USCMO Congratulates Muslim Voters on Historic Turnout, Encourages President-Elect Biden to Advance Justice
(WASHINGTON, DC – 11/10/2020) The US Council of Muslim Organizations today congratulated President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice-President Elect Kamala Harris on their victory, and commended Muslim American voters for playing a decisive role in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. USCMO also encouraged the incoming Biden Administration to include Muslim voices in key government positions […]
Official USCMO Statement Regarding Emgage
(Washington, DC.; October 8, 2020) – In recent weeks, numerous Muslim and Palestinian Americans have expressed concern about reported ties between Emgage and Emgage leaders with anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian groups. Some of the specific concerns expressed to USCMO relate to: Emgage board members participating in the Muslim Leadership Initiative (MLI), an offensive program which seeks to undermine Muslim solidarity with […]
USCMO Delegation Meets Erdogan, Fosters Friendship Between US and Turkey
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/7/2020) – A special delegation of the US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the largest Muslim-American coalition of leading national and local community institutions, has returned from a special meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Ankara presidential complex, thanking him for the Turkish people’s rush of pandemic aid to Americans in […]
American Muslims: Our Nation Must Pursue a Peaceful, Just and Humanitarian Foreign Policy, Especially in Muslim World
WASHINGTON, DC – 9/5/2020) The US Council of Muslim Organizations, the largest umbrella group for American Muslim organizations, raises concerns over President Trump and VP Joe Biden for their views on democracy in the Muslim world. In a statement, USCMO Secretary General Oussama Jammal said: “Whoever serves as our nation’s president must not only uphold the best of American […]
USCMO Delegation Returns from Beirut Port Blast Site Visit, Extends Sympathy, Support of Muslim American Community
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 27 Aug 2020) – A delegation of the US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the largest Muslim-American coalition of leading national and local community institutions, has just returned from its three-day human solidarity visit to the battered people of Lebanon, surveying first hand the indescribable destruction of the horrific August 4 Port of […]
US Council of Muslim Organizations Reiterates Support for Palestinian Freedom, Dismisses Attempts to Undermine Muslim Solidarity
(Washington, DC – 8/14/2020) The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the largest umbrella group for American Muslim organizations, today reiterated its full support for the freedom of the Palestinian people, and condemned the latest attempt by President Trump, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates to undermine international Muslim solidarity in the struggle for peace and […]
In the Wake of the Catastrophic Beirut Blast, Our Prayers and Hearts Go Out to the People of Lebanon
And, most surely, We shall test all of you with something of fear and hunger and loss of wealth and life and crops. So give glad tidings to those who are patient – those who when affliction strikes them, say: Indeed, to God do we belong, and, indeed, to Him we are returning. —The Quran, […]
USCMO Lauds the House Passage of the “NO BAN Act”, But America’s Reeking Immigration Law Needs Total Fumigation and Reform
Be ever upright for the sake of God, bearing witness to truth with impartial justice … —The Quran, 5:8 (Washington, D.C., 7/23/2020) The US Council of Muslim Organizations, on behalf of our members and American Muslims, laud House passage yesterday of the NO BAN Act, “the first civil rights bill in history that explicitly protects […]
USCMO Offers Condolences for the Passing of Rep John Lewis
(Washington, D.C., 7/18/2020) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations, on behalf of our members and American Muslims, express our sincere condolences to the family and loved ones of Rep. John Lewis on the passing of this true American civil rights hero, political conscience of the nation, and human rights icon in our world. USCMO lauds […]
The Mirror of Srebrenica and the Paths Before Us
Today marks 25 years since Serbian militiamen – literally blessed in pre-carnage Masses by their Orthodox priests and bishops – chased down some 8,000 Muslim men and boys through the woods surrounding the UN-declared “safe haven” city of Srebrenica in eastern Bosnia, slaughtering them without mercy, one-by-one, in cold blood. The soldiers then converged on […]