12, 2007
MPAC today condemned attacks carried out against at least a dozen Shia Muslim-owned businesses and mosques in Detroit just days ago, calling them a threat to previously healthy relations in the American Muslim community. -
January 4, 2007
The Muslim religious holiday Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, is meant to commemorate Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son on God's orders. -
November 8, 2006
The chairperson of the Wichita Chapter of the MPAC said not all Muslims are violent and want to dominate the world. He said Muslim groups have different beliefs and do not always agree with each other. According to Musleh, Osama Bin Laden would not consider him Muslim. -
September 23, 2006
MPAC today decried the flying of swastika flags on freeway overpasses reported in S. California and Central Florida on Friday. According to law enforcement reports, officers responded during the morning commuting hours to numerous reports in both states -
September 17, 2006
MPAC today condemned the murder of an Italian nun in Somalia, which reportedly took place as a result of Pope Benedict XVI's remarks on Islam last week. MPAC also welcomed the apology offered by the Pope today, in which he said that he was "deeply sorry". -
August 11, 2006
In response to the British terror plot, MPAC today held a press conference with Joseph Persichini, Assistant Director in Charge of the Washington, DC Field Office, as well as national Arab and Muslim leaders to voice their solidarity in the fight against terrorism. -
August 10, 2006
MPAC expressed relief that British officials had thwarted a plot to blow up airliners en route from Britain to the United States using explosives smuggled in carry-on luggage. Muslim Americans stand in solidarity to condemn terrorism and are committed to protecting the safety of our nation. -
June 23, 2006
Since the arrests of seven men yesterday and charges that they were conspiring to provide material support to Al-Qaeda and "levy war against the United States", it has become apparent that the group arrested has no actual connection to any mainstream Muslim community in the United States.