USCMO – Eye on Islamism

US: Muslim groups urge voters to back Jill Stein, Cornel West or other pro-Palestine candidates While only a minor voting bloc, Muslims say endorsements show[ing] their anger over bipartisan support for Israel could sway the election

September 20, 2024 Umar A. Farooq

(Middle East Eye) A coalition of Muslim-American groups angry at US support for Israel’s devastating war on Gaza is asking Muslim voters to shun Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris in November’s presidential race and back either Jill Stein, Cornel West or other pro-Palestine […]

CAIR-LA director: ‘Israel doesn’t have right to defend itself,’ ‘every day for Palestinians has been Oct. 7’

December 6, 2023 Unlisted Author

(Algemeiner) Israel “does not have the right” to defend itself from Palestinian violence, and for the Palestinians “every single day” since the Jewish state’s establishment has been comparable to Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre, according to the executive director of the Council on […]

Largest US Muslim group: ‘Maximum pressure’ on Israel, renege on Abraham Accords The statement from the United States Council of Muslim Organizations came just hours after widespread Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel.

October 7, 2023 Unlisted Author

(JNS) Instead of expressing condolences to innocent Jewish victims, the United States Council of Muslim Organizations, which bills itself as the “largest American Muslim civil society umbrella organization,” issued a statement urging Arab countries that had normalized relations with the Jewish state […]

Turkish president receives members of US Muslim council in Ankara President Erdogan asks delegation to tell US Congress, other political circles about dangers of Islamophobia during meeting at Presidential Complex

September 7, 2023 Yıldız Nevin Gündogmus

(Anadolu) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that attacks on the Quran cannot be “defended with the excuse of freedom of expression” and that such acts “target social peace and stability” during talks with a delegation from the US Council of […]

Activists rally Congress to create a Muslim American Heritage Month to celebrate diversity

June 13, 2023 Marc Ramirez

(USA Today) Muslims have a long history in the United States that dates back to the time of slavery, with adherents of Islam believed to have served in every war since the Revolutionary War. And while the religion is often associated with […]

American Islamists mourn MB cleric who defended Hitler and called for murdering Jews

September 29, 2022 Abha Shankar

(IPT) American Islamists rushed to offer tributes this week to a radical Egyptian cleric and spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood who had a long-established support for violent jihad and murdering Jews. The U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), a coalition of […]

Islamists try to renew push for Ilhan Omar’s flawed ‘Islamophobia’ bill

July 13, 2022 Ioannis E. Kotoulas

(IPT) The Combating International Islamophobia Act, which appears stalled in the U.S. Senate, is receiving a new boost from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) and other Islamist organizations. It was among the issues pushed […]

American Islamists push blasphemy narrative in India’s prophet controversy

June 17, 2022 Abha Shankar

(IPT) Deadly riots broke out in several Indian cities June 10 over perceived blasphemous remarks by a spokeswoman for India’s ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). Enraged Islamist mobs burned posters and hanged effigies of Nupur Sharma after Jummah prayers over her controversial […]

Muslim organizations to hold 7th annual National Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill

June 14, 2022 Unlisted Author

(WJLA) For two days on Capitol Hill, activists and delegates from national, state and local Muslim organizations are meeting with congressional leaders to discuss issues impacting American Muslims in the United States. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will join the U.S. […]

Muslim American groups support US withdrawal from Afghanistan USCMO urges Biden, Congress to 'pull back' any American armed forces deployed over past 20 years in Middle East, elsewhere

August 25, 2021 Jeyhun Aliyev

(Anadolu) Muslim groups in the US voiced support for the country’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) released a written statement late Tuesday, hailing President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw the US military from Afghanistan by the Aug. […]

US Muslim groups decry Israeli violence against Palestinians American president, Congress urged to halt US support for Israeli government and institutions

May 9, 2021 Servet Günerigök

(Anadolu) American Muslim organizations on Sunday strongly condemned Israeli violence at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which has left hundreds of Palestinians injured during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. In a statement, the US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) said it denounced the […]

Biden urged to appoint envoy to counter Islamophobia ‘epidemic’ The US Council of Muslim Organisations is urging the Biden administration to create an office to monitor and combat anti-Muslim attacks

