VANCOUVER OBSERVER: A North American Muslim dream: beyond extremism and Islamophobia

AIC Civil Rights director Nasser Weddady and Executive Director Zainab Al-Suwaij are interviewed in this article from the Vancouver Observer, speaking about Islamophobia and the issues that Muslims in the West confront when faced with not only Islamophobia, but extremist Muslims in the Middle East who give a bad name to their faith. Read the…

Read More

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: Libya attack – Who’s behind the inflammatory YouTube video?

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13, 2012 – As calls continue across the Mideast for protests related to the anti-Muslim film, “Innocence of Muslims,” the mystery over who is actually behind the project deepens. “This has all the earmarks of being heavily orchestrated,” says Nasser Weddady, civil rights outreach director for the American Islamic Congress. “There are extremist…

Read More