A delegation of leaders from the US Council of Muslim Organizations met with officials from the Department of Homeland Security to discuss issues of concern to the American Muslim community. Of the many topics covered were civil rights and countering violent extremism. The delegations also discussed future cooperation between the Council members and DHS with a focus on increasing engagements on a local level.
The delegation from USCMO included Secretary General Oussama Jammal; Nihad Awad and Robert McCaw of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR); Naeem Baig and Rameez Abed of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA); Osama Abu Irshaid of the American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) and Imam Talib Shareef of The Mosque Cares-Ministry of Imam W.D. Mohammed.
The divisions that attended this meeting included the Civil Rights and Civil Liberty (CRCL); Countering Violent Extremism (CVE); Counterterrorism; TSA; the Homeland Security Advisory Council and the Faith-based Security and Communications Advisory Subcommittee (FBAC).