May 7, 2021 Umar A. Farooq

(Middle East Eye) A coalition of Muslim organisations in the US is calling on the administration of President Joe Biden to create an envoy that would monitor and combat Islamophobia, which the groups say plays an interconnected threat to Muslims around the […]

US Muslim student groups drop Emgage from voter mobilisation event Yale University's Muslim Student Association faced calls to drop Emgage and Farooq Mitha from its programming

October 23, 2020 Umar A. Farooq

(Middle East Eye) Muslim student groups at more than 30 US universities have dropped Emgage, a Muslim political advocacy group that has come under fierce criticism in recent weeks over its ties with pro-Israel groups, from an event aimed at mobilising young voters. The event, hosted […]

Million Muslim Votes: Campaign seeks unprecedented turnout in US presidential election Efforts under way to increase Muslim American voter turnout

July 18, 2020 Cody Combs

(National-UAE) As the 2020 US presidential election approaches, several groups are working to ensure that as many of America’s approximately 3.4 million Muslim citizens as possible make their voices heard at the ballot box. “The strategies are kind of old school and […]

American Islamists again embrace Erdogan’s authoritarianism

May 31, 2020 Steven Emerson

(IPT) Leaders of American Islamist groups celebrated Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, this week by heaping praise on Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey who aims to be a leader of the Sunni world. “[P]rofound human rights violations against hundreds […]

Jamaat campaign against India led to US hearings, resolutions on Kashmir

March 31, 2020 Aarti Tikoo Singh

(IANS) Two Islamic charities, linked to the banned Islamist outfit Jamaat-e-Islami, ran a persistent disinformation campaign against India leading to hearings and resolutions on Kashmir in the US Congress last year. As per an IANS investigation, Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) […]

Rashida Tlaib and Rasha Mubarak, American Muslims for Hamas Why are Democrats ignoring the Islamist fifth column infiltrating their party?

January 16, 2020 Joe Kaufman

(FrontPage) Following the founding of Hamas in 1987, the Muslim Brotherhood set up worldwide committees to assist the newly formed terrorist group. In the US, it was called the Palestine Committee, and by the end of 1994, it would consist of four […]

US Muslim leaders hail Erdogan for Islamic leadership Erdogan in New York meets US Muslim community leaders

September 23, 2019 Nilay Kar

(Anadolu) Leaders of [the] U.S. Muslim community in New York on Sunday applauded President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his active role that he plays in the Muslim world. “We need a centralized leadership,” said Siraj Wahhaj, an African-American imam of Al-Taqwa mosque […]

American Islamists’ double standards on Kashmir

August 27, 2019 Abha Shankar

(IPT) American Islamists pushed alarmist rhetoric and double standards following the Indian ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)’s recent action ending autonomy for the Indian portion of Jammu and Kashmir. The Himalayan Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir has been a source of […]

IPT report exposes ICNA’s radical domestic agenda

June 17, 2019 Abha Shankar

(IPT) Most religious groups exist to provide fellowship for their members and help them with spiritual needs. The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) stands apart, both for its close ties to South Asian Islamist radicals, and for its overt and repeatedly […]

Rashida Tlaib praises her Islamist entourage

April 3, 2019 Unlisted Author

(IPT) Last month, an entourage featuring anti-Semitic activist Linda Sarsour and Council on American-Relations (CAIR) executive director Nihad Awad protected U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., from an outspoken critic. Sarsour has espoused anti-Semitic smears worse than U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., a […]

U.S. MB supporters lobby Congress for third straight year

April 2, 2019 John Rossomando

(IPT) Muslim Brotherhood supporters from the New York-New Jersey area lobbied members of Congress Monday to ask them to pressure Egypt about its execution of political opponents. The event piggybacked on a broader Muslim Advocacy Day organized by the U.S. Council of […]

Erdogan-linked group asks senators to oppose Turkey sanctions

August 10, 2018 John Rossomando

(IPT) MUSIAD USA sent letters to several U.S. senators last week protesting sanction[s] the Trump administration’s imposed on Turkey over its continuing detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson. MUSIAD is a businessmen’s association connected with Turkey’s ruling Islamist Justice and Development Party […]