by Michael Semel Muslim women face enough obstacles today living in a society where they are frequently discriminated against and face misogynistic treatment. Last month, the Qatari women’s basketball team encountered another obstacle when the International Basketball Association, or FIBA, stood by its outdated rule of banning the wearing of hijabs and other head coverings…
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 MoreVoices Against Radicalism attend Spread Hummus Not Hate event by Taameem Almaliki, Project Nur Coordinator at American Islamic Congress Today at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD), I attended a fun and meaningful event called Spread Hummus Not Hate. I thought the mission of the event aligned well with our current campaign, Voices Against…
Read MoreFormer Ambassador to Iraq Speaks About Countering ISIS By Michael Semel On October 2, I had the privilege of listening to the former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, James Jeffrey, speak at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. Ambassador Jeffrey’s topic of discussion was countering ISIS, the radical terrorist organization in the…
Read MoreIraqi Sitcom Against ISIS by Taameem Almaliki, Project Nur Coordinator at American Islamic Congress My comparative literature professor at UMD would be so happy to see me writing about movies and TV shows. I took a class called Movies in the Global Society and I began to enjoy writing about the connections between film and our…
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 More“I’m Fed Up with Radicals” by Taameem Almaliki, Project Nur Coordinator at American Islamic Congress It has been a while since I have written something meaningful in English. I usually write for a school assignment but I decided that I would like to write about my experiences living in Iraq. Recently, my office decided to…
Read MoreToday, AIC remembers the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This horrific tragedy that claimed the lives of many innocent people continues to affect individuals around the world and continues to drive AIC’s work. It is the terrorist actions of a few cowardly individuals that prompted the creation of AIC and why we continue to strive…
Read Moreby Tayyaba Bukhari This summer I met a variety of Iraqi Americans, born and nurtured from all different parts of the world now residing in the U.S., who came together to educate and discuss the growing controversial issue of the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) in Washington, DC. One of the main things…
Read MoreAmerican Islamic Congress strongly condemns the brutal beheading of journalist James Foley by the terrorist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). As Muslim Americans, we feel these actions are completely unacceptable. We call on the White House and Congress to take action to stop ISIL and their campaigns of murder…
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