FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: American Islamic Congress 1718 M Street NW, #243 Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 457-5890 www.aicongress.org “AIC Extends Sympathy to the People of Belgium and Condemns Terrorist Attacks” (Washington, D.C., 3/23/16) – The American Islamic Congress (AIC), first and foremost, extends the deepest sympathies with the people of Belgium following the…
Read MoreDecember 3, 2015 “The American Islamic Congress condemns, in the strongest terms, the heinous acts of violence that took place in Paris on the evening of November 13, and on December 2, in San Bernardino, CA. Our prayers and thoughts are with the families and friends of the victims. We will hold on to the…
Read MoreCredit: Bob Grahm Center for Public Service at the University of Florida by Daniel Patrick Shaffer I recently attended an academic panel hosted by the newly founded Center for Global Islamic Studies at the University of Florida. The talk was titled “ISIS and the Question of Islamic Militancy: A Public Conversation.” The goal of the…
Read MoreAl-Shorouk Newspaper, 2014 by Taameem Almaliki, Project Nur Program Coordinator Since the war started in Syria, we continue to hear ugly words. One such word is Jihad Nikah, which means Jihad marriage. In reality there is no such thing as Jihad Nikah in Islamic jurisprudence. However, any married couple that has sexual relations outside…
Read Moreby Nicole Mitchell, Project Nur Program Coordinator Dr. Amit Kumar held a discussion on October 16, 2014 on the comparison of financing networks of terrorists in the Middle East and South Asia, as part of an ongoing lecture series at the Middle East Institute that I had the pleasure of attending. The methods, motivations, and…
Read MoreJihadi Brides and Women Activists by Taameem Almaliki, Project Nur Coordinator at American Islamic Congress Reading about Jihadi brides makes me furious. I was reflecting on the trial and murder of a fellow Iraqi citizen and human rights activist, Samira Salih Nuaimi, by ISIS. I came to the conclusion that Samira Salih and the issue…
Read MoreBy Manel Hamdi Webster’s dictionary defines conflict as a sharp disagreement or opposition of interests or ideas. Anytime people work together, conflict is a part of ‘doing business’. Conflict isa normal and natural part of any workplace. When it occurs, there is a tendency for morale to be lowered, an increase in absenteeism and decreased…
Read MoreIN THIS ISSUE: Feminists Perspectives, Minority Rights and Pluralism in Islam, and the American-Muslim Life contest. To read more click here.
Read MoreThe American Islamic Congress (AIC) and its Project Nur (PN) are pleased to announce the upcoming fourth event in our groundbreaking series Science and Islam, supported by the John Templeton Foundation, and co-sponosred by the UC Berkeley Center for Middle East Studies Tomorrow’s World: Religion or Science? Wednesday, October 30th 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. University of California, Berkeley Maude Fife Room, 3rd Floor…
Read MoreAmerican Islamic Congress (AIC) seeks a Program Coordinator for Project Nur The American Islamic Congress (AIC) is an independent, non-partisan non-profit organization dedicated to building interfaith and interethnic understanding and to supporting human and civil rights in Muslim majority countries. As American Muslims thriving amidst the U.S.’s open society, AIC aims to offer a positive…
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