AIC’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 the U.S. and Germany. The discussion also included guests, Mehreen Farooq, Henning Hoff, Khaldun Al-Saadi, and Jeff Tomlinson. Click here to listen.
We thank the attendees, speakers, and supporters for helping to make the 2018 Project Nur Leadership Conference successful.
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(Washington, D.C., 10/28/18) – The American Islamic Congress (AIC), first and foremost, extends the deepest sympathy to the Jewish community following the shooting that took place on Saturday, October 27, 2018 at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. AIC expresses solidarity with the 11 killed, and the victims’ families. AIC vehemently condemns the…
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Today we remember the innocent lives lost seventeen years ago in a senseless act of hate and violence. As we mourn with the families of those who perished, we are each transported back to that horrific day. In our grief and pain, we rededicate ourselves to our promise to never forget and to make this…
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