The American Islamic Congress was 1 of 15 civil and religious organizations that supported Samantha Elauf’s petition in a brief for the Supreme Court. In 2008, Ms. Elauf interviewed with a children’s clothing store, owned by big name Abercrombie & Fitch. However, they proceeded to deny her employment, claiming her head scarf was against the…
Read MoreAIC’s Executive Director, Zainab Al-Suwaij spoke at a live town hall event in Philadelphia with Jacki Lyden and NPR’s Paris correspondent Eleanor Beardsley from Berlin. America Abroad Media and NPR Berlin partnered together and invited audiences in both Philadelphia and Berlin, Germany for an international town hall meeting to discuss ISIS’ recruitment and the isolation of Muslim communities in…
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