Muslim Public Affairs Council
| Motto | "Making Muslims Part of the Solution Since 1988" |
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| Formation | 1986 |
| Purpose | Policy advocacy agency |
| Headquarters |
Los Angeles Washington, D.C. |
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Region served
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United States |
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President
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Salam Al-Marayati |
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Key people
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Hedab Tarifi (Chair, Board of Directors) Maher Hathout (Senior Advisor) |
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Main organ
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Board of Directors |
| Affiliations | Muslim Public Affairs Council |
| Website | http://www.mpac.org/ |
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Formerly called
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Political Action Committee of the Islamic Center of Southern California |
The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) is a national American Muslim advocacy and public policy organization headquartered in Los Angeles and with offices in Washington, D.C. MPAC was founded in 1986.
MPAC has participated in a number of coalitions and networks, worked with Japanese-American organizations and has retained the support of Russell Simmons for several years.
MPAC was founded in 1986 as the "Political Action Committee of the Islamic Center of Southern California". It was renamed in 1988 to the "Muslim Public Affairs Council."
In its history, it has condemned the death fatwa against Salman Rushdie and the attacks on the World Trade Center, and denounced the Taliban and Osama bin Laden.
Mahdi Bray used to be political director of MPAC.
Calling it the "most complicated and intractable (issue) of our time" MPAC recommends a peaceful solution which will lead to coexistence and mutual respect. "The Muslim Public Affairs Council believes that this dialogue will lead to a strategy to end this conflict that has taken too many lives and has destabilized an entire region of global significance." Their position paper states:.
MPAC started "The National Grassroots Campaign to Fight Terrorism" by providing guidelines to American Muslim community leaders to ensure that mosques are not used by potential terrorists and to monitor activities inside mosques. This program is instituted in cooperation with mosques across this great country to regulate what kind of groups may assemble in a mosque and inform the United States Department of Homeland Security if any suspicious activity takes place.
Large publications have taken a note of MPAC's activities to prevent terrorism on American soil. The Wall Street Journal has praised American Muslims for being "part of the solution". The Philadelphia Inquirer said to "credit Muslims who speak out" against terrorism.
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