The Day of Arafah: A Day of Mercy, Unity, and One Ummah

The Day of Arafah is one of the most sacred days of the year and a day of immense mercy, forgiveness, and answered prayers. It is a day when millions of Muslims from across the world stand united before Allah, seeking His mercy and turning to Him with sincere hearts. Arafah also serves as one […]

One Week After the Terrorist Attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego

(Washington, D.C., 5/26/2026) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) held a press conference at 51st Annual ICNA- MAS Convention, marking one week since the horrific terrorist attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego, an act of violence that shattered lives, traumatized families, and deeply wounded an entire community during the sacred days […]

USCMO Nakba Day Message: ‘No Peace Without Justice’

Stop the Genocide. Ban Land Expropriation. Embargo All Arms to Israel (WASHINGTON, D.C. – 5/15/2026) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), America’s umbrella group of national and local Muslim associations, marked Nakba Day – the 78th year since the start of ‘The Catastrophe’ in Palestine with the violent Israeli expulsion and dispossession of […]

USCMO to Congress: ‘End This Catastrophic War. Pass Iran War Powers Resolution’

(Washington, D.C., 2/28/2026) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations, America’s umbrella group of Muslim associations, sent a letter today to all U.S. Senators and Representatives to stop President Donald Trump from continuing to wage the unauthorized and illegal war he initiated with Iran today, and which killed in its first bombing wave 115 schoolgirls between […]

USCMO Laments the Passing of Civil Rights Icon Rev. Jesse Jackson

USCMO Laments the Passing of Civil Rights Icon Rev. Jesse Jackson Jackson, First Presidential Candidate to Address American Muslim Community (Washington, D.C. 2/17/2026) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), America’s umbrella group of Muslim associations, mourns the passing of the Rev. Jesse Jackson today, who led the U.S. Civil Rights Movement for three decades as […]

USCMO: Impose Legal Reforms on ICE or Shut Down Homeland Security Funding

(Washington, D.C., 2/6/2026) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations, America’s umbrella group of Muslim associations, endorses the new House and Senate Democratic proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) legal reforms, and urges Republican agreement, as a condition for passing the crucial Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending bill, whose funding deadline is February 13, without which the government may have to close down DHS. The Democratic reform proposal calls for 10 fundamental, legally […]

USCMO Remembers the Evergreen Message of Dr. Martin Luther King

(Washington, D.C., 1/19/2025) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations, America’s umbrella group of Muslim associations, marks Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day not merely in memory of his heroic and visionary civil and human rights call historically for our country through the 1950s and 60s, and for which he gave his life. We reassert […]

USCMO Calls on American Muslims to Stand with CAIR After Texas Governor’s Bigoted and Illegal Attack

(WASHINGTON, DC – 11/19/2025) The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), America’s umbrella group of national, regional, and local Muslim organizations, today condemned Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s defamatory and unconstitutional attempt to smear and silence the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its Texas chapter in retaliation for their criticism of U.S. support for the Israeli government’s […]

USCMO Celebrates a Successful East Coast National Muslim Women’s Leadership Conference

USCMO Celebrates a Successful East Coast National Muslim Women’s Leadership Conference Eyes on the West Coast Conference Coming in November This past weekend, September 26–28, in Dallas, Texas, the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations hosted the National Muslim Women’s Leadership Conference (East Coast), welcoming more than 150 registrants from across the country. Sisters traveled from […]