WASHINGTON, May 14, 2013 – Last week AIC’s Executive Director Zainab al-Suwaij met with His Holiness the Dalai Lama during a small inter-religious gathering Washington, D.C hosted by Marist College and the Institute for Gilgit Baltistan Studies. Eeligious and community leaders from the Muslim, Christian, Jewish and Buddhist faiths spoke with His Holiness about interfaith harmony…
Read MoreAIC’s Executive Director Zainab al-Suwaij discusses the legacy of the American invasion of Iraq and the challenges the country faces on MSNBC’s Up w/ Chris Hayes. View the full segment here.
Read MoreWASHINGTON, February 20, 2013 – The American Islamic Congress (AIC) is pleased to announce that Executive Director Zainab Al-Suwaij has joined the Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies’ International Interreligious Advisory Committee. The Committee will guide and advise the Center on international and religious issues and further peaceful relations between world religions. As a member of the…
Read MoreBinghamton, 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 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, 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 MoreWASHINGTON — July 11, 2012 — The Washington Post’s Emily Wax profiled AIC Executive Director Zainab Al-Suwaij in the paper’s Style section today. This piece details Zainab’s long and intriguing journey from growing up in southern Iraq to leading AIC’s international operation today. Read the whole story here. Photo: Sarah L. Voisin/WASHINGTON POST
Read MoreBAGHDAD, June 7, 2012 – In his continuing coverage of Iraq, USA Today’s Jim Michaels explores the challenges and complexities facing Iraq six months after the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops. Executive Director Zainab Al-Suwaij, a native of Iraq who returns to the country frequently to lead AIC’s programming, weighs in on this important topic.…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, May 10, 2012 – After nearly four years in the Oval Office, President Obama is incorrectly thought to be Muslim by one in six American voters, and only one quarter of voters can correctly identify him as a Protestant, according to a new poll. AIC’s Executive Director Zainab Al-Suwaij comments in the Washington Post…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, April 10, 2012 – Today the American Islamic Congress was notified that it has been approved by the United Nations for association with its Department of Public Information (DPI). AIC met stringent criteria in a selective approval process to become one of just 29 NGOs approved this spring for association with DPI. “I am both…
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