Binghamton, NY, October 10, 2012 — This Sunday, October 14, AIC Executive Director Zainab Al-Suwaij will speak to an interfaith gathering of Christians, Jews, and Muslims at the Childern of Abraham event held at Temple Concord in Binghampton, NY. Watch the news story about the conference and Zainab’s appearance at Channel 34 News’ website here.…
Read MoreArab Spring Dreams scratches well beneath the surface of the societies concerned and probes into their psychological and social fabric. And in doing so, it proves that contrary to the claims of so many Arab politicians, not everything that is wrong with the region is someone else’s fault. Read the rest of the review of AIC’s…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2012 – AIC joined the Armenian National Committee of American (ACNA) along with 120 other human rights, faith-based, public interest, and ethnic organizations in calling for decisive UN action to press Sudan to allow humanitarian access to the Sudanese states of South Kurdofan and Blue Nile, as well as Darfur. Read the…
Read MoreNEW YORK, September 26, 2012 – A controversial ad campaign funded by conservative blogger Pamela Geller that many see as offensive to Muslims, has prompted some New Yorkers to reject the ads. Stickers reading “RACIST” and “HATE SPEECH” have appeared on some of the ads, which are posted on MTA subway trains and stations. The…
Read MoreToday I am an angry Arab Muslim woman — outraged, as a person of conscience, over the attacks on American embassies and the murder of a talented diplomat who represented me. After the 2005 cartoon riots, no one should be surprised by Muslim fanatics’ irrational violence. Yet seeing history repeated — not as farce but…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, Sep. 24, 2012 – AIC has joined a group of scholars and human rights organizations in calling for Congress to pass Senate Bill 1245, which would create a Special Envoy for religious minorities in South Central Asia and the Near East at the United States Department of State. The creation of the Special Envoy…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2012 – The outrage and violence over the crude film ridiculing the Prophet Mohammad that inspired the attacks and protests on U.S. embassies across the Middle East points to a chasm between Western free speech and individualism and the sensitivities of some Muslims over what they see as a campaign of humiliation.…
Read MoreNEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2012 – American Muslim organizations including AIC have come out against ads sponsored by the American Freedom Defense Initiative (FDI), headed by conservative blogger Pamela Geller, denouncing them for their Islamophobic nature while also standing by the American right to speak one’s mind. “First and foremost, we support freedom of speech…
Read MoreIn the one-year period ending in mid-2010, 75 percent of the world’s population lived in a nation with high or very high restrictions on religious beliefs or practices, according to the study conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. The increasingly hostile climate doesn’t come as a surprise to John Pinna, director…
Read MoreAs the protests against an offensive American film in the Middle East and the Muslim world enter their second week, they have spread to Indonesia and Lebanon. “The film was just an excuse to lead to these kind of riots in the street,” Zainab Al-Suwaij of the American Islamic Congress told CNN. She urged U.S.…
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