Category: Press Release

(Washington, D.C. – 10/18/2023) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the nation’s largest umbrella group of national, regional, and local Muslim associations, today said that President Biden’s full embrace of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel gave the far-right, racist leader a “green light” to continue committing war crimes against Palestinians. USCMO […]

(Washington, D.C. – 10/17/2023) – The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), condemns in the strongest possible terms the Israeli government’s unconscionable war crime—the bombing of the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza, today, killing 500 to 800 patients, doctors, healthcare workers, and hundreds of displaced children and families seeking shelter there, with nowhere else to go. USCMO […]

(Washington, D.C. – 10/7/2023) – The United States Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) reaffirms its unwavering support for the Palestinian people and their right to freedom from the Israeli occupation. The recent unprovoked and continuous attacks by Israel on Palestinian towns, cities, and refugee camps have resulted in tragic loss of Palestinian lives. We condemn Israel’s targeted and […]

(Washington, D.C. – 10/4/2023) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), strongly condemns the recent attack on Turkish diplomats that occurred following a conference on Turkish foreign policy held at the University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism last Friday, September 29, 2023. The conference, attended by Ambassador Hasan Murat Mercan and […]

(Washington, D.C., 9/10/2023) – The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the nation’s umbrella group of national, regional, and local Muslim organizations, expresses its deepest condolences and prayers for the victims of the devastating earthquake that struck Morocco last Friday, with a magnitude of 6.8. The earthquake has left over 2000 people dead and countless others injured, […]

(Washington, D.C. – 9/9/2023) – A delegation of Muslim Americans from the United States Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) visited Türkiye earlier this week to strengthen ties between Muslims around the world and discuss key international issues with Turkish leaders and American diplomats, including global Islamophobia, the Syrian refugee crisis and the American’s Muslim community’s ongoing support for […]

Had God not decreed to repel some people by means of others demolition would certainly have come to many hermitages, and churches, and synagogues, and mosques in which the name of God is much mentioned in praise. Nor shall you spread corruption in the earth after it has been set aright by God. —The Quran, 22:40 (Washington, D.C.; 8/16/2023) – The U.S. Council of Muslim […]

Modi’s ruling BJP ramps up anti-Muslim attacks as campaign strategy (Washington D.C., 8/3/2023) – The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the nation’s umbrella group of national, regional, and local Muslim associations, strongly condemns the savage mob mosque-murder of 19-year-old scholar Maulana Saad and the torching of the Anjuman Jama mosque, where he served as […]

(Washington D.C., 7/30/2023) – The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the nation’s umbrella group of national, regional, and local Muslim associations, strongly supports the upcoming National Human Trafficking Summit of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Administration for Children & Families (ACF). We have neglected the monstrous and proliferating scourge of human […]

(Washington D.C.; 7/16/ 2023) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations has endorsed the far-reaching Maastricht Principles on the Human Rights of Future Generations in international law, introduced at the opening of the 77th United Nations General Assembly this week. The Principles establish that states and other corporate entities have economic, social, and cultural obligations […]