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A war hero, Senator and Presidential contender, the death of John McCain elicited an outpouring of emotion from his congressional colleagues, current and former Democrats and Republicans alike. The 81-year-old McCain was widely esteemed on Capitol Hill. First elected to the House in 1982, McCain served in the Senate for more than 31 years. Fearless […]

(WASHINGTON, D.C., June 26, 2018) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the largest coalition of leading national, regional, and local Muslim-American organizations, considers the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision today to uphold President Donald Trump’s disgraceful and bigoted Muslim Ban a sad and regrettable one. “This is a tragic day for America and affirms to the world […]

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/22/18) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), lauds the American people for their righteous outrage against un-American and inhuman treatment of immigrants and for forcing the Administration to walk back its egregious policy of family separation at the US-Mexico border. USCMO cautions Americans: Not to be fooled by words uttered but to […]

The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) supports food and nutrition services and programs aimed at ending hunger and poverty. We believe that all communities have a right to access nutritious, sufficient, affordable and culturally appropriate food. USCMO supports Goal 2 of the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations which calls for ending […]

The US Council of Muslim organizations send its sincerest condolences to the friends and family of the victims and all those effected by this atrocity. Furthermore, USCMO calls for immediate action to take place to ensure such a tragedy never occurs again and reiterates its long standing position on stricter gun control, the ban of […]

On Saturday December 16, 2017, the US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) held one of the largest rallies for Palestine in the nation’s capital, in order to reject President Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and emphasize the rights of the Palestinian people. Thousands attended, coming by mass transportation, car and bus from […]

(Washington, D.C., 12/07/2017)The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) vehemently opposes President Donald Trump’s unilateral and reckless declaration that the United States will recognize the Holy City of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and denounces his order to relocate the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem as an unwise deviation from long-standing U.S. policy. This move […]

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/01/17) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), a coalition of leading national and local Muslim-American organizations, denounces in the strongest terms the terrorist attack in Manhattan, New York, yesterday afternoon. USCMO and the Muslim community unequivocally stands against such criminal activities. This cowardly act, planned and carried out by criminal minds, is reprehensible. We offer […]

(Washington, D.C., 9/15/17) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the largest coalition of leading national and local Muslim organizations in America, met separately in the last few days with the ambassadors of Myanmar, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and Turkey, intensifying its international diplomatic campaign to immediately end the brutal ethnic cleansing and savage […]

(Washington, D.C., 9/11/2017) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the largest coalition of leading national and local Muslim organizations in America, strongly condemns the Myanmar government’s ongoing systematic and categorical persecution and ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya civilian population, in flagrant neglect of the longstanding, urgent warnings by top UN officials against these unethical practices […]