Muslim Groups Demand to Meet Merrick Garland to Demand Fair Treatment for Asim Ghafoor
(WASHINGTON D.C., 7/28/22) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), an umbrella group of Muslim civil society organizations and mosques across the country, today called on The U.S Department of Justice to meet with them to discuss the urgent situation of Asim Ghafoor, a respected American civil rights lawyer, who has been detained in […]
300+ Delegates Take Part in USCMO 7th Annual National Muslim Advocacy Day – #MuslimHillDay
(WASHINGTON, DC – 6/15/2022) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the largest umbrella group for Muslim groups in the United States, announced today that more than 300 delegates from 20 states met on Monday and Tuesday with more than 200 elected officials and congressional staffers during the seventh annual “National Muslim Advocacy Day” […]
USCMO Commends Biden Administration for Historic Nominations of Rashad Hussain, Khizr Khan to Religious Freedom Posts
(WASHINGTON, DC – 7/30/2021) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations, the largest umbrella group of Muslim organizations, today commended the Biden Administration for nominating Muslim Americans Rashad Hussain and Khizr Khan to serve in key religious freedom posts in the State Department. President Biden has nominated Rashad Hussain to serve as Ambassador-at-Large for International […]
USCMO Welcomes Congressional Support for Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Islamophobia
USCMO calls the congressional backing an important step in fighting Islamophobia (WASHINGTON, DC – 7/23/2021) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations today thanked members of Congress for supporting the Muslim community’s call for President Biden to establish a Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Islamophobia around the world. On July 21st, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. […]
USCMO Urges Blinken, Congress to Withhold US Aid to Egypt Until Military Regime Cancels Politically-Motivated Executions
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/28/21) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the largest coalition of major national, regional, and local Muslim organizations, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken calling on the Biden administration and Congress to demand that “the Egyptian government halt its plans to conduct a mass execution of democracy activists, faith leaders, and […]
USCMO Calls on Biden Administration to Condemn and Block Egypt’s Plan to Carry Out Mass Execution of Political Prisoners
(WASHINGTON, D.C. – 6/18/2021) The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) is calling on the Biden Administration and congressional leaders to condemn and take concrete action to stop the U.S.-supported Egyptian government’s plan to carry out a mass execution of democracy activists, faith leaders, and other political prisoners in the coming days. In 2018, the […]
USCMO Asks Blinken to Enforce Human Rights for Jerusalem, Palestinians in U.S. Action, Policy
(WASHINGTON, D.C.; 05/27/2021) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the largest coalition of major national, regional, and local Muslim organizations and Islamic institutions, formally called on U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, prior to his current diplomatic visit to Palestine and the Middle East, to “fulfill the moral duty of this nation” and the […]
150 Muslim Organizations Demand OIC End Support for China’s Genocide of Uyghur Muslims
(Washington, D.C., 12/18/2020) — In a press conference hosted yesterday by the US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) and Free Uyghur Now, an open letter was read calling on the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to address the genocide of Uyghurs and other Turkic minority groups. The letter undersigned by 150 organizations details five actions the OIC must take a stand for justice […]
France’s Fanatical Secularism, Persecution of Muslims, and Its Assault on Freedom of Religion, Thought, and Speech
Persecution is a far greater sin than killing. Still, they shall never cease fighting you until they turn you away from your religion … — The Quran, 2:217 The US Council of Muslim Organizations, on behalf of our member institutions and American Muslims, has studied France’s mushrooming crisis with Islam and Muslims, born out of its […]
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 […]