USCMO Laments the Passing of Civil Rights Icon Rev. Jesse Jackson
USCMO Laments the Passing of Civil Rights Icon Rev. Jesse Jackson Jackson, First Presidential Candidate to Address American Muslim Community (Washington, D.C. 2/17/2026) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), America’s umbrella group of Muslim associations, mourns the passing of the Rev. Jesse Jackson today, who led the U.S. Civil Rights Movement for three decades as […]
USCMO: Impose Legal Reforms on ICE or Shut Down Homeland Security Funding
(Washington, D.C., 2/6/2026) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations, America’s umbrella group of Muslim associations, endorses the new House and Senate Democratic proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) legal reforms, and urges Republican agreement, as a condition for passing the crucial Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending bill, whose funding deadline is February 13, without which the government may have to close down DHS. The Democratic reform proposal calls for 10 fundamental, legally […]
USCMO Joins 104 Organizations Urging Trump Administration to Include UNRWA in Gaza’s Recovery
(Washington, D.C., 12/17/2025) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) has joined UNRWA USA National Committee and a national coalition of 104 civil society, humanitarian, faith-based, and human rights organizations in urging the Trump Administration to include the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in plans for Gaza’s recovery. In a joint letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of State Marco […]
USCMO Condemns Deadly Attack on Hanukkah Event in Sydney, Praises Muslim Bystander for Disarming Attacker
(Washington, D.C., 12/15/2025) – The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) extends its deepest condolences to families affected by the horrific attack on a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday, December 14, 2025. USCMO also commended Australian Muslim Ahmed Al Ahmed for bravely confronting and disarming one of the attackers, suffering injuries in the process. […]
USCMO Salutes Syrian People, Community, Muslim World for Year of Liberation
(Washington, D.C., 12/8/2025) — The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the nation’s umbrella group of Muslim associations, congratulates the Syrian people, community, and Muslim world on a year of liberation from 53 years of brutal tyranny. We commend the Syrians, at home and in refuge abroad, for their more than five decades of perseverance […]
USCMO Stands in Solidarity With Somali-Americans, Condemns Racist Attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar and Minnesota
(Washington, D.C., 12/4/2025) — The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the largest umbrella of national and local American Muslim organizations, today condemned the alarming rise in racist rhetoric directed at Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and the Somali-American community, and expressed full solidarity with the Somali community in Minnesota and across America. USCMO said the recent […]
USCMO Calls on American Muslims to Stand with CAIR After Texas Governor’s Bigoted and Illegal Attack
(WASHINGTON, DC – 11/19/2025) The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), America’s umbrella group of national, regional, and local Muslim organizations, today condemned Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s defamatory and unconstitutional attempt to smear and silence the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its Texas chapter in retaliation for their criticism of U.S. support for the Israeli government’s […]
USCMO Welcomes Trump ‘Stop Bombing’ Gaza Call, But Israeli Kill, Cleanse & Starve Genocide Continues
USCMO Welcomes Trump ‘Stop Bombing’ Gaza Call, But Israeli Kill, Cleanse & Starve Genocide Continues (Washington, D.C., 10/5/2025) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), America’s umbrella group of Muslim associations, expresses its support for U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his fascist Cabinet and military to ‘stop […]
USCMO Condemns Deadly Attack on LDS Church in Michigan
USCMO Condemns Deadly Attack on LDS Church in Michigan An Attack on One Faith is an Attack on All (Washington, D.C., 10/1/2025) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) strongly condemns the horrific act of violence that occurred on Sunday, September 28, 2025, at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse in […]
USCMO Praises UK’s UN Palestine State Vote, Urges Trump to Do the Same
Historic UN General Assembly Debate on Palestinian Statehood Begins 23 September (Washington, D.C., 9/21/2025) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations, America’s umbrella group of Muslim associations, applauds Keir Starmer’s UK government for announcing its vote to recognize the Palestinian State at the 80th UN General Assembly (UNGA) meeting, whose High-Level General Debate begins Tuesday, September 23, in New […]