USCMO Commends Pope Leo XIV’s Stand for Peace
USCMO Commends Pope Leo XIV’s Stand for Peace Leo’s Call Comes After Pentagon Met with Pope’s Amb. in Run Up to War (WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/18/2026) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), America’s umbrella group of Muslim associations, commends Pope Leo XIV’s recent just stand for peace amid the U.S.-Israeli wars of choice and brutal […]
USCMO Joined National Faith Groups and Asked Congress to Increase Funding for NSGP to Make Faith Communities Safer. Congress Approves $180 Million
In October of 2020, The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) and several national faith groups submitted a letter to Congress requesting an increase in federal funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) from $90 millions to $360 million which would constitute a fourfold increase over the funding for the program in 2020 to […]
Joint Statement on the National Interfatih Consultation: United to Confront Violence Against Places of Worship
(New York, 09/19/2019) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations, the National Council of Churches USA, Religions for Peace USA, and the World Council of Churches Ecumenical UN Office held an interfaith consultation on the theme, “United to Confront Violence against Places of Worship.” The consultation, which grew out of the National Muslim-Christian Dialogue convened […]
USCMO and Interfaith Partners Lead Anti-violence Consultation With UN and American Religious Leaders
On September 19, 2019, the US Council of Muslim Organizations – in partnership with the National Council of Churches, Religions for Peace USA, and the World Council of Churches Ecumenical UN Office – has led the first nationwide consultation among American religious leaders in support of a global project the United Nations launched a week […]
USCMO Secretary General Meets High Representative of UN Alliance of Civilization Antonio Moratinos
(New York, 09/05/2019) — US Council of Muslim Organizations Secretary General Oussama Jammal met with H.E. Miguel Moratinos, High Representative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), at his office in New York to discuss collaborating on the critical issue of safeguarding places of worship. Mr. Jammal invited Mr. Moratinos to speak at the upcoming […]
USCMO Recognizes Congresswoman Judy Chu at it’s Ramadan Iftar
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 05/23/18) -The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO); the largest coalition of national, regional, and local Muslim organizations; held its Ramadan Iftar (Dinner) on Wednesday May 23rd, 2018 at the Marriott Crystal Gateway in Washington, DC. The room was packed with elected and government officials, foreign diplomats, interfaith and community leaders. Keynote speaker was Mr. Robert […]
National Muslim-Christian Initiative
A meeting of the National Muslim-Christian Initiative, a major dialogue between Muslim and Christian leaders, took place in late March, gathering together nearly 40 Christian and Muslim senior representatives from around the country to engage issues of concern to both communities, including deliberate discussion of Islamphobia in the US and religious extremist ideology abroad. The […]
USCMO Attends World Alliance of Religions for Peace
With an opening ceremony akin to that of the Olympic Games, the World Alliance of Religions for Peace Summit which took place on September 17-19, 20014 in Seoul, South Korea brought together about 200,000 people from more than 2,000 international political, religious, civil and traditional society leaders to participate in the signing ceremony of the Unity of Religions agreement […]