USCMO, American Muslims Congratulate the American People on a Consequential, Post-Insurrection Independence Day
(Washington, D.C., 7/4/2021) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) congratulates our nation for its 245th year of independence this July 4th, 2021, a celebration that comes with particular poignancy and sharpened relevance following the January 6 insurrection after the recent presidential election. The American people, and the Capitol police, who moved with courage and valor […]
USCMO Marks Juneteenth, Encourages Concrete Action to Advance Racial Justice
(WASHINGTON, DC – 6/19/2021) The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the nation’s largest umbrella group for Muslim organizations, today joined people across America in marking this historic Juneteenth, the first since President Biden and Congress officially declared the commemoration a federal holiday. In a statement, USCMO Secretary-General Oussama Jammal said: “We commend President Biden […]
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 […]
The Hate that Killed an Entire Muslim Family in Canada Has Socio-Cultural Origins and Policy Solutions
Seek help from God and be patient. Indeed, the earth belongs to God, and He bequeaths it to whomever He so wills from among His Servants … —The Quran, 7:128 (Washington, D.C.; 6/9/2021) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), on behalf of our member institutions and American Muslims, grieves with the entire global Muslim […]
Over 35,000 protestors converged in Washington for The National March for Palestine
(Washington, D.C.; 6/1/2020) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the largest coalition of major national, regional, and local Muslim organizations held a National March for Palestine in Washington, D.C. over the Memorial Day weekend to show support to the Palestinian diaspora in the United States and their families who have experienced colonial annexation of […]
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 […]
Biden Green Lights Israeli Genocide of Palestinians, Gaslights Americans on Israeli War Crimes, Apartheid
And when it is said to them: Do not spread corruption in the earth, they say: On the contrary! It is we who are the ones sowing righteousness! Most assuredly, it is, indeed, they themselves who are the sowers of corruption. Yet they do not perceive it. —The Quran, Sûrat Al Baqara 2:13 (Washington, […]
Israeli Troops Desecrate Al-Aqsa Mosque, Authorities Expel Palestinians from Jerusalem Homes, Furthering Israeli Apartheid
They ask you, O Prophet, about the sacred month, about fighting therein. Say: Fighting therein is a great sin. But to bar people from the way of God, and to disbelieve in Him, and to bar them from the Sacred Mosque, and to expel its people from its precincts – all are greater sins in […]
Muslim Americans Mourn and Condemn the Racist, Misogynist Killing and Harassment of Asian Americans
O humankind! Indeed, We have created all of you from a single male and female. Moreover, We have made you peoples and tribes, so that you may come to know one another. And, indeed, the noblest of you, in the sight of God, is the most God-fearing of you. Indeed, God is all-knowing, all-aware. —The […]
Agha Saeed, American Muslim Pioneer, Political Scholar, Rights Activist Passes Away
Indeed, to God do we belong, and, indeed, to Him are we returning. —The Quran, 2:156 (Washington, D.C., 02/20/2021) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations, on behalf of our member institutions and American Muslims, mourns the loss of visionary Muslim American political activist and scholar, Agha Saeed, on Friday, 19 February, and offer our […]